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Janie
Apr 18, 2002, 9:19:43 PM4/18/02
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I HATE to work in the yard. I see all my neighbors out there, planting
flowers and such but I just hate to garden. So, I painted one:) Al
thinks I'm crazy, I think I'm an idiot (shut up, sue..lol) but, there it
is....I painted my garden.
We have lovely hibiscus bushes all around the fence around the pool. So,
after my painting fiasco the other day, I got started anyway.
I stenciled beautiful Ivy all around the top of the fence and painted
flowers of all kinds on the Ivy once I sealed it. Then, I sealed the
flowers.
Al came home and did this double take.....He's used to me but this
caught his eye. He liked it! Tomorrow, I paint hanging baskets.....a
garden all year long! If I didn't have my art, I really would go crazy.
Janie<-----who is SO sore from standing up all day but is glad she did
this.
flowers and such but I just hate to garden. So, I painted one:) Al
thinks I'm crazy, I think I'm an idiot (shut up, sue..lol) but, there it
is....I painted my garden.
We have lovely hibiscus bushes all around the fence around the pool. So,
after my painting fiasco the other day, I got started anyway.
I stenciled beautiful Ivy all around the top of the fence and painted
flowers of all kinds on the Ivy once I sealed it. Then, I sealed the
flowers.
Al came home and did this double take.....He's used to me but this
caught his eye. He liked it! Tomorrow, I paint hanging baskets.....a
garden all year long! If I didn't have my art, I really would go crazy.
Janie<-----who is SO sore from standing up all day but is glad she did
this.
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Marsha
Apr 18, 2002, 9:39:44 PM4/18/02
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I'm so glad your enjoying it but to me there's nothing like getting your
hands dirty and planting plants. So when do we see a picture of what
you've done?
hands dirty and planting plants. So when do we see a picture of what
you've done?
Janie
Apr 18, 2002, 9:42:53 PM4/18/02
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When I am done.....I am a perfectionist so this is taking time!
Janie
Janie
Shelby
Apr 18, 2002, 10:08:19 PM4/18/02
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That is the most wonderful idea Janie.
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Toddy
Apr 18, 2002, 10:36:50 PM4/18/02
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I hope we'll see pictures soon Janie !
I am envious of your artistic talents.
Toddy
I am envious of your artistic talents.
Toddy
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Janie
Apr 18, 2002, 11:12:38 PM4/18/02
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It's fun to do.....A friend of mine is not an artist and asked me to help her
do hers. I am so sore from doing mine, we decided to do hers the way I started
mine. She is simply using stencils! I did that with my Ivy but I tole painted
my flowers.
Art is a gift we all have in us. You just don't have to worry about what
others think. Now, I would not paint in the front of my house because even
though I like it, I do have my neighbors to consider. I don't press my art on
anyone.
I bought a picture at an antique store no one likes. It's a colored photo of a
woman beside a tree. Believe me, this picture has seen better days. But, the
wood is all hand carved. I think it's gorgeous. There isn't a person that has
come in my home that has liked that picture....BUT I DO and that's all that
counts.!
Everyone is an artist but God is the greatest artist of all!
Janie
do hers. I am so sore from doing mine, we decided to do hers the way I started
mine. She is simply using stencils! I did that with my Ivy but I tole painted
my flowers.
Art is a gift we all have in us. You just don't have to worry about what
others think. Now, I would not paint in the front of my house because even
though I like it, I do have my neighbors to consider. I don't press my art on
anyone.
I bought a picture at an antique store no one likes. It's a colored photo of a
woman beside a tree. Believe me, this picture has seen better days. But, the
wood is all hand carved. I think it's gorgeous. There isn't a person that has
come in my home that has liked that picture....BUT I DO and that's all that
counts.!
Everyone is an artist but God is the greatest artist of all!
Janie
Janie
Apr 18, 2002, 11:22:03 PM4/18/02
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Toddy, everyone is an artist....really! I even made Al and David do some
pictures to hang. They thought it was dumb and that their pictures of
stick people (that I framed and hung) were dumb but it is ART.
I have always had this compulsion in me to create. It's hard to explain.
Sometimes, I don't do anything for weeks then it will just hit me....I
have to paint or draw or something. I have in my home a lot of art, a lot
done by me. It took me a long time to get my nerve up to display my art.
Now I do it proudly. Everyone should.
I remember one time that I was truly proud of my artwork. I am very shy
and it would never occur to me to sell my work. But, I had a neighbor who
was very ill. I had just finished a beautiful picture of a ballerina and
took it over to her. She insisted it be hung where she could see it from
her bed. A few days later, she came over with another woman and this woman
acted like she ws meeting Elizabeth Taylor or something. She was
absolutely in awe of me and my art and I remember being very embarrassed.
I don't like attention called to me. She asked to come into my house and
see it and she just oooohed and ahhhddddd over everything. It made me
really realize I was an artist. Some of the stuff she loved I took so for
granted.
I had a real dry period when David first became ill. I put all my art
supplies away and Al kept trying to get me to draw, paint, anything. But I
didn't, for years. Now, I'm back into it again. I doubt I would try this
fence art again though. I am SO sore, I don't want to think about how I
will feel tomorrow!
But, I always remind myself this gift was given to me by God.
Janie
pictures to hang. They thought it was dumb and that their pictures of
stick people (that I framed and hung) were dumb but it is ART.
I have always had this compulsion in me to create. It's hard to explain.
Sometimes, I don't do anything for weeks then it will just hit me....I
have to paint or draw or something. I have in my home a lot of art, a lot
done by me. It took me a long time to get my nerve up to display my art.
Now I do it proudly. Everyone should.
I remember one time that I was truly proud of my artwork. I am very shy
and it would never occur to me to sell my work. But, I had a neighbor who
was very ill. I had just finished a beautiful picture of a ballerina and
took it over to her. She insisted it be hung where she could see it from
her bed. A few days later, she came over with another woman and this woman
acted like she ws meeting Elizabeth Taylor or something. She was
absolutely in awe of me and my art and I remember being very embarrassed.
I don't like attention called to me. She asked to come into my house and
see it and she just oooohed and ahhhddddd over everything. It made me
really realize I was an artist. Some of the stuff she loved I took so for
granted.
I had a real dry period when David first became ill. I put all my art
supplies away and Al kept trying to get me to draw, paint, anything. But I
didn't, for years. Now, I'm back into it again. I doubt I would try this
fence art again though. I am SO sore, I don't want to think about how I
will feel tomorrow!
But, I always remind myself this gift was given to me by God.
Janie
Don Erker
Apr 19, 2002, 12:55:46 PM4/19/02
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Janie,
It's good to see you doing something you love to do. I wish I could go back
to carving wood, but not as long as I'm on blood thinners.
Your story reminds me of the year you planted the tomato plants. I thought
they would take over your garden, garage, and house. Remember how horror
struck everyone was when they found out how many plants you put in? I
chuckle every time I think of it, but I also wish I were there when the were
ripe as I love to eat tomato's.
Don (Prone)
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Janie
Apr 19, 2002, 2:44:26 PM4/19/02
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lol I remember.....And I had Christmas ornaments hanging on all of them to chase
the birds away! LOL! I'm such a goof!
Janie
the birds away! LOL! I'm such a goof!
Janie
JAZZY429
Apr 19, 2002, 3:10:33 PM4/19/02
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Janie, did the Christmas ornaments actually keep the birds away? I put out two
tomato plants, have lots of small green ones. Bird galore around here. I
figured they'd be attacking as soon as they discovered them.
~Mary Lee~
tomato plants, have lots of small green ones. Bird galore around here. I
figured they'd be attacking as soon as they discovered them.
~Mary Lee~
Janie
Apr 19, 2002, 4:02:02 PM4/19/02
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They worked for me.....Just don't put any red ornaments on the tomato plants and I
went out and changed the ornaments around every few days so the birds didn't get
used to them.
Janie
went out and changed the ornaments around every few days so the birds didn't get
used to them.
Janie
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