# 20 ~ Wildflowers, Eloise and Weezie

“Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without

feeling guilty, and generally taking the time to soak up a little peace and serenity."

~Karstens, no Poproblemgarden.

Eloise sitting surrounded by wildflowers from last years garden.

This post is linked with Color Me Positive 2016, where the prompt this week is Wildflowers. Click here to see other collages with wildflowers in them. These girls are some wonderful artists. I got way too many different wildflowers from my archives, and ended with my layers overlapping and edging showing and not as I would liked them. I tried for hours to get everything merged together flawlessly to no avail. Finally, I got so upset and frustrated I had to stop. There is a point where I just have to stop and accept my mess ups and remind myself I am at the beginning of learning a new medium. The mistakes will come out in the wash in time. As I persevere, I hope to improve because I surely adore this medium.

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"Yesterday brought the beginning,

tomorrow brings the end,

and somewhere in the middle,

we became the best of friends.”

~Author Unknown

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Sadly, Weezie is in an nursing home in Asheville, NC, where we used to live across the street from one another. My family actually lived in the house where she lived growing up. She has had several strokes and heart attacks. I always say she was the good one and I was the mischievous one...so I should be the one in the nursing home and not her. I miss her so much. Her daughter is like my daughter, and I talk to her frequently. Buddy drove me to see Weezie during the fall, and I had three days with her...what a precious gift he gave me. I live to see her again...I LOVE her so much. She is a true BFF...a friend who loves me unconditionally.  She has had several very close calls, but God was kind, and He decided it was not time yet for her to go home. Putting this digital collage together was such fun and a bit therapeutic. 

"Best friends don’t necessarily have to talk every day. 

They don’t even need to talk for weeks.

But when they do, it’s like they never stopped talking.”

Author Unknown

#19 ~ Bunnies and Nuns

This post is linked with Digital Whisper Dreamers Challenge.
The prompt this week was bunnies.
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This was my sister’s nun doll from Holy Angels Academy in Saint Louis, MO. I was educated my Dominican nuns who wore white habits, but this doll still holds a very special place in my life. The detail to the habit is stunning. I am 76 and my sister would have been 88, so it is understandable that the material is in such bad shape. This is my Tuesday Treasure for Tom’s meme. Click here to go to Tom’s blog.

HAPPY TUESDAY TO ALL

# 16 ~ I’ll Be Your Friend

This post is linked with Try it on Tuesday

#14 ~ I Only Have eyes for You Series ~ I

“My little girls are the most beautiful women in the world. I am a lucky, lucky man.

 I will spend every day making sure that they know this."

~Russell Simmons

“Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.”
~Mae West

“I base most of my fashion sense on what doesn’t itch me.”
Gilda Radner

Look closely and you will see the eye that is on the women.
Click on the picture to enlarge it.

Thus post is linked with Pippa’s “Friends Meet Friends Once a Week”.

Pippa asks us what we have been doing this week. Well, I have been trying to learn how to combine my pictures and stock images to create some digital artwork. Oh, my, it is hard. One day I spent about 10 hours struggling with layers, textures, and cutting out stock pictures like in this one and getting onto the layer where I needed them to be.  Then I have had to figure out how to move them to a location I like. I created a post card series “I Only Have Eyes for You” years ago, but now I am going to try to create a new one with digital images. The love of learning something new and perseverance are the name of the game.