Music weaves a rhythm through my soul.....(New Artist Blog Unveil)

I came across this band through a comment posted by a friend on facebook. I was intrigued by her comment, so I looked up the name and fell in love with their sound. It is a beautiful mixture of irish punk, gypsy soul and lots of fun. The music flows through you and makes your feet want to get up and dance a jig around the room.

Start Wearing Purple



Here is a Shadow Shot Sunday image that I actually took in February in Pawtucket, RI:

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"As the rise of the sun....a shadow emerges..."

Remember to check out the new posting by my friend and fellow artist HK Bakery Daughter and be sure to leave her a comment!

Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy the time with family and friends on this Easter holiday!

Shadow Shot Sunday #3 and Thoughts of the images...

I am a bit late in uploading my Shadow Shot Sunday Images. This is my third set and I love creating these images. Yesterday was very sunny, and warm enough that I spent time outdoors with Mini-me and the four-legged nut (if you ever met this dog, you would understand...he has a "thing" for rocks).

I found shadows everywhere, but only took the ones that really caught my eye. I loved that a dried leave was putting on a shadow puppet show for us, so I snapped the shot before the sun moved away. I caught some small flowers showcasing themselves on my front steps (one of my favorites). Of course, I had to include the dog, and my little one as they were enjoying the warmth of the sun! The other shadows are from my glider, the back gave a shadow that was somewhat Victorian in shape. The outline of a chair laying upon the table reminded me of a steering wheel design. The swing set gave a nice angular shot upon the newly green grass in the backyard:


















Please enjoy these shadow shots as much as I enjoyed discovering and capturing them! Mother Nature puts on quite a show with those shadows, all one has to do is just seek them out!

Finally I got some sun for Shadow Shot Sunday #2

I was disappointed this morning when I got up and found snow on the ground (wet, mushy stuff) along with a gloomy day staring back at me. I was hoping to get some shots in today, since the forecasters kept saying that we would have a sunny day ahead to melt the snow!

While cleaning the house, I happened to look out the front window and saw some shadows! So, I ran outside and found Mr. Sunshine boldly smiling through the baby blue sky, and fluffy white clouds with such joy, that he gave me several shadows to shoot just for this posting.

I call this one "Will the postman ever ring?"



It was such a beautiful shadow that I snapped the image in monochrome as well, so let me know which one you like:


Here is one more shot that caught my eye, some leaves floating in a pool of water in my front yard:


Have a great rest of the Sunday, I am going to enjoy the sunshine and spend time with my little one!

Shadow Shot Sunday

I have always loved shadows and when I stumbled across this blog "Hey Harriet" I was fascinated and thrilled that I could find a way to share my images with others.

Here is my new Shadow Shot Sunday image for this week:



I caught this underneath my glider while hanging out in the backyard with my daughter. The various shapes that the sun filled the concrete with reminded me of the head of a Roc Em Soc Em robot that my brothers had when we were little. I love this image and could not wait to share it with the Shadow Shot Sunday. Please follow the link above that I posted to see interesting images that other talented individuals have had posted.

Have a great evening....

Sharing my work and Shadow Shot Sunday

I am seriously thinking about taking another Drawing class at the local community college this summer. I had taken a class about a year ago, and I really enjoyed the fact that I learned something, especially the ability to draw. I do not consider my work something worthy of hanging in a museum, but I was surprised that I can do more than stick figures!

Here is an example of a few pieces that I had saved from that class:


The last one was not finished, and you can see in all of them my mistakes, but I was impressed that I was able to even do these pieces. I have this philosophy that we are all capable of learning something new all the time and that we only limit ourselves to the talents that we are comfortable handling. This is why I always push myself to research, read, and learn. I love to pass on the things that I find or learn; I just hope that others do not find this trait to be obnoxious.

In addition to the work above, there is this challenge that I had read on another blog: " Tea and Honey Bread " and it led me to another blog that does a "Shadow Shot Sunday" so I wanted to add some of my work inspired by those blogs especially since I love shadows as well....



This was the late afternoon sun shining through a window in my parent's house, I love the way the window cast the high contrast light upon the wall with an interesting slant and illuminating the light switch.

Have a great evening!