Art Creations Friday Entry...I Would Like a Do-Over for Last Week!...

"Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see." ~John Whitehead

Art Creations Friday Entry

Today is the first chance I have had to sit down and post since last Tuesday! Our Wednesday went like this:

7:30- drop off kids at Mother-in-law's house

8:00- Mammogram (great results)

9:30- pick up kids to go to dentist appointments

10:00/12:00- Dentist

12:00- Go through the drive-thru at McDonalds and throw some Happy Meals into the back seat.

12:10/1:00-Drive to Allergy doctor to get the boy's allergy tested.

1:00/3:00- Boys are given allergy tests and Let The Itching Commence! While waiting for the results, Dr. June examines David and while looking in his ears and discovers that he has a fairly good sized hole in his eardrum.

4:00- Dr. June consults with an ENT in the same building and he sees us right then.

4:30- Dr. Wyatt informs me that the hole in David's ear is from his tube falling out in January and that since it is not closed by now David will need a tympanoplasty because it is not going to close on it's own. Our FORMER ENT told me everything looked great and good to go.

5:00-David gets his hearing checked and I meet with the scheduling nurse to set up David's surgery. July 7th. No swimming, no swim lessons and his Rockin' Robots camp is the week after surgery and he can't go. Great!

6:00- Leave just in time to hit evening traffic.

Allergy Test Results-James is allergic to ANYTHING with fur. And that's it. I was hoping to find a dust trigger or mold trigger in there to explain his asthma. Nope. David is allergic to anything with fur and mold and several grasses. Who knew? Dr. June told me that she felt like James would not outgrow his asthma. So all in all it was a FANTASTIC day for all. Not.

And the rest of the week followed suit.


So forgive the lack of commenting and the missing next installment of the photo series. I will be around to see you all! And we will be learning about ambrotypes on Thursday:) Love, Jamie



Quotes for Today:

"When tempest tossed, embrace chaos."
~Dean Koontz

"Chaos in the world brings uneasiness, but it allows the opportunity for creativity and growth."
~ Tom Barret

"Our real discoveries come from chaos, from going to the place that looks wrong and stupid and foolish."
~Chuck Palahniuk

The Botanist...Art Creations Friday Entry...

The Botanist, originally uploaded by art-e-ology.

I finally got around to scanning in some of my botanical prints this weekend. This grouping includes prints from 1790, 1812 and 1820. It just amazes me that I have these wonderful pieces of history in my hands. The paper is thick, strong and the strokes and indents of the engravings are deep. Spectacular. So I had to use them with this sweet cutie:) Thank you for a wonderful image once again Ladies!! Love, Jamie

Quote for Day:

"I wandered away on a glorious botanical and geological excursion, which has lasted nearly fifty years and is not yet completed, always happy and free, poor and rich, without thought of a diploma or of making a name, urged on and on through endless, inspiring Godful beauty."

~John Muir

Their Roots Run Deep

Their Roots Run Deep, originally uploaded by art-e-ology.

This is my Art Creations Friday entry. I LOVE the background for this week and had so much fun playing with it to make this collage. Thank you Gals!!! Love, Jamie

Daily Quote:

"We all grow up with the weight of history on us. Our ancestors dwell in the attics of our brains as they do in the spiraling chains of knowledge hidden in every cell of our bodies."

~Shirley Abbott

Art Creations Friday...Late...Really Late...

I know it's Thursday and tomorrow is Friday and these images are from last week and the week before, but I couldn't make my Art Creations Fridays while all the yucky stuff was going on and I missed it! So here is an image made from the last two challenges.

I used the girl from last week and the hand painted background from the week before. Vintage Wil made the beautiful hand painted background.

When I looked closely at the background I found a section that looked like hydrangeas to me.

Then, I found one single, yellow rose bud and then I made a bouquet for her:)

Quotes for Today:

"People often say that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder' and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves."
~Salma Hayek

"There is hidden beauty everywhere."
~Me

Art Creations Friday Entry...And Photoshop Rocks My Socks!...

The fabulous ladies at Art Creations Friday used my FIT (Free Image Tuesday) as their image for this week!! I am so excited because now I get to see Sweet Maude through all of their eyes. They are a very talented bunch! Thank you so much Gals. I can't tell you how exciting it is to me when the FIT images are used in others' art:) Love, Jamie

Here is my entry for the week:

Ok, I am SO loving the Photoshop!!!! It is almost overwhelming because the possibilities are endless and it makes my mind race. In a good way. And I don't even know what I doing yet. Just wait until I actually learn Photoshop and whew! Can you tell I am excited? LOL!!!

***Things I am Thankful For Today-Sweet Karin at Creative Chaos, my supportive Husband and hot chocolate