just thoughts

Have you ever recieved a package tied up with string?

starting is all that matters .. late, early, again .. it is time

I have much to learn.. I have forgotten many things about doing things with my blog .. like how to upload pictures .. how to change things around ,, but I still have 'stuff' inside of me that wants to come out .. so I will do that .. I have changed, grown and learned a lot about myself.. so it's time to do something about it ..

It is time to start again

It is really hard sometimes to start again.. I always thought I knew what I wanted to do and then I tried it and it didn't seem the right thing to be spending time on .. strange how you can dream of time to paint all your life.. then the time is available and you try it and it seems wrong .. the heart doesn't sing and paintings looks contrived and you feel a sadness inside .. and it is time to turn a different direction. ..

yahoo!!!

I have always felt a little bad that I am a little loud and crazy at times.. that I am not cool, calm and collected.. in fact  I have thought there was something wrong with me.. that I should not be like I am .. now don't...get me wrong, I don't think I am obnoxious, just a bit different then other people.. and so today when I ate a whole container ( it was very small.. but STILL) of ice cream for breakfast I started feeling very guilty .. and thought " oh brother , there I go again .. other people would not do such off the wall kind of thing" .. and I sat down with my Bible and started looking at doing things with your WHOLE heart .. guess what ..............it is OK to be passionate.. to be burning with passion about life .. in fact there is a LOT said about being so full of zeal that you can't hold in any longer .. Life is to be lived with zest and zeal and amazement and joy .... Our insides will  burst if we don't live  life with that much enthusiasm  OH.. Thank you Lord for telling me I am perfect just the way you made me.

Thinking about new adventures

It is time to start something new.. New art ideas , new journeys, new directions . And that is what I am going to do . This summer will be mostly spent on a farm , something I haven't done since I was 18 yrs old .. so I am really looking forward to it. I have new ideas for my artwork .. and will be trying some of those things out .. Also I plan on doing a lot of drawing .. It is time to get back to some basics in life .. living on a farm and doing what I used to do every single day .. draw .. LIFE IS GOOD .. nice feeling !!

Leprechaun Village

St. Patrick's Day is coming up!

For all the Irish, born, adopted, and fancied, enjoy the coloring opportunity.

Print your coloring pages, color and fold.

Enjoy!

Paris in Spring

Print, color, cut out, assemble following directions, and display

Enjoy

Color around our house

Here is a small tree with colorful buds... The birds love to eat these so very few of them ever 'flower' ... In the background you can see the red trampoline... I love that thing !!

To "Plant" a little Spring Garden

Here is a Print and Color Spring Garden to help you through the next day, or week, or however long it takes to come!

and then it was the end of the day

And I haven't written or done any artwork ..... but that is only today . A day when normal stuff got done and this is good.... So I will look forward to tomorrow and that is a very good thing...

Yipee I am so excited

I did it .. actually I did it with a little help ... I am now what I should have been !! ME !!!

nope it did NOT !!

Ok , lets see if this works the way I want it to!!!

Ok,, this is going to be fun !!! New stuff isn't always bad ,, it 's just interesting !

new again !!

I think I will start doing this again !! but Blogger has changed a few things so it might take me a little while to figure it all out... ah the joys of learning something new . Not a bad thing to do just interesting !! I also have to figure out  how to add pictures etc. so now the first learning curve is .. how to I post this !!!

I wrote a little story

Here is a little story for Easter.... since I am not clever enough to figure out how to post the whole thing ... If you would like it please email me and I will sent it to you PDF form .. thanks

arlettaruefrench@gmail.com

practice makes perfect

playing around with both figuring out how to scan things and doing a little Easter drawing... find the 3 bunnies !! you might have to click on the picture to get it big enough... still practicing !!

A 'Little' Easter

With tiny tables and chairs around I can use all my mini's and decorate for the season !! ..

ah...Paris

I look at this picture and am truly amazed that I have been here and that I actually took this picture. Makes my heart zing.