TGIF GIFT...

(free art from the internet)

THIS IS MY

"T G I F"

GIFT to YOU!

Please visit this link:

http://blogs.vocalo.org/blog/amykr

and click on

Amy Krouse Rosenthal's

May 11, 2010

video about

K I N D N E S S... 

Who will you share this with?

If you want to know more about Amy,
here is what I found...


Amy Krouse Rosenthal: Miss(ion) Amy KR

Amy Krouse Rosenthal is on a mission: to inspire her vocalo audience through weekly, playfully interactive projects and invitations.  To say Rosenthal is a writer, filmmaker and radio host does not do justice to the variety and sheer innovation behind her creative endeavors.   She has published 12 children’s books (and 8 forthcoming) including The New York Times bestsellers Cookies: Bite Size Life Lessons and Duck! Rabbit! (which was also recently named the #1 children’s book of the year by Time magazine).  As for her adult work, Amazon named her Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life one of the top 10 memoirs of 2005.  Rosenthal is also the creator of the ongoing film project, “The Beckoning of Lovely: A Feature Film Featuring You.” Her new role with vocalo.org is in the spirit of the Writers’ Block Party show which aired on WBEZ Radio from 2001-08.

LOOKING AHEAD...

 (pic taken 5/5/10 - SLO Children's Museum)

"The sun does not shine 

for a few trees and flowers, 

but for the wide world's joy."

~ Henry Ward Beecher, Congregational minister

This week has been 

E M O T I O N A L L Y

challenging!

The thought of posting 

on my blog seemed overwhelming.

BUT... 

I was downloading pictures from my

Canon Powershot 

(which I carry in my purse 
or work bag)

AND I found these pictures...

LIFE can get "prickly"...

Can make us feel "blue"...

We may not agree with each other...

LIFE 
is neither BLACK nor WHITE... 

 BUT... 

"Flowers are sunshine, food and 

medicine to the soul."

~ Luther Burbank, American horticulturalist

I'm looking ahead!!!

INSPIRATION!

http://www.stampington.com/html/artful_blogging.html

HOT OFF THE PRESSES!

the newest issue of 

"Artful Blogging"

Several friends have asked what motivated me 

to start a BLOG?

besides wanting to document 

the "silver linings" that 

make up my 60th year of LIFE

I also wanted someplace to 

journal

share photos with my family

and

keep the creative juices flowing!

 I ran across this publication

at BORDERS... 

and although

the subscription rate is steep

I decided I "needed" 

this visual simulation.

if you haven't seen

"Artful Blogging"

you're missing out on:

* beautiful pictures

 * tips from bloggers

 * bloggers' words of inspiration.

What publications 

(magazines, newsletters, online listservs) 

do you subscribe to?

PEACEFUL PLACE!

(pic taken 4/15/10)

"Know what you LOVE

and do what you LOVE. 

If you don't do what you LOVE, 

you're just wasting your time."

~Billy Joel, musician

My WORK project is 

60% completed!

Now that I'm "in the groove"

it's hard to tear myself

away from the computer!

I took posted a copy

of this picture over

my computer...

this statue sits in the

"garden walkway"

leading to the "doorway" of my 

favorite place for a 

M A S S A G E!!!

I scheduled a

MASSAGE

for two weeks 

from now!

Whooo! Hooo!

Girl-Time TONIGHT!!!

 

Talked to SLE

oldest daughter -  chatted about

MB's guide dog ~ Sebastian

Sebastian's vet said he needs 

to stop eating 

"snacks" found at the dog park

"SNACKS" 

are "garbage treats" 

A NO-NO! 

Sebastian has been 

having intestinal problems!

Responded to ACE's email

youngest daughter - wants to get a dog

- doesn't want to move! 
trying out dog names

Talked to Mom

discussed plans for her upcoming 79th BDAY
 She had a "dog story" too ~ she told me
the theme for Katie's birthday is...
guess what...
DOGGIES!!!
She'll be 6 on a Cinco de Mayo!

I'm dog-tired!

Think I'll go to bed now!


~ AND ~
Mom
DOESN'T
want a 
D-O-G
for her birthday!!!!

UHHH! OHHH!

(cartoon from Toothpaste for Dinner)

http://toothpastefordinner.org/

OKAY!

I CONFESS!!

I'M SUPPORTING 

THE LIBRARY SYSTEM!

I've been returning

my library books 

LATE

for the past two months.

URRGHHH!

I think I should take a "break" from

checking out library books

until this summer...

(when I'm supposed to have more time

for leisurely reading).

I'm progressing on my 

WORK PROJECT! 

(see post from 4/23/10)...

Halfway done with

editing, formating

and 

C R E A T I N G !

In honor of today's cartoon post - 

- a quote about READING!

"The greatest gift is the passion for reading. 

It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, 

it gives you knowledge of the world 

and experience of a wide kind."

~ Elizabeth Hardwick, 

American novelist

IT'S ALREADY FRIDAY??!!

(pics taken 4/23/10 @ home)

"Creativity is inventing, experimenting, 

growing, taking risks, breaking rules, 

making mistakes, and having fun."

~ Mary Lou Cook, Renaissance woman from Santa Fe, NM 

It's the WEEKEND!

sun is shining!

flowers are blooming!

AND

instead of taking 

my camera outside

I   W I L L 

be focused on this...

working on the 

publication to celebrate

1 3 2 

FIRST PLACE WINNERS

in this year's 

county writing competition.

This is the FINAL year for 

coordinating this county

competition! 

(budget cuts to education have been brutal)

SO - 
I'm putting my 

"HEART & SOUL"
into

inserting graphics, borders

& edits into this project!

Here is a peek 

at last year's

book...

AND 

here was the cover...

SO...
even though I won't be
C R E A T I V E
using camera, pens, paper, 
glue or scissors


I WILL...
center my 
"creative efforts"
at the computer!

I can actually move the laptop
near the open door
or
on the back patio...

Plan to
ENJOY
the fabulous 
SPRING weather...

I added quite a few 
B L O G S
I'm checking
for 
"creative inspiration"
once the book
goes to PRINT!
(May 4th)

For those who don't know me or my job - this is really not
part of my job description. I taught myself to use 
PUBLISHER
and
this publication has "morphed"
from a plain text document with no pictures
to one with
borders, graphics and most of all 
a place where
I've been able to be CREATIVE!