Once alive with tourists, visitors enjoying a bit of history while touring the carefully tended gardens, and game park nearby. This “car” now sits, empty. A relic days gone by.
Plattsburg, New York. USA, May 14.2017 taken by myself Q – Dymoon
Wordless Wednesday – time was
May 23, 2017
lazy day musing
May 22, 2017
Spent a lazy day, painting and trying to resolve a technical problem on the PC. Am I the only one who asks, PC or Apple? I have both, each has their own special features that I enjoy. but neither satisfies me 100%
Such is the way of life. A philosophical conversation years back, Can a husband and a lover be one and the same? Or do you have to settle on which qualities you want to spend the rest of your life with.
Don’t you just love the solid look of this old charmer, it has been so well looked after. While someone wanted the top one, but has left it out in the elements, the inside of it is ruined.
This beauty was ready to roll. The dealer wasn’t open when we happened by, and there was no signage on the vehicle. So I was left with no choice but to steal a kiss and run. =^_^=
Our Honda Ridgeline was secure in the knowledge that she can accommodate all 4 us, in a way the two seater could never do….You may love the wicked ones, but it is the solid good drives that keeps you humming from year to year. =^_^= .
I appreciate a good-looking body, especially one that has been well looked after. You can always tell when there is pride of ownership. Today we take too much for granted. Life is to enjoy, and living is about exploring and discovering. When we are internally happy, the world is a beautiful place.
PL Principle # 3 I will live with a mind of appreciation towards others and things.
PL Precept #10 Love yourself and Others.
Underwater
May 19, 2017
Under the sea
are colourful bumble bees
how can that be
in art, the mind is free
to express all that it can “see”
PL Precept #1 Life is Art
All in life is possible,
when we believe
and trust in “God” to live in peace
World Peace is Everything!
Q
Oyashikiri
original mixed media by Q (Dymoon)
Thursday Doors – NH
May 17, 2017
knock …knock…
you can knock all you want
but you can’t come in…
so you found me
you can look but you can’t see
Someone was here before you
you need only look to find the clue
shuttered and closed, I may be
but still I leave you with history
you can see it, just by looking at me
I can be found anywhere
you need only dare
to look beyond the main streets
please believe that I still live and breathe
behind the door, you will see my core
the memory of another time
still lives within the walls behind the door
my floors still wear the marks of what was,
in the many years before, I am waiting
please, don’t stare, come in… and close the door.
Portuguese Water dog, also known as Porti, or PWD, 
This is our current Porti, she is now a senior, and as spoiled as ever. Hard to get her eye action, but she is and will always be a charmer. The breeder didn’t name her Canaille without reason, I tried to find her pictures from the days she was winning ribbons, but they elude me.
Thanks for asking to see more of Canaille, she is the apple of my eye.. my one and only… =^_^= .. and of course… I am smitten.
Blessings… Have a wonderful week. Imagine, we are almost through the week. In Canada this will be a long week-end coming up. This is the time when gardeners get serious. Really serious.
NH discovering
May 16, 2017
Hello on Tuesday.. Was bright and sunny here today, yet where I would be up and out of the house bright and early, I was slow in getting going. Happens, I may have mentioned that while in NH I was suddenly hit with a flash of recognition. I didn’t want to shop, or really look around. I had enough! I’m sorry, for those of you who have had to pick yourselves of the floor, I assure you, it really happened
Such things do happen. Let’s face it, a book was written about the “strange events” that have been recorded to have happened, in the hills of NH. Shrouded Memories, True Stories from the White Mountains of New Hampshire, by Floyd W. Ramsey.
Will it last, who knows. So far, so good, I ran errands yesterday and today, and was not tempted to browse, or “look around”.. I applied myself to what needed to be done, then came back home. I do have some of my artwork on display at Raglan Art Walk 2017 in SL, I have participated for the last couple of years. I do need to send out some invitations.
What you see here, is my darling Canaille (Portuguese Water Dog) watching her human “daddy” eating a sandwich while relaxing with his “notebook” after a day of driving his “lovely” wife around touring the wilds of NH. You can see she is trained on his every move, I think, she believes, that if she waits it out, he will drop something. LOL he never does, but she never gives up hope.
That is what life is all about isn’t it. We need to live each moment, focused on what we are doing, appreciating the moment. When we are “hit” with an “idea” or “inspiration” we should listen, take heed, recognize that it is a “personal” message”
PL Precept #17 Grasp what is most Essential
PL Precept # 20 Live Maintaining Equilibrium between Mind and Matter
Blessings/Oyashikiri
NH fever
May 15, 2017
Spring fever, the desire to be outside, to be part of the awakening vegetation. I could almost see the grass turning a deeper shade of green right before my eyes,
I probably passed this drain many many times, last year, but this year, Wow, it popped up, and mesmerized me with its geometric design.
Of course I’ve seen the brilliant yellow early flower of the forsythia bush, but in NH it was even brighter and more beautiful against the green of its companion Juniper or was it a Yew. Who cares, it was a delight.
AND really have you ever seen a better piece of art. Made in the good ole USA. =^_^=
Art is everywhere. Discovering in NH (New Hampshire )!! what a great way to spend leisure time.
PL Precept # 7 Everything Exists in Relativity
PL Precept # 1 Life is Art
Oyashikiri
NH moment
May 14, 2017
New Hampshire on an early morning walk. It is May, I’m taking my time enjoying the fresh morning air, not thinking about anything else but the moment.
Only now am getting to see some of the pictures I took during our time away. A holiday is time for me to wander, some pictures were taken with my Lumix, others with my iPhone. Slowly I will get to them, for tonight, I wanted to drop in and say hi… I’ve missed you all. It wasn’t till we were on our way back today that I gave in and bought an Acer Notebook, sorry to all you Apple peeps, I simply can’t work away on an iPad like I can a Windows/PC…
You won’t see a lot of sunshine, just a lot of fresh mountain air, and the fresh new buds of new sprouts. When the windows were open we could hear the crystal clear water cascading down the mountain side through the gorge. Looking out from out two side windows, all we saw was the drop down to the forest floor. Already the bears have started to stir, one guest who stayed in one of the back “cabin/rooms” saw a bear wandering in the wooded area, in back of the Inn a few days before we arrived. We were advised not to let our dogs off leash or unattended.
We did drive down one day into the southern part of NH, where the bigger cities are, we didn’t stay long, a few hours. that was all we needed before we high tailed it back up north into the National Forest area, where we were staying, Holidays are never long enough, but, we know we will go back, and really, I missed being home, and chatting with you. Go figure. I love my time with you. Makes me feel good. Now I’ll be able to catch up on what you all have been doing.
It is late in the day, but to all the Mother’s out there, Happy Mother’s Day.
Oyashikiri
meet Ringo
May 6, 2017
Sometimes we have to do what we want .. no matter what. Ringo decided he was going to come to visit. I saw him before he arrived, only I had my own ideas, but his desire to be present over ruled my half-baked idea.
That is what happens in life, we may want something, we have it in our mind, just what we want or what we need to do to achieve or get to our goal, However along the way, it just didn’t or doesn’t work out that way. You followed the steps, you went forward the way you thought you should, and when you got to the end.. It just wasn’t the same. Not that it was a negative or simply not to your liking, it just wasn’t what you had, had in mind.
As an artist/writer, or other creative soul, it is an experience that happens to us often enough. We are good at adapting, truth be told, we kind of like the hiccups along the way, It allows for opportunities to experiment and usually go beyond what we have grown comfortable with.
PL Precept #1 Life is Art
PL Precept #2 To live is to express One’s Self
original mixed media -Q- Dymoon
flooding
May 5, 2017
I remembered I had a picture that would give a visual on what some areas are like in our part of the world right now. Many people have been and are dealing with flooding. Not just one or two areas, many places in the Province, not only cottage country, any where, there is water. Our lakes, and rivers are swollen and over flowing their banks. People are scrambling to save what they can. There have been thousands and thousands of sand bags filled and carried to numerous destinations. Still the water rises.
According to weather specialists, we’ve not seen the likes in decades, records have been broken. The climate changes the world is experiencing is all very real.
Please pray for those in need, and give thanks of appreciation to the many generous souls who have come forward to volunteer their time and help to those who are having to face the raging rising waters, and watch helplessly as their property disappears under the incoming tides.
PL Precept # 18 Each moment is a turning Point
PL Precept #16 All things progress and develop.
This too shall pass, meanwhile, pray…
Oyashikiri
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