tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897378276136527842024-03-13T08:20:02.412-07:00With a humble handUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89737827613652784.post-90345705584670709042010-11-17T19:02:00.000-08:002010-11-17T19:21:01.254-08:00Alone with You<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxidlsR11x1qzb661o1_500.png" /><br /></div><br />A series of haiku on a foggy day in Geraldine:<br /><br />I.<br />O capture my heart,<br />Ravisher of darkest soul-<br />To be One with You.<br /><br />II.<br />His breath takes me far<br />off away into the deep-<br />sailing above seas.<br /><br />III.<br />slowly by slowly<br />ropes are untied, fears released-<br />his words set me free.<br /><br />IV.<br />Death that brings most life<br />O Gone are my haunting thoughts<br />The end of me nearsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89737827613652784.post-46623668220149645412010-11-01T02:41:00.000-07:002010-11-01T02:55:05.174-07:00Jude twentyfour<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://wideopenspaces.squarespace.com/storage/far%20from%20what%20i%20once%20was.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1252078574583" /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8baymvXND1qau1wzo1_500.jpg" /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89737827613652784.post-11018593222040805352010-10-14T19:49:00.000-07:002010-10-14T20:01:17.586-07:00Home sweet Home<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/15859738?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" frameborder="0" height="300"></iframe><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">My lovely home in Geraldine, New Zealand!<br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89737827613652784.post-66667692558147629012010-10-14T01:36:00.000-07:002010-10-14T02:17:15.123-07:00Hilaskomai<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/bVxLCM_NZUloL09WO02qPefJDKpYSIZJL-9x24mFGEs?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_QMNr22DktaA/S296_yIMzYI/AAAAAAAABOM/OUgO6OugbXA/s800/blogg.jpg" width="600" height="397" /></a><br /><br />In Luke 18:9-14, there is a story of the prayers of the Pharisee and the tax collector. The Pharisee's prayer is self-centered and not in any way humble. However, the tax collector's prayer is the opposite. Verse 13 says, "But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'"<br /><br />The original Greek word used for "merciful" in this text is <span style="font-style: italic;">Hilaskomai</span> which is translated as "to make propitiation for" or "to atone for (sin)" and also "to make ONE with God." The last translation caught me the most. This sinner, the tax collector, was not crying for mercy in that he wanted to escape punishment (which is what mercy is usually thought of), but rather crying out in utter despair: "GOD, MAKE ME ONE WITH YOU AGAIN"<br /><br />my prayer tonight:<br /><br />God, <span style="font-style: italic;">hilaskomai</span>... make me one with You again.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89737827613652784.post-30546038844425703022010-09-18T23:20:00.000-07:002010-09-18T23:24:51.112-07:00Keep in touchDear Loved Ones,<br /><br />Please write me letters at my home address-<br /><br />124 Woodbury Rd.<br />R.D. 21<br />Geraldine<br />New Zealand<br /><br />Also, please send emails to katrinaong@upperroomshows.com<br />Facebook will not be a regular part of my life from now on.<br /><br />Love<br />KatrinaUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89737827613652784.post-34020257525359759232010-09-11T22:38:00.000-07:002010-09-11T22:46:08.884-07:00september eleventh<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/TIxoyggu7bI/AAAAAAAABcE/28AoEMN1lgQ/s1600/60810_1501250703029_1587030024_1166643_702042_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 264px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/TIxoyggu7bI/AAAAAAAABcE/28AoEMN1lgQ/s400/60810_1501250703029_1587030024_1166643_702042_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515898860551990706" border="0" /></a><br /><br />the journey by mary oliver<br /><br />One day you finally knew<br />what you had to do, and began,<br />though the voices around you<br />kept shouting<br />their bad advice--<br />though the whole house<br />began to tremble<br />and you felt the old tug<br />at your ankles.<br />"Mend my life!"<br />each voice cried.<br />But you didn't stop.<br />You knew what you had to do,<br />though the wind pried<br />with its stiff fingers<br />at the very foundations,<br />though their melancholy<br />was terrible.<br />It was already late<br />enough, and a wild night,<br />and the road full of fallen<br />branches and stones.<br />But little by little,<br />as you left their voices behind,<br />the stars began to burn<br />through the sheets of clouds,<br />and there was a new voice<br />which you slowly<br />recognized as your own,<br />that kept you company<br />as you strode deeper and deeper<br />into the world,<br />determined to do<br />the only thing you could do--<br />determined to save<br />the only life you could save.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89737827613652784.post-8634469353705648452010-08-15T00:46:00.001-07:002010-08-15T00:49:31.649-07:00Dreaming of<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/TGebbMTtfnI/AAAAAAAABb0/5p2aVSorXRA/s1600/deer.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/TGebbMTtfnI/AAAAAAAABb0/5p2aVSorXRA/s400/deer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505539960946392690" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">roaming animals<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/TGebaociHMI/AAAAAAAABbs/vVwbyNoiwVU/s1600/stack-of-letters.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/TGebaociHMI/AAAAAAAABbs/vVwbyNoiwVU/s400/stack-of-letters.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505539951319719106" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">handwritten letters<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/TGebadBVEXI/AAAAAAAABbk/uxhBzMLyxxU/s1600/stars.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 322px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/TGebadBVEXI/AAAAAAAABbk/uxhBzMLyxxU/s400/stars.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505539948252828018" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">bright stars<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/TGebaDYkfoI/AAAAAAAABbc/GcjsXAC_kMs/s1600/65037973CFNqII_fs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 297px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/TGebaDYkfoI/AAAAAAAABbc/GcjsXAC_kMs/s400/65037973CFNqII_fs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505539941370986114" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">the hills of New Zealand</span><br /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89737827613652784.post-60236448233313953662010-08-14T23:51:00.000-07:002010-08-15T00:44:28.697-07:00New Zealand<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/TGea1xCWacI/AAAAAAAABbU/5k68VEPgIN8/s1600/tumblr_l1gv9ayTPL1qabe2lo1_500.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 142px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/TGea1xCWacI/AAAAAAAABbU/5k68VEPgIN8/s400/tumblr_l1gv9ayTPL1qabe2lo1_500.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505539317970659778" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Thirty days till my departure. You'll be hearing from me.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89737827613652784.post-20136305606793845172010-04-18T23:30:00.000-07:002010-04-18T23:47:19.034-07:00Curious Boy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/S8v8SwP6aNI/AAAAAAAABZE/YeBRPffcAG4/s1600/tuesday-fort12.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/S8v8SwP6aNI/AAAAAAAABZE/YeBRPffcAG4/s400/tuesday-fort12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461736372236347602" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The bold navy stripes on his pajamas looked more like sea waves when he crawled under and around the tables and chairs, blankets and sheets we’d assembled into a bedtime fort. He bumped and knocked over my Moira doll sitting perfectly in her high chair.<br />“Slow, please slow, brother.”<br />His loud grin told me exactly what he was thinking but I hoped for once he would speak. But he never spoke. My quiet, curious boy.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89737827613652784.post-59025568446774509902010-04-18T23:05:00.000-07:002010-04-18T23:10:58.396-07:00Lock it up<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.theunicorndiaries.com/2009/04/time-capsule.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/S8vzAFPQkjI/AAAAAAAABY8/vKZDNifa5N0/s400/3469222472_3ff648e168_o.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461726155848585778" border="0" /></a>
<br />She kept it quietly in the old brown trunk hidden in the room made only of wood. Had she known it would blend in so well she wouldn’t be able to see it later, she may have kept it in the garden. Slightly after midnight, the badger who helped her months ago find the trunk told her that this was not an ordinary trunk. It would not keep her delicate heart, her rose petal pages, her bottles of tears and honey.
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89737827613652784.post-8694075866249542482010-04-18T23:02:00.000-07:002010-04-18T23:05:53.481-07:00My Brown Hair<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jrodenbucherphoto.blogspot.com/2010/04/ms-ong.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/S8vyLYIigPI/AAAAAAAABYs/VJddID2_yWM/s400/_DSC1010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461725250387607794" border="0" /></a>I stumbled upon this post from <a href="http://www.thelostprincess.com/">a lovely blog </a>I often read.<br />To all my lovely brunettes out there...<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Sometimes I wish I were blond, with thistle down hair that floats on the breeze and wispy brows, and lashes that are barely there. There is something so fragile about pale skin, pale hair, lilac unicorns made in to girls against their will.</span> <p style="font-style: italic;">Then I remember all the brave, proud brunettes. I remember Wendy and Dorothy and Sara and dearest Lucy and I tie my braids like a badge of honour. For we are the fierce, clever, plucky little maidens who save lost boys and open wardrobe doors and remember, in our dreams, how to fly."</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89737827613652784.post-71567129395773333692010-03-25T17:12:00.000-07:002010-03-25T17:25:20.483-07:00Tune of the 49th<object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10384393&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10384393&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><br /><br />Up and coming Seattle band (and good pals of mine), <a href="http://www.myspace.com/washingtonmile">Washington Mile</a>, asked me to direct and shoot their first music video / promo for their debut album Simple Hearts. I gladly accepted and after hours and hours and hours ... and hours, here is the final product! I had wonderful ladies, Kira and Danya, help me with the filming day. AND my beautiful and lovely baby sister, <a href="http://dontdietoosoon.blogspot.com/">Cassandra </a>acting as the girl. I loved making this even though it was hard work. I can't wait for future projects like this!<br /><br />Listen to great tunes from <a href="http://www.myspace.com/washingtonmile">Washington Mile.</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/S6v-lpQbGYI/AAAAAAAABYM/UedF454GvJo/s1600/23859_376859137874_140719002874_3901402_87170_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/S6v-lpQbGYI/AAAAAAAABYM/UedF454GvJo/s400/23859_376859137874_140719002874_3901402_87170_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452731696545470850" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89737827613652784.post-69331960962543525512010-03-21T01:42:00.000-07:002010-03-21T01:47:57.123-07:00Charlie Darwin<object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7225514&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7225514&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><br /><br />In honor of the stop motion project I have been working on countless hours... Here is a beautiful, whimsical song set to an equally beautiful, whimsical stop motion video. <br /><br />I love you and goodnight.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89737827613652784.post-74664899860664050692010-03-15T06:37:00.000-07:002010-03-15T06:42:09.277-07:00Kailynn Josephine<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/S544ac8qAxI/AAAAAAAABYE/I5CxyJdDzFk/s1600-h/0311001033.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/S544ac8qAxI/AAAAAAAABYE/I5CxyJdDzFk/s400/0311001033.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448854626263237394" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/S544aFNrliI/AAAAAAAABX8/-FbayMeAGaE/s1600-h/25363_1401364831928_1166522355_31205599_6175709_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/S544aFNrliI/AAAAAAAABX8/-FbayMeAGaE/s400/25363_1401364831928_1166522355_31205599_6175709_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448854619892192802" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/S544Zv8fiKI/AAAAAAAABX0/c9isAb3AoYM/s1600-h/25363_1401365791952_1166522355_31205621_6943329_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/S544Zv8fiKI/AAAAAAAABX0/c9isAb3AoYM/s400/25363_1401365791952_1166522355_31205621_6943329_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448854614182955170" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/S544ZW1H7wI/AAAAAAAABXs/lj-DurlC0e0/s1600-h/25363_1401364591922_1166522355_31205593_645144_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/S544ZW1H7wI/AAAAAAAABXs/lj-DurlC0e0/s400/25363_1401364591922_1166522355_31205593_645144_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448854607441161986" border="0" /></a>Bright and early at 6:34am on March 11th 2010, my precious beautiful niece, Kailynn Josephine Ong was born. Neisha was a Warrior Momma, bringing Kailynn into the world after over 20 hours of labor! I love Kailynn, Sean and Neisha Ong and CANNOT wait to see them in May!! I WANT TO HOLD YOU MY SNUGGLE BUG!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89737827613652784.post-17712294334852190722010-02-07T18:46:00.001-08:002010-02-07T18:48:51.197-08:00Overwhelmed<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/S297fLbP7VI/AAAAAAAABOU/hAESxiebWgQ/s1600-h/blogg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/S297fLbP7VI/AAAAAAAABOU/hAESxiebWgQ/s400/blogg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435699050832719186" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89737827613652784.post-14842417037525258152010-02-03T22:34:00.000-08:002010-02-03T22:40:39.857-08:001 month<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/S2prqWn_RMI/AAAAAAAABOE/OHTCBAqaofc/s1600-h/neish.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/S2prqWn_RMI/AAAAAAAABOE/OHTCBAqaofc/s400/neish.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434274275747906754" border="0" /></a><br /><br />1 month<br />till my brother and sister-in-law have a baby...<br />THE FIRST ONG GRANDCHILD<br />I will be an aunt. I can hardly wait.<br />Come soon Baby Ong, Boy or Girl- I will LOVE YOU FOREVER.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89737827613652784.post-3148680745370028312010-01-28T22:32:00.000-08:002010-01-28T23:02:58.452-08:00Untold Stories<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/S2KHOiX4P8I/AAAAAAAABAY/276KDWTZ8cs/s1600-h/4304439641_88750c13e5_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/S2KHOiX4P8I/AAAAAAAABAY/276KDWTZ8cs/s400/4304439641_88750c13e5_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432052784377118658" border="0" /></a><br />Never when the noisiness of shuffling feet or obligatory laughs fill the spaces between door and window. Always when the other door closes and I am alone. I thought I was alone. The once frivolous pursuit of thoughts switch to peeks and glimpses of Her spilling coffee and the lines of His unmoving lips. "What is your name?" I ask. She turns the corner, her skirt lightly catches wind. "Wait!" I close my eyes. Why have they chosen a mind like mine? Selfish, buttoned up mind. I can hear Him catch Her around the corner. I imagine She runs right into his chest. Thud. There goes the coffee. I turn the corner and giggle at the sight. She hides Herself quietly, neatly behind Him. "Show me your faces." I ask politely. "Show me your faces." I ask a little less politely. Fumbling with the chain, He opens his copper pocket watch; it reads: "Tell them the story."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89737827613652784.post-69483503601378877482010-01-20T23:02:00.000-08:002010-01-20T23:20:59.816-08:00pretty colors<embed src="http://sketch.odopod.com/flash/OdoSketch.swf?sketchURL=/sketches/142390.xml&userURL=/users/26818&bgURL=/images/bigbg.jpg&mode=embed" AllowScriptAccess="always" bgcolor=#EDE7DB menu="false" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="600" height="278"></embed><br /><br />My<a href="http://cheuka.blogspot.com/"> lovely gal pal </a>recently shared this little<a href="http://sketch.odopod.com/"> treasure of a site </a>with me. Do take a minute or two to create something pretty to share! in light of my undying love for mr. sendak's little boy, max... it's no surprise this is what i came up with for my first piece.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89737827613652784.post-57444978003481400712010-01-18T01:55:00.001-08:002010-01-18T02:23:44.837-08:00sleepy, beneath clouds<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sleepybeneathclouds.blogspot.com/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 67px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/S1QwPpDR-OI/AAAAAAAAAjU/lszNLl0lGns/s400/sleepy.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428016496164075746" border="0" /></a><br />Please take a peak at my new photo blog!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89737827613652784.post-80565954167327372432010-01-17T23:07:00.000-08:002010-01-18T02:24:38.731-08:00dear mr. sunshine<object width="400" height="300" ><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.facebook.com/v/509930399902" /><embed src="http://www.facebook.com/v/509930399902" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br />My first, and certainly not my last, stop motion film. Very very short film. I thought I should start with something little before taking on bigger ideas. Enjoy for now and stay tuned for more in the hopefully near future. Good night!<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89737827613652784.post-28095782241779343012010-01-11T21:52:00.000-08:002010-01-18T02:24:00.767-08:00Neopolitan Dreams<object width="425" height="360"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="movie" value="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=42216251,t=1,mt=video"><embed src="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=42216251,t=1,mt=video" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="360"></embed></object><br /><br />First day back to school- let the procrastination begin :)<br />Here is a lovely young bright eyed lady I started listening to recently.<br />Lisa Mitchell's music is like sunshine in a silver locket.<br />Her videos are equally as endearing.<br />Enjoy!<br /><br /><object width="400" height="320"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5412397&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5412397&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="320"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89737827613652784.post-21097955035482862202009-12-31T01:56:00.000-08:002009-12-31T02:03:25.909-08:00The Land of Tears<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/Szx1nMj6jMI/AAAAAAAAAZc/zbdnlXMwDY4/s1600-h/DSC_0088.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/Szx1nMj6jMI/AAAAAAAAAZc/zbdnlXMwDY4/s400/DSC_0088.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421337367694445762" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/Szx2xHxuL2I/AAAAAAAAAZk/rZwmZ8U6cqE/s1600-h/DSC_0094.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/Szx2xHxuL2I/AAAAAAAAAZk/rZwmZ8U6cqE/s400/DSC_0094.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421338637720498018" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/Szx1muJiXvI/AAAAAAAAAZU/O68Z_DORq28/s1600-h/DSC_0093.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/Szx1muJiXvI/AAAAAAAAAZU/O68Z_DORq28/s400/DSC_0093.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421337359530745586" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/Szx1mKtxtEI/AAAAAAAAAZM/M5zgBMq4VOQ/s1600-h/DSC_0091.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/Szx1mKtxtEI/AAAAAAAAAZM/M5zgBMq4VOQ/s400/DSC_0091.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421337350019068994" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">from "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry</span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89737827613652784.post-70277791520933861552009-12-29T02:16:00.000-08:002009-12-29T02:42:33.323-08:00Taylor and the Twins<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/SznZc_GQAHI/AAAAAAAAAYM/D_BbkLFyakk/s1600-h/DSC_0129.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/SznZc_GQAHI/AAAAAAAAAYM/D_BbkLFyakk/s400/DSC_0129.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420602718514315378" border="0" /></a>Taylor age 5<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/SznZKef2ltI/AAAAAAAAAYE/KKD64fgqQ_A/s1600-h/DSC_0130.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/SznZKef2ltI/AAAAAAAAAYE/KKD64fgqQ_A/s400/DSC_0130.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420602400525686482" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/SznZJg84VoI/AAAAAAAAAX0/f0WwFwpM1hQ/s1600-h/DSC_0147.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/SznZJg84VoI/AAAAAAAAAX0/f0WwFwpM1hQ/s400/DSC_0147.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420602384004437634" border="0" /></a><br />Connor age 3<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/SznZJ6TEUGI/AAAAAAAAAX8/w2JFbdgoyY0/s1600-h/DSC_0139.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/SznZJ6TEUGI/AAAAAAAAAX8/w2JFbdgoyY0/s400/DSC_0139.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420602390808383586" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/SznZJG0ZTTI/AAAAAAAAAXs/lu-ODNhh1Tk/s1600-h/DSC_0154.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/SznZJG0ZTTI/AAAAAAAAAXs/lu-ODNhh1Tk/s400/DSC_0154.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420602376989527346" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/SznZI7IwdPI/AAAAAAAAAXk/mnIhaxK51MY/s1600-h/DSC_0155.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/SznZI7IwdPI/AAAAAAAAAXk/mnIhaxK51MY/s400/DSC_0155.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420602373853705458" border="0" /></a><br />Kyra age 3<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89737827613652784.post-67112228578573519362009-12-27T15:29:00.000-08:002009-12-28T00:03:09.912-08:00feeble fingers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://feeble-fingers.blogspot.com"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 246px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/Szfu0riQdqI/AAAAAAAAAXE/Dhtqh5dsjqs/s400/header.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420063265370699426" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89737827613652784.post-57142151711471467932009-12-25T14:09:00.000-08:002009-12-28T00:03:09.912-08:00Tree Castles<div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://treecastledreams.blogspot.com/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QMNr22DktaA/SzU5dc1gAQI/AAAAAAAAAVc/aKYmJMlT1WY/s320/4007375924_1538076526.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419300904729837826" border="0" /></a>i tumbled upon a fairy tale like blog early this morning.<br /><a href="http://treecastledreams.blogspot.com/">Tree Castles</a><br /></div>Her words fall quiet and gentle like the snow that hasn't yet arrived this winter.<br />Here are some of them...<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13); font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">"In a moment like this, you feel as if you are always missing something. Perhaps you are missing the snow. Perhaps you are missing someone's hand that you never had the chance to hold. Or you could be pretending that you are missing something just to feel alive. Alive and alone.<br />Last night when you were lying on your bed, you remembered those nights when the wind was a friendly stranger. You remembered when you walked out of the house while everyone was asleep, all your neighbors and friends, sisters and brothers, mother and father, lost like a shadow. Their dreams filled the air with a stillness only trees could understand. And only if you could know what the trees know, is what you wondered.<br />And now you are wondering if all that was a mere dream. A dream that vanished, a thief that broke off a little piece from the crystal glass of your heart. It went away with spring. A magnificent elope, an unforgettable escapade.<br />No wonder. No wonder there is a boy ghost sitting by the balcony outside, you said. A hologram that you cannot touch. You cannot ever touch a faded memory. It slips through your fingers in its delicate heartbreaking way where your throat chokes on those drops that fall from eyes. But how can it be when your tears never fell? How do you choke on them?<br />And immediately you asked me if hearts can cry. I did not say anything. You already knew the answer. You have known it forever."</span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2