tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232019142024-03-14T01:52:04.855-04:00Janet Francoeur My Art - My Travels - My ThoughtsJanet Francoeur, loves to paint, work in clay, travel, garden, write, read and collect art. Her work is available at Carolina Creations and on the web at www.carolinacreations.com. Carolina Creations is an award winning gallery featuring the work of artists and craftsmen from across the country. 317 Pollock St., New Bern, NC 28560 252-633-4369.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1004125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23201914.post-39086529951755965712017-11-10T08:19:00.000-05:002017-11-10T10:30:45.282-05:00Moving my Blog to WordpressI've had this blog since 2008 and I love writing it!<br />
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This is one of the paintings I did for my 2018 calendar. Most of the originals for this coming years calendar are 5 x 6".</div>
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There were 4 or 5 groups in different areas playing.</div>
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I LOVED watching this little girl clog and seeing the expressions on her face.</div>
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This mud covered fire box for the still made a hotter fire so moonshine making more efficient and is created less smoke so they were less likely to be detected!</div>
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What a great experience! <a href="http://www.hartsquare.com/the-festival/">Here is a link to the website. </a></div>
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There is a beautiful coffee table book you can <a href="http://www.hartsquare.com/gift-shop/">purchase.</a></div>
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On my way west I stopped to shoot a few scenes.<br />
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Not really evident in my photos but the light was amazing. Why is the light different this time of the year and why does it matter?<br />
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The sun is lower in the sky and so the shadows are longer and darker even in the middle of the day creating a very dramatic affect.<br />
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My friend Jack, who I haven't seen in several years, at the paint out in Hillsborough.</div>
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I have been to Winston Salem many times and always like to stop on Trade Street to check out the galleries. One of my favorites is The Other Half Gallery, owned by potter Ron Propst and his wife Tamara.<br />
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I was going to go to Old Salem to take a few photos but Tamara suggested I go to Bethabara, I'd never been. It is the first Moravian settlement in North Carolina, founded in 1753 (New Bern was founded in 1710). It is just a few miles from Old Salem.<br />
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There are a lot of ruins there, underground portion of the foundations of the homes. They were excavated in the early 1960s.<br />
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The Bethabara community contained over 75 major buildings during its first 20 years.<br />
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Back to Hart Square.....<br />
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I had never heard of Hart Square but when friends said they were going I said I'll go too.<br />
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It seems a Doctor Bob Hart has purchased and moved over 100 log buildings - to a 200-acre field/woods near Hickory. There’s a tavern, tobacco barn, Doctor’s office, post office, School, moonshine still, cotton gin, church, general store, and a print shop (plus 90 more buildings!).</div>
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And once a year, every fourth Saturday in October, Hart invites about 200 artisans and craftsmen he knows to Hart Square. He sells 3,000 tickets, as a fundraiser for the local Historical Society, and I was told to call the day they go on sale because the often sell out the first day.<br />
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So I got to watch the people work at ginning cotton, making brooms, spinning flax and throwing pots.<br />
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It was really wonderful! I've got LOTS of photos so this will take several posts!<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I'm always curious where grindstones are from since we grew up not far from Grindstone City in Michigan, the stone there was found nowhere else in the US and created the finest textured grindstones . The industry lasted for 100 years. I own a grindstone from there!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">So it seems I have a knack for throwing, according to my teacher. I had 5 lessons and while I have a lot to learn I can turn out a halfway decent looking piece. And throwing for sgraffito is easier than throwing for the way I usually decorate because I'm carving away a lot of the clay so if there is an imperfection or two, no big deal, carve it away!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Other reasons I'm interested in this technique, I draw a lot, I've done scratchboard quite a bit in the past, I've done wood block printing which is kind of the same technique except you carve into wood rather than clay, ditto linoleum block printing, so it's natural that I would like to do this!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">It's very exciting for me to have the time....</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I forgot to post the photos! I'll post them when they get fired.</span>
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I finally have next years calendar done! This year I painted 12 tiny - 5 x 6" or so originals for it. The calendar comes in a cd case, open it up and it holds the calendar upright.<br />
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$15 each.<br />
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They are available at Carolina Creations along with the original paintings and prints of some of them. I'll post those tomorrow!<br />
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Y<a href="http://www.carolinacreationsnewbern.com/NewFiles/New-Bern-Desk-Calendar.php">ou can also purchase the calendar on the website. </a><br />
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I'm always looking for painting ideas. For the past 15 years I've concentrated on New Bern and towns close for things to paint because I've just sold my work at Carolina Creations. We sold everything I could do. But now with more time, I'm thinking I'll approach some galleries in other towns, so that really opens up what my subject matter might be.<br />
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My first stop was the Currituck Beach Lighthouse. I love the surrounding buildings just as much as the lighthouse itself.<br />
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The Elizabethan Gardens were<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> established over 50 years ago and contain an ancient stone fountain, a waterfront gazebo, benches, statues and fabulous live oaks. </span></div>
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I've been to the Outer Banks 7 or 8 times so I didn't go anywhere I hadn't been before but this was the first time by myself.<br />
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Someone told me when your spouse dies it actually gets harder a year or so out rather than easier. I have to attest to that. I told a friend that Michael always called me when I was traveling alone to see where I was, what I was doing and how things were going. The fact that he is not here is really driven home then. She said she felt like it was because you always knew someone had your back and now you don't. I think she is right.<br />
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So to counter act that I am always really careful when I travel, I don't let myself get into situations that aren't good, and so I just keep going. I love to explore, another friends said boy you are really a vagabond!<br />
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Down East North Carolina is a very remote part of our State, and fishing is still a big industry there.<br />
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I haven't painted any fishing boats in a long time but I think I can find a good painting or two in the photos I took. My list of paintings I want to do is getting pretty long!!</div>
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That is the main reason I decided to learn how to throw, so I could make them myself.<br />
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Right now that's about all I can make but I've been pleased that I was able to master them so quickly!!<br />
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Now I need to master bowls, I think that will take a while longer.<br />
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I doubt I'll ever be a real potter. Even though I've been doing pottery for 15+ years I really use clay as a canvas for my paintings. I've always made tiles and done hand building. So rather than say I'm a potter I would say I'm a tile maker, sculptor and hand builder.<br />
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The difference is what the focus is, is the the shape of the piece combined with the decoration, or is it mostly the decoration. For me it's been the decoration.<br />
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The thing I love about clay, is it can be used in so many ways, looking forward to having the time to do a lot of new work, using my own tiles to use in mosaics, doing more outdoor sculpture.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23201914.post-33673851226132788852017-10-02T18:58:00.000-04:002017-10-09T19:23:51.081-04:00Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens Richmond VirginiaI intended to go to these gardens this summer on my way to Michigan but it was 100 degrees there and I missed my exit. I have a feeling that early October was a better time to go anyway, I would have melted in July.<br />
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One of the docents said the best time to visit is usually late May-early June or September, but because it was so hot this year early October was perfect.<br />
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We were surprised so many things were in bloom!</div>
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In one part of the conservatory they have a butterfly house during the warm weather, it closes October 15 and they ship any of there butterflies that are still alive to Arizona.</div>
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The butterfly in the center was the most unusual one we saw, if not the prettiest. It is called the Orange Dead Leaf because that is exactly what it looks like, a leaf!</div>
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Lots of orchids in bloom! Mine at home don't usually bloom this time of the year but I have 2 that are.</div>
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The have a nice childrens garden section.</div>
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And 3 or 4 places for weddings!</div>
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<a href="http://www.lewisginter.org/">Here's a link to the website if</a> you get a chance to visit, it's worth it!</div>
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Paint your own acrylic painting of this image on 11 x 14" canvas with artist Sally Sutton!</div>
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I always give a very short history of each of the sites on my calendar. I'll post it on Facebook when its ready and it will be in the Carolina Creations newsletter and available on the Carolina Creations website.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23201914.post-55865359334767776702017-09-21T22:22:00.001-04:002017-09-21T22:47:29.872-04:00Colorado and Santa Fe 2017I returned to Colorado to visit my friend Deb. We both owned and sold galleries, which is how we met. We often stayed together at shows and have a lot in common.<br />
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I flew into Denver and we walked the trail in front of the lot where she and her husband are going to buy a home with a net-zero energy consumption.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">"<span style="background-color: white;">The Geos Neighborhood combines traditional village living with the most advanced design and building practices. Community members will enjoy a pedestrian lifestyle with front porches, tree-lined sidewalks, corner stores, and neighborhood services. And thanks to Colorado’s unique climate, Geos will utilize the sun and the earth to produce as much energy as it consumes, with a total cost that’s equal to or less than ordinary built-to-code communities."</span></span><br />
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From there we made our way to Santa Fe. I don't know why but I never made it there when I lived in Colorado. I made it as far as Taos but not Santa Fe.<br />
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On the way we drove through the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs.<br />
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We saw an amazing amount of art that I liked on Canyon Road and at the Railyards. Most of the art around the Plaza was western, cowboys and Indians, and tons of turquoise so that wasn't of much interest to me.<br />
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The thing I found refreshing was the fact that all the gallery owners spoke and were interested in talking to you. Just like when we lived in Aspen, just looking at a person, how they are dressed, doesn't give you a clue whether they might spend $10,000 or not. Treat everyone well because you just don't know.<br />
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Some of the artists whose work I had never seen before and really liked.....<br />
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Katrina Howarth, love the freshness of her work.</div>
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I saw that the Eagles are on tour. Who is replacing Glenn Frey? So I looked on the Eagles website and found out it is his son. As I scrolled through the website I saw the lyrics to this is song Glenn wrote. It was read at his funeral. I feel a little connection to him because we lived across the street from him when we lived in Aspen on Snowmass Creek and his post office box was right next to ours at the Conoco. We would see him there often and he always spoke.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">“It's Your World Now”</span><br style="font-family: CrimsonRoman, serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">Written by Glenn Frey and Jack Tempchin</span><br style="font-family: CrimsonRoman, serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">From the Eagles’ </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: "crimsonitalic" , serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-center; vertical-align: baseline;">Long Road Out of Eden</span><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;"> album</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">A perfect day, the sun is sinkin' low</span><br style="font-family: CrimsonRoman, serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">As evening falls, the gentle breezes blow</span><br style="font-family: CrimsonRoman, serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">The time we shared went by so fast</span><br style="font-family: CrimsonRoman, serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">Just like a dream, we knew it couldn't last</span><br style="font-family: CrimsonRoman, serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">But I'd do it all again</span><br style="font-family: CrimsonRoman, serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">If I could, somehow</span><br style="font-family: CrimsonRoman, serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">But I must be leavin' soon</span><br style="font-family: CrimsonRoman, serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">It's your world now</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">It's your world now</span><br style="font-family: CrimsonRoman, serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">My race is run</span><br style="font-family: CrimsonRoman, serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">I'm moving on</span><br style="font-family: CrimsonRoman, serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">Like the setting sun</span><br style="font-family: CrimsonRoman, serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">No sad goodbyes</span><br style="font-family: CrimsonRoman, serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">No tears allowed</span><br style="font-family: CrimsonRoman, serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">You'll be alright</span><br style="font-family: CrimsonRoman, serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">It's your world now</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">Even when we are apart</span><br style="font-family: CrimsonRoman, serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">You'll always be in my heart</span><br style="font-family: CrimsonRoman, serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">When dark clouds appear in the sky</span><br style="font-family: CrimsonRoman, serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">Remember true love never dies</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">But first a kiss, one glass of wine</span><br style="font-family: CrimsonRoman, serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">Just one more dance while there's still time</span><br style="font-family: CrimsonRoman, serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">My one last wish: someday, you'll see</span><br style="font-family: CrimsonRoman, serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">How hard I tried and how much you meant to me</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">It's your world now</span><br style="font-family: CrimsonRoman, serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">Use well your time</span><br style="font-family: CrimsonRoman, serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">Be part of something good</span><br style="font-family: CrimsonRoman, serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">Leave something good behind</span><br style="font-family: CrimsonRoman, serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">The curtain falls</span><br style="font-family: CrimsonRoman, serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">I take my bow</span><br style="font-family: CrimsonRoman, serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">That's how it's meant to be</span><br style="font-family: CrimsonRoman, serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">It's your world now</span><br style="font-family: CrimsonRoman, serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">It's your world now</span><br style="font-family: CrimsonRoman, serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">It's your world now</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: -webkit-center;">Since Michael died last year I've sold cars, bought a car, refinanced our house, done plumbing, painted walls and a lot of other things that would have been Michaels jobs. I've also sold Carolina Creations, the business we built together and gave us such a great lifestyle the past 25+ years. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="font-family: "crimsonroman" , serif; font-size: medium;">I've done some traveling, had time to think about life and what's next. But before I can really move on to what's next I've got to finish the many commissions I've got on my plate, and get Carolina Creations restocked with pottery. </span></span><br />
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But I did discover I'm good at centering and opening. I am surprised!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23201914.post-73696954901319321012017-09-04T21:09:00.001-04:002017-09-04T21:10:56.647-04:00Thoughts on Retirement<pre wrap=""><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I read with interest a blogpost by <a href="https://tinybuddha.com/quotes/tiny-wisdom-what-we-choose-to-take-away/">Lori Deschene - Tiny Wisdom: Taking Things Away</a> <i>
“Beware the barrenness of a busy life.” -Socrates</i></span></pre>
<pre wrap=""><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Sometimes creating peace, happiness, or satisfaction has everything to do with what we choose to take away.</i></span></pre>
<pre wrap=""><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>You can love the work you do, but if you overextend yourself, even the greatest passion can start to feel stressful and overwhelming.</i></span></pre>
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<pre wrap=""><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It doesn't really seem right to call what I'm doing retirement because I'm busy working every day - but working in my studio doing my artwork instead of advertising, bookkeeping, searching for new work for the gallery, waiting on our wonderful customers, etc. Right now I'm still trying to get caught up on my commissions but I'm looking forward to doing some of the paintings, sculpture, and pottery I've been wanting to do for a long time.</span></pre>
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All supplies and snacks will be provided so all you need to do is be ready to enjoy some time with friends creating your own painting!</div>
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Various mosaics around town.</div>
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The painted bride on Vine Street.</div>
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Every inch of his huge studio is covered with mosaic!!</div>
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When in Philadelphia there are over 200 of his mosaics to see! And don't miss the <a href="https://www.phillymagicgardens.org/">Magic Garden</a> on South Street - I've talked about it in <a href="http://carolinacreations.blogspot.com/2017/02/my-favorite-in-philadelphia-magic-garden.html">an earlier blog</a> post.</div>
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What a wonderful trip! Now it's time for me to get back to work..... well after the weekend. Look for the next post where I'll show you what I did over the weekend!</div>
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Sonnenberg is the former summer home of Frederick Ferris and Mary Clark Thompson. He was a NYC banker (think Citibank and JP Morgan Chase) and she the daughter of NY State Governor Myron H. Clark.<br />
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In 1863 the purchased a 300 acre farm named Sonnenberg (Sunny Hill) near Canandaigua Lake for their summer home. He died in 1899 and she turned the estate into the show place it is today<br />
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She traveled the world looking at gardens and she came home to create the gardens on the estate between 1902 and 1919.<br />
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In 1972, after years of neglect, the property was turned into a non profit and restoration began. In 2006 it was purchased by the state.<br />
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<span style="color: #141412; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">My favorite story I heard was that Mrs Thompson requested that if someone wanted to bring a house gift when coming to visit she asked that they bring a tree. So the grounds are full of all different types of trees from all over the world.</span><br />
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When I walked up to the ticket booth and saw the green houses in the background and this garden, I thought it might be a waste of time - not - it was amazing. They are slowly restoring the estate.</div>
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The Japanese Garden is said to be the first in the country. She imported a Japanese landscape architect - my photos don't look like much but it was beautiful.</div>
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MacKenzie Childs studio. I stopped here on my way by, have been here before.</div>
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Of course I didn't try to take any photos in the shop but I used the bathroom and shot it! All the color you see is their tile.<br />
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I wish I had some peoples way with words. I can't always think of how to express how I feel. I so admire song writers and writers in general. That's why I quote people a lot!<br />
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The latest thing a friend just put into words for me is the fact I'm happiest when I have a vista to look at. The water, the mountains, a valley, a field, doesn't really matter what it is as long as I can see a long way. When she said "I need a vista", I thought to myself, wow, that's me, I never could put my finger on it before!<br />
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The vista from MacKenzie Childs.<br />
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I wasn't even going to mention that I visited MacKenzie Child studio because I have not been happy with some of their business practices in the past. I will say they are at lease making their original line in their studio in NY (not off shore). So the reason I decided to mention it is that in the next town I saw this beautiful house with garden and they had about 15 MacKenzie Child birdhouses hanging on their porch.</div>
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Next up - a Cider Mill - I can never pass one up.</div>
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But right now having fun exploring for another week.<br />
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I took the short cut through Canada on my way to NYC.<br />
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I crossed the Ambassador Bridge into Canada - be sure to take your passport! When growing up all you needed was a drivers license - but times have changed.<br />
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Sunflowers for as far as I could see. Lots of wineries, big tall green houses for growing every vegetable there is and strawberries and other fruit. They produce all through the winter.<br />
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I stopped at Niagara Falls<b style="color: #6a6a6a; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">,</b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> it's been about 30 years since I've been there. The Falls look the same of course but the flowers are more beautiful than ever - this trip seems to be a lot about the flowers! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I still wonder how there is so much water going over year after year and it doesn't run out, where does it all come from? And just what is the Niagara escarpment? It is a long ridge of rock cliff that runs from New York across the top of Michigan and into Wisconsin. And it seems that the US and Canada control how much water goes over the falls at any particular time - technology!</span></div>
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Ancestors on both sides of my family worked on the Erie Canal and were early settlers of Ohio. It's fascinating to me that both sides were in the same small towns in Connecticut in the early 1700's. Then to have my Mom and Dad marry some 250 years later.<br />
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I've always been interested in transportation - railroads, canals, air, and automobiles.</div>
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My interest in railroads started with railroad architecture, then while admiring the depots I saw the locomotives so started drawing them too. The canal boats, the locks, the buildings along the canals are also fascinating to me.</div>
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The original canal was four feet deep and 40 feet wide cut through fields, forests, rocks, swamps, crossed rivers on aqueducts and went up hills with 83 lift locks. Most of the people building the canal were US born and it took eight years to build. </div>
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The Erie Canalway National Park was established in 2000 and stretches 524 miles across upstate New York.<br />
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The first or last locks, depending on which way you are going, are in Lockport. I took a boat ride and went through locks 34 and 35. When originally dug there were many more locks but through the years they have been replaced with larger ones.<br />
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I loved seeing the 5 locks to the right of of 34 and 35. "<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Lockport’s staircase of five locks, ascending a height of 60 feet within a distance of only 550 feet, is one of the best-preserved structures remaining from the Enlarged Erie era." When built there were 5 locks on the left <u>and</u> 5 on the right. As boats got bigger the ones on the left were replaced by 2 larger locks.</span></span><br />
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I made a quick stop in Rochester and liked these light poles with mosaics.</div>
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And I saw lots of neat houses with flowers. I love flowers but what I REALLY love is flowers combined with architecture or structures, like walls, sculpture, fences.<br />
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As I went further east I saw many other locks and also stopped at the <a href="http://eriecanalmuseum.org/">Canal Museum in Syracuse</a>. Interesting to note, one of the buildings is an the original Weighlock Building. This was used to weigh boats as they went by. It turns out that the canal brought a lot of growth to Syracuse and a second canal was dug to the north and the original part of the canal that went through downtown Syracuse was filled in. </div>
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I reluctantly left my great hosts at their beautiful lakeside cabin. I had the most amazing time! I could not have chosen a more peaceful place and great hosts to spend my first weeks of semi retirement!</div>
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I headed north to one of my favorite childhood towns Harbor Springs to spend the night with a friend at her cottage on Harbor Point.</div>
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The cottages on this point are beautiful and of course I like the flowers the best.</div>
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The cottage I stayed in had an amazing view of the Harbor from the back porch and Lake Michigan from the front porch.</div>
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The season in Michigan is very sort so the flowers pretty much bloom all at once and they have to do it fast!</div>
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I'll soon be posting the small paintings I've been working on for my 2018 calendar.</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23201914.post-91926815262063669882017-08-09T17:38:00.002-04:002017-08-10T19:31:20.669-04:00Up NorthOften when you hear the phrase "up north" it's someone from Michigan speaking.<br />
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I had the fabulous opportunity of spending a couple weeks with friends on a lake - up north - in the northern part of the lower peninsula of Michigan. It was not unlike the lake I grew up on in southern Michigan.<br />
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I had an amazing time.</div>
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Kayaked almost every day.</div>
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I had a couple of sailing lessons and managed to go out twice by myself and not end up in the drink.</div>
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Had a great parking spot for my rv - with great friends!</div>
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Enjoyed my first month of (semi) retirement!</div>
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I don't remember that people grew lavender in Michigan when I was growing up there, but they do now!</div>
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We visited two lavender farms, one near Pentwater and the other north of Boyne City. </div>
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The first, <a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/86035/west-michigan-home-giant-lavender-labyrinth">Cherry Hill Farms</a> is most famous in the lavender world because of their Labyrinth.</div>
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And in the center is the most comprehensive herb garden I have ever seen.</div>
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A chart is provided that shows what is planted in each section.</div>
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My very favorite planted sections were around the center of the circle. Here each tiny plot was planted with a different theme. Medicinal, Stress, Shakespeare, Edible Flowers, and so on.<br />
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Connie walking the labryinth.<br />
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This is my second visit to <a href="https://lavenderhillfarm.com/">Lavender Hill Farms</a> near Boyne City.</div>
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Near the Lavender Hill Farm is the <a href="http://www.hortonbaygeneralstore.com/text/history.html">Horton Bay General Store.</a> It is on Walloon Lake, where Ernest Hemingway spent much of his youth. </div>
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It appears that there are about 230 lavender farms in the US, including these in North Carolina - I've got them on my list to visit!</div>
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<a href="http://www.hausercreekfarm.com/about-us">Hauser Creek Farm</a> just west of Winston Salem.</div>
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<a href="http://www.thelavendergarden.net/">The Lavender </a>Garden in China Grove.</div>
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<a href="http://sunshinelavenderfarm.com/faqs/">Sunshine Lavender Farm</a> - only open for special events - north of Hillsborough.</div>
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I LOVE living in New Bern and North Carolina is an amazing state, but even though I haven't lived in Michigan in 34 years there are still some things I miss about it.<br />
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the cherries and the varied agriculture</div>
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the lakes - over 11,000 lakes and ponds<br />
clear water - no salt - no alligators or sharks</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23201914.post-44105752761910140132017-07-29T14:01:00.005-04:002017-07-29T14:01:55.818-04:00A peaceful time in MichiganSaw this neat barn just outside of Toledo.<br />
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I'd never been to Belle Isle Park, it was very nice.</div>
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Most of the attractions are open Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.</div>
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My niece and her boys with a ship going by in the back ground.</div>
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Chicory.</div>
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The lighthouse on the end of the Island, you would never know you were right in Downtown Detroit.</div>
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Ship in the Detroit River.</div>
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Not every neighborhood in Detroit is a wreck.</div>
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Not a bad place to hang out in Northern Michigan.</div>
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