I'm back!!!!

I can't believe I haven't posted anything since April. Life has been happening and swept me right off my feet, but I'm firmly planted now and will be posting to this site regularly.

My new position on the Board of Directors for the Yorktown Arts Foundation has required at least one full day each week, but I'm enjoying it. The Foundation has a gallery, Gallery on the York, which I'm responsible for the operation of. Therefore, I have cut back on my work with the Friends of the Library to one day a week. I'm doing some work for the FOL at home. We sell donated and library discards on line at the site http://alibris.com/ and I add books to the site. The site has been very successful for us and requires several hours a week to add the books. Our seller name is West Avenue Books. If you have time, check out the site and look for one of those out-of-print books that you haven't been able to find.

My sister from Florida was here for a few days earlier this month and was here to help celebrate my birthday. Actually, I think I celebrated for a week. She and her husband and two of our friends joined us for lunch at one of our favorite restaurants. Our reservation was for 1:30 and it was 4 o'clock before we got out of there. A great time was had by all.

The picture at the top of the blog is one I have entered in a show. It is a picture I took in November in Colonial Williamsburg. I've entitled the picture "Your Carriage is Ready".

Watch for my next blog,

Faye

Olive Tree and Urn

This picture was taken last year when we were in Italy. I was going through my photographs and came across this one. I posted it today to my online catalog, cardsonline.etsy.com.

When I took the picture, I was taking a picture that was well composed and looked neat through the eye of my camera. I take pictures that, for me, capture a moment in time. Today when I was looking at it, I saw that moment in time, but I saw more. The olive tree is mentioned in the Bible as well as urns. They represent food (olives and olive oil) and drink (water at the well).

Let's stop and be thankful for what we have.

Faye

Photographs

These are two photographs I have recently added to my online catalog, cardsonline.etsy.com. They are two of my favorites. Of course I say that about a lot of photographs.

The one on the top is a photograph of a country lane in early spring when the leaves are new and a lovely shade of green with a touch of a purple flower.

The one on the bottom was taken when we stopped by a river in Tennessee and watched the fisherman in the serenity of the early morning.

Visit my website and see some of my other work. My photographs can be purchased in all the normal sizes, matted or unmatted. They can also be used for the front of notecards, which I personally print.

Check back later to see my latest post.

Faye

A Unexpected and Welcome Visit

I had an unexpected visit from my brother this week. It was for two days and nights. We visited a cousin and his wife and caught up with them. The next day we visited the Gallery on the York so my brother could see what takes some of my free time and passion. Then we spent several hours visiting the Hampton Museum and had lunch at the Grey Goose.

After lunch, the three of us visited two dear long-time friends (cousins to my two cousins--on the other side of the family. My brother had not seen them for many years and was anxious to catch up with them as were they.

Now that is the way to spend an unexpected and welcome visit with my husband and brother.

I hope you will catch up with some loved one(s). Relationships is what life is all about.

Later,

Faye

New additions to my online catalog

The sun is shining today and I've finally gotten out of my funk and added some items to my online catalog at http://cardsonline.etsy.com. The picture at the right is one of my photographs that I have added. It is a hillside in Lucerne, Switzerland, in the springtime. Check out my website to see what else is new.
I worked with the Friends of the Library this morning. We didn't seem to have time for much laughter today, but we really worked hard and got a lot of new items posted on Alibris.com.
Gotta go. I'd better work while I'm in the mood. Never know when it will end.

Hooray for sunshine!!

We had a week of rain and dark skies. The sun finally came out yesterday, but the forecast is for rain again in a couple of days. I feel so much better when the weather is nice and I can get out and take a walk. Today is my day to stay in my studio until I get some work done for my businesses cardsonline@etsy.com and Photographs and Cards by Faye.

It seems I now have something to do or someplace to be every day of the week. I love what I do, but sometimes I need to just "be". That's when I can just daydream and do nothing.

On Monday I went to work with the gang at the Friends of the Library to sort books for upcoming booksales and online sales. It is a joy to work with these friends who make me laugh. We keep reminding ourselves that we need to stop taking things so seriously; life is meant to be enjoyed.

Yesterday I was volunteering at the Gallery on the York. Being surrounded by the creative art produced by the artists is such an inspiration. I love Hazel Camp's watercolors. There was one that make me smile yesterday--it was a large vase of flowers and was done in shades of purple. I had not noticed it before, but it jumped out at me and produced all kinds of lovely thoughts and feelings.

Well, enough for today.

Faye

Spring is almost here!!

I don't know about you, but spring is one of my favorite seasons--I love the beauty of the flowers, the green of the grass, the birds looking for a place to make a nest--and the main thing I like: warm weather and not having to wear a coat!!!

We're home from our trip to Florida and Louisiana. Loved seeing our children's family and my sister and her husband.

Every day is full, but I am doing the things I love. What more could I want. Yeah, I know the economy is bad and things look dismal, but I count all my blessings everyday. And I have many to be thankful for.

I hope you will do the same. Find something special in you life and enjoy it every day.

'Til next time.

Faye