"In Joyful Celebration...."

of Valentine's day 2010...
♥♥♥
and the Chinese Lunar New Year ...
which is actually year 4707 in the Chinese calendar.
It is also the year of the Tiger.
This piece was drawn in my 2010 Zen Journal
and is the last piece in my "Lemony Hearts" series.
I hope you enjoyed this year's hearts
and I also hope that
what ever you choose to celebrate today
that chocolate will be involved
and
you savor every morsel/minute.
XO ♥ :)

"Six Word Saturday..."

In any language...LOVE is fundamental. ♥

"In Pursuit..."

“There are many things in life

that will catch your eye,

but only a few will catch your heart...

pursue those.”
~Michael Nolan

♥
“Don't be reckless with other people's hearts,

don't put up with those

who are reckless

with yours.”
~Mary Schmich

♥

"600 Times..."

...OOOOH, MY! How time flies!

Today is my 600th Waterblossoms blogpost.

It seems like just yesterday

when I first met and started my love affair with

Google "Blogger".

Mmmm...I remember fondly

those sweet first days of our relationship...♥:)

I was so timid and unsure...

but,

Blogger...you faithfully stood by me all the way...

holding my hand,

answering my questions,

encouraging me to be expressive,

introducing me to lots of wonderful friends

worldwide.

Now, here we are, after 600 times...

all those

words and thoughts and emotions and frustrations

we have shared...

and still our daily, often late night, relationship

is continues to grow strong!

You are my Muse's wildest dream

come true.

And, aside from a few minor hesitancies

every now and then,

you have willingly given me the world.

You have made my ordinary days

extraordinary, adventuresome, and exotic

and

I thank you for it!

♥

I also thank each and every one of you

who have popped in for a visit at one time or another.

I am over the moon with new art ideas...

and I promise you

the best is yet to come!

Here's to the next few hundred posts! :)

XO

"Wordless (Lemony Heart) Wednesday...(#26)

"Just To Double Your Pleasure ..."

...and to double my fun...

I'm posting two bitty hearts today...

Instead of just one! :)

♥

These two ATC cards were made especially

for my two 7-year old twins nieces

for Valentine's day!

♥♥

"Happy Blooming Tuesday" everyone!!

May your hearts also bloom with

"double extra" joy

today!

♥♥♥♥

"The greatest treasures

are those invisible to the eye

but

found by the heart."

~Author Unknown

"You Won't Believe This..."..."

...but according to the

ultra newest update of the world famous

Wripley's Believe it or Not

Guide to Unique and Odd Cacti...Volume III

published right here in

Surprise Arizona...

(actually, just yesterday, as a matter of fact)

a brand spankin' new species of cactus was found!

Cacti aficionados from the Tucson area

are calling it the

"Lemony Prickly Pear Heartissimus Cacti Grande."

Amazing isn't it???

And there's more...get this...

would you believe that I just happened to

spot one...??!!

AND

as quickly to my ATC cards as I could fly

was able to capture it

in all it's Valentine Week magnificence

(during both the day AND the night!)

for your ultimate viewing pleasure

this beautiful Cactus Monday.

And it's all right here on my blog...

no need to even buy the book!

Imagine that!

I can hardly believe it either...!!!:)

You just never know

these days!

May you be surprised

by some wonderfully unbelievable events

today too!

♥
"Nothing is so unbelievable

that oratory cannot make it acceptable."
~Marcus Tullius Cicero

Ancient Roman Lawyer,

Writer, Scholar, Orator and Statesman,

106 BC-43 BC

"Last Year..."

...I artistically

celebrated the week before Valentine's Day ♥

with a series of hearts I called

the "Black Heart" series.

The were heavily zentangled and very tatoo-like.

(You can check out the whole series here.)

♥

This year...

I am looking forward

to celebrating with a week of "Lemony Hearts"

the palettes of which are inspired

by the luscious "lemony yellow" lemons on our tree.

This first piece

was drawn lead free in my zen journal...

and...

as you will see...

became the theme of many of the pieces to follow.

I hope you, in turn,

will look forward to seeing all of them.

Stay tuned...:) ♥

“Do you know the land where the lemon-trees flower?”
~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“The farther backward

you can look,

the farther forward you are likely to see.”
~Winston Churchill