BSM: Best Shot Monday - June 1, 2009

Happy June, all. And boy, has it been 'practicing' a lot around here lately for the whole June Gloom thing. ;-) (just the way I like it, though ... I love this stuff !!!)

So it was hard to decide what to post for today's BSM (Best Shot Monday) image ... I caught* some good shots of Trevor at his Pony baseball game on Saturday - a game which they won.



I also caught some not-so-great shots of our Great Horned Owl(ets) again - last night -- and while they're not so great, you CAN see their silhouettes.


Given the limited capabilities of the photographer (that would be me) -- 'cause I do think my camera (a Canon G9) is far more capable than what I'm getting -- they're not so bad. Not after a bit of "brightness, contrast, and color" adjustment, anyway.

So I think I'll have to post TWO. Okay, THREE.

THIS, this - is my BSM image.

That's our Trevor, getting a hit/RBI - and making his bat stand upright !!!

Really, can you believe the strange "luck" I have with capturing baseball bats doing tricks ??? (some of you might recall my BSM post for April 27th, where the bat was suspended in air!)

and this, this would be right up there with the bat-on-end. I call it Ball in Glove. (as Trevor's private coach, Ryan, always tells him - "the catcher has ONE JOB. to CATCH the ball." Ryan would be proud!)

Owl Taking Flight off our bluff -- and check out the silhouette of the shrub to the left - does that resemble a hunched over violinist, or what?! I love it !!!


Yup ... those are my three for this (last) week. Have a beautiful Monday, and KEEP TAKING PHOTOS !!!

-- Princess Magpie, aka Davielle

* you probably now get the pun -- "caught" on camera while Trevor was "catching". oh, never mind. sometimes I am too easily amused and it's not really all that clever!

I have a most SERIOUS case of Lampshade Envy

Oh my, friends. My blogging mentor and dear, dear friend Ann has done it to me ... she has found something I just can't stop thinking about, and I now have my first (and hopefully last!) case of SLE {that's Serious Lampshade Envy, for any of you that were not Psychology majors}.

I need a support group. Intervention. A straightjacket. HELP !!!

Check out her THE ENDLESS SUMMER blog at: http://www.adeakers.blogspot.com/

Scroll down a bit, and THERE it is. The cause of my new Disorder. SLE. Serious Lampshade Envy.

How can I ever forgive this one? How can I get over wanting that lampshade?

Your oh-so-pained-and-envious,

-- PRINCESS MAGPIE

very cool giveaway today at iHeartFaces - a cool CAMERA BAG

check this out, friends ... this is a way cool CAMERA BAG giveaway over at iHeartFaces:

http://iheartfaces.blogspot.com/2009/05/tracy-joy-camera-bag.html

Do visit them today to enter to win.

;-)
your,

Princess Magpie

Bone Sigh Arts ... beautiful words of wisdom

During my recent read-along with Brene Brown (and community), I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ME (BUT IT ISN'T), an artist was 'introduced' to us, an artist that Brene met at one of the many conventions she is asked to speak at. As the story went, someone approached Brene and showed her a poster of this:

Brene tells us she was captivated by the piece, and when she returned home, the next thing we knew, she was posting a post and offering a copy of this as a giveaway.

You can imagine my surprise and delight when I was a winner of this !!! The day it arrived, I took photos of the packaging, because the artist, who sent it to me directly, had made such a presentation of it ...

Since the day it arrived, I have been quite "taken" with the soulful work of TERRI ST. CLOUD of Bone Sigh Arts. Visit her site here:

http://www.bonesigharts.com/

Do tell me what you think. I find her words deep, meaningful, deliberate, sometimes to-the-core, and sometimes simply soothing.

Continuing on my artful journey, I remain your ...

-- Princess Magpie

Transformation of a Garage to a Messy Art Space

Click on over to my other blog, www.DH2travelers.blogspot.com , if you'd like to take a look at my new cupboard for storing MAS {Messy Art Supplies}.

My husband Mark has been a real trouper, helping me clear out and re-organize the garage over the last 2 months, readying this corner just for me. And my art. My MESSY ART, that is.

I'm in creative heaven. Yes, I am.

:-)
Princess Magpie

Taking Flight, the Pendant

Jewelry artist STACY DE LA ROSA created a soulful piece just for Kelly Rae Roberts and a handful of her appreciative fans ... TAKING FLIGHT, the pendant ... Kelly Rae recently gave one of these beauties away, and Stacy then agreed to make a limited edition (really, just over a handful) more to sell on her Etsy shop ...

http://www.bellawish.etsy.com/

They are all sold out now, but I am so grateful that I was one of the fortunate individuals who placed an order pronto ... because I just heard from Stacy this morning, via e-mail, that my pendant has now TAKEN FLIGHT [pun intended] and is winging it's way to my mailbox as we sit here together, blogging.

I can hardly contain my excitement.

If I have not yet told my FULL CIRCLE story of how I came to be a blogger, and a budding artist (or should I say "fledgling" artist?! it seems appropriate) ... I will, and soon.

Kelly Rae and her TAKING FLIGHT, the book, play a huge role in my journey.

{here is a link to Taking Flight - the book - at Amazon}

http://www.amazon.com/Taking-Flight-Inspiration-Techniques-Creative/dp/160061082X

And here is a link to Kelly Rae's blogspot ... http://kellyraeroberts.blogspot.com

Smiling, blissfully, your ...

-- Princess Magpie, aka Davielle

The Clutter Tango

Well, fellow blogger TRACEY CLARK has done it again. She has put into words so very much of what I am currently struggling with / against:

This is what Tracey wrote this morning on her Facebook page:
Source: www.superherodesigns...
"In theory, the idea of clearing out the old to make room for the new makes perfect sense. I believe that energy moves about freely when there is proper space to do so. I have experienced the freeing feeling of sorting and cleaning ..."
Such an honor to be guest blogging at Superhero Designs!

http://www.superherodesigns.com/journal/archives/001674.html

My life seems to be this continual dance - if I had to name it, I'm sure it would be a tango - with CLUTTER. DISORDER. CHAOS. Although in recent years, the chaos has taken a far back seat to the other two partners.

Oh, my.

-- Princess Magpie