hello friends,
today we are celebrating a new year.
i wish it to be very happy, healthy and full of good. i long for peace. peace for my family and friends and world peace would be pretty fantastic too!!
with this new year i have decided to move spaces. a clean slate.
from now on, i can be found over here: www.julieavisar.blogspot.com
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i look forward to this new year and seeing you over at my new blog.
julie xxx
p.s. thank you so much for the birthday greetings!!
shelly, our big baby turns 6 today...
we wish you all of our love, joy and health always, always.
daddy, mummy, ella and the car xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Labels: nature
This weekend we took a trip to the port in Tel Aviv - the sea breeze was wonderful.
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I enjoyed the different structures found in the area and of course some people watching while eating breakfast was more than enough to put a smile on our faces.
Have a great week x
Labels: travels
these last few days i have really wanted to take out my sketch book and draw - without much thinking... i like the simplicity of the black and grey. it is not so easy to conquer the blank white page... but i will.
some favourite recent finds:
Labels: drawings
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But september 1st marks the first day of school for Shelly.
It was quite a different experience from my first day a school all those years ago.
It took us a while to decide which school to send her to but i am very happy with our decision.
Among other great things, the school puts a big emphasis on art and music - i was happy to read Heathers post last week where she says "The workshop facilitator said 'arts are the single most important thing for children, from the time they can hold a crayon into their teenage years.' " And as Heather says, i too am happy to believe this.
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So i wish all the 5 and 6 year olds beginning school today a wonderful year!!
Labels: life stuff, travels
A couple of months ago on a bad bad day, i received a parcel from a dear friend. Kelly wasnt to know that her box of sweet thoughts would be the only thing to make me smile at that time. So here is a long overdue thank you for this gift of chocolate (unable to photograph of course!), a new lavender key ring (after i lost my keys and Kellys beautiful key ring), a crocheted doily which I LOVE!!! (Im not even sure if Kelly made this herself) and a set of delightful cleaning cloths (which seem way too pretty to clean with. If you would like to check them out - take a look here. There were a couple of other lovely things inside which reminded me of England :) all wrapped and packaged so beautifully.
Thank you so much Kelly for being such a lovely friend. Also, than you to I for my gift of British tea which i have missed so much :) xxx
Labels: post
With the end of summer in sight i have decided to have a clearout sale in my shop to make room for new work!
Labels: etsy shop
im looking forward to making plans and new beginnings. i wish you all a lovely weekend.
below are some links to wonderful work you may like to discover.
james merrell - photography
antonio murado - abstract painting
kenichi hoshine - mixed media painting
gladys b - illustration
lisa isaacs - paper cut art (my friend!)
Labels: inspiration
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It is very unusual for me to go down the 'abstract' route but this is what Im feeling right now. It felt good to be drawing but I was frustrated with the medium - the pastels not being heavy enough - not intense enough.
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With these ideas in my mind, i really like this set of images - especially this shot.
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Happy Monday xx
Edit: Thanks to Lisa s and her wonderful insight, I discovered Richard Diebenkorn and his fantastic paintings.
Below: Berkeley #57 and Cityscape 1.
Thanks Lisa!!
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Labels: artwork, inspiration
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