Wednesday, April 20, 2016

I Hope to See

A poem as lovely as a tree.
With many apologies to Joyce Kilmer, I begin with this week's inchie challenge:


And move swiftly to the TwobyTwo.
Not my most inspired, but it's my house, if you could see the house for all the yews and mulberry trees. It's banana yellow (ugh) with brown asphalt shingles (hmm...ugh). The stem walls and the front walk are natural slate in beautiful shades of aqua, green, tan and brown. The original owner was a stonemason and his artistry is visible on this side, the front side, of the house. It's firmly attached to the forty year-old double-wide mobile home that we're slowly renovating.

Ranch
House
The skies are NOT cloudy today, but the clouds were easier to draw than the palm trees behind the house. The palm trees are home to a multitude of cactus wrens. Somebody told me cactus wrens, our state bird, are endangered. You would not know it from my house.

That was a toughie. Next week's is decidedly easier, at least we think it is. Please consider a crack at "Wood" for the upcoming TwobyTwo and spread the word to like-minded artists. There's even a Zentangle angle for tangly people everywhere!

I finish up by posting this week's stab at the Diva challenge. The object was to create a spring string and work it. Earth Day is coming up and the Diva's kids call Mother Earth "Amanda." I had a concept in mind of a ribbon of Earth unraveling and Zentangle is by definition non-objective, so there was some resistance in the force.
I guess.
Regardless, I give you, "The Care and Feeding of Amanda:"


That's what I have to offer thus far this week. It has just been one thing after another.

In better news, my daughter and her beau are once-again an item. Oh, the drama! I guess those potholders really worked. I had a lot of positive feedback on those and gladly share the company information here. Love those guys (and girls!)

Thank you for visiting and your encouragement. Have a brilliant day!


16 comments:

  1. love the work and glad you are renovating, I am almost completely done with this reno. Have a great week!

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    1. Thanks, Free! Yup, year three on the reno. It may never get done, but it sure does give us something to do. Every day! c

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  2. Sounds like you're having one of those straining to see the forest the trees weeks. Been there. Doing that. Still you managed to come up with a credible springy string and to fill it with appropriate tangles. So, there's that. Good one. :)

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    1. Thank you very much, Suzanne! It was a week before we even got half-way there...just getting to the weekend is a goal and there are lots on the to-do list. Glad you liked how I tackled the Diva's challenge. c

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  3. Nice idea to use the Joyce Kilmer poem - weell done

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  4. Beautiful spring and colours! Care and feeding, kind of says it all.

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    1. It's a full-time job, isn't it, Lorna? Thanks for your kind comment. c

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  5. Your choice of poems makes for a beautiful inchie. However, I only remembered the Mad Magazine rendition of the poem; not quite as lovely LOL! (From what I can remember from my childhood, the poems said something like: I think that I shall never see a poem as ugly as a tree. A tree that takes up so much space, where matchbox homes could stand in place. Or, something along those lines.)Your Diva tile is delightful as well!

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    1. I don't remember the Mad version, but I don't doubt it! And a funky coincidence since I was researching the ranch-style tract home developments for the Twinchy...I can hear the Twilight Zone theme song now! c

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  6. I like your wrap around idea and the way it sort of peels away in layers. Very nice work.

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  7. Love all the artwork and the great poem inchie

    Love Chrissie xx

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  8. All are lovely and very creative! Wonderful post!

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  9. Fabulous work as usual, love the string tangle.

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