Art in the hand

'In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.’ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Check Sky Watch Friday’s links to 100s of bloggers from around the globe all showing their own view of the sky.

The morning and evening skies have been ablaze with colour the last few weeks, hope you enjoy this very windy view.

One of my favorite altered books with a garden theme.

Seeing Beauty

“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” Confucius

Click the Sky Watch Friday button to see all kinds of interesting skies that participants share with us from all over the world.

Celebrating the change of seasons with an altered book.

Sharing

“The sharing of joy, physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the sharers which can be the basis for understanding and lessens the threat of their difference.” Audre Lorde

This is what the horizon looks like at the edge of a cyclone, lots of blustery winds and spots of rain.

Click the link to see what everyone else in Sky Watch Friday is posting as their view over the horizon this week.






Missed the internet the last few weeks and looking forward to getting around to visiting everyone again soon.

Off Line

Moving house and may be out of contact for a couple of weeks.
In this era of modern telecommunications we can You Tube from the top of Everest or the Moon but only if you give 10-15 working days advance notice and have someone spending a whole day at home waiting for the technician.

Suggestions on how to make the new place feel like home or magically get things out of boxes and into place would be gratefully appreciated. Or maybe craft furnishings out of cardboard boxes?

Jenny – click the email me button (under my photo on the right) and let me know how to reach you at your new place.

This is the view from the local railway station this morning - not bad eh!

My new beach walk.

The best thing we found in the process of moving was that Yankee Candles have arrived down under or to bayside Brisbane at least.

Find them at Candle Wick House, 16 Doig St., Cleveland QLD
mailto:Candlewickhouse@bigpond.comor 07 3821 3344

Faith and Hope

“Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.” Saint Thomas Aquinas

No, these are not my photos but a memorial to Australia’s worst ever disaster. I count myself lucky that my family is far from the regions affected and friends are accounted for.

Thank you to the volunteers which accounts for most of the front line fire fighters, Red Cross, Vinnies, Wild Life Victoria treating injured native animals and the RSPCA VIC for pets and livestock in Crisis. “

Thank you to the Sky Watch Friday group, Klaus, Sandy, Ivor, Wren, Lousie and Fishing Guy for allowing us to include links to this post.

p.s. we have an update the koala her name is ‘sam’ she is in rehab and doing ok considering

The volunteer CFA (Country Fire Authority) firefighter David Tree has been nominated for an award for his taking the time to care about the plight of wildlife.

Click the sky watch button to see the sky from other views all around the world.

Aim High

“In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, aim at something high.” Henry David Thoreau

Sky Watch Friday is a group of bloggers aiming cameras at the sky because there is all kinds of good things going on up there and all the more fun when shared.







Happy Valentines Day to friends and family.

Looking

“It is not what you look at that matters, it is what you see.”
Henry David Thoreau

A nice quote to share with our Sky Watch Friday friends because there are lots of folks who barely see the sky and then there are those who like to celebrate all the different moods of the sky and share the view from their perspective.

Click on photo to enlarge or the button to see views of the sky from all kinds of different angles.

Shirley from Reflections very kindly shared this blogging award with me recently. It is always such an honor the receive these gifts from blogging friends and fun deciding which bloggers to share the award with or to share with you all as good places to check out for all kinds of reasons.

These are some of the blogs that I like to visit regularly and think you will find them interesting too.

Jamie Star Shine
Jill Bittersweet soap
Kari & Kijsa
Sara's Beach Cottage

Maya Completely Coastal

Happy Australia Day

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.” Martin Luther King, Jr.

Happy Australia Day to all our family and friends in the sunny land down under, where we like to celebrate the weekend with long walks on the beach.

Sky Watch Friday bloggers share their own view of the sky from all kinds of different places around the whole wide world.

Beauty

“One does not see anything until one sees its beauty.” Oscar Wilde

Welcome to Sky Watch Friday, where bloggers from all over find the beauty in their own view of the sky.

A very early morning sunrise on the beaches of northern NSW Australia.

Jamie of Starshyne Productions is hosting a blogging group to work through Gail McMeekin's book 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women.The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women - A Portable Mentor is an guidebook of inspiration that offers practices to increase your creative success and help you to achieve your goals.

Finding your True North is a popular term in North America, along the lines of being true to your core beliefs, a good theme for a project for the Creative Women group.

Everything is Extraordinary

“In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.” Aaron Rose

Happy New Year everyone. Hope 2009 brings us all lots of good luck and good opportunities.

Sky Watch Friday is dedicated to those who keep watch on their patch of the sky waiting for that magical moment when nature displays all its majesty for us all to enjoy.

Jamie of Starshyne Productions is hosting a blogging group to work through Gail McMeekin's book 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women.

The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women - A Portable Mentor is an inspirational guidebook that offers twelve practices that will increase your creative success and help you to achieve your goals, with interviews of Sarah Ban Breathnach, Barbara Sher, Sigrid Olsen, and other highly creative women and I can't wait to see what everyone gets up to with this project.