This is the season when people like to come together. We smile at people we meet on the street. We may even say hello or offer a holiday greeting. We host and/or attend parties, family dinners and other social events. Why can’t we do these things online? Well, I think we can, soooo…..
On this Sunday before American Thanksgiving I am hosting an online gathering to give bloggers a chance to meet each other and visit each others blogs. I think this will be fun, but for it to work people need to participate. How?
Reply to this blog post answering one of the following questions: What is one thing you are grateful for? or What holiday do you observe during November or December and how do you celebrate?
Please also give a link to your blog so we can visit. Only family friendly blogs please.
Re-blog this post on your blog and invite others to join us.
Please visit at least two of the other bloggers who post links here and say hello. “Like” something on their blog or leave a comment to let them know you were there. Follow their blog if you like. If you want to visit everyone, go for it!
Did I forget anything?
So what I am grateful for? My wonderful blog followers and new friends and followers who are yet to come.
“Happiness is the realization of God in the heart. Happiness is the result of praise and thanksgiving, of faith, of acceptance; a quiet tranquil realization of the love of God.” — White Eagle
You are invited to join us for a little online holiday meet and greet this Sunday, November 20th. This is your chance meet other bloggers and mingle a little bit. For the Sunday post only, links to blogs (family friendly content only please) will be allowed in the comment section, so please stop by and visit other blogs and meet some new people. Feel free to invite your friends to join us.
As you may know I spend a lot of time online visiting blogs and websites of our followers as well as new friends. I find a lot of interesting people and learn a lot of new things when I go “visiting.”
Recently I happened onto an online “trunk show” called Trunk Full of Quilts 2016 at Whims and Fancies. It looked interesting so I decided to see what I could come up with.
I’m calling this “Trunk Full of Life” because that’s where my art comes from — life. Much of my work has recognizable spiritual themes, but I consider all my work to be spiritual because we can’t separate Spirit from the rest of life.
Let’s begin with The World’s Gone Crazy but I’m Okay. This had special meaning for me when I created it several years ago, but is even more meaningful. Surrounded by chaos and the world unraveling, I am in the center enveloped by the White Light of God with the words to the Prayer of Protection around the edge.
Copyright 2013 by R.A. Robbins
Rocky Mountain Skyline — the city is Denver. Driving toward Denver from the east you can see the city rising above the prairie.
Rocky Mountain Skyline, Copyright 1999 by R.A. Robbins
Sunrise at the Lake 1 and 2 are postcards inspired by the first sunrise I saw and photographed after moving to the lake. The first is done “plain” the second is more impressionist in style.
Sunrise at the Lake #1 Copyright 2016 by R.A. Robbins
Sunrise at the Lake # 2 Copyright 2016 by R.A. Robbins
Please don’t anyone faint over this one. It’s called Quilter’s Burnout and yes, I did burn it. I was extremely frustrated — what more can I say?
Quilter’s Burn Out Copyright 2013 by R.A. Robbins
At the Gates of Heaven is the first time I actually manipulated a photo on the computer before printing it to fabric. Did not get the results I expected but I like it.
At the Gates of Heaven Copyright 2010 by R.A. Robbins
I saved the next two for last because they always make me cry so I have a box of tissues handy. Sometimes I like to interpret music into art. This is called Carousel of Time inspired by the Joni Mitchell song Circle Game. The photos you can’t see very well are of my late mother.
Carousel of Time
Copyright 2006 by R.A. Robbins
I don’t make bed quilts very often and when I do it’s a labor of love. My mother asked me if I would make a quilt for her out of handkerchiefs from both of my grandmothers and said she would send the hankies to me. Shortly after that conversation she fell ill and died. When we went home for her funeral my dad gave me the box of hankies that she never got to send to me. It took me a long time to even start this, but now I have this reminder of my grandmas and my mom.
Okay, so now it’s time to put away the tissues and get back to work. New inspiration is always just around the corner.
Please take minute to visit Whims and Fancies to see the beautiful quilts.
Recently I stumbled onto a page on the Butterball turkey website I thought I should share with you. It not only has a nice graphic on how to know if a Butterball turkey is gluten free, but also has links to more information in the FAQ and recipes. Who doesn’t love recipes? So go take a peek.
Sunrise at the Lake # 2 Copyright 2016 by R.A. Robbins
espirational.com 