.~No Se'.~

.~Birthday Wish.~

Dear Cowgirl,

I wish you well.

Love Traci

Cowgirl Making A Snow Angel

This is a photo of my beautiful dog Cowgirl making a snow angel.  I just found out that Cowgirl has bone cancer in her right knee.  Soon she will be a real angel.  I know she is going to heaven because she has already been my angel here on earth. I am so very sad for me, but so happy for the dogs and people in heaven who will get to see her soon.

.~Cowboy.~

My dog Cowboy aka Cooper is my best friend.

He loves me more thsn anybody I know.

I love him that much too.

.~Project Cowboy.~

Cowboy Quotes, Sayings, and Wisdom

•Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear, or a fool from any direction.

•Don't squat with your spurs on.

•Don't judge people by their relatives.

•Behind every successful rancher is a wife who works in town.

•When you lose, don't lose the lesson.

•Talk slowly, think quickly.

•Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

•Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time.

•Don't interfere with something that ain't botherin' you none.

•Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

•It's better to be a has-been that a never-was.

•The easiest way to eat crow is while it's still warm.

The colder it gets, the harder it is to swaller.

•If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.

•If it don't seem like it's worth the effort, it probably ain't.

•It don't take a genius to spot a goat in a flock of sheep.

•Sometimes you get and sometimes you get got.

•The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with watches you shave his face in the mirror every morning.

•Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

•If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.

•Don't worry about bitin' off more'n you can chew; your mouth is probably a whole lot bigger'n you think.

•Always drink upstream from the herd.

•Generally, you ain't learnin' nothing when your mouth's a-jawin'.

•Tellin' a man to git lost and makin' himdo it are two entirely different propositions.

•If you're ridin' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there with ya.

•Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.

•When you give a personal lesson in meanness to a critter or to a person, don't be surprised if they learn their lesson.

•When you're throwin' your weight around, be ready to have it thrown around by somebody else.

•Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back.

•Always take a good look at what you're about to eat. It's not so important to know what it is, but it's sure crucial to know what it was.

•The quickest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it back into your pocket.

•You can't tell how good a man or a watermelon is 'til they get thumped.(Character shows up best when tested.)

•Never miss a good chance to shut up.

•If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen are defrocked, shouldn't it follow that cowboys would be deranged?

•There never was a horse that couldn't be rode;

Never was a cowboy who couldn't be throwed.

.~Peace Be With You.~

“If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another.”

~ Tenzin Gyatsu

.~Moosic To My Ears.~

It was his nature to blossom into song, as it is a tree's to leaf itself in April. ~Alexander Smith

.~Day At A Time.~

“The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.” ~ Abe Lincoln

.~ Seeing in Sepia.~

.~Portrait.~

I took this photograph sometime ago.  Doesn't he have the most beautiful face?

Reclaimed Tin Can Tips

Gingerbread Snowflakes Blog explains in detail how to make a frame out of tin cans!

The Art of Recycling - Idea for aluminum cans

.~ Rest.~

.~Focus.~

.What Does It All Mean?.~

.~I Dare You To....~

"There are images around us, in everything we see

Some are real and some are fantasy

To the one who sees his vision,

 to the child who lives his dreams

You're the one to decide what you're gonna be 

So give it your best, and don't worry about what some may say

Follow your dreams, it's really all that you can do

Give it your best,

and remember that life is what you choose

Follow your dreams, and do what you love to do

There are places you'll remember, and times you may recall

Faces that refresh your memory

May the thoughts that you will picture, help you come to see

That you're the one to decide what you're gonna be

So give it your best,

and don't worry about what some may say

Follow your dreams, it's really all that you can do

And give it your best,

and remember that life is what you choose

Go on, follow your dreams and do it,

 follow your dreams and do it

Follow your dreams, and do what you love to do,

 what you love to do.

~ Jim Messina Poco

.~Fishious Circle.~

Fishious Circle

By Traci Suzanne Marvel

Original Acrylic Painting

Canvas Board

Frame Not Included

16" X 20"

For Sale Here Sundancer's Art Adventures's Etsy Shop

Quote Behind the Art:

"Maybe some people just aren't meant to stay in our lives forever, maybe some people are just passing through. It's like some people just come through our lives to bring us something, a lesson we need to learn, and that's why they are there." Anon

.~ One Never Knows.~

“One never knows what one is going to do. One starts a painting and then it becomes something quite different.”

Pablo Picasso

.~Pablo Picasso.~

Up for auction at Christies's is a fine signed drawing in colour crayons of the head of a bearded man, inscribed by Picasso to his physician, Dr Louis Gossen. The subject is a recurring figure in the artist's work in 1966-68. The drawing is executed on a sheet of laid paper, on which are mounted reproductions of two other works by Picasso. It could be yours for $38,000 and some change!

.~Meet Elaine Pamphilon.~

"Sunlight"

By Elaine Pamphilon

Available for Purchase at the Yew Tree Gallery

                                                                       Elaine's Website

I discovered Elaine's artwork today and I am in LOVE!

~.What is Folk Art?.~

An Excerpt From the Booklet, "(Folk) A.R.T. Is"
by Scott Blackwell

"So, what is folk art anyway? In all my years as a collector, I've heard it labeled in so many different ways; some call it outsider art, self-taught or visionary, but for me, I've always just stuck to the basic term, folk art. The collection I've built over the years contains works embodying what I think of as folk art, a category that was best identified for me through the insight of artist, Lonnie Holley, who once asked, "Are you looking at the art or are you looking at the artist's mind?" This simple question really made me wonder, "What are we really looking at here?" It's more than just bright colors and crude renderings, more than just gathered materials or an untrained sketch. 

Here in these works, what we're really looking at is the rawest form of self-expression, the exposed soul of the artist and their passionate stories of life."
                                      

~.Marc Chagall.~

"Only love interests me, and I am only in contact with things that revolve around love."  Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall is one of my most favorite painters.  This painting is called Amoureux de Vence/.
I found a poster of this painting on AllPosters.com/. I could spend hours on that website perusing the beautiful artwork.

.~Life on the Farm.~

Life on the Farm

By Traci Suzanne Marvel

Chapter 5

When she realized she didn't have to do the chores in the same way every day,

 she didn't.