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Songwriting for Kids

by beth March 16, 2011

Mr. J is writ­ing his first album.  He has been deep in the song­writ­ing process.  The other day he told Mike about a song he and his Teddy co-wrote. “Baby, Why You Walkin’ Away From Me.” He said Teddy has had some women prob­lems & had to get it all out in song. The song is full […]

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For the Love of Flower Fairies

by beth March 25, 2010

Cicely Mary Barker cre­ated some beau­ti­ful flower fairies art­work that inspires one to won­der if fairies might be among us. They are still avail­able today & the flower fairies live on. We’ve been look­ing at the beau­ti­ful Flower Fairies web­site. My daugh­ter has a love of all things fairies right now. Her older broth­ers also […]

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Arcimboldo’s Winter

by beth January 8, 2010

I’ve men­tioned my love of Giuseppe Arcimboldo’s art before & wanted to share his vision of Win­ter. By wanted I mean Mr. J & Mr. G begged me to post another pic­ture of the “Super cool paint­ings with food & ani­mals & stuff” & how could I pos­si­bly deny the bud­ding artists in them? I […]

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Nativity Triptych

by beth November 28, 2009

I saw this Nativ­ity Trip­tych and thought it was so beau­ti­ful. I can just pic­ture it cen­tered on a man­tel or maybe a hutch. I love the wood and the warm col­ors that are used. I can get lost in this style of art, there is a sim­plic­ity expressed through its ornate beauty. It’s this […]

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