Catching the eye, delighting the soul.
Artwork by Ada Z from Collagepodge.com I often wake up to a jazz standard in my head, and today it’s Teach Me Tonight, particularly, Dinah Washington’s version, with the lyric: Starting with the ABC of it Right down to the XYZ of it Help me solve the mystery of it Go on, teach me tonight The [...]
Source: veganyumyum.com via Margaret on Pinterest Clementine Zest by teenytinyturkey on Flickr Zest is a thing that adds flavor, often the peel of an orange or lemon, piquant, but also a keen enjoyment and enthusiasm, a zest for living. I was fascinated by zesting oranges when I was little, and my mother would get out the bumpy grater [...]
I never knew there was such a thing as a Music Supervisor until I searched for a Margaret whose last name started with Y, and found Margaret Yen. Music Supervisors pull together musicians, composers, arrangers, songwriters, performers and basically anyone else who is associated with music on film, tv, advertising and videogames, and helps [...]
Jazz musicians who play the Vibraphone are rightly sensitive about their instrument being called a Xylophone, since many people have never even heard of the Vibes, and even though I do know they are different, I didn’t realize that Lionel Hampton and Red Norvo each started on a Xylophone in the 1920′s. The Xylophone’s [...]
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Stratoz was inspired by a photo he took of a tulip, looking straight down into its unfolding beauty, and translated into green and yellow glass before giving it to me for the brilliant orange mosaic center, with metallic glass tile, stained glass and dichroic. More orange goodness at my Orange Tuesdays Pinterest Board.
Like a certain singer from New Jersey, Wayne Stratz spent month-long vacations in the stratozphere growing up, and decided to name his blog Stratoz: A Life Unfolding in 2007. I refer to Wayne as Stratoz when I write about him on my blog, and perhaps some readers do not know that he is my husband and [...]
Nutmeg Designs Custom House Number in Amber 1770
Nutmeg Designs Custom House Number in Amber 1770
Sunset Spiral Mandala by Margaret Almon
Sunset Spiral Mandala by Margaret Almon
Sunset Spiral Mandala by Margaret Almon
Helix Nebula Mandala by Margaret Almon
Blue Sky Spiral in the Light
Custom House Number 46 in Blue and Yellow by Nutmeg Designs
Hope Rainbow Mosaic by Nutmeg Designs
Blue Skies Spiral Mandala for Suzi
Chinese Coins Quilt Pattern in Mosaic
Log Cabin Quilt Mosaic in Orange and Pink
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