Hide N Seek

You can't find me...

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The Secret

Even cats have secrets to share.

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Tennis Anyone?

This little kitten is looking for a tennis partner. :)

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Buried Past

A child's go-Kart, buried under leaves.

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Introducing the Kittens' Father, Mr. Tuxedo

We have now befriended the man. :) We aren't sure if he is the father of ALL, but we feel sure he is Nikko's father, due to his long whiskers, which she also has.
Hard to believe this beautiful cat is a stray. He must be, though, because he is around all the time...day...night...middle of the night...mid-morning. Unfortunately, he still doesn't get along with the others. They are reluctant to accept him, and he is rather bossy (which could actually be his fear of them...he doesn't seem to want to FIGHT them...he just wants them to go away).


I love this photo of him lounging. I made him a star by turning his photo into a colorful digital painting, as shown below.


The boy eats a lot. Ahem. If you would like to purchase prints of this photo - or any of our other already-famous kittens - please visit our Etsy Shop here. They will purr with delight when they see the cat food rolling in. :)

Original Photos Turned into Painted Masterpieces...

There are those photos which are somewhat decent, but just not "great". I've been taking some of those and applying some artistic digital techniques to them. The above photo Allyson got of Abby is okay. But the altered photo below, is a colorful representation which looks like a painting!


Then I decided to try my hand with a little still life. The below photo is one of a chocolate heart sitting on apples. Once again, okay, but could be better.


Now look at it! Rich, colorful, like a painting...and almost good enough to eat! :)


Here's a rather bland photo of a concrete bird bath.


After doing a good bit of work on it, now look:


Colorful...like a painting. It's so much fun to take these okay-but-not-so-hot images and turn them into something really cool, worthy of become an artistic addition to any space!

I voted for God.

I Voted For God Women's T-Shirt

As I read sparse emails coming in from friends in KY who are still without power from the ice storm, I become more and more disgusted. This one story, in particular, hit the nail on the head for me. A lady has a 30 foot tree on her home - obviously she has no utilities. She thinks - because it has been declared a "state of emergency" - that the government will step in and help. She has very little food, no power, no water, intermittent phone service, no way to get anywhere farther than a few blocks, and no money. To get food, she is being charged money; same for water. To get batteries, propane for a small heater to heat the one room she is holed up in, to get ANYTHING, she is being charged money.

So where is this "emergency assistance"? She's on a waiting list to get her utilities fixed. Before she can even have her utilities worked on, she must have the 30 foot tree removed from the house. To get the tree removed, she needs to pay for it. Again, I ask, where is this "emergency assistance" from the government, that swooped in with a declaration of emergency for this state? What exactly does "emergency assistance" mean?

Mistakenly, she, as well as I and many others, thought help would be forthcoming without a hand being held out asking for money. I would have *assumed* the businesses that can and are able to help these people would be set up to be reimbursed for their expenses by the government's "emergency assistance" package. I would have never guessed these people suffering from this horrid act of nature would be charged to have their lives sustained, or put back in basic order.

So the 30 foot tree needs to be removed - the government isn't paying for it...and according to her insurance company...they aren't either. So what's a woman to do?

She calls on the ONE...the only one...who will truly be there for her in such times. God. She called out to him for help, and soon a group of members from her local church are there with chain saws to remove this tree from her home and roof - and at no charge.

When I read that, I knew I voted for the right one this year. I voted for God. I didn't have to go register, stand in line, fill out a ballot or punch things in a computer. All I had to do was stay home and vote with my heart, my soul, and my mind, for the only one who can - and will - truly make a difference in this world. He and his "cabinet" will do so much more for this world than groups of politicians from a variety of belief systems that spend more time arguing and debating than doing the one simple thing they could do to make a difference --> lend a helping hand...free of charge, of course.

And that, my friends, is the motivation behind this latest design, I voted for God.

I Voted For God Women's T-Shirt

Jewelry Lessons, One Irritated Cat, and One Sad Dog

I know, I've been really lax in posting. I've been getting ready for my jewelry show which opens March 1, 2009 at http://www.artjewelryshow.com. Thanks to Allyson, I have a few new photos to post!

Here's Oreo, checking out Mom's semi-finalist winning entry on http://www.jewelrylessons.com. My heart necklace Revelation became a semi-finalist in the 2009 Valentine's Day contest. Oreo has decided she likes this website, and she might even want to take some jewelry lessons herself. I'm *sure* she would do wonders with wire and beads...:)


Nikko, on the other hand, is really irritated with the cold weather and high winds. Here she is, sitting on the neighbor's roof, trying to get as close to the sun as possible. Check out that look on her face! NOT HAPPY!


And here is Max...giving the ole German Shepherd pout he's famous for. He is tired of all the attention these kitties get, and with one in the house *at the computer with mom*, it just did him in. Poor Max....:(