Thursday, May 31, 2012

Happy Birthday, my sister!

In memory of my dear sister, Cheryl. She would have been
57 years old today. Sadly, lung cancer took this beautiful angel
away much too soon. She is very much loved and missed by all.


Rest in Peace, Cheryl... you are always in our hearts and 
thoughts... I can still see your smile and hear your voice.
I love you.


Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Caligrrl - A funny poem :)



Caligrrl

She was just a California girl
Trying to find her place in the world
She wandered from town to town
In search of something she'd never found

Driving down those dusty old roads
Struggling to carry her heavy loads
Searching for a soul to capture her heart
Now she has settled for a blog of art... :)

caligrrl.blogspot.com

(c) 2012 Debra Ann Beach
Caligrrl Poems

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Let's go for a ride in Alberta ~ video

Come along for a ride with me... :)
This is some video footage I took while heading to and from a camp
site near Peers, Alberta. It was a beautiful ride, the weather was good.



The trees, green pastures, blue sky and puffy clouds 
were awesome... it truly is big sky country here, 
you can see for miles and miles. No buildings in the way!  ;)
Have a fantastic week. Love, Peace, Blessings, Joy

Sunday, May 27, 2012

YouTube Problems & Photo

I wanted to post a video of Alberta
 landscape I took last weekend but I'm
 having troubles logging into my YouTube 
account, so this will be a short post tonight.
 I hope you're having a great weekend and 
a Happy Memorial Day to all my friends in the States... 



I am sending good wishes to everyone for a beautiful new week ahead. 
Take care... Debra

Friday, May 25, 2012

Hello from Alberta - Photography

Here are several pictures I took this past
weekend while traveling. I really love the
big sky and land here... so much 
nature to enjoy. 



Too bad the winters
are so cold!  LOL

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Layers - Photo Art

Here is a nice landscape photo I took this past 
weekend. One thing about Alberta is that you
can see for many miles. It's a beautiful time of 
year here. A bit cloudy but the sky always
looks very cool. 




In the bottom photo, I've combined 
2 photos and frame with a texture
for a completely different effect.



Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Alberta Photo

This is a photo I took this weekend 
on the way to the campsite. I really
like the clouds in this untouched pic.




The following 2 are the same photo with 
some texture added... very cool effect!  :)
I'll be having some creative fun with the 
photos and videos I've made during 
the long May weekend. Have an 
awesome day, everyone! :)

Hello :)

Here's a quick post of some photo
 art. I really like the colors in these two. 
I was away for the weekend and have 
some beautiful photos and video that I 
will be working with in my projects.




Sunday, May 20, 2012

Enjoying Nature

What a beautiful day to enjoy some fresh air and the beauty of nature. :)

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Test post

This is a test post from a new blogging app that I have purchased for my phone.
l hope it works! :)

Relax & Enjoy


This weekend I will be taking some time to relax, 
enjoy nature, write, knit, draw, photograph,
 shoot some video and whatever I need to 
do to just enjoy life and be inspired... 


I hope you have a great weekend, too! 
Blessings, love and hugs, Debra

A New Perspective ~ Photo Art


Happy Thursday!  I will be shooting
many photos and videos this weekend, for 
some new projects I'll be working on. 


  This is a photo I took at a different angle of 
my bedroom wall... as you can see, there
are so many ways to change a photo, thanks 
to the technology of today. I love trying out
new ways of doing photos... 


 This one below is a dinner I made!  LOL  Food art! :)



Have a great day, dear friends... 
Keep on smiling and enjoy life! 


Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Thoreau's Quote ~ photo art

I like how this photo effect turned out 
and thought this was a great quote 
of Thoreau to put with the path of beautiful 
trees. Whatever path you choose follow
 it with love in your heart and you can't go wrong. 



Another Tree To Thee from Me! ~ Phone Art


I've been very busy lately with 
editing my 2nd book of poems. However, 
every now and then, I like to take some 
time to do some kind of art. This I find is
very relaxing to me and it is always
great to be creatively inspired. 


I've been practicing on my iPhone 
with manyndifferent programs from 
the app store. I really like this 
particular app because you can choose
the colors, brush, and different 
ways of using each selection. 
This one is from an app called 
"Brushes". I will have to try painting 
with some acrylics one day... 
this is good practice, I hope... lol ... it 
will be different with actual paint 
and media! I'm sure I will have even 
more fun and inspiration... there will be more
 room than a tiny screen to paint on! 
 lol  Have a wonderful day and hopefully 
you will do something you love...
Take care... <3 db

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Happy Mother's Day - iPhone Art


Happy Mother's Day!

I would like to wish all Mom's of the world a very 
Happy Mother's Day. I was out with my youngest 
son today, visiting with his great aunts and uncle...
 we went bowling and then for a wonderful dinner.
 We had a great time, it was nice to get out. 
Since I haven't been on the pc today, I wanted to post 
something, so I made a tree on a painting app 
on my cell phone and thought I would post it here
 It's amazing what you can do on a little cell phone
 these days... enjoy the new week and have 
a great Monday! 

Friday, May 11, 2012

My Mother ~ A Poetry Video

"My Mother" is a poem I wrote
 for my mother, Victoria, around 1984.
What a great mom she's been...
a very strong lady who's been 
through a LOT in her life... 
and she still has her unconditional love, 
great smile, fantastic disposition on life,
uplifting words and is so VERY funny and awesome. 


I wish you a very Happy Mother's Day...
 I hope you have a great time with the "Mom" 
in your lives and enjoy the weekend... 
Show mom you care!  Love to all!!! :)

And yes, that is my mom and I in the beginning... lol :)


Days Gone By ~ A Poetry Video


"Days Gone By" is a poem I wrote while 
reminiscing of the happy times I had 
with my children as they grew.
Three of them are grown up now and out 
on their own. I am very proud of all of them 
and I just wish these special times had 
lasted many years longer than they did. 


I am so blessed to be their mom...
and I want to wish all the moms 
a very Happy Mother's Day and to 
all the children, you will never know 
just how much you are loved and 
cherished by your own mothers. 
Love and many blessings to you all.

Happy Friday ~ Update

Hello dear friends. 
Today I will be posting 2 new 
videos especially made for
Mother's Day. 
The first will be a gift to 
my children because without them, 
I wouldn't be a mother!!  :)  
The second video is a poem I wrote 
many years ago for my Mom...

I'm working on the first video now... stay tuned! :)   <3 db <3


Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Book Update & Photo Art



Here's a quick book update: 
Today I've been working on my forthcoming book 
of poetry, "Seasons of Change"  I've spent all day getting the 
collection of poems together into one file. Tomorrow, I will do some 
more editing and work on the photo art I want to include in this book.
 I still have many decisions to make concerning the photos in 
the print version, as well as the cover design. 
All in all, it's going great and moving along. 


This photo was taken this past winter, the snow was very deep and
I thought this effect looked nice with the colors. Imagine if snow was
multicolored... what a bizarre world it would be! lol 
Enjoy Wednesday with a wink and a smile... ;)





Monday, May 7, 2012

Earth Angel ~ A Poetry Video

This poem entitled "Earth Angel" will be included in my forthcoming 
book of poetry. It's a short love poem I wrote last week and thought 
that it would go well with the video.  
The video was a little experiment in different effects created 
with my movie software. Some of the photos used 
were layered with different textures in a photo application I had 
worked with. I had a great time making this one and it's been in the 
process for a few weeks now. 
I hope you enjoy this... spacey video!  lol  :)


Saturday, May 5, 2012

The Thorn In My Side ~ A Poetry Video

I took a break from my knitting to work on another poetry video.
This poem, "The Thorn In My Side" was written in 1999 during
a very difficult time in my life. This is a very dark poem. I've
put the old black and white effects to the video to make it
portray the darkness of the words. 


I hope you enjoy this poetry video and, as 
always, I thank you so much for watching!

Chunky Knitting

Happy Saturday!  
After yesterday's post I decided that I was tired of working with 
the blue yarn and decided to get out the cool looking yarn.


 I don't know what I'm making with it yet...
 I have some ideas in my mind... maybe a sweater. 
I've knit up one ball with the big needles and it produced 
a nice square that could possibly be a sleeve!  


The yarn is very knobby and it doesn't need a fancy stitch 
to make it look nice...  I think with this type of yarn the stitch detail 
would be lost anyway. I'm using a garter stitch here, which is knitting 
every row. It's a very chunky yarn and this is only 35 stitches wide... 
so the knitting goes quickly. Now that's my type of project!!  :) 


This is held up here against the window so you can see 
the looseness of the stitches. 

Have a wonderful Saturday, what's left of it, that is!  :) 

Friday, May 4, 2012

Bones and Yarn

Happy Friday friends. 
Today I just felt like doing some crafting so I got out 
some HUGE knitting needles and began knitting. 
I don't know exactly what I'm going to do
 with this or even if I like the yarn...LOL. 
Maybe a scarf or something light for Spring... 
at least it's good relaxation therapy for me. 






Since the knitting wasn't going quick enough for my satisfaction,  I got the hemp cord and some bone beads out and at least produced a bracelet for my son. I think he may just like it. :)  Have a great weekend! I'll be doing something productive... who knows? I'm inspired! :)

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Random Ramblings

Happy May and happy Thursday! 
It feels like Fall, still gloomy and rainy here.
 One day soon, I'll be basking in the sun. I hope! ;)
I would like to get some tomatoes planted... but I may just get lazy 
and plant nothing this year. 
My youngest son had his birthday yesterday, which gave me 
a chance to get out and do some
shopping... Ok, I got stuck in the craft, yarn, beads 
and inspirational sections of the store!!   :)
I really have to stop doing this and use the things I already have from 
other "inspirational" shopping sprees... 
well, it's always great to have some new ideas... right?  :D  
So lately I've been having the desire to start a new project 
with yarn... maybe something knit, but most likely crochet.
I picked up a few items for some jewelry projects 
and hope to get some things made soon in that area as well...
 busy, busy... too many ideas for this short life...lol  :D
Anyway, my son had a glorious birthday and was smiling from ear to ear...  so all turned out well for my boy and it was a great day!