Thursday, January 14, 2010
Dragons.....
 This little fellow is made using a stamp brush made by "Hawksmont" and then I colored and painted and monkeyed around with it since it was simply an outline to begin with. Since the maker of the outline brush didn't care, I altered the outline and the drawing to my own liking so in the end it becomes my own work. It's like taking a page from a coloring book and making a nice oil painting from it. I have a little relative who adores dragons and dragonology.She will be able to name him and tell all about what kind he is and where he/she is from! Yes, there is a whole lore about them and they are classified into types and places. Hope you like him.  
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Monday, December 28, 2009
Life.....
It's called "Life". I suppose a Big Bang sort of deal. Just a piece of work that passed a few hours on a cold afternoon. This site channels Sky.FM, a lovely internet radio site. No it's not an ad for them. I just like the music and the way it goes with this site. If you are not viewing with IE or another browser you can't hear the music on this site.
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Thursday, December 03, 2009
Rabbit in the Moonlight
Also not finished but, in progress. I kind of like the little fellow.
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
Autumn Mystery
This is a new picture I am working on. I rarely post finished pieces. It's still in progress and it will change from now until it's done. There will be less/more according to what I like in the end.
I probably will use it on cottage by the sea for part of autumn.
When I post these I have to make them much smaller than the original which disorts them to a certain degree.
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Sunday, June 21, 2009
Birdy in Progress
Here is a bird I am working on. It isn't half finished yet but I thought I would share it nonetheless. The model is in a photograph found online. It is such a pretty bird that I thought I would try to reproduce it.  Here is the internet photo I found
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Glass and Fish
I may have overdone this. But it's interesting if not very good.
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Tuesday, May 05, 2009
To a Wild Rose
As long as I can remember my mother wore Avon's "To a Wild Rose" perfume. They no longer make it I think, but I can still remember it being her favorite. Later she loved Charlie by Revlon.
I have lots of wild roses in the yard growing in the back and up the side of the chimney, both in deep pink and white. I drew this wild rose this evening.
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Monday, April 13, 2009
New Work
Little Sparrow
Here is a little huddling sparrow that I made today. I spent a part of the afternoon painting him. He isn't finished and needs some cleaning up and work on a tail but over all I like him and will finish him up soon.
Above is a scaled down header banner that I am working on also. Its done a bit differently than some I have painted. I did this not long ago and am still in the process of working on it.
I have about 10 paintings that are nearly or partly done and I switch back and forth on them so there is variety. This will need a lot more work before I am ready to use it.
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Monday, March 16, 2009
Chickadee
It's been a bit since I last posted. I have just been a bit lazy I suppose. But I have been drawing all along.
Here is today's work: 
A chickadee on fire thorn branch. I used a photograph for inspiration.
This drawing took about an hour to do.
I plan to do more nature pictures for my blog as decorations.
This is another banner I am working on for Lemon Lime Moon.
I love painting the dunes at the Jersey Shore.
Just a fun little drawing I made this morning.
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Monday, December 08, 2008
Trying Something New Out
I did this painting of Pres elect Obama. I think it catches his features in a cartoonish way. He has kind of sad eyes and he does have a huge smile. Just a fun picture of him.
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Monday, September 29, 2008
Jacob's Ladder
 Jacob's Ladder. I did this for a blog post since I could not find a suitable picture. When that happens I make my own. I kind of like it.
I have nebulous beings walking upward in a nebula sort of thing while Yaacov (Jacob) is sleeping on the stone.
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Friday, August 29, 2008
Java Calendar Backgrounds
 Three more calendar backgrounds.
I like to make these backgrounds for java calendars for blogs and web pages.
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Image Made for a Blog Post
I just liked how this came out.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008
New Galaxy
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Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Japanese Lantern
Lantern light.. well going for that look anyway.
Not sure I succeeded here.
But I like it nonetheless.
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Monday, July 14, 2008
The Glass SeaHorse....and more
And the Lost Galaxy
Friendship and happiness
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Thursday, June 19, 2008
Doodling in Photoshop
 I have no clue what this is for. I made it while just fooling around.
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Several of the advertisements I made are being featured now in national magazines. Just waiting to be paid for them now.
It is exciting that my work is in such large magazines 
I got paid for the work on the web headers and that was very exciting!
I have had to put my own art on hold while doing professional work but I enjoy both so it isn't a problem.
 Have you seen this generator site? You can select your own photo of picture to replace the one on it and add your own title.
You will find it HERE
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
More of the Forest Village Paintings
The Forest Village paintings are in progress. This is the second in the series.
Click on it to see full sized
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Sunday, April 13, 2008
The Amazing Human Eye
Eyes of Violet/Blue Green
In creating a dreamy effect and cropping a photo of a dear sweety in my life. I had to do extreme closeups and I was stunned by the beautiful colors that went into making up her gorgeous green eyes.
Here is the eye as it appears without a close up.. I brought up the purple because there is purple or violet around the eye. But this small photo doesnt really show that. I wanted to show how the eye appears without being close . Now below is a closeup of the same eye and samples of the colors found in the iris . It is incredible what goes into making the colors of the human eye. Nothing is retouched in these photographs. Now I understand why Elizabeth Taylor had "violet eyes" The violet was just more pronounced in her eyes. Amazing work our Creator does!
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Monday, April 07, 2008
Few New Efforts..flower, link button, Fairy Cottage
A Link Button I made and stuck up on "Lemon" at Sultan Knish's insistance on a "home" link.
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Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Some of my Work
Here are some of my paintings in frames. I like this one though its not a great work at all, of course. I love the colors and what it represents.
I have used this egret over back salt marsh for a header on Lemon Lime Moon.
This is one of the Cedar Water Creeks that flow thru the great piney woods. Crystal clear with sandy white bottoms, the water is stained a cedary red brown from cedar trees.
I painted this from a photograph found online actually.
I enjoy making the reflections in the "water".
I learned to do it from Bill Alexander and his "almighty Fanbrush".
This is just wild reeds that grow in salt marsh and by the ocean and bay and the small creeks that flow around them. They are home to all kinds of creatures from otters to birds , deer and rabbits. I once saw a baby mink in this place here.
I love the rich jewel tones which I try to keep as close to real as possible. When the sunlight hits the water just right, it reflects the sky in this killer sapphire blue. This was painted quickly but, I like it nonetheless.
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Sunday, January 20, 2008
It's been a bit since I updated here, but no worry, hardly anyone comes here so it doesn't really matter I would suspect.
Been working on new headers including tiny ones using a VanGogh type painting routine.
Made a newer logo for lemon which is kind of cute .. maybe.. who knows .
Could be better but with 44 frames I think its enough for a while.
I use this blog to store some things also, like my small paintings etc. It makes a good file cabinet.
I made about 12 new headers for the Sultan Knish blog also and he has used 2 of them so far.
Click on them to see them up close and personal.
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Sunday, December 16, 2007
Snowman for You
 its a rainy blustery night outside. I was about to get to bed when I had a hankering to make a snowman. Since there is no snow I drew him and of course once i drew him I had to bring him to life a bit with animation.
If you like him you can have him if you click here. I have right click disabled on here to protect some of my stuff (dream on..lol) so I put the snow man on another silly blog I have..
Yes, I have a ton of blogs. Some for practice, some I made as gifts for people and I maintain them for them, etc. So this one I will put give aways on til I figure out a better way. His bottom is a bit ragged..sorry. But on a white background you cant see that it is. So he will look nice on most white backgrounds.
Anyway you can use him in email or on your site to annoy people or whatever you wish to do.
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Sunday, December 02, 2007
More Mastheads in the Works
 It snowed a bit this morning but nothing to write home about and it is drizzling cold rain right now. Freezing will be a yukky problem.
If you have face book you might wish to close up the holes in it using this tutorial from Wiki which is quick and easy to follow. I do not have it, but if I did I would certainly use this quick fix to prevent a loss of privacy. HERE is the link.
I have begun a new series of paintings that I minaturize for my blog. This one is called clouds and I kind of love to draw clouds.
This one is called Snow Fall and of course once again its my familiar theme of the back bay.
Hope you like them. Maybe they are a bit boring for some since they are a recurring theme.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Blessing of Little Chicklettes
There is a cute site that allows you make your own little avatar for blog, email or whatever. I animated this one below, and redrew the face with open eyes in order to do so, but they are cute even as still frame pictures.
 You can make your own Chick HERE. They are quite cute.
 my birthday chick.
I am working on new calendars with glass "coverings" over them now.
  
The glass hides some of the painting but, overall I kind of like them. If you stop by, let me know what you think as well, and make yourself a little Bless This Chick avatar and show me ok? I would love to see them.
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Chanamations
I have been working on these for a little bit to use on my blogs.
I got the idea while looking out the window on a rainy night and the view was framed so perfectly and I thought about how nice it would be to always have a little vignette of the window. So, I began to make these. simple window, then a candle I always keep on the window in a simple red dish, then added the views. Some , of course are my own paintings just put behind the window and others I did expressly for the window 'chanamations'. I experimented with different flames on each also.
  Rainy day , sailing along.
  My lovely 'prairie fire' crab apple tree , Winter and Spring!
  Snow Storm and simple to make stars on a mobile.
 I like this one since it has an egret and my backbay view, but most especially since it shows my mother's old silver cake stand complete with small chocolate cake ready to blow out the candles and take a bite! This is from my painting of the Salt Marsh back bay. I just used a piece of the larger painting in the *window*.
 A moving mobile. Below is a small version of the backbay painting. Of course its made tiny so its a bit distorted but you get the idea.
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Tuesday, October 30, 2007
I am under the weather so .. post later tonight or tomorrow with my new chanamations series.
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Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Tutorial for Captioning and Post "Wrap" in Blogger
Here are instructions on how to make a professional looking caption under a photo on your blog. It is easy to do if you just copy and paste this formula into the blogger html. Look at the previous post to see where you access your "Edit Html" on blogger post page. Don't be intimidated by it as it is not as hard as it might seem.
After you plug in all the pictures you want from your photo account, like tiny pic or photobucket, etc (use the direct link option they provide) and choose the color of your caption, then write your post in the area indicated.
The post will look professional, neat and really nice.
Make use of your notepad too. It is a really good way to prevent errors.
If you paste the formula here into notepad then adjust the color of the caption to your liking, add your photo links and then write your post, you can then "select all" under "edit" hit control C
and then post onto blogger with control V. Voila.. done .
To save this from this page, left click on the formula image, it reopens in a new page. Go to file on top of the page, then 'save as' and save it where you can find it. You can put it into your photobucket account. But be sure to save it so you can copy and paste it into your blog.
The example below is made into a jpg so left click on it to open in a seperate window then copy the page.
 Example of a finished product:
"Risque Photo of Lemon in Tub"
Here is the formula in action, complete with risque depiction of that fresh little squirt Lemon in her very own tub!! (Oh, the outrage of it all. What chutzpah the girl has! Is there no end to her freshness? I think not as she uses lovely smelling Cashmere Bouquet soap to wash each day.)
Now the more you type here the more the words will "wrap" around the photo in a nice way.
I suppose I could just type and type til it shows that, but if you look at the Lemon Lime Moon Blog you will see it constantly in action.
There are tons of methods you can use using html to make your blog look more professional or in my case like a circus on paper!
As I said the more you type the more you will wrap around.
Here is a link showing a magazine style I used on Lemon that you can use to make a blog interesting. It doesn't really work all that well and it's a real pain to implement changes to make it work too. I only link it to show what html can do and really just to take up space so this will wrap around the photo in demostration. I am not Chatty Cathy really and am running out of filler here. I think this is enough. If you have more questions on this html method of photo captioning let me know and I will try to answer them for you .
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Sunday, October 14, 2007
Resizing Pictures on Blogger
 This is a picture tutorial on resizing
photos and pictures on blogger.
Click on photos if you need them larger. I hope this helps.
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Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Redoing Photographs
This is the photo I found on the internet and which I reproduced with paint for the header below.
I don't often reproduce photos. But in this case I did and also here in this redo of a photo of Mrs. Glanz a Jewish holocaust victim who touched my heart so much.
Here is the original very damaged in its original sepia tones.
Here is my redo of the photo.
I did several other redos of photos of holocaust victims also, such as a wedding photo of a young couple that was very weathered and didnt do them justice anymore. I suppose I try to honor their memory in this way.
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Sunday, August 12, 2007
New Headers
Take into account these are greatly reduced and blurry. You can click them to see full size if you like.
 These two, above and below are experiments in bright color. Not sure about them.
I paint things first, then turn them into mastheads for blogs.   This is my rendition of a photograph shown to me by Sultan Knish. I took liberities with the sky, dappling it with additional color . The original was purple and black with the white.. I thought it was in need of just a bit more color when I reproduced the photo with paint. I added Celtic letters which I did in metallic silver ..why? I don't have a valid explanation. Just liked it I think. I am not sure how much I like headers like this. The one below is another kind of header I am also not sure of:
Its contains a copy of an old photograph from the turn of the century onto which I painted clouds, etc. and an illuminated moon. It is sort of cute.. but my real reaction as to using it as a blog header is .. eh.. *shrugs*.
Its the kind of header everyone uses. A photo with words over it.. blah. They are fine, just not for me. I love painting minatures from scratch that I can use. For me, my blog(LemonLimeMoon) is not just about the written content, but also about providing something pleasing to the eye. These might make an appearance on the blog, but, not for long. They were interesting to paint, interesting to work on, but, they are blah. Labels: painting
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Monday, July 16, 2007
Monday Monday..
 Its a really breezy day today and its really lovely when its like that, I think . There are literally hundreds of tadpoles in the pond and baby fish  . Just what I don't need. But the lilies and parrot feather are looking good and it gets complements from everyone who sees it. A chipmunk loves it! He sits on the side daily for hours gazing in , cooling off. He washes his face in it and drinks from it. Doves congregate around it also and it provides a place for Mr. Bunny to get a refreshing drink also. H.wants me to make a mast head of fireworks at night. So I began one yesterday. I also have to make her a map of the United States that blinks in certain areas so I have to start the drawing on that and get the animation done. Her company wants a new website and so I will be making some ideas up for them. Most people seem to stick with the generic templates they get and never do much with them. If they are happy with that , its cool. But for me its boring. I love to change the templates around, write new html for them and experiment with color and pictures etc. To me, thats the fun of having blogs. I have made headers for most people I know...they just don't know it .  Looks like rain and now accu weather says thunderstorms are heading in. So it will not be an outside day. Typical though, watered the lawn a bit yesterday as it was kind of dry. Now come the storms. Anyway, here is a sticker I made  I am not sure what for. I suppose for anyone who would want one or could use one, though I have no clue as to what they would do with it. But, I kind of like it. So if you want one, just ask and its yours.
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Wednesday, July 04, 2007
Fourth of July
    Blogger has been broken for a bit.. so no posts for a while but it seems to allow me to post once again. Yesterday was a difficult day,and the yahrtzeit(memorial of death) of the bonnie wee girl... Today is the 4th of July, independence day and we are glad for the freedoms that we have. The day is damped down for me because of past history but, I am proud to be American and grateful to live in the USA. There were fireworks last night, a huge display after a nice concert, and there are more tonight. There is a place on the bay where you can go and see 6 towns at once. It is in the distance but still nice. I am still not sure what my friends and I will do. It's a bit iffy for an outting and we avoid the beaches in summer because of the tourists . The traffic is just not nice, the bathing suits are somewhat yukky (hehehehe) and we just go beginning in September when they all go home. We also have private places they don't know about which is nice too. I don't swim anymore like I used to . On a very hot day I will go to the creeks and sit in water. I don't use bathing suits, I just go in whatever I am wearing and I am a happy clam  Its been that way since I was little. I have made a few new minature paintings .. I work on one in particular, I dabble on others and I keep working on old ones to better them. They are used on Lemon Lime Moon and you can see them there. Sometimes I will post them here too. These little blogs help me keep a record of what is going on in life and I am grateful for them. Til next time, peace.
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Thursday, June 14, 2007
Antares
 The new pond out front is just about finished. Fish are in from the other pond, pond margin plants are in , including a night blooming Tropical waterlily called "Antares" named after the largest star in the night sky. Its a deep, rich red and the leaves a rich dark green. Its spectacular! It will be joined by a white day bloomer soon. A lovely Iris blooms in the shallows and other tropical plants share the space. The fish are skittish since they are used to a far larger pond and over 3ft of water. Now in their new 24 inch home, and half the space these guys need plenty of hiding places. I need to provide some underwater plants for them to hide amongst. Just wanted to share my lily with you. Til next time, I leave you on a happy note.  
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Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Problem Solving Lemonit is my opinion that the problems of the world stem from one thing mainly:  So, rock and roll oldies are on for a while on Sky.FM net radio. While you are listening.. call your congressman and let them know you want internet radio to remain around for a long long time, won't you?
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New Minatures for Blog Headers
This is part of my new Hawaiian Islands collection of minature paintings. This is the unfinished version here.
And this with title
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Monday, May 28, 2007
Making Emoticons and Getting Creeped Out
I am making some new emoticons for blogs.  Here is a thinking girl pondering the rain. I call it California dreaming. I will sell them eventually I think ..or give them away to people.. I just am not sure yet. I draw them pixel by pixel then animate the drawing. I uploaded this to tinypic to show on here and they have videos now. Some are really offensive. Most of them , in fact. Just a bunch of people doing mindless stuff. You don't even have to go inside the video area look at them , they just have samples up , stills you can see to make you want to watch them, or in my case to creep me out badly There is one of this creepy little chinese kid superimposed over a girls body..its just creepy and sick. I don't find that kind of thing even mentally normal. Also, I resent this stuff thrown right in your face as an advertisement. Some people's ideas of fun are what I consider mentally deranged frankly.
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Sunday, May 13, 2007
Sleepless Night
 (this is not my sukkah.. but is very similar to how my wisteria is growing. ) Last night was an odd night for me. I have chronic pain which sometimes keeps me up very late. Last night was unusual though as I was just uncomfortable in every way . I could not place why, but, just not able to sleep.
It began to rain about 4 in the morning and I opened my window to hear it better.
It was falling lightly and tapping lightly on the Rhodedendrun and Lilac bushes and apple trees. I could hear it plunking into the pond out front too and a frog croaking softly.  (photo right=Prairie fire Crab Apple) From out back the smell of Wisteria which has engulfed the sukkah and the flowering Scotch Broom wafted inside the house to join with the Lilacs and apple blossoms out front. (photobelow:Scotch Broom)  I could hear fish leaping to catch bugs in mid air.I hated that I could not sleep. I think I had too many thoughts and considerations on my mind but, when I woke up late this morning I felt ok and I thought that maybe its good that I didnt sleep so I could hear those sounds and smell those fragrances. That's the bright side .The down side is a missed night's sleep really and too many thoughts to sort out in the mind.Nothing got worked out, by the way, except that I would post about the pretty smells and sounds.Until next time I leave you with a smile and hope your sleep is sweet.
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Homage to the Beach
  
Here are more of my miniature paintings that I use on Lemon for mastheads.
They are always undergoing change and completion. I hope you like them.
You can click on them to enlarge them.
I titled this one "Beach Roses..Storm Rising" after the wild roses that grow by the beach.
 This second one is entitled "The Cape". It also has another version without the title and is undergoing change at the moment.  I love doing these more than I can say. I like to paint what is around me. The sugary white sands, the roses, the grasses that blow in the dunes, are peaceful and lovely and generate a calm and warmth of beauty. I don't know that I capture that at all, I am a mediocre painter at best, but I do love trying. Until next time, I leave you with a smile.
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Sunday, May 06, 2007
Apple Blossom Time
  A blossom fell from off a tree It settled softly on the lips you turned to me The gypsies say and I know why A falling blossom only touches lips that lie A blossom fell and very soon I saw you kissing someone new beneath the moon I thought you loved me, you said you loved me We planned together to dream forever The dream has ended, for true love died The night a blossom fell and touched two lips that lied A blossom fell and very soon I saw you kissing someone new beneath the moon I thought you loved me, you said you loved me We planned together to dream forever The dream has ended, for true love died The night a blossom fell and touched two lips that lied. Til next time..
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Monday, April 30, 2007
  
Its a gorgeous day! There is a sweet , warm breeze blowing , the sun is shining, birds are everywhere and singing their dear songs, leaves are bursting out, Lilacs are about to join the Forsythias in bloom and over all its just wonderful.
The fish in the pond are even merry as the glide around gracefully in the crystal clear water (yup UV filter works wonders!) The matriarch is over 14 inches long now and oversees her domain with a certain genteel manner. Her long veil tail and fins look angelic in the water.
I need new water lilies. I had to remove the old cat tails. They simply became overwhelming and at 15 ft tall and in a huge planter that took 2 big men to lug out for me.. I think it was high time. Tall water grasses are very invasive and will take over after a while, leaving their pots and roots expanding over the side searching for nutrients and sand to root in.
I want lots of parrot feather this year, some exotic lilies too.. day and night bloomers I think.
The front pond needs a water change before fish are introduced ..just a few from the large pond and then water lilies in blues and whites and tons of parrot feather to give a graceful look.
 (photo: Parrot feather in small pond.)
I still need to plant plenty of moss around its edges too. This pond is raised unlike the other one which is in the ground and natural looking.
If you don't have room for a pond outside, put one inside the house.
You can make a small one from a planter and just a small pump to aerate the water.
You can put a waterlily in it and some fish if you like.
The sound of the water is good for the soul and the ions from the water are good for depression and health!
You can also make a small "spring". Simply get a plastic bucket..not too deep, a tiny pond pump.. they cost around 10-15 dollars.. some wide metal meshing called hardware cloth and you have the makings.
bury the bucket in the ground. now place the small pump inside .. it should come with a long tube so that the water can splash above the little "spring".
place it in the bottom, use a flat rock to elevate it if you need to. now fill it with water.
now take the metal mesh and place it over the top of the bucket which is buried in the ground. You will have to make a hole in it for a short piece of the tube to poke through a little.
Now, cover the mesh with small pebbles and rock in a pretty fashion..and make it look as if its part of the landscape. Now when you turn on your *spring* it will look as if water is bubbling up out of the ground. The water will bubble up, and splash down thru the stones and mesh into the bucket to be recycled up again.
Here is a version.. this one has a large fountaining effect..but you can adjust the flow so its not so huge. If its a simple little bubbling effect birds and small animals will come to drink and you will love watching them.
Til next time I leave you with a smile.
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Friday, April 27, 2007
It's Raining , It's Pouring
 It absolutely poured down rain very early this morning. You know, that kind of really loud rain that thunders down on everything? Wow, what a storm.
I have seen worse by far.
In 1991 we went through the "Perfect Storm" of movie fame. Of course,we didn't know that at the time, just that it was a very bad nor'easter. Half the island here was torn off , beaches erroded badly and people had a lot of flood damage at that time. My little cottage was spared any damage , Thank God. He watches over me and I thank him for that.
It's a perfect day for hot tea though and somehow having a cup of hot tea is more soothing than so many other things. There is something nice about cuddling up on a very dark , rainy day with Agatha Christie and hot tea...... Well, its Friday and not one of the reading days. I have to prepare for tomorrow. I am making a nice beef stew which will simmer all night in the crock pot and be tender and luscious tomorrow! Since tomorrow will also be rainy I think the stew will be perfect too.
 This little animation is what I would rather be doing today. But.. its not to be what with the weather.
My back is giving me problems lately so tending my little garden and my ponds is out of the question also. I could barely walk this morning. As it is I am sitting here with heat on my back while I write. I hope this spell clears up quickly it's draining when it goes on so long. I had trouble getting out of bed and sitting in my chair here was not easy. The heat seems to be helping though.
I will have to write about my ponds and post some photos once I get going again.
Have a good day, stay dry and til next time I leave you with a smile.
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Thursday, April 26, 2007
Making Hyperlinks
This first one below is how to insert the name you wish to appear in a hyper link. Just replace name you want here with name or phrase you would like to use.
This one below is how to make a hyperlink that will open in a seperate window! This can be useful is you do not wish to take the reader off your homepage. If you wish, remove the center parts. This is just how I make them appear in my "links" area on my other blog. I took this link below directly off there and this is how it appears in my template.
I hope this helps with making hyperlinks.
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Monday, April 23, 2007
When Things Get Too Personal
  I am up late. It is 3:15AM but I have some work to do on a painting that I don't wish to lose the inspiration for and also, well, I am hungry! The voting opened on the JIB awards HERE. ( Go vote for Sultan Knish , Cosmic X and Creedmore) Anyone can vote. I was nominated for my LemonLimeMoon blog but under a category as a personal blog. It is not a personal blog. It is a current events blog so obviously no one will vote for it since the category makes no sense and why waste a vote on a blog that just simply doesn't belong there , rather than use it on one that does? Am I disappointed? Well in a way, but not about the votes or awards. Just that no one seemed to *get* what my blog was about. Anyway, I turned the nomination down, but it seems they have not taken my name off the voting list. Someone actually voted for me !! Its probably someone who never read the blog God love them. LOL.  til next time I leave you with a smile
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Thursday, April 19, 2007
My Real Age!
This is really pretty accurate Sigh.. I am just a big kid most times.
These little tests are kind of fun to take.
You Are 15 Years Old
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Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe.
13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world.
20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences.
30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more!
40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.
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Thursday, April 12, 2007
Rainy Day Contemplation
April Showers bring May flowers and its been raining off and on for hours and there are indeed signs of flowers.
My forsythia is in bloom. Of course its a twig which I just planted last year and not much of a bush yet, but the Lilacs a friend gave me a few years back are ready to burst anytime now. Daffodils and some hyacinths are open too.
The little pond is coming along nicely. Its a nice size 5 ft by perhaps 4 across. Not the huge size of the original one but its a nice centerpiece for my little yard(which isnt so little). Its centered in a surround of building rocks so that its raised and I am planting around the filled in sides. My goal is a Japanese sort of look with a lot of moss and low spreading junipers. 
I don't have my mothers green thumb really. I have photos of homes of her family members with hillsides covered in mountain pinks.. breathtaking!
Her father was a prize winning gardner also.
Today I am contemplating Lemon Lime Moon my mouthy blog. Originally it was a clean lined 2 columned blog using a wonderful template by Caz (whose template designs are the finest you could hope for. I maintain it to this day in that form under another name and am wondering if it would be nice to go back to that simple design. Lately I have used my own paintings as mastheads on Lemon. And for a long time now its been 3 columns but, I often wonder if the 3 column look can't get too circusy after a while, especially if you load up the sides with frou frou.
I intend to keep this blog as simple as I can.
This one is mainly for me to think things outloud and share a bit sometimes too.
I suppose the title is pretentious... contemplation should be of a more lofty sort,but, alas, its all I could come up with today.
I need to keep up this blog more.
See you again.
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Wednesday, March 28, 2007
To make a blog that looks like the samples in the posts below this is what you must do:
First you must switch to the "Scribe " Template on Blogger to achieve this look.
next host the background pictures that you choose on photobucket or tinypic or somewhere of your choice.
Now you will plug them into the html on the blog template in this way:
body {
margin:0;
padding:0;
font-size: small;
text-align:center;
color:$textColor;
line-height:1.3em;
background:#483521 url("http://i17.tinypic.com/2ahifc4.jpg") repeat;
}
Here you put in your own address for the background^ this is the one I used.This is the very back picture on the blog.
Now go to this on the html and put in your next picture if you want to put a "ribbon" around the inner blog ( you can find ribbon samples on the internet):
#outer-wrapper {
background:url("PUT YOUR PICTURE HERE"title="ribbon here");
border-left:1px solid #PICK YOUR OWN COLOR;
border-right:1px solid #PICK YOUR OWN COLOR HERE;
width:700px;
margin:0px auto;
padding:8px;
text-align:center;
font: $bodyFont;
}
Now go here and put in the middle part of the blog :
}
#main-top {
width:700px;
height:49px;
background:#FFF3DB url("PUT THE MAIN CENTER BACKGROUND HERE THE WHITE ") ;
margin:0px;
padding:0px;
display:block;
}
#main-bot {
width:700px;
height:81px;
background:#FFF3DB url("PUT MAIN CENTER BLOG PART HERE SAME AS ABOVE") ;
margin:0;
padding:0;
display:block;
}
#wrap2 {
width:700px;
background:#FFF3DB url("PUT THE SAME ONE AS ABOVE HERE ONCE MORE") ;
margin: -14px 0px 0px 0px;
text-align:left;
display:block;
}
YOU PUT THE SAME PICTURE IN EACH OF THESE 3 above TO MAKE UP THE MIDDLE PART OF THE BLOG.
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Monday, March 19, 2007
Blustery Winds Bring all Kinds of Things into View
Its a cloudy cool day with signs of approaching spring in the air, that dampness you can feel as the earth moves closer to April. March is the windy month. The saying goes, "In like a Lion, out like a Lamb" but the reverse is also true. It has always seemed a volatile rough month to me as if the earth was caught in a vortex of change on its revolution around the sun. Trees blow and bend nearly touching the earth. Clouds skud across the sky at tremendous speed and tiny green shoots pop up from softening earth, but over it all are those chilly, blustery winds that stir up all kinds of things. Speaking of revolving around the sun, there are some religious people who are declaring that this is a plot of some kind and that the earth does not revolve around the sun after all. I think they are throw backs to the belief of the time of Copernicus. Unfortunately one of these people is Warren Chisholm chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, the most powerful committee in the Texas House of Representatives who states that believing the earth revolves around the sun is a Jewish conspiracy. Sigh. Does this kind of bigotry ever have an end? I feel sad for people like that who can't do much more than hate others. It was thought in the middle ages that the earth was the center of the universe and everything revolved around earth, which, was also thought to be flat. Sailors imagined they would fall off the edge if they ventured out too far. I don't think people in those times were stupid ..no more so than we are today. It was simply the belief. I sometimes wonder which of our beliefs will be looked back on and chuckled at. Til later.. I wish you all good things and sunshine in your heart. Lemon
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Sunday, March 18, 2007
Background Set Samples
 Here are some of the backgrounds below that can be used on blogger or anywhere else for that matter. You can click on them to see them larger.      The backgrounds for them are in a post below. Here they are shown on Bloggers "Scribe" template. I have added "ribbon" for effect and on one a fancy title. Masthead pictures can be added to them also.
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Friday, March 16, 2007
Icy Day
 Oh wow, its snowing and sleeting after the nice mild weather of the past few days. I can hear the ice hitting against the sides of the house and the trees are bending over so far in the wind, which is howling outside. I put a fire in the fireplace to warm the cottage up a bit. It's really very chilly. I have some cooking left to do for the weekend, but I am sitting here blogging and sipping hot tea and trying to warm up. Sometimes you get that chill that just doesn't want to leave you. Even bundled up in a warm sweater and with the tea I feel chilly. My poor dog does not do well in this weather. She is old now, and finds the weather effects her arthritis badly. I have to help her up and help her walk. She waits for me and we walk together. Her old bones just creak. I give her those pills to help the joints repair and ester c helps stop pain for dogs with arthritis and she sleeps on an old crib mattress covered in a toasty warm blanket. Floors are just too cold for her.  This is the dear old lady. Isn't she beautiful? Just proves that age doens't ruin a girl's looks! Well, while she snoozes and I sip tea, I leave you all with a smile and hope your weekend goes well and your weather is always sunny. 
Labels: daily life
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Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Blog Backgrounds
Labels: backgrounds
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Friday, March 09, 2007
I am a Cake!!??
Try this yourself, its fun !
You Are a Red Velvet Cake
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Rich, decadent, and sensual.
You have a deep appeal that transcends all trends.
You are the definition of passion: intense, adventurous, and seductive.
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Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Little Calendar Paintings
Labels: calendars, painting
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Monday, March 05, 2007
My Sky Blue Bay
Just noted that comments were off. They are now back on..with apologies.
Still somewhat frozen, but thawing out now.
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Sunday, February 25, 2007
Snowing, Working, Keeping Busy
Its snowing outside heavily right now. Last week it was sunny and a bit warm, but now its freezing cold and a thick snow is falling on the cedars and pines. The bay is still frozen over in spots. I am working on some weather minis now for my blogs also. Later, after I get a bit better at them, perhaps I will put them up for others to use also. Another header for the Lemon Blog that I made:  For Chanukah I added an animated menorah:  And this skating girl is new also:  I am off to make that little pot of hot coffee my body seems to crave right now. Til next time thank you for coming and keep warm!
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Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Rainy Day
It snowed yesterday for a long while without any serious accumulation and then in the late evening ice fell til early in the wee hours of the morning.
Now, its warmer and rain is falling and lot of gusty winds are blowing.
The Bay has been frozen for the past month. It's always strange to see salt water frozen over, but it does if its shallow enough.
I have seen people drive cars across the bay in the coldest winters. Crazy!! They ice skate on it in the very coldest years..or rather try since waves freeze over and its as bumpy as can be.
Dare Devils see how far out they can walk , some attempting to walk all the way to the barrier islands.
I will not be one of them I can assure you!
There was a funny headline in the Drudge report about a Congressional meeting about Global Warming being cancelled because of the ice storm in Washington.
Seems that in another place a showing of Al Gore's movie was also cancelled because of frigid weather. Funny.
I am working on animated figures right now and hope to add them to the page soon.
here is one sample of a bear based on a stuffed bear I own whose head seems to turn to one side and "peer" at you. I also found it easier to draw her sideways for some reason. I have since made some facing forward.
 She is mouse drawn, meaning I draw it with my mouse using Photoshop. Hope you like her.
And this are some of the emoticon girls I am drawing right now.
 
She will be part of a series.
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Thursday, February 08, 2007
Minatures
A minature painting I am working on.It is the back bay sedge behind my house which is criss crossed with dozens of waterways and filled with all kinds of birds and animals.
Hard to see detail here as it's minaturized even further, sorry.
I like to paint in minature. Takes some time but I just love it so. Labels: painting
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Sunday, December 24, 2006
Friendship Poem
My Dearest FriendsAs we sit here day after day sharing
our lives our dreams our fears our failures
It is still amazing to me how
YOU once a total stranger
have become some of my dearest, closest,
cherished Friends.
YOU are as important to me as
any of my personal friends,
my family or my neighbors,
YOU make me smile
when you share your joys,
YOU make me laugh
when you tell me stories!
YOU make me lonely
when you are gone.
YOU are in my thoughts each day
and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
To you… dear friend’s here on the web!
I love & adore you please stay close.
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Debut..Opening Night
This will be a personal blog for me.
Not too personal just maybe some thoughts and ideas, limericks or photos.
I have not really decided yet.
Here is as in its little debut.
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