Photo: Purple Towers, July 1, 2011
Puzzle: Dairy Farm, Wisconsin
Size: 500 pieces
Dimensions: 48.26 cm x 35.56 cm
Producer: The Canadian Group, Sure-Lox, Images
Artist: Dennis Hallinan
Notes: Dairy farming is a class of agricultural, or an animal husbandry, enterprise, for long-term production of milk, usually from dairy cows but also from goats and sheep, which may be either processed on-site or transported to a dairy factory for processing and eventual retail sale.
Most dairy farms sell the male calves born by …
Photo: Yellow Stars, July 1, 2011
Puzzle: Old Postcards, Lusitania
Size: 1000 pieces
Dimensions: 69.85cm x 54.61cm
Producer: Guild Puzzle
Notes: A postcard or post card is a rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard intended for writing and mailing without an envelope.
In some places, it is possible to send them for a lower fee than for a letter. Stamp collectors distinguish between postcards (which require a stamp) and postal cards (which have the postage pre-printed on them). While a postcard is usually …
Photo: A Rose by Any Other Name, July 1, 2011
Photo: Evergreen Zen, July 1, 2011
Photography cards: Spring Birth
Puzzle: Michelangelo – La Volta Della Cappella Sistina
Size: 1000 pieces
Dimensions: 48 cm x 67.5 cm
Producer: Edizioni Musei Vaticani, Art Collection series
Notes: The Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Vatican City: Michelangelo took on the painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling when he was in his thirties and worked at the task virtually alone with great determination between 1508 and 1512. The nine central panels hold the stories of Genesis from Creation and Original Sin to the rebirth of humankind after …
Book: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum
Title: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Author: L. Frank Baum
Source: audiobook
Text: http://publicliterature.org/books/wizard_of_oz/1
Audio: http://librivox.org/the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz/
Notes: Being a child, I have read the Russian version of this book (there are 6 books comprising the series based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz), written by Alexander Volkov, the first of which is almost identical to the L. Frank Baum’s original. I have also enjoyed listening to The Dark Side of the Rainbow …
Photography cards: Fragile Beauty
Beading: Birth Goddess turquoise earrings
Available for purchase on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/115242339/birth-goddess-turquoise-blue-earrings
Beading: Fertility braided necklace
Photography cards: Spring Highlights
Photography cards: Pink Flesh Gladiolus
Photography cards: Sun and Rain
Photography cards: Fly into Spring
Photography cards: Petals to Light
Beading: Purple Lantern bookmark
Puzzle: Paddle Boat Landing by Susan Brabeau
Size: 500 pieces, 2 missing
Dimensions: 45.72cm x 60.96cm
Producer: Collectible Puzzle (?), The Art of Susan Brabeau series
Artist: Susan Brabeau – The imagery of Susan Brabeau appeals to the viewer on several levels: bringing forth moods and sentiments of a by gone era, creating an illusion of life so completely that the viewer can almost hear the sounds within an image.
As with all good story-telling art, the imagery of Susan Brabeau is …
