Steeplechase Dream

I have awesome dreams in glorious, amazing technicolor. I can easily dream of people that I have never met. In fact, some people I have never met consistently show up in my dreams. Usually, my dreams are good ones but occassionally there are frightening ones. From the numerous amount of times that I have blogged about my dreams, you should be able to tell that it is a sort of interest of mine. I find not only my dreams fascinating but other people's as well. Someone recently told me that he often dreamed of his teeth falling out. I have never had that dream yet I have heard it is one of the most common themes in dreams. Whatever causes that dream is not a factor in my personality. Many people dream of the ability to fly. I have only ever had that dream one time and it was fairly recently. I often dream of being 'tracked' or 'chased'. So long story short, not only what you dream about is important in understanding yourself but the absence of themes is also a key factor in understanding your subconscious. This depicts a dream the lady has of owning a horse in a steeplechase. This is the kind of dream I would have. Sometimes they can start out bright and cheery but end on a dark note.

Getting Ready

Look out Vegas! This girl has her sites set on you!

Kite Flying Weather

Along about this time of year when the temperature first approaches 100 degrees, I begin to dream of rain. Believe it or not, it sprinkled here about 30 minutes ago. About 50 rain drops fell on my skylight as I eagerly wished for a deluge. I would have done a rain dance if it would have helped. It soon frittered out. The sun is blazing again and again, I am dreaming of snow and lying on a glacier. About the best I can do though is give this beautiful young lady the hope of a rain storm. She may not get rain but she will get lightening and thunder. If she was Ben Franklin, she would be getting out the kite right about now. I really like the way this one turned out. She looks like she is about to walk out of her universe and over into mine.

Incongruous Terms Involving Hairdos

I continue to test the waters in Photoshop. Since first beginning to play with it, I have learned quite a bit. I have about 100 times more to learn! I would still call my dabbling 'primitive'. Eventhough you do not know it and may not realize what part, in each of these pieces, I have set out to learn something new. That is why sometimes, they do not look 'so good'.
This is a little Hollywood piece with one of those 1980's women in it that I do not like to use that much. In the 80's, did you ever have this hairdo? I did. It is sort of a ' sophisticated mullet' but that is kind of an oxymoron.

Patterns from the 12th Century?

When I began this, I had every intention of creating something Robin Hood related after seeing the movie today. So tell me. How did I get from medieval Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire, England to 1920's New York? Friends, that is the beauty of the human mind where you can travel centuries and thousands of miles within milliseconds. (Plus, I could not locate any 12th century patterns for the medieval maiden's attire. I guess they were not so much into patterns back then.) I really like the colors on this one. I have mentioned before but it bears mentioning again that I really love the art deco period especially in jewelry, clothing and architecture design. It is not a design that I would like to pattern my house after but I so do appreciate buildings built during this time period. There is a court house built back during the 1920's not far from where I work that I love to visit for its art deco design. The light sconces in the hallways are hynotic and elegant (two words you do not see together that often). Sometimes I visit it during my lunch period just to take a short mini vacation back in history. This lady may have visited that court house when it was new when she was not visiting the Chrysler building, of course.

Wishing I Could Be There

Have you ever been extremely homesick? I have. Several years ago, when I had just moved into my house only a week before, I was scheduled to go to Houston for two weeks for work. I have never missed my home so much in my life. I so wanted to be home unpacking and setting things straight. That was a very long two weeks. Houston is only 50 minutes away on a plane but I had to stay through the weekend. I have gone a lot of places for my work through the years. My most fun stint was probably to Washington D.C. with my friend, Vickie. However, I also had a very fun time in Chicago once. When I am gone due to work, even if it is fun, at times I will still miss my home very much. I think this lady has been forced to be away from home because of her job. She misses her little Tudoresque house. Her heart is there in spirit and she is very much looking forward to being home again soon!

Peace and Serenity

I wanted to depict peace and serenity without going for the obvious such as a waterfall or a luxurious bubble bath.  Instead, I went for a spa look. Something about this woman here reminds me of myself. Maybe it is her desire for some serenity. After a long day, nothing is nicer. One thing nicer might have been adding a cat here too but he would have knocked something over then, the woman would have had to get up to clean it up or his brother would have come along and bit him in the thigh then, a fight would have broken out...well, you see now why I left the cat out.

An American Classic

I have noticed something about the pattern ladies. Many of the designers of these items draw their inspiration from well known ladies. I have seen the look-a-likes of Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly, Jacqueline Kennedy and many, many others. This one is pretty obvious from a pattern dated 1962. I could make these things all day long. I find them to be very therapeutic. I am not sure why I need so much therapy. The only explanation I have is because it is fun!