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Kooleido using a stock image. The colors remind me of one of my mother's bathing suits circa 1969.

Welcome back

Well. That was quite a hiatus.  My first semester teaching

high school was a trifle more exhausting than I had anticipated.

I am back now.

Happy Summertime.

Number 2 pencil

Punchy

I just love paint samples, but I must say that they

are made of thick paper that doesn't punch easily.

Yes, I do have a punch in the shape of a pen nib.

I am, indeed, a pen nerd.

Belly Bs

Lacy

My sunny son

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My son loves to use Spirograph apps. This is one of his latest creations, spun through Kooleido.

 

 

 

Found in parking lot

OK, so maybe not so environmentally friendly,

but beautiful in the light of the street lamp as I 

walked into work today.

Bowling pins

Perspective

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheerful

;pppo

(my dog typed this)

(I think I'll leave it like that)

Olives

Zooming'

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Round and Pointy

Satellite

Densely packed

...I just couldn't seem to stop once I got started!

Sleepwalking

 

Kooleido to the rescue.

Kooleido

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's another app that can be used to make mesmerizing

mandalas. It's called Kooleido.

Happy Earth Day

Some bits from my Earthy collection. 

And some dirt.

Black Pen Happiness

Simple, but effective.

Wooly Booly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More yarn. Earthy colors in honor of Earth day this weekend.

Yarn love

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These were made using a photo of a skein of yarn an Annemika.

Yummy colors.

Graph paper

This one reminds me of a quilt block.

Something very diferent

OK, I discovered someone and am blown away by his images.  I will take this entry to introduce you all to him. His name is Ernst Haeckel and you can head over here to read about him:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Haeckel

I discovered a book of his illustrations in our school library and immediately saw mandalas on every page.  On a day when I have a bit more time, I plan to use some of the shapes and details to inspire some of my mandalas.  In the meanwhile, here is a sample:

Here is a link to the book on Amazon:

'Art Forms in Nature'

Before and after

 

St. John petroglyphs using Annamika.

Smithsonian Love

Found Mandalas, DC edition

The Keck building, National Academies, DC

Light fixture, Postal Museum, DC

Viewfinder, Postal Museum, DC

Detail of wooden cabinet, Columbia, MD

Small, beaded jewel box, Columbia, MD

The kids and I spent a fantastic day in Washington, DC.

These are a few Found Mandalas from our adventure.

On the road

We are on the road doing some spring break 

adventuring, so it's a mobile spirograph for

tonight!

Doodly Do

Doodly mandalas in jaunty colors

Neon

 

I am growing fond of this bright green.

Petroglyphs

This one reminds me of some petroglyphs we saw on St. Johns.
There were symbols like the coils in this mandala. We thought
They might represent clouds.

Eggcellent Easter

Made with bits of colored egg shells.

Great day for bumble bees

All of a sudden the azaleas went wild. The bees

are stunned at their good fortune.

So am I.

Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose

 

The essence

 

Creating and recreating

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I knitted a blanket a couple of years ago that has hundreds of colors in it. This mandala is made using a photo of that blanket. Two for one.