Friday, December 31, 2004

Wishful (a first attempt at a manip)



I started making this... a while ago... It's done, finally. :) It's a little bit blurry, and it's not as fanciful as I would like, but I"m satisfied. Any comments/suggestions are welcome.

Full size.

Thursday, December 23, 2004

Joyous Greeting



This is my great great great great great grandmother. My mom just gave me this picture and I had to share it--

Yeah. This is me. In the snow. I don't really like this picture too much but oh well. :P

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Wednesday, December 22, 2004

Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree



Rockin' around the Christmas tree
Have a happy holiday
Singing and dancin' merrily
In the new/old fashion way

(So what if this picture has nothing to do with the song? It's got rocks in it!)

Augh. Someday I need to get good fonts so I can start making borders and stuff for this... :P Oh well. Maybe later...

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Tuesday, December 21, 2004

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!



Took this during the short-lived snow fall at my house the other day. :)

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Question about the website: Should I invite some people to join like on Dreamweavers or something or no?

Monday, December 20, 2004

White Crystal



I'm dreaming of a white christmas
Just like the ones I used to know...

All right, this isn't really snow. It's my dress. :P I just spiffed the picture a little. Ah, well, who cares?

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Sunday, December 19, 2004

Christmas is here


... Bringing good cheer
To every home
Meek and the bold

Took this at church today.

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Friday, December 10, 2004

Beauty



Took this at church the other night. Needless to say, it's stain glass.

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Tuesday, November 30, 2004

Day Ends



Took this the other day on a walk. I was thinking about making it all dark and sorrowful, but the blue sky's just too purty. As a side note, I entered this in a contest thing, so it could be published in a newspaper. :D

Beautiful Full Sized.

Saturday, November 27, 2004

Wishful



... and alone, even though there are others all around.

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Friday, November 26, 2004

Ripples



[insert some inspirational quote I don't know]

:p Took this yesterday at sunset. Full size is here, and I recomend looking at it.

Thursday, November 25, 2004

Sparks



I took this today and finally fully appeciated my camera. Can you see the sparks? (if not, look at full size.) It takes a really good camera just to get the fire--but the sparks too! *beams* It made my day.

For the full effect, please look at the full size.

Friday, November 19, 2004

Mother's Last Gift



Did this the other day. About a month ago I found the little white packet, I don't know where it's from, and it reminded me of the white packet Firebird's mom gave her before she set out in Firebird. I've been looking ever since for something I could use as poison. Tried growing cristels, but that didn't work. So when we went to the Potomac I gathered up some small glass shards. Then Mom threw those away. Laura took me out back and I used a rock to crush some glass we found there, which is what you see above. :)

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Sunday, November 14, 2004

Gold Against Blue



Took this at the Potomac, also, yesterday.

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Saturday, November 13, 2004

Glorious



Took this while at the Potomac River today.

Please look at the full size.

Wednesday, November 10, 2004

Lily



I took this while in CA, at one of the Missions, with Jason's huge, amazing, wonderful, lovely, long, cool camera.

Please look at full sized!

Friday, October 29, 2004

Never Coming Back




~`~MINOR SPOILERS FOR E.T.O.L.T. RANDOMLY PLACED THROUGHOUT THIS INTRO AND POEM/BALLAD~`~

I drew this a bit back but was waiting to show it until I was done with the poem/ballad. Comments wanted badly!

Never Coming Back
In Memory of Prince Éonon Rone
By Anna Hall Blakak

To safety you sent me
Away from the fight
They took me on a white steed
In the dead of night
It was to help the kingdom
To keep me from that evil clan
What came was not your doing
I understand

Dreams and hopes both did we share
Each day did we greet in love and trust
Ambition and more were with me each step
I am sorry, my dear ones, they have turned into dust

Once I took delight in simple things
A butterfly was all it took to make me smile
But no more will the palace ring with my laughter
You will not hear it for a long while

Mamma, I never will be tall and handsome
The ladies of court will not look twice when I pass
For their eyes will be blinded
Behind an useable mask

My first love, mother, will not be beautiful
She will not be graceful or kind
I cannot sweep her off her feet
Nor will she sweep me off of mine

For I shall never find her
And she never me
Though a lady she become
A man I cannot be

Papa, I never will be brave and strong
Never will I be a wise and true king
Never will I rule the country
Nor bring it to take wing

I will not be renowned for my skill
In blade or in aim
My story shall ever be brief
And I no hero’s claim

I cannot not be the pride in your eyes
I will not be your joy
Through growing and learning I will not go
I will remain a boy

Sister, you cannot protect me
You cannot show me the easy way
I will not be yours to share secrets with
I will not hold your tears at bay

We will not race in the fields
We will never visit late at night
Though you remain my dearest friend
I have left your sight

Do not grieve, my family
I know it was safety you sought
But even our greatest plains can be ruined
By the turning of the clock

There was some reason for this
His love for you is not gone
Please, just trust in Him, dear ones
He will right this wrong

Look to the sky when you miss me
You will see my smile among the stars
And if you listen, you can hear my laugh
For I have left behind all mortal scars

No more will I be assaulted by pain and fear
Darkness’ touch I will not feel
Music surrounds me on all sides
I am ever dancing to it’s reel

So do not mourn for me
Do not with your dark cloths dull the red maple
For I am free to live and sing
As no man living is able

Let this pain mold you
From this loss learn
For though I love you all greatly
I shall never return

Wednesday, October 27, 2004

Where Can You Run?



Maybe redemption has stories to tell
Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell
Where can you run to escape from yourself?
Where you gonna go?
Where you gonna go?
Salvation is here

***

This picture is a coarse one of Siarl Finish, whom most of you should know of. For you poor (or fortunate?) fellows who do not know, he is a character in one of my stories. To make a long story sort, he had a rotten life, met this guy who became his closest friend, was captured by a dragon, his friend saved him, his friend turned out to be a girl, he got mad and sent her away, hating her for the betrayal. The time this picture is in is about this point. He always loved the sea and often seeked refuge there.

For full sized image: here.

The song I got the quotes from:

Dare You To Move
by Switchfoot

Welcome to the planet
Welcome to existence
Everyone's here
Everyone's here
Everybody's watching you now
Everybody waits for you now
What happens next?
What happens next?

I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened before

Welcome to the fallout
Welcome to resistance
The tension is here
The tension is here
Between who you are and who you could be
Between how it is and how it should be

I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened

Maybe redemption has stories to tell
Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell
Where can you run to escape from yourself?
Where you gonna go?
Where you gonna go?
Salvation is here

I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself
Lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened
Today never happened
Today never happened before


Tuesday, October 26, 2004

Haunted



Took this picture this morning. For full sized, go here.

Friday, October 22, 2004

Flower Reaching



A little present thingie for when I'm gone. This is a random weed that happened to be growing across the concrete bridge... thing in my front yard. I thought the colors looked pretty. :)

For the full sized image, look here.

Thursday, October 21, 2004

"'I will grant you my Light by the blood of my Son...



"'And it will dwell in your hearts and give you life. Reach out, therefore, and close your hand about it that you may live and that my power may become yours.'"
-Trap Meridon, The Light of Eidon, by Karen Hancock
I could not find a distription of the orb, so I just settled with that. Bare with me here. My dad got me the necklace in Turkey when he was there last time, and soon after I read SW I realized that it looked almost exactly like an orb from the book. Be assured, many of my pictures will have this in it. :D

The link to the full size picture is here.

Tuesday, October 19, 2004

Meet the artist!

Here's a pic of me from yesterday. I haven't editted it yet for lack of editting programs, but feel free to comment anyhows.



For full sized, click here.

Okay, dudes, here's the deal...

I wanted to start an account on DevaintART, but my parents think it's not appropreate, so I've been given permission to use a blog. I decided to use blogger just 'cause... it's bigger, I guess, so my pictures wouldn't be making the screen wierd or whatever. :P Anyway, soon I'll get the first picture up.

Over and out!