Nature’s Story
It is another scorcher today. Although it is early morning humidity can be felt in the air. A gentle breeze assists in dashing flies away and cooling one down. Nature’s offering today was a long forgotten rose bush with an indescribable scent. It has been left to grow wild peeking up amongst the bushes that have grown around it.
It’s determination can be felt as it strives to be seen in the sunlight. It seems to be calling out for attention; stating that although old and obscure its beauty is still strong and captivating. Reminding one that in the haste of life, beauty in others is sometimes overlooked. There is always a story to be told and beauty to be seen if an alert sensitivity exists.
Debbie Lamey-MacDonald
MacLellan’s Brook, Nova Scotia
It is so thrilling to be back out on location again! The horseflies were out in abundance when I painted this painting. The temperature got very hot as the morning moved on and the sun rose higher in the sky. I continue to be enamored with roses and love both their scent and beauty in the summer sunlight. Other than the horseflies it was an extremely quiet and peaceful morning. I counted my blessings to be able to stand in nature’s beauty and paint happily with her! Hoping you are getting a chance to find happiness in nature too!
Warmly,
Debbie
P.S. I would love to hear any of your rose stories or thoughts too!
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Couple of questions Lamey, that I’m just dying to know!
First, this whole site’s in WordPress. The blog directory is lameymacdonald.com/blog. But each individual post omits the “blog” directory in the url. For example, this post’s url is lameymacdonald.com/natures-story/ instead of lameymacdonald.com/blog/natures-story/. My question is, how on earth did you do that?!
Second, I’m pretty sure you’re using a plugin for those pictures so they expand to the center of the screen when the viewer clicks on them. I’ve seen that on several sites, and I’m really interested in doing it on mine…could you please tell me how? Thanks!
No offense, but from a design standpoint I don’t recommend the text being in italics. It’s not a personal pet peeve, however; I think most designers would discourage it. For a tagline or for emphasis italics works great, but trying to read a whole post with it is quite tiresome.
You do great work though! I enjoy following this blog. A “subscribe to commments” module would be convenient though.
Best regards,
Martyn Chamberlin
Hi Martyn,
Thanks so much for visiting my blog and taking the time to comment! My son builds my site so I will have to get him to answer some of your technical questions.I will get back to you on your first question. I do know that he has installed a plugin for my pictures so they open up in the middle of the screen. It is called NextGen Gallery– you can find it through google.
With regards to my font–I originally had two fonts–one italicized that I used for my reflections to go with my work and regular type font I used for the rest of the entry. Brett recently changed some things in the CSS and all my font is italicized so he is going to change that for me soon.
Great idea regarding the subscribe button for comments. I mentioned that to Brett already.
I appreciate your nice comment about my work! It truly is my passion! Wishing you many happy days painting this summer!
Warmly,
Debbie
My friend Lee Brown (http://adaynotwasted.com) mentioned Auto ThickBox as the plugin he uses…it looks and acts the same as the one you’re using, though they have a different name. Strange. I’ve upgraded my blog with it though. Thanks for sharing.
You’re pretty resourceful to have found me on Twitter. It’s definitely a bit scrabbled.
Thanks for the wishes, same to you.
Painting outdoors can be uncomfortable and even occasionally tedious, but the rewards are worth it.
Debbie I love your comment ‘that in the haste of life, beauty in others is sometimes overlooked’. How true is that! I too love roses and several of the paintings in my series have had roses or flowers pop into them. I love the story they tell of their beautiful fragile beauty which we need to be ‘present’ with to appreciate.
Hi Kadira,
Thanks so much for visiting my blog! I appreciate your kind words and am happy to hear you love roses too. So nice that they have been a part of your work as well. Yes we sometimes have to move at a slower pace in order to appreciate the beauty around us. That is why I love plein air painting so much! Wishing you the best in your creative endeavors!
Debbie….such a pretty painting. The pink in the roses is so soft and subtle. Makes me feel like I could actually get a wift of the sweet scent.
If only you could harness the energy of those darn horseflies, and teach them how to take some video footage of you while you work!
Thanks so much Cheryl! You would have loved their scent–it was really lovely!
Too funny about harnessing those horseflies! Good idea…. they would be kept so busy they wouldn’t have time to feast on me! Sadly, I did a video shoot when I was on location this day and it got corrupted! Maybe, when Ian is on vacation he can come with me and we’ll set up the video while I paint.
Always love your visits! Thanks!