more with the fences
Let me be by myself in the evenin' breeze
And listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees
Send me off forever but I ask you please,
Don't fence me in.
Cole Porter
The Pancake Chronicles
Monday, October 19, 2009
The Pancake Chronicles
My name is Colleen.
I love taking my time and finding beauty and humour in things before they happen - as in seeds and salamanders.
"The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing — to reach the Mountain, to find the place where all the beauty came from — my country, the place where I ought to have been born. Do you think it all meant nothing, all the longing? The longing for home? For indeed it now feels not like going, but like going back."
C.S. Lewis - Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold
"Look, it's not in my nature to be mysterious. But I can't talk about it and I can't talk about why."
Rusty Ryan - Ocean's Twelve
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5 Comments:
What is it about fences? I always feel drawn to take photographs of them. Maybe it's my natural inclination towards order, rules and boundaries. That, and they make for nice still subjects. :)
Colleeen! This pig picture alone is enough PROOF as to WHY you should be writing and illustrating children's books, need I say more? You are utterly brilliant. In every possible way, at least those that are carried over the ether. How could love and joy for this disappear... I can help you with ideas, though doubt you'd have problems finding them. You are wonderful and one of the most talented incredible women I have ever met.
No pressure though. I will shut up about it now. This has to come from within you. But oh, I would buy every single copy of any children's books you ever wrote and distribute them far and wide...
Enough. You are loved and admired.
CC! You are SO encouraging I don't even know how to express it. But I will try ... give me time and I will try! xoxoxo
I am a big fan of fences. I read somewhere that men like big expanses of empty lawn, while women like garden enclosures. Who knows? But I know it is true of me. I feel safe and comfortable with a fence. :<) And I echo Captain Cat's words!
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