Queen of the Armchair aka Dzintra Stitcheries: I've been succumbed to Yule, Vettriano ... and White

Thursday, November 13, 2008

I've been succumbed to Yule, Vettriano ... and White

Okay, after reading about other bloggers getting into it, and starting to talk about ... and decorating for the coming Festive Season ... I also had to partake ... and hung up this little wall quilt made by my old Quilting Group ...

And then, just in time for the Season ... out comes the bottlebrush ... a good old Aussie native plant ... here is a close up of it (and you can see how it received it's name) ...

It just looks so majestic, standing tall and proud ...

... Being further succumbed ... by Jack Vettriano who has emerged from a career in the Scottish coalfields to become one of Scotland's best known contemporary painters. He has received no formal tuition ... has exhibitions in Edinburgh, London, Johannesburg and Hong Kong and is represented by Portland Gallery, London.

If only this one could talk ...

'Elegy for a Dead Admiral' (1998)

'Back Where You Belong' (2000)

'The Singing Butler' (1998)

... and the final one, the all white look, that is so popular now ... of course ... with a touch of the coast . I do so enjoy looking at these joyful things in a new way, especially at the start of summer nearly upon us, the white just looks soooo refreshing, the Vettriano's are simply stunning and the bottlebrush has made perfect timing for it all. Hoping you also enjoy the start of your new Season ... till next time ...

6 comments:

Millie said...: The Christmas Wall Quilt is just lovely Dzintra. I have a very close friend who creates the most amazing quilts too.

The only stitching I've done was years ago as an RN in my ED days & even then the patients complained my handiwork was crooked! I definitely need to stick to P&L's & Balance Sheets.
Millie ^_^; November 13, 2008 at 11:29 PM
My Pink & Cream Cottage said...: Hey Dzintra,
Have just found you & have to say I love your blog. The Christmas wall quilt really is gorgeous, isn't this just the best time of year.
Looking forward to calling in again

Have a great night

Lyn xoxoxo; November 14, 2008 at 12:21 AM
Fer said...: His artwork really is lovely, I've always admired 'The Singing Butler' - you can almost feel the wind.

Christmas time is the best!; November 14, 2008 at 12:24 PM
Arija said...: Hi Dzintra, thanks for stumbling my way. Anyone with a name like that must have Latvian roots somewhere.
It seems we have a few things in common, Reiki, stitching art, love of reading and looking after the handicapped to name a few.
Was your beach walk at Black Rock?
We used to live in Melbourne.
Cheers.; November 14, 2008 at 1:11 PM
a good yarn said...: Wow, what a diverse and interesting blog. Your wall quilt is a real sweetie.

The artworks are quite stunning, very evocative.

Isn't the bottlebrush a beauty?! I have a hot pink one outside my window at work. It's so lovely.

Happy Stitching...Ann :); November 14, 2008 at 5:39 PM
Relyn Lawson said...: The Singing Butler is my favorite of his. Vettriano's work always makes me dream.; November 15, 2008 at 5:32 PM

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Hello, my name is Dzintra Ingrid ... have been known as Ingrid and since our Sea Change I have started to use Dzintra ... pronounced without the D ... (but still known as Ingrid, I know, it's confusing ...)

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'Welcome to Holland'

I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It's like this ...

When you're going to have a baby, it's like planning a fabulous trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guidebooks and make your wonderful plans. The Colosseum, Michelangelo's David - the gondolas of Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It's all very exciting.

After months of eager anticipation the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, 'Welcome to Holland'.

'Holland'? You say. 'What do you mean Holland? I signed up for Italy! I'm supposed to be in Italy. All my life I've dreamed of going to Italy'.

But there has been a change in the flight plan. They have landed in Holland, and there you must stay.

The important thing is that they haven't taken you to a horrible, filthy place, full of famine and disease. It's just a different place. So you must buy new guidebooks. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met.

It's just a different place. It's slower paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you've been there for a while, you look around, and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills, Holland has tulips, Holland even has Rembrandts.

But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy, and they are all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say, 'Yes, that's where I was supposed to go. That is what I had planned'.

The pain of that will never go away, because the loss of a dream is a very significant loss. But if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn't get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things about Holland.

Written by Emily Perl Kingsley......Mother of a Child with a Disability

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To everything there is a season,
and a time to every purpose under heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sow;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate;
a time of war; and a time of peace.~

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Thursday, November 13, 2008

I've been succumbed to Yule, Vettriano ... and White

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