One of the things that never ceases to amaze me about blogging is the "kindness of strangers," to borrow a phrase from Blanche DuBois. I have been the recipient of prayers, good wishes, votes in the photo contest, and even gifts from people I have never met. And that is something I never would have expected when I began this blog almost a year ago.
I wanted to show you two wonderful paintings I was given by Lynn, who I "met" through flickr, the photo sharing site where I post a lot of the pictures I use for my blog. Lynn is an artist who lives in Colorado. She contacted me a few months ago, to ask if she could use some of my photos as subjects for her paintings. As a thank you, she sent me the two paintings you see above. The first is a portrait of our cat, Jordan, painted from this photograph. The other is a beautiful landscape. Both will look marvelous in our family room -- thank you so much, Lynn!
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I love both of those paintings. I love blogging, too ;)
ReplyDeleteBella
Beautiful paintings friend and such a beautiful gift...They are some great folks here in blogland! Have a great day!
ReplyDeleteMary
ReplyDeleteBloggers are just the most wonderful people! What gracious gifts for your family room and for your family to treasure!
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Tara
Wow, those are beautiful! Lynn did a really great job. Blogging brings the greatest people together:>)
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful gift. I love blogs and so appreciate all of the wonderful bloggers out there that share with us all. You deserve all kindnesses bestowed upon you Mary!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful paintings! What a great friend.
ReplyDeleteHow delightful! Just welcome it, Mary, it can be a wonderful world!
ReplyDeleteThese are fantastic, and so is our blogging community.
ReplyDeleteOh, my....what beautiful paintings. I know you must be sooo proud of them.
ReplyDeleteI, too, love blogging and it still just blows me away at how wonderfully nice every one is. I think the world would be a better place if EVERYONE had a blog!!
love, bj
Such a compliment to your photography skills is in this painting of your cat...what a special gift indeed. I liken blogging to having pen pals when I was young. It was fun then and it is fun now.
ReplyDeleteWOW!! Lynn's paintings are great!! Yes, the blogging community is amazing.
ReplyDeleteI love them both; what a great gift of friendship. Aren't our blogging friends just the best??
ReplyDeleteJanet
What a lovely gift......those are wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThose are beautiful paintings! The one of your kitty is so special! What a great gift!
ReplyDeleteWow...what an exceptional talent your friend is...and how very kind and generous of her. I love both paintings and I'm sure they will be precious treasures for you. I only started blogging a couple of weeks ago...and already I can see how amazingly kind and caring the people are who inhabit blogland.
ReplyDeleteThose are just lovely Mary, and a wonderful gift!
ReplyDeleteI love the paintings, Mary! What sweet gifts those are!
ReplyDeleteBoth those painting are beautiful, she is very talented!
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet and generous friend to Paint them for you. They are marvelous she is very good.
ReplyDeletehave a great week.
Hugs;
Alaura
What a treasure to have such a beautiful painting of your cat!
ReplyDeleteThis is so touching, Mary. I was just telling someone yesterday, someone who doesn't blog, that I was amazed at how encouraging people are about my blog. It's one of the things that keeps me happy. Keeps me going.
ReplyDeleteEncourage each other.
It's a mantra that a lot of us bloggers use, isn't it?
I love the way Lynn changed the picture around a little bit, putting the pillow directly behind Jordan. And the landscape is simply beautiful! Lucky you!