Out The Window

Out The Window

Watercolor

Red Lipstick, Purple Earring

Red Lipstick, Purple Earring

Purple Wash

Purple Wash

Man in Purple

Feeling possessed by the urge to draw...anything!  I'll go with it, because I'm also itching to delve into some pasty making.  Feeling the oscillation about to happen...

Man in Purple

Day 8 of 30 Purple Door Weathered Cobble

Purple Door, Weathered Cobble

Tired, tired, tired.  Early this morning I read a review of Glenn Kurtz's, Practicing: A Musician’s Return to Music from one of my favorite websites, "Brain Pickings."

I read these quotes from Kurtz (in reference to practicing music) and thought, continue, Jill.

Limitation is the condition of our lives. What matters — what allows us to reach beyond ourselves, as we are, and push at the boundaries of our ability — is that we continue. But then everything depends on how we practice, what we practice.

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I sit down to practice the fullness of my doubts and desire, my fantasies and flaws. Each day I follow them as far as I can bear it, for now. This is what teaches me my limits; this is what enables me to improve. I think it is the same with anything you seriously practice, anything you deeply love.

Day 308. Gida Finally Revealed Her Hair Color Secret - No Longer Available

Friends had begged her to reveal the secret to her captivating hair color, and finally Gida gave it up:  "Eggplant," she said with a glint in her eye.  All bad girls knew it was the most daring of colors, even rivaling jet black.  It said to the world, "That's right, I'm beautiful, and I'm not afraid to be noticed."

But how did she get those variances in shade, some violet, some lavender, some almost red?  At that question, Gida shook her glossy strands.  She wasn't about to give away all her secrets!

 

Watercolor

That purply-red hair color (I call it black bing cherry, too) is my all-time favorite.  My friend, Shelley, always colored her hair that color in college and throughout her twenties and early thirties.  Here's a gorgeous picture of her with her first child, Lucas.  I'm including a pic. of her (with a bit darker shade) and her second baby, Quincey, just because Q-girl is so darn cute!

Currently, my co-worker Lisa has colored her hair the same color, and it looks fabu on her, too.  Unfortunately, I don't have a photo of Lisa, but I do know that about a week ago some man followed her around the store and stopped her to tell her how awesome her shade was.

Sadly, being the super-pale-faced chiquita that I am, I can't pull it off. They've got the right skin-tone, you see...and an endless supply of eggplant. (-;