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Doves Fly

Mar 6, 2025

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in animals, art, artistic gifts, Birds, e-newsletter, gift ideas, illustration, Pen and Ink

One of the sounds I enjoy hearing in the morning is the call of the Mourning Dove.It’s cooing call has a melancholy feeling to it.I remember the first time I heard it. I was like, “What is that bird”. It was day time. It couldn’t be an owl. It wasn’t an owl, but the Mourning…

Humming Bird

Aug 31, 2024

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Lisa

in animals, artistic gifts, Birds, e-newsletter, mixed media

“A Hummingbirdso smallyet so magicala gift”A Hummingbird:3-3.5 inches longcan fly up, down, back and forth and hover in placehave iridescent feathersare territorial Ultimate Guide to Spirit Animals:The Hummingbird generally symbolizes joy and playfulness, as well asadaptability. Additional symbolic meanings are: Lightness of being, enjoyment of lifeBeing more presentIndependenceBringing playfulness and joy in your lifeLifting up…

MUD Season

Mar 12, 2024

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Lisa

in animal lovers, animals, art, artistic gifts, e-newsletter, equestrian, equine art, horse art, Pastel, pet portraits

March winds are blowing. There are some signs of Spring. This time of year has been called MUD season.There are days when it’s still cold, as winter hasn’t yet passed. Yet there are warmdays when the ground begins to thaw. Snow melts to water. The ground getsmuddy. One year we visited New Hampshire at this…

Greener New Shoots

Jun 2, 2023

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Lisa

in animals, art, artistic gifts, color pencils, e-newsletter, nature, wildlife

We head into warmer weather season. Heard around the neighborhood are the sounds of whirring lawn mowers, and buzzing of weed whackers as people work to freshen up their yards in anticipation of grilling outside, parties in the sunshine, and enjoying the warm weather. Preening. Pruning. Brushing away the browned and decayed plants for greener new…

Leaf Peeping

Oct 19, 2022

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Lisa

in animals, art, artistic gifts, e-newsletter, gift items, nature, Pastel, wildlife

In Autumn, my dad liked to go for a ride through Blue Hills, near Randolph, MA. We would go “Leaf Peeping”. “Leaf Peeping”: go for a ride to see the colorful Fall leaves on trees in the area . We’d take the time to note the landscape of colorful Fall leaves with yellows, reds, oranges and browns. It…

It’s Spring Time

Mar 27, 2021

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Lisa

in animals, art, artistic gifts, e-newsletter, gift items, nature, paintings, watercolor pencils, wildlife

“It’s Spring Time” I was looking out the window, when I noticed two Mourning Doves near the tree.One approached the other. The Dove that was approached moved away. TheMale dove chased after it. Then they went back to eating.Thus the beginning of mating season.It’s Spring Time here. As active bird watchers, my daughter and I…

Virtual Art Tour, Jan 24, 2021

Jan 27, 2021

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Lisa

in art, artistic gifts, portraits, scratch board, t-shirts

Sisterhood of Temple Beth El present Virtual Artists tours. Jan 24, 2021: Aileen Quinn shared her watercolor landscapes and seascapes from 3 to 3:45 p.m. Sisterhood member Lisa Guarino shared her nature and animal works in pen and ink, watercolor pencils, pastels, and scratch board from 3:45 to 4:30 p.m. Sisterhood_Virtual Artist January 24…

Note Joy

Dec 8, 2020

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Lisa

in animals, art, artistic gifts, gift items, mixed media, scratch board, wildlife

“Note Joy” In dark times we can find ourselves wondering and feeling anxious.Yet we can note things that make us feel joyful, even in a small way, to help us move forward. My daughter and I like to go bird watching.We have a feeder in our yard and so we can watch and note the…

Shout out to Erika Smith at iheartrhody.com

Oct 5, 2020

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Lisa

in art, artistic gifts, business

I’d like to take this moment to do a great shout out to Erika Smith of iheartrhody.com. I met Erika Smith through Alignable.com. Erika runs iheartrhody.com site and posts about things to take note in Rhode Island, as Food, Arts and the People there. She did an interview of my Lisa’s ART & Horses. I…

Secret Ingredient

Feb 22, 2020

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Lisa

in animals, art, artistic gifts, illustration, nature, wildlife

“The Secret Ingredient” I like to cook and bake. One of my favorite breakfast foods to make is pancakes. I have a recipe I use that I like. Because I’m mildly lactose intolerant I add Lactaid milk instead of regular milk. I like putting strawberry jam and cinnamon on the pancakes.I make pancakes for breakfast sometimes. We…

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