{"id":1447,"date":"2014-03-12T21:34:21","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T21:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/?p=1447"},"modified":"2014-04-21T14:53:10","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T14:53:10","slug":"anticipation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/anticipation\/","title":{"rendered":"Anticipation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt;\">\u201c<strong>Anticipation<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here in the northeast, Winter still has some grip.\u00a0 The month of March is a month that one can always expect the weather to vary from very cold and snowy, to warm and rainy.<br \/>\nThe Spring Equinox this year is on March 20.<\/p>\n<p>And there are some signs of Spring.\u00a0 Good, thing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lisasart.com\/100_3652small.jpg\" alt=\"null\" width=\"250\" height=\"192\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I noted:<br \/>\nCrocuses in the side yard, along our driveway.<br \/>\nRed breasted Robin\u2019s are back.<br \/>\nAnd the horses at the farm are starting to shed their winter coats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSign, sign, everywhere a sign. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>Yet it can feel like a teasing.<br \/>\nOf course it\u2019s a sign of things to come.<br \/>\nThere\u2019s a transition to go through.\u00a0 There are things that nature needs in place before it burst forth in full bloom.<\/p>\n<p>In this fast paced world, there are still things that need time and transitions before fruitation.<\/p>\n<p>So much the sweeter, don\u2019t you think?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feature Art\/product:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lisasart.com\/Tree_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lisasart.com\/scratchboard.html\">Tree<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\nscratchboard<\/p>\n<p>This is a scratch board image of our tree in our backyard.\u00a0 Squirrels and birds frequently come to our tree.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Check out Great Gift items at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lisasart.com\/\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Lisa&#8217;s Art &amp; Horses<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gift Certificates available.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Art\u00a0 News <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lisasart.com\/mm-mosaic.jpg\" alt=\"null\" width=\"250\" height=\"295\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">&#8220;<\/span><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.muralmosaic.com\/Cadeau.html\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Le Cadeau du Cheval<\/span><\/b><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">&#8220;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Several artists in the Equine Art Guild were a part of this unique tribute to the horse. Click on the image above to read all about it and the artists who participated in it&#8217;s creation, as well as see where it will be coming to a location near you in the coming year!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Soldier Portraits<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><br \/>\nDarla Dixon organized a group of artists who will create no-charge compassionate portraits for the families who have lost a loved one in Operation Iraqi Freedom\/Operation Enduring Freedom. We are looking for artists to join our efforts, and also for non-artists who will help spread the word about this free service and token of our gratitude to families who have sacrificed so much.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">For more information, contact Darla (<\/span><a href=\"mailto:darla@dixon.com\/\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">darla@darladixon.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">) or visit <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lisasart.com\/soldierportraits.html\" target=\"new\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">SoldierPortraits.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAnticipation\u201d Here in the northeast, Winter still has some grip.\u00a0 The month of March is a month that one can always expect the weather to vary from very cold and snowy, to warm and rainy. The Spring Equinox this year is on March 20. And there are some signs of Spring.\u00a0 Good, thing. I noted: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10,76,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-illustration","category-nature","category-scratch-board"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1447"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1485,"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1447\/revisions\/1485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}