{"id":2794,"date":"2023-08-15T16:48:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T20:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/?p=2794"},"modified":"2024-08-29T21:28:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T01:28:56","slug":"gems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/gems\/","title":{"rendered":"Gems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a long hot day, the evenings are relaxing and cool.<br>I sit outside.<br>A light breeze blows through the trees.<br>I tilt back my head against the back of the chair.<br>Chimney swifts fly high above the trees, zig zagging like acrobats as they chase after<br>flying insects.<br>A humming bird comes by to sip the sugar water I put out in the humming bird<br>feeder. It&#8217;s a beautiful green. His wings are a blur as he hovers and sips.<br>These are simple moments to enjoy.<br>Best,<br>LG<br>P.S. My newest scratch board is below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ChimneySwifts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ChimneySwifts.jpg\" alt=\"chimney swifts\" class=\"wp-image-2795\" style=\"width:614px;height:317px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ChimneySwifts.jpg 771w, https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ChimneySwifts-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ChimneySwifts-768x397.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ChimneySwifts-500x259.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Chimney Swifts above the Tress&#8221;    mixed medium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Art News<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.muralmosaic.com\/gallery\/fine-art\/the-horse-gift\/\" title=\"\">The Horse Gift<\/a>\u201c<br>Several artists in the Equine Art Guild were a part of this unique tribute to the horse. Click<br>on the image above to read all about it and the artists who participated in it\u2019s creation, as<br>well as see where it will be coming to a location near you in the coming year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Soldier Portraits<br>Darla Dixon organized a group of artists who will create no-charge compassionate<br>portraits for the families who have lost a loved one in Operation Iraqi Freedom\/Operation<br>Enduring Freedom. We are looking for artists to join our efforts, and also for non-artists<br>who will help spread the word about this free service and token of our gratitude to families<br>who have sacrificed so much.\u201d<br>For more information, contact Darla (darla@darladixon.com) or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lisasart.com\/soldierportraits.html\" title=\"\">SoldierPortraits.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a long hot day, the evenings are relaxing and cool.I sit outside.A light breeze blows through the trees.I tilt back my head against the back of the chair.Chimney swifts fly high above the trees, zig zagging like acrobats as they chase afterflying insects.A humming bird comes by to sip the sugar water I put [&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":[75,83,79,76,51,77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals","category-e-newsletter","category-mixed-media","category-nature","category-scratch-board","category-wildlife"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2794","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=2794"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2827,"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2794\/revisions\/2827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}