Well, guess what?

Tonight was the annual fragrance party put on by our local pharmacy.  I went last year, spent lots of $$'s, it was quite a glamorous occasion, live orchestra, dancers, fashion parade, delicious hot nibblies, tasteful decorations, prizes, etc.

This year, I didn't receive an invitation!  I could have gone & bought a ticket, but was quite miffed not to receive an official invitation, rather insulted actually - not only that I wasn't respected as a vip, but also because, for goodness sake, don't they keep records to see who spent a lot of money last year?!

I just found out that at least four of my friends were there, & not one of them asked me if I was going!  I've seen all of these ladies two days ago, & some of them twice in the last week!

I'm feeling out of the loop.

On another sad note, I emailed my new online art gallery to lots of family & friends, & I've only received two comments!  About 25 visitors to the web page so far, but only two comments.  :-(

Let's hope things pick up for my art exhibition, which starts on the 1st - I've invited heaps of people to go see it, & it's on for a whole month.

The pictures are tears, by the way, made by yours truly - like 'em?!

I love art by (click links to see):

Antonella Affronti

Jane Aukshunas

Julie Fillo

Jasmine Ann Becket-Griffith

Pamela Brooke

Matilde Caceres-Zelinger

DeAnna G. Conn

Diane Deam

Angel Turner Dyke

Debi Hubbs

Sheila Hudson

Virginia Kilpatrick

Ann Krasner

Thomas C. Fedro

Anne Leuck Feldhaus

Karen McCray

Nico Niemi

Teresa Nolen Pratt

Shano

Regan Tausch

Barbara Steele Thibodeaux

Valery Tsenov

Veralyn Villanueva

Yoju

Emily Zasada

Charlene Zatloukal

Marcie Ziv

Some of these artists have blogs - which I shall add to my links section.

Enjoy!  :-)

Hey, I made this "gorgeous" graphic - do you like it?

I'm sharing with you some of my favourite website designs:

The Stephanie cam

Wet Noodle Posse

Craft & Quilt Fair

Moira:  Disability & Youth Services

n-ergizing

beth kendrick

I so admire people who have 'it' - they know just what looks great, what a talent!

1. Suffering from lunacy; insane.
   
2. Of or for the insane.
   
3. Wildly or giddily foolish: a lunatic decision.
   
4. Characterized by lunacy or eccentricity.

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I was talking with a nurse & teacher aide tonight about the effects of the full moon on both her elderly patients, and on highschool students.

In her experience, a couple of nights/days a month during the full moon some patients wandered more than usual, and some otherwise normal patients were 'off with the fairies'. 

She works where those who've misbehaved in class go.  Suspecting that the full moon influenced the number of students sent to the RTC, & the severity of their behaviour, she checked the statistics, & sure enough, she was right!

See here for best fishing & hunting days (influenced by the moon).

Click here for a free daily moon phases module for your blog!

Click here to see the 2006 phases of the moon (for Australia).

What have you noticed during the full moon?

And another thing:

Driving near Dululu, central Queensland, Australia on Saturday at about 3pm, I saw what looked like the strangest cloud I've ever seen. 

It may have been a 'land spout', which is like a tornado but more common.  Of course, tornadoes are rare in Australia, compared to the US, so this was very exciting for me!

Later edit: I've since learnt that this is called a funnel, because it didn't reach the ground.

Today I finished (?) a new abstract painting, tentatively titled "Blokes":

Here is a detail:

Also, I've vastly improved my slideshow, over on the right above the BlogFaces. I've added this new painting, & all the paintings are now shown much larger. Remember to click on a painting to view the next one!

According to:  "Mind may effect Machines" from Wired News:

"...Gender matters as well. Men tend to get results that match their intent, although the degree of the effect is often small. Women tend to get a bigger effect, but not necessarily the one they intend. For example, they might intend to direct balls in the random cascade machine to fall to the left, but they fall to the right instead.

Results are also greater if a male and female work together, but same-sex pairs produce no significant results. Pairs of the opposite sex who are romantically involved produce the best results -- often seven times greater than when the same individuals are tested alone.

Long live love!  Vive la difference!  Ain't love grand?!

Here's a cute little baby bird we found in our next door neighbour's yard this morning.  The neighbour thinks he's a baby oriole, or a fig bird.

Here he is from the front: 

In profile: 

He has the cutest stance: 

You can see an adult oriole & nest here.