Lemonade Award

I was honored to find that my friend Kathleen Krucoff nominated me for a Lemonade Award. She's a talented artist whose stained glass work and beautiful glass jewelry are always an inspiration and a joy to look at. Kathleen has been consistently kind and supportive, leaving positive comments that have often cheered me up and made my day. She probably has no idea how important to me her encouragement has been. I'm very grateful to Kathleen and others who've taken the time to share their thoughts with me.

What is a Lemonade Award? It is awarded to bloggers that show a positive attitude and gratitude.
Here are the rules for the award:
1.Put the logo on your blog or post
2.Nominate at least 10 blogs that show great Gratitude and/or Attitude.
3.Be sure to list and link your nominees within your post.
4.Let them know they have received this award by leaving a comment on their blog.
5.Nominate your favorites and link to your post.

And the nominees are (drumroll).....


A View Beyond Words
Altered Attic
Art Propelled
STONZ
Lone Crow Art and Collage
Pinch me to see if you're dreaming
The Altered Page
Carol Engles Art
Quiet Girl Gallery
Brainworks

All of these wonderful artists, are, to me, great examples of what a positive attitude is. Please visit their blogs and see for yourself.

Cyberspace Name Change

I finally decided to give my blog a new name. About a year ago, when I was so sadly ignorant of all things bloggish, my son was setting up this blog for me. "What do you want to call it?" he asked. In my typical, quick-witted fashion, I replied, "Huh?" He shook his head and typed in 'Look at this thing I made today', and since I could think of nothing better at the time, it stuck. At the time I thought it would be a daily painting blog; I tried this for a while but it about killed me, since I have a day job which tends to suck all the life out me.
So today I came up with a name which is more apropos of the true nature of this blog. I guess I had to actually do it for a while before I could see exactly what it would be, if you know what I mean. What it seems to be is some sort of visual diary, where I rattle on to whoever's out there in cyberspace. 'Cyberspace' used to seem like a sort of goofy, overblown term until I started doing this, but now its meaning makes perfect sense. I feel like I'm releasing words and images into a sort of vast empty void where they float around until possibly, by some random chance, someone looks at them. It's like, "hey, is anybody out there?"