I will add to this. Embellish it.
For now. My eyes and my ears have ECHOES of my sister, Susan, who left us almost one year ago now.
THE GEM COLLECTION- THE GEM 30 NOV 2018 : WHEN FORTUNE SMILES ON THEE TAKE ADVANTAGE. (ENGLISH
- THE GEM 29 NOV 2018 : “THE MOST REMARKABLE THING ABOUT MY MOTHER IS THAT FOR THIRTY YEARS SHE SERVED THE FAMILY NOTHING BUT LEFTOVERS. THE ORIGINAL MEAL HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND.” CALVIN TRILLIN
- THE GEM 28 NOVEMBER 2018 : “THERE MUST BE THOSE AMONG WHOM WE CAN SIT DOWN AND WEEP AND STILL BE COUNTED AS WARRIORS.” ADRIENNE RICH
- THE GEM 27 NOV 2018 : `A`OHE LOA I KA HANA A KE ALOHA. DISTANCE IS IGNORED BY LOVE
- THE GEM 26 NOV 2018 : “I LIKE TREES BECAUSE THEY SEEM MORE RESIGNED TO THE WAY THEY HAVE TO LIVE THAN OTHER THINGS DO.” — WILLA CATHER FROM O PIONEERS!
- THE GEM 25 NOV 2018 : “IF YOU CAN NOT ARRIVE IN DAYLIGHT, THEN STAND OFF WELL CLEAR, AND WAIT UNTIL DAWN. AFTER ALL, THAT’S ONE OF THE THINGS GOD MADE BOATS FOR- TO WAIT IN.” TRISTAN JONES
- THE GEM 24 NOVEMBER 2018 :WHEN I LOOKED IN HER EYES THEY WERE BLUE BUT NOBODY HOME
- THE GEM 22 NOV 2018 : EVERY PORTRAIT THAT IS PAINTED WITH FEELING IS A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST, NOT OF THE SITTER.”
- THE GEM 21 NOVEMBER 2018: “LOVE HAS TO BE OF THE QUALITY THAT GIVES FREEDOM, NOT NEW CHAINS FOR YOU; A LOVE THAT GIVES YOU WINGS AND SUPPORTS YOU TO FLY AS HIGH AS POSSIBLE.” OSHO
- THE GEM 20 NOV 2018 : FAIRIES LOVE WEATHERED TERRA COTTA, CHINESE JUMPROPE, BLOWING BUBBLES, MOCKINGBIRDS, AND SIDEWALK CHALK PICTURES.
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- 62 EYES 2012 VISION
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A-Z ARCHIVE : NELLIBELL49 ON THE BELLINGER RIVER IN 2012 
Very powerful images…very poignant.
Thank you for sharing something very personal and dear to you. I can only respond with a quiet empathy for the love you shared and the happy moments you’ve spent with your sister.
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hi Lynne,
EMBELLISH = beautify, garnish decorate:
that word was new for me,
you are my English teacher!
greetings by
from Germany / frizz
+
the ECHO of your dead sister
hidden in your self portrait / memory…
my condolences …
Marvelous!
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