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It's Spring
Gondolier of Venice
I Love You Mom
Winter
Autumn Rose
Bench at Giverny
Cello Fantasy
Contemplating Eve
Summer Afternoon
Ballet des Fleurs
Dolphin Fountain at the Harbor
I Love You Mom
Country Cottage
Passion Flower
A Healing Space
Flower Celebration
War and Peace
Mission at Santa Barbara
Flower Faeries
Roses of Conquest
Sailing
Floral Chorus
Voting Booth
Butterfly Woman
Flowers and Song
Grandma's Table
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Spa Day
WaterFall
Waiter at the Champs Elysees
Tea Time
Water Fountain
Beckoning Bay
Yellow Light
Swan Duet
Chef at the Farmer's Market
Meubles de Jardin
Jaaazzzz
Bon Jour
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Author Archives: Artimagination
Thought for the Day
Strive and Thrive (M. Nicole van Dam)
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Thought for the Day
The gift you give yourself is trying. (M. Nicole van Dam)
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Life is like Knitting – and cozy fun at last night’s Creativity Central!
Last night’s Creativity Central creativity therapy workshop centered on knitting – knitting using a new way. Creating this knitting adventure for my creativity therapy group reminded me of a poem I had written about knitting, and life, some years ago, … Continue reading
On Bluebird Houses, “Grocery Chopping,” and our Black-Headed Grosbeak
My husband has been hard at work – harvesting today’s crop, making me smile, and putting up two blue bird houses, and being all around wonderful! I have seen a few bluebirds – beautiful red-breasted Western Bluebirds – in our … Continue reading
Happy Ending!
For those of you that have been following my postings, you will know that at our birdfeeders we have seen a black-headed grosbeak wihich has a broken wing. He has wintered here with us, when instead he is supposed to … Continue reading
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Great Photo of our Bourke on her eggs
My husband took this great photo of our sweet Bourke nesting on her eggs – and I wanted to share it with you. When he took the photo, he obviously didn’t want to use the camera’s flash, so the lighting … Continue reading
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These Boots are Made for Walkin!
Fun News! There are now boots being offered for sale using my artwork! The artworks used on the boots below are Lake of Dreams, Flower Faeries, Voting Booth, Bon Jour, and It’s Spring. I’ve been so excited about this license, … Continue reading
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The Ever Ravenous and Unendingly Cute Mort-the-Squirrel
Our squirrel Mort will eat and eat and eat. He just reaches into the bird feeder and chows down. He’s awesomely cute, and it’s fun to watch him hold the goodies in his paws and nibble away. It’s no great … Continue reading
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It’s a Squirrely Business!
As our Leonberger dog watched with his usual gentle fascination, we had two visitors to our bird feeder today – our inspirational Molly squirrel, whose broken leg happily still seems to be improving, and adorable Mort, who has the cutest … Continue reading
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Update on our Black-Headed Grosbeak
Those of you who follow this blog already know that we have a wonderful black-headed Grosbeak wintering in our garden – he is supposed to be in Southern Mexico or Latin America, but because of a wing injury, he has … Continue reading
Brilliant Blue Jay masters a super-tough nut-to-crack, the Peanut Wreath!
Our wonderful neighbors gave us a heavy wire peanut wreath. It essentially is a super-tightly wound slinky, that is immobile – these wires are thick and can’t be adjusted even with human hands. The idea is to wedge the peanuts … Continue reading
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Update on Inspirational Molly Squirrel!
Our little squirrel with the broken leg, Molly, is hanging in there! Here you can see her progress – we are thrilled to see how much better Molly is doing on her broken leg. This post shares the follow-up video … Continue reading
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Thanks to Wonderful Neighbors Karen & Jim, Squirrels and Blue Jays have a GREAT Holiday!
We were so surprised when we came home and found a LARGE holiday gift bag, filled with what is best described as a large wire ring wreath, and a bag of peanuts, along with a lovely card. Our animal-loving-kindred-spirits-neighbors, Karen … Continue reading
Two Best Buds – Our Bourke Parrots (aka Bourke Parakeets); Our Female bird gets the munchies!
These two birds have come a long way since they first met. Now they can share the same cage, and when they do, they are very sympatico. Here are some little glimpses into their world: Here is some footage of … Continue reading
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Rosie and Emma Plant a Seed™ Now Available on Amazon!
Rosie and Emma Plant a Seed™ is M. Nicole van Dam’s joyous and beautifully illustrated children’s book about a young girl Emma and her Leonberger dog Rosie, who find a mysterious seed and plant it. As the mysterious seed grows, … Continue reading
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Super Tough, Inspirational Squirrel Shows Spirit!
Our little Molly Squirrel seems to have been in some mishap – perhaps she slipped in the rain – so now one of her hind legs seems to just hang there. Somehow, she seems to be managing on three legs … Continue reading
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS & Cozy, Fun Doings!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYBODY! In the holiday spirit. our creativity therapy group created the “most beautiful ever” gingerbread house at last night’s Creativity Central – and that was by unanimous vote of all of us! Powered by Kathleen’s homemade pumpkin bread … Continue reading
New Bird Feeder Gets Approval from Black-Headed Grosbeak!
Here is a photo of the new bird feeder set-up and of the black-headed grosbeak checking out the new feeder today! Since our bird feeder was so extraordinarily busy, we decided to hang a second one, and it just received … Continue reading
On Bourke Parrots (Parakeets) and Organic Vegetable Gardens
Well, it’s very common for the Bourkes, after they’ve been out for awhile, to fly back to their cages, and frequently they play games – each one flies into the other’s cage, for example. Well, today our happy little Bourkes … Continue reading
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Another Photo of our Black-Headed Grosbeak and More Videos of Squirrels and Nature from the Garden
Our injured Black-Headed Grosbeak spends a lot of time looking West – I wonder if that is the last direction he saw his fellow Grosbeak’s migrate towards before he fell behind? Here is a photo of the little guy, looking … Continue reading
