Thanks for the correction Sylvia - yep - as I said a few months ago - I make a lot of typos. Fortunately they don’t bother me :)

Wanda - I like the thought of birch trees close!

Lynda - thank you for your comment - Much appreciated - off topic is very fine. I try my best to just write what I’m feeling and thinking and not worry about who might or might not be reading. For me it’s about learning about myself - not selling myself.

I wanted to comment on the post about blogging and ranking being a popularity contest, but will do it here instead. I agree with you. Marketing is a difficult and necessary part of what we do, but it’s SECONDARY to what we do, which is make art for the love of it.

I too, am a geek all the way around. I love to examine ideas, use words, and make images. And I love to have earnest communication.

Blogging is a wonderful venue for all these things. Your post has inspired me to put a lot more of my soul into it (if my soul and time limitations will permit, lol)!

And yes, I’m putting your URL on my page. Sorry if my comment is off your present topic. I HAD to respond to that post!

You can probably delete this comment—but I think pallette is the correct work for range of colors–while pallet refers to a pad you might sleeo on or use as a base for shipping goods—I could be wrong though, I don’t have a big dictionary here.

The blue bamboo piece is quite lovely—I would think of it as bamboo in the late afternoon during rain–or maybe even rather wintery—the light sometimes seems rather blue. The size of it suggests that there is more—and lets the viewer fill that in–what it might feel like or smell like to wander in such a place. Thanks for letting us ’see’ it.