tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88845137246139093992024-03-07T04:16:37.432-05:00Arranged WordsDixie @ Arranged Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775852179769679400noreply@blogger.comBlogger287125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884513724613909399.post-1208547200114749572024-02-13T11:23:00.000-05:002024-02-13T11:23:01.291-05:00Wintering in ColourHi everyone,I hope you all had lovely, happy holidays!Of late, over this way, I've been puttering about, enjoying painting and experimenting with different mediums. An overall quiet time--winter works for cocooning in place with good books, paints, yarn and, of course, tea. Where would the world be without tea?This year, February barged in with a bang. The earth moved! We have had two small Dixie @ Arranged Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775852179769679400noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884513724613909399.post-87711511307279774282023-12-12T00:28:00.000-05:002023-12-12T00:28:04.511-05:00'Tis The Season Hi Everyone, As you can see, a snow storm arrived and painted the world beautiful. Because sheets of freezing rain plunked itself down first, the snow stayed on the trees for several days. Lovely!Now we are back to normal viewing, but I have no doubt there will be snow for Christmas.Christmas decorations are festooning the corners and the newly Dixie @ Arranged Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775852179769679400noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884513724613909399.post-79039148654268168852023-10-31T09:39:00.003-04:002023-10-31T10:43:54.365-04:00Parade of Colour Sumacs Hi everyone,Here we are surrounded by beauty. "All good things come to those who wait." Apparently still rings true. So pleased toDixie @ Arranged Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775852179769679400noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884513724613909399.post-14927813128199015562023-10-17T11:07:00.004-04:002023-10-19T10:20:36.340-04:00Autumn Has ArrivedHi everyone, So far this year the autumn colours are not as intense as usual. Someone said it is because the summer was so hot. Still there are flashes of brightness here and there, and, perhaps, if the rain stays away, there's still time for the fall colours to put on a big show.Temps are cool and the nights are, of course, closing in early. Time to cozy up with a throw and a good book in Dixie @ Arranged Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775852179769679400noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884513724613909399.post-60654109480035945202023-09-26T14:38:00.005-04:002023-09-26T14:49:38.016-04:00Mixing It UpFishing shacks in Blue Rocks, N.S. Hi Everyone, Two photos from hurricane Lee that recently blew over Nova Scotia. &Dixie @ Arranged Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775852179769679400noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884513724613909399.post-14265771722204916542023-09-12T00:37:00.002-04:002023-10-18T17:55:44.004-04:00Stops Along the Way Sunrise Hi Everyone,On my way to or from Brockville, I've stopped at the Blue Church several times, but I have never Dixie @ Arranged Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775852179769679400noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884513724613909399.post-58805510114039951602023-09-05T11:14:00.000-04:002023-09-05T11:14:03.277-04:00All About SummerBrockville in the Thousand Island.Sails up ready for fare winds! Or was he/she just in a really hurry for lunch and a cool drink.Hi everyone,Labour Day raced by and I am happy to report we are still in the throes of summer.Although autumn brings with it so many wonderful sights, sounds, smells, and well, just so much beauty, I like to hang onto summer until the equinox on September 22nd. Dixie @ Arranged Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775852179769679400noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884513724613909399.post-35805253357894242722023-08-29T09:46:00.004-04:002023-09-04T18:15:01.061-04:00Milestone Blog Anniversary/Giveaway Sunrise Hi Everyone,When I started this blog my goal was to blog for ten years. I have no idea why I picked that number, but it seemed like the Dixie @ Arranged Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775852179769679400noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884513724613909399.post-7684234313976627682023-08-01T10:01:00.001-04:002023-08-01T10:01:27.273-04:00Summertime Sumacs &Dixie @ Arranged Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775852179769679400noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884513724613909399.post-65160447887793123452023-04-04T00:08:00.000-04:002023-04-04T00:08:33.325-04:00Spring or Thereabouts Hi Everyone, Now in the early morning, the sun lights the prisms and they dance on the wall. And in these parts that means spring. But from the ice and snow still about, you can see that,Dixie @ Arranged Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775852179769679400noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884513724613909399.post-36879618488555849952023-02-28T00:01:00.005-05:002023-03-03T10:36:05.143-05:00Fire in the Sky Hi everyone, Sometimes getting up early really pays. So happy to see this lovely sunrise recently. Definitely "Fire in the Sky." Google tells me Dixie @ Arranged Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775852179769679400noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884513724613909399.post-22524356221128283972023-02-21T10:17:00.007-05:002023-04-18T22:00:12.221-04:00Cyanotypes and Ink Making Hi everyone,Making Cyanotypes, or sun prints last summer was fun, and I am looking forward to the season ahead.Eco printing on fabric sounds great too. I can only imagine what the kitchen would look like when I finished whipping up a batch, using fabric and leaves, bits of iron, string, alum, vinegar, and a cauldron for boiling up the whole lot. For now, back to Cyanotypes.Below Dixie @ Arranged Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775852179769679400noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884513724613909399.post-68338556127123275912023-02-07T11:37:00.000-05:002023-02-07T11:37:05.728-05:00Quiet DaysHi Everyone, Christmas was wonderful and January has brought with it a lot of snow, making the world both beautiful and mysterious. My break was enjoyable, but I didn't do a lot of painting or other art/crafts. I did, however, do a lot of reading. Novels on the go, also looked over a few art books; plus watched art demonstrations. Perhaps I absorbed Dixie @ Arranged Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775852179769679400noreply@blogger.com53tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884513724613909399.post-59625896415170729602022-12-13T11:48:00.003-05:002023-02-27T17:40:56.639-05:00Year in Review Hi Everyone, Another year almost at a end, so I thought I'd do a bit of a recap. Autumn flew by, and I missed posting a few pictures of the beauty. So I will include a pic orDixie @ Arranged Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775852179769679400noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884513724613909399.post-87932672297726007322022-11-22T00:09:00.000-05:002022-11-22T00:09:16.274-05:00A Journey The Nova Scotia flag. Nova Scotia is Latin for New Scotland. Hi everyone, A few pictures from my recent trip to Nova Scotia. I had planned to go in July, then the middle of October, but "the best laid plans of mice and men [women] often go awry." Robert Burns.Dire news bulletins trumpeted warnings about this virus and that virus. Finally, after another delay because of Dixie @ Arranged Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775852179769679400noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884513724613909399.post-55562659563963257562022-09-27T08:53:00.005-04:002022-09-27T08:53:57.846-04:00An Ode to Summer Hi everyone,Depending on your location, I hope you all had a lovely summer or winter and are looking forward to a change in season.Our summer was hot one with a few extremes. For example, one day the temperatures reached 100.8 F/38.22 C, and the next day it was 64.4 F/18C. First time, I've experienced 100F heat here in this part of the world. Dixie @ Arranged Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775852179769679400noreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884513724613909399.post-85614653243724251052022-07-12T08:10:00.004-04:002023-09-16T23:10:49.853-04:00Lovely Summer DaysWe were out at the Parkway for a picnic recently. As you can see the day was generous--nothing but beautiful!Sometimes you just want to hitch a ride, but the skipper was having a few issues: namely hitting the bottom. For privacy's sake, I removed the people and the name of the boat. A peaceful coveWildflowers. Fleabane, Hawkweed, AnemoneCanada Geese Because I didn't want to Dixie @ Arranged Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775852179769679400noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884513724613909399.post-54666157588230592972022-06-28T00:29:00.005-04:002022-06-28T12:36:07.929-04:00 Sun Print Botanicals Cyanotype on 140 lb. hot press watercolour paper. Hi everyone,Cyanotypes or the blueprint process has been around since 1842, but, somehow, I am just catching up with it. One look at Cyanotype prints and I felt inspired enough to give it a go. It has taken me away from painting for a while, but I've had fun messing around with different leaves, compositions etc. A couple of years Dixie @ Arranged Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775852179769679400noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884513724613909399.post-59897285245444199972022-06-07T01:56:00.057-04:002022-06-09T09:50:11.329-04:00The Art of NatureHi Everyone,It's been a while. I hope you are all doing well.May was a busy and fun month for me, although not without a few bumps in the road.Early
in the month, I bought a point driver and set about learning how to frame a few of my paintings, complete with dust cover and bumpers. I did learn a thing or
two. Such as: check the size of the screws, if too long they could puncture
the frame. (Dixie @ Arranged Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775852179769679400noreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884513724613909399.post-316537021223173692022-04-19T14:25:00.001-04:002022-04-19T20:21:14.302-04:00You Never KnowHi everyone,By the time tulips have reached this stage, it's generally time toss them out. Because of the beautiful colour, I left them until the petals began to drop. Snow drifted down last night. I do like a surprise though, and a white world this late in the spring fills that category. Needless to say, this spring has been a cool one. (You never know there could be snow.)Yesterday IDixie @ Arranged Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775852179769679400noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884513724613909399.post-933794868208951132022-03-22T11:53:00.000-04:002022-03-22T11:53:02.713-04:00Spring Light Hi Everyone,What a difference a week makes. Only patches of snow left now. I've been listening but haven't heard the robins sing yet. Since the lawns are free of snow, I am sure that will happen soon. It always makes me happy to hear the birds sing.My new computer lost a RAM card, so with only 4 gigs of RAM I hope to be able to finish this post. Sometimes it works okay and at other times itDixie @ Arranged Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775852179769679400noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884513724613909399.post-77535468499323517552022-03-15T12:15:00.004-04:002022-03-17T15:31:14.168-04:00Splashes of Colour Hi Everyone,We are still in the white world of winter. But the robins, who herald spring in this part of the world, have arrived early--some on the second of March. There are a few berries left on the trees, and with a helping hand raisins should help feed them until the snow melts and the lawns have, once again, become good worm hunting ground. Impossible to write a post without Dixie @ Arranged Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775852179769679400noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884513724613909399.post-11695051581342547852022-02-08T00:37:00.000-05:002022-02-08T00:37:12.225-05:00Watercolour Hi everyone,Happy February! The days grow longer, and we are slowly coasting ever closer to spring. In the true north, after a long cold siege, I think the whole population looks forward to spring. But winter does have its charms, and it works out to be an excellent time to recharge one's batteries. In the long, dark evenings there's time to reflect, paint, knit, draw, and curl up with a Dixie @ Arranged Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775852179769679400noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884513724613909399.post-90924974511118933102022-01-25T12:35:00.002-05:002022-01-25T12:42:08.406-05:00Second Thoughts Hi Everyone, I hope you all doing well and I also hope you all had a wonderful holiday season.Over this way, we are still deep in the throes of a quiet winter. To pass the time, I've been watching gardening videos, cruising seed catalogues, painting, reading, and mostly staying at home tucked in warmth and comfort. For that, and many more things, I am truly grateful.Since we are in Dixie @ Arranged Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775852179769679400noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884513724613909399.post-16549102873767763102021-12-07T11:34:00.006-05:002021-12-12T10:28:32.141-05:00 Good CheerHi Everyone,Are you busy preparing for the holidays?Over here, things are shaping up; lights, tinsel, and glass bubbles have enveloped the tree, compliments of my son, Jesse, and an Elf. Touches of greenery peek out from almost every corner. Plans for what goodies to bake are nearly solid. The Christmas cards are signed, sealed, and stamped and will soon be winging their way to, I hope, add a Dixie @ Arranged Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775852179769679400noreply@blogger.com43