Lifeweavings: Top 5 Posts of 2011…

A blog I was reading this week listed their top 5 posts for the year and I decided it would be interesting to see which of my blog posts have been read the most in 2011–my first year, beginning in March?

And, ~~~drum-roll please~~~~, they are:

1. Quote…Life as a River

       River...Flows

2. Trees, Symbols for LifeRed Maple

3. Tuesday…In the Studio–“An Artist’s Response to Materials”

Batik Cotton

4. Creativity~ More Than One Right Answer

One Answer,(c) 2011 Joni Beach
One Answer, (c) 2011 Joni Beach

5. Goals…Discouragement or Motivation? tied with…

Backing Lifeweaving #3
Studio Goal #3: Adding the Backing Fabric to Lifeweavings #3, Quilt the Top, and Finish Details and Photographing...Hoping to Enter This Into a Juried Exhibit This Fall.

Living Life Using Creativity.

English: Self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci. R...

If you missed any of these, you may want to read them now! Also, thank-you to everyone who has encouraged me by reading, liking, and subscribing to this blog. It has been educational and fun to set-up and manage a blog and website, and have visits from people around the globe!

My best to all as the New Year 2012 begins!

Abstract Tree Design /\

At the annual Christmas Parade, I took photos of the huge tree on the lawn. Abstract Christmas TreeThis photo turned out like this quite by accident–an abstract tree, bright color patterns, with swirling movement–reminds me of paint swiggles on a black canvas!

A great design inspiration!

*Snowflakes~No Two Just Alike

Last night we saw our first big, flaky snowflakes of the winter…very steadily, for about five minutes! Just long enough to reminds us that winter is really on its way to the mountains.

English: Snow flakes by Wilson Bentley. Bentle...
Snow flakes by Wilson Bentley, 1902. Image via Wikipedia

They say that no two snowflakes are just alike. Now, how anyone would know that, I don’t know…But regardless, I believe this is true. For something so tiny and delicate, the snowflake designs they leave on a frosty window reveals their unique beauty.

Of course, people, who hold so much in common, are also uniquely different–no two human beings are just alike. (Though identical twins come very close!) It is this uniqueness that reveals the importance and value of each person…    

For everyone leaves their human design on the days of life…

        revealing their unique beauty.