Rainy Tuesday

Well, it's my favourite weather today - rain!  And yes, I am serious! [can't you see my serious face?].  I really love the rain - blowy, blustery, wet and wonderful, misty and delicate, torrential - however it comes it feels GOOD.  I like the moisture, the sound, the delicious scent of the air once it's been well-washed, the strange light in the sky before it breaks open and even the crashing of a midnight lightning strike!  I am blessed to live with protected parkland for my backyard neighbour and it's wonderful the way the critters respond to the weather.  It's fun to see who comes out and who goes into their den, who flicks their fur/feathers/tail and gets on with business while another creature cannot be found for love nor money if there's any type of precipitation in the air at all!  In honour of this wild wetness, I am showing you two tangles today - LEAU and AGUA.  I used them in my ZIA here, and this is only the second time I've shown original tangle patterns.  I hope you like them!

Happy Tuesday!

Blue Tuesday

The lovely Diva has once again issued us a challenge.  This week, in honour of her mother's birthday, we are to incorporate a bit (or a lot - as we wish!) of blue in our Zentangles and ZIAs.  This works well for me as I absolutely love blue, it fit well in the piece I was developing to post today, and hey, after all, I just returned from a FABULOUS vacation to a week of slavery relocating our offices within the hospital for the SEVENTH time!...*sigh*  I hate moving.  I won't do it in my private life and darned if I don't get too much of it in my work life!  I love to go places, see things, meet people but the whole uprooting and relocating thing is just too much of a shock for this fragile flower (*snort* - refer to ID photo for source of amusement).  But I digress...

Actually, I digress all the time but usually manage to wend my way back onto topic, or at least its near vicinity.

This week I am exploring the possibilities of tangling to suit a rubber stamp image.  I do apologize that I can't identify the stamps correctly; I would if I could, but they were acquired from a friend and the original source isn't on most of them.  If anyone knows the images, please email me and I'll update the post with the correct identifying information when received - manufacturer, name of stamp, whatever....  I can't always identify the tangles, either, when a really complex piece is created, but as some have been asking, I'll try when I remember.  So, the droplets are my own tangle, LEAU, the outer frame is an official Zentangle called TIPPLE, the inner frame is my tangle, SHAD, the bottom border is my tangle, AGUA.

Today's image is a classic motif and I thought her expression worked well with the qualities of the colour blue.  I didn't think she needed a lot of it, mind, just a bit to create an ambience.

I'll also just post a reminder for a couple of days for those who only check in weekly or less, that I have uploaded a Zentangle Glossary to help clarify any of the Zentangle-specific vocabulary people may encounter.

Happy Tuesday!