tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-114335942011-09-19T06:44:48.194-05:00Oliviah Unleashed"The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity."
George Bernard ShawOliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.comBlogger3511100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-13008301668161886962008-04-17T19:34:00.002-05:002008-04-17T19:51:31.352-05:00A smile for TerryThis is the same bird I posted on January 1st from a different angle. Isn't he a cutie pie!Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-78284721303550094162008-04-12T00:37:00.002-05:002008-04-12T00:40:41.858-05:00Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-83554169069887404992008-04-04T18:46:00.005-05:002008-04-04T19:10:22.712-05:00She was fascinated with the hibiscus; I was fascinated with herThis is a drawing of my daughter by my dear friend Joey Reed. What a sweetheart you are. I can't wait till she sees it tonight. Yay!Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-70609780134772007972008-03-30T22:15:00.004-05:002008-03-30T22:19:23.690-05:00it's fractalicious!Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-58138870722925408552008-03-19T13:47:00.000-05:002008-03-19T13:47:48.226-05:00my best friend is a magnificent beast My beautiful Manx with one ear half torn off from his fightin' youth. Now he's my snuggle baby.Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-46840591741778765362008-02-10T21:33:00.001-05:002008-02-10T22:20:26.925-05:00I wonder if he is still homeless...I sketched this from a photograph of a homeless man I saw online. I do wonder if he is still homeless. I'd like to think somehow he has a home and that he has some family. I wish I knew who took that picture.Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-89268578075265446282008-02-01T22:47:00.000-05:002008-02-01T23:04:32.277-05:00finallyI told someone a while back that I would post a sketch. Here is a sketch of a man whose face was in a book which was about to be dropped in a garbage can until I saw his face and snatched it out so I could sketch him. His name is George Kennan, it said, but I still don't know who he is. But he sure did need to be sketched. I need to touch him up more but oh, what a gloriously square head he Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-63394429094207268252008-01-26T19:33:00.001-05:002008-01-26T21:08:38.884-05:00the satisfying whole "There is something in each of us that demands completeness. An unfinished building, a partially drawn design, an interrupted game, a broken pattern in a woven fabric, a theme cut short in the middle--each of these produces an unsatisfied feeling. There are, to be sure, fragments of rare beauty and significance, but always, as we look upon them, we feel that there is something lacking. We Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-51149163931517226162008-01-21T17:38:00.000-05:002008-01-21T18:28:35.676-05:00mail call!It's not every day you find one of these waiting on you to pick up your mail, at least not in my neighborhood.Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-31120510990449208792008-01-16T22:38:00.000-05:002008-01-19T04:40:38.406-05:00diagnosisI had hoped I could write this in a brief, emotionless paragraph. I managed kind of okay with the emotion but not so well with brevity because I would forget part of a sentence and get confused, find myself writing in circles, unable to copy from sources because when I look up I forget what I was just looking at. I've been trying to write this for days. After I've whittled it down you won't Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-68667561617118234852008-01-16T02:23:00.001-05:002008-01-16T02:45:08.121-05:00happy winter to whoever it is that is enjoying (or enduring one)Well, this certainly is an old fractal. A good old fashioned Mandelbrot looking like winter to me.Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-29909662395107905862008-01-13T03:59:00.000-05:002008-01-13T10:15:13.621-05:00Don't move nice birdy...There! Do you see that? You can see straight through his nostril thingy. Is that cool or what? I wonder what purpose that kind of nostril thing serves. I can't believe that bird stood still long enough for me to take a picture of his nostril thingy. Yay!Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-30551700466473917662008-01-09T01:02:00.000-05:002008-01-09T01:20:15.306-05:00Almost looks like candy to me----click the imageOliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-86617981743145645962008-01-01T17:39:00.000-05:002008-01-01T17:39:48.126-05:00beautiful bird Another test post. (lol) I found this black bird at the airport when it was time for my daughter to go back. We must have seen a million, no, I'm being silly, it was about a trillion or at least a hundred gazillion of them while she was here. I only got pictures of about 20 or maybe 50. I might be wrong about that too, there were a lot of them in flocks. Heh. Did I ever mention that I loveOliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-89420084848725514892008-01-01T00:13:00.000-05:002008-01-01T01:05:50.318-05:00testI think I've figure out how to use blogger again. It's not the way I used it before, which is confusing so I will avoid thinking about that. If this actually posts I will post something more substantial in a day or so. But for now, here are some pink flowers for all of you that I have missed so much and who have actually remembered and cared about me during my absence. Hugs and smooches.OOliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-52651542490894307372007-07-16T12:07:00.000-05:002007-07-16T12:07:56.851-05:00Shrink Yourself! Aha! Look what I found in my Apophysis folders. It looks kind of like one of those ink blot tests, don't you think? What do you see when you look at it? First I saw a butterfly but the longer I looked at it, the more it started to look like a tick to me. Yuck. Now it looks more like a waterfall. Yes, definitely a waterfall. Maybe that's because I have waterfalls on my mind because I'm Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-89881833524634155262007-07-11T18:39:00.000-05:002007-07-11T18:39:37.949-05:00tagged I got tagged by auntsissyfaye so here are the rules:"Each player must post these rules firstEach player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselvesPeople tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rulesAt the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to tag and list their namesDon't forget to leave them a comment telling them they are tagged Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-87369241212944240322007-07-07T14:19:00.000-05:002007-07-07T14:20:02.795-05:00one man's trash, another man's treasure One of the neighbors had done some yard work and left this at the street for maintenence to pick up. I thought, what an very interesting pile of old vines and I was thoroughly enjoying the colors and textures and every little twist and turn of them when it occurred to me how strange I must look standing there in the road just staring like that. But I wasn't nearly done looking at them! Yeah, Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-69342662119934706292007-07-02T13:20:00.000-05:002007-07-02T13:20:51.617-05:00a taste of Mississippi weather This picture was taken about 20 years ago on the drive back from a visit to Vicksburg, MS. I was used to severe weather but this cloud made me a bit nervous. A vivid memory. The picture doesn't do it justice but it can still give you a taste of how threatening and ominous this cloud was. The side of the road we were on was blue skies and sunshine but the left...wow...I don't think I'd ever Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-58807721073349175292007-06-29T16:30:00.000-05:002007-06-29T16:30:22.951-05:00yesterdaysBut I won't cry for yesterdayThere's an ordinary worldSomehow I have to findAnd as I try to make my wayTo the ordinary worldI will learn to surviveDuran Duran, Ordinary WorldThe fractal was created with Apophysis and Fractal ExplorerOliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-11234299040153428642007-06-23T22:03:00.000-05:002007-06-23T22:03:13.539-05:00happiness is the sound of bubbles popping in your ears Sorry this is not a perfect image, the scanner turned the bubbles a blue tint and made the colors odd so use that wonderful imagination that you have and see this with white, crisp bubbles and smooth baby skin.....but mainly, I hope you feel the delight and the thrill of a new thing. Life through the eyes of a child is priceless and I must confess, I never outgrew that. I hope I never do. SheOliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-74459168277821114702007-06-22T13:30:00.000-05:002007-06-22T13:30:40.079-05:00becomingOliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-65070859228472856982007-06-19T12:42:00.000-05:002007-06-19T13:13:22.961-05:00Never judge a book by it's cover.....Nessun Dorma performed by a mobile phone salesman from Wales.This brought me to tears almost immediately, it moved me beyond words. A complete unexpected...not only because of the genuinely humble nature of the man singing...but certainly not something I expected to see on one of these "Simon" shows. The video is not long, yet long enough to tell the story of this man and his dream beyond selling mobile phones...and one of the greatest songs I love Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-46540679354649739602007-06-17T16:33:00.000-05:002007-06-17T16:33:55.821-05:00life is like a banyan tree, root and branches are oneSo was I once a swinger of birches;And so I dream of going back to be.It's when I'm weary of considerations,And life is too much like a pathless woodWhere your face burns and tickles with the cobwebsBroken across it, and one eye is weepingFrom a twig's having lashed it open.I'd like to get away from earth awhileAnd then come back to it and begin over.Robert Frost, BirchesOliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-1963901847644327602007-06-11T13:46:00.000-05:002007-06-11T13:46:11.056-05:00i remember when ...happiness was a bowl of fresh grapesOliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-58221692760393631552007-05-28T22:17:00.000-05:002007-05-28T22:18:01.512-05:00Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-38001850481726296812007-05-21T13:24:00.000-05:002007-05-21T13:24:17.522-05:00a rerun? Made with Fractal Explorer. Once again, I don't know if I have already posted this one. But I like it. It's like a psycho-psychedelic tiger scream. Appropriate for the day. ...............................................I'm losing groundWell, you know how this world can get you downAnd I'm made of clayI feel I'm the only one who thinks this wayI do not want thisI do not want thisI do not wantOliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-32402559057676417602007-05-16T19:18:00.000-05:002007-05-16T19:18:41.845-05:00playing with bubblesOliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-60584839944890372112007-05-15T14:45:00.000-05:002007-05-15T14:45:13.729-05:00Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-28800082037424762502007-05-15T14:41:00.000-05:002007-05-15T14:41:24.884-05:00yolkOliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-69098387127000784482007-05-11T17:15:00.000-05:002007-05-11T17:15:14.939-05:00Fractal Explorer with Texture, Upside down Am I rightside up or upside down?Is this real or am I dreaming?Dave Matthews, (I can't remember the name of the song...)Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-15055148029275474702007-05-11T17:11:00.000-05:002007-05-11T17:11:40.406-05:00Fractal Explorer with TextureOliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-76698379690808289402007-05-08T19:38:00.000-05:002007-05-08T19:38:08.276-05:00Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-87888792147575048442007-05-07T15:41:00.000-05:002007-05-07T15:41:47.206-05:00Fractal ExplorerOliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-60085958726109739142007-05-03T17:08:00.000-05:002007-05-03T17:08:44.747-05:00an invasion of teeny tiny space ships!Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-59329429058082084462007-05-01T16:03:00.000-05:002007-05-01T16:03:03.495-05:00click on the image I've been meaning to see what a grand julian looked like made into a bubble. I like it.Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-76397460781385190022007-04-30T20:27:00.000-05:002007-04-30T20:27:48.938-05:00wood, paper or fabric This is not exactly the prettiest of fractals but it is one that has always made me pause and wonder. The first thing I wonder is why on earth I have kept it. Then I find myself wondering things like, what is it that this reminds me of? And, does this image look like weakness or strength? Like something that is beginning to tear or something torn that is almost healed? What do you think?Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-30866051363193275782007-04-26T20:26:00.000-05:002007-04-26T20:26:05.312-05:00In Memory of BrianThank you for all that you have done for me and taught me since I met you. The wisdom have shared with me will continue to guide me throughout the rest of my life. You will be missed by many. In loving memory, W. H.1954-2007Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-34689040117034533862007-04-24T14:05:00.000-05:002007-04-24T14:05:42.280-05:00 Fractal ExplorerOliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-32684604216271618182007-04-24T09:55:00.000-05:002007-04-24T09:55:29.813-05:00 I had fun making this.Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-63552774657704708742007-04-23T11:29:00.000-05:002007-04-23T11:29:59.407-05:00belated update: fun with lumbar punctures! I think I will name this fractal, The Ribbon of Life and put it's shadow on my Shocking Oliviah blog.Oh yes, the update on my neurological adventures. I think I will write about it in the comments since Blogger eats my posts like candy. But first, I better post it's shadow on the other blog before I forget.SmoochesOliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-38043175734694513512007-04-22T16:58:00.000-05:002007-04-22T16:58:36.482-05:00if only i had a good cameraOliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-8253189126278972272007-04-22T14:28:00.000-05:002007-04-22T14:29:00.883-05:00gradient test The pale purple evenMelts around thy flight;Like a star of heaven in the broad daylightThou art unseen, but yet I hear thy shrill delight(To A Skylark, Shelley)Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-220381595020622632007-04-20T20:13:00.000-05:002007-04-20T20:13:11.558-05:00hoola hoopsOliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-44591553695727341622007-04-15T16:13:00.000-05:002007-04-15T16:13:29.210-05:00not a thought, not a dream--just a thingOliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-45903090520696059402007-04-13T10:04:00.000-05:002007-04-13T10:04:32.154-05:00magical garden Fractal ExplorerOliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-79561070661229451812007-04-12T22:34:00.000-05:002007-04-12T22:34:58.849-05:00I live beyond your restraints Check out the link on the right, Shocking Oliviah. I will be using that blog for my black and whites.Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-88854455012235253852007-04-11T07:36:00.000-05:002007-04-11T07:36:44.250-05:00Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-19804524114679872132007-04-07T18:07:00.000-05:002007-04-07T18:07:27.353-05:00I wonder...have I posted this before Sometimes my shadow leads, or it follows me...but we never seem to become one and the same.Blue Man Group, ShadowsOliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-41941349578944354112007-04-06T13:41:00.000-05:002007-04-06T13:42:01.664-05:00when shadows dreamOliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-19035520935889147932007-04-04T23:32:00.000-05:002007-04-04T23:32:27.996-05:00Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-12858653578036034852007-04-04T23:29:00.000-05:002007-04-04T23:29:41.213-05:00Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-11458917966349697222007-04-01T20:51:00.000-05:002007-04-01T20:51:19.925-05:00blow it up! ....this fractal, that is! ;)This is the first time I used one of my own gradients for something not created in Apophysis. I like the spider-webby detail on this one but I don't think it will show unless you click on it. So git to clickin' !Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-53552986402583278182007-03-30T17:55:00.000-05:002007-03-30T17:56:04.397-05:00if at first you don't succeed just another test...(Fractal Forge)Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-60199795246515640502007-03-29T14:48:00.000-05:002007-03-29T14:48:47.987-05:00test, test, test, test (darn it!) test! This is a test. I just wrote a post, (which is very hard for me to do!) and it didn't post so I feel frustrated and tired. Writing a post takes a lot out of me. The last time I tried to write a post the same thing happened. I feel like pounding my head on the table. Wonder if this one will post.Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-65365507202522199762007-03-24T19:16:00.000-05:002007-03-24T19:16:47.502-05:00Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-62910792454132707302007-03-21T12:30:00.000-05:002007-03-21T12:30:19.993-05:00Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-90504986300507953602007-03-17T21:13:00.000-05:002007-03-17T21:13:28.647-05:00Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-67194597798396058542007-03-14T13:43:00.000-05:002007-03-14T13:43:31.396-05:00Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-32245016863924709372007-03-14T00:28:00.000-05:002007-03-14T00:28:51.821-05:00lost parameters Still going through file after file trying to find the parameters for this ONE flame that I love so much. I need to redo my parameter files one by one. Gather hands everybody and sing a little song with me: Leedle deedle deedle dee, come on, sing along with me, leedle deedle deedle do, if you don't save them woe is you (um...too, heh) That was some right good singin' now wasn't it?Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-33780589487569721332007-03-14T00:07:00.000-05:002007-03-14T00:07:32.689-05:00Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-52423516986813265302007-03-13T21:59:00.000-05:002007-03-13T21:59:11.241-05:00click image to see detailsOliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-36823133192218527712007-03-11T18:04:00.000-05:002007-03-11T18:04:27.118-05:00dream flagOliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-81693226292497725112007-03-09T17:05:00.000-05:002007-03-09T17:05:25.284-05:00Acceptance There is a time in every man's educationWhen he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance;That imitation is suicide;That he must take himself for better or worse as his portion;That though the wide universe is full of good,No kernel of nourishing corn can come to himBut through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground given himTo till.EmersonI am what I am, but what I will be, that's up Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-65051627223400154012007-02-28T14:53:00.000-05:002007-02-28T14:53:43.520-05:00complex harmony "The complex harmony of sights and sounds slid softly over his soul, and he sank away into a still daydream, too passive for imagination, too deep for meditation." Charles Kingsley, YeastOliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-59022208321203224142007-02-24T20:19:00.000-05:002007-02-24T20:20:00.634-05:00 Once more the eastern skiesGrow pale with morning, till the dawn arise,Whom the sun follows after, and comes forthBazing and bright againAnd with his ardent beams,His shining streams of light,Floods all your summits and the ethereal plainLeopardiOliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-22411778338004609562007-02-11T14:04:00.000-05:002007-02-11T14:04:07.821-05:00Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-76611535819710251732007-02-05T16:22:00.000-05:002007-02-05T16:22:26.619-05:00my new computer ...is totally confusing(in a good way!)p.s. I got Oblivion!Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-63136417490354560112007-01-10T13:02:00.000-05:002007-01-10T13:21:03.564-05:00new computerI have been to a few of your blogs--a very few--because for some reason my computer is going so slow it takes ages to just make a comment or go from page to page and I wonder if this is what using dial-up feels like. I gave up and decided to wait till everything is moved to my new computer. (And I pray that my new one is faster and that I lose nothing saved during the transfer.)I hope everyone Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-61061009117119957832007-01-08T00:13:00.000-05:002007-01-08T00:34:53.242-05:00Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-83800227838214962582007-01-03T19:56:00.000-05:002007-01-03T19:57:59.267-05:00Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-30741413553319065662007-01-02T21:06:00.000-05:002007-01-02T21:07:39.349-05:00Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-66407634230570019622007-01-02T20:36:00.000-05:002007-01-02T20:47:11.459-05:00 I tried to post a different flame on New Year's Day but it didn't work for some reason. This week has been a good week as far as being able to maintain focus but it seems like I can only do it in one area, excluding pretty much everything else. Someone called it "not being able to multi-task". I guess you could call it that. But to me, it feels like I "wander off" and get lost. I wish I hadOliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-1166036741122277462006-12-13T14:05:00.000-05:002006-12-13T14:05:41.176-05:00Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-1166036089362113852006-12-13T13:54:00.000-05:002006-12-13T13:54:49.380-05:00Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-1165971609834202912006-12-12T19:59:00.000-05:002006-12-12T20:00:09.856-05:00Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-1164924620736226262006-11-30T17:10:00.000-05:002006-11-30T17:10:20.753-05:00Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-1164921641508908222006-11-30T16:20:00.000-05:002006-11-30T16:20:41.510-05:00Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-1164921474241082972006-11-30T16:17:00.000-05:002006-11-30T16:17:54.243-05:00Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-1164921045209762072006-11-30T16:10:00.000-05:002006-11-30T16:10:45.230-05:00 ...wondering it I already blogged this Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-1164778714446057992006-11-29T00:37:00.000-05:002006-11-29T00:38:34.463-05:00Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-1164759727731594492006-11-28T19:21:00.000-05:002006-11-28T19:22:07.753-05:00Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-1164689719748594782006-11-27T23:54:00.000-05:002006-11-27T23:55:19.766-05:00Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-1164561499966288092006-11-26T12:15:00.000-05:002006-11-26T12:18:19.983-05:00it's okay to relax.......you are stronger than you know Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-1164173673262705702006-11-22T00:33:00.000-05:002006-11-22T00:34:33.276-05:00Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-1163903461545235622006-11-18T21:30:00.000-05:002006-11-18T21:31:01.566-05:00Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-1163832614196825352006-11-18T01:48:00.000-05:002006-11-18T01:50:14.210-05:00snowflake script and a bit o'tweaking Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-1163130841753621822006-11-09T22:42:00.000-05:002006-11-09T22:54:01.776-05:00memoryLife is but a dream whose shapes returnSome frequentlySome seldomSome by nightSome by daySome night and dayWe learn, the while all change and many vanish quiteIn their recurrence with recurrent changesA certain seeming order where this rangesWe count things real...such is memory's might--James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-1162984117234987452006-11-08T06:08:00.000-05:002006-11-08T06:08:37.253-05:00sweet dreams...Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-1162943978212634162006-11-07T18:59:00.000-05:002006-11-07T18:59:38.213-05:00Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-1162941425226123302006-11-07T18:14:00.000-05:002006-11-07T18:17:05.250-05:00Picassa isn't posting all of the images I have tried to send. None of the Fractal Explorer images. Oh well, I am suspecting these are all re-runs anyways. Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-1162940269707703052006-11-07T17:57:00.000-05:002006-11-07T17:57:49.706-05:00Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-1162939088723921262006-11-07T17:37:00.000-05:002006-11-07T17:38:08.726-05:00Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-1162851936145180702006-11-06T17:08:00.000-05:002006-11-06T17:25:36.163-05:00hmm...I don't remember if I have posted this one before. I like the way this one feels, soft and graceful. It feels like rest.It bothers me that I can't remember what I have already posted. Same thing with the lyrics or poetry. It wearies me trying to go back through all the archives looking to see if a flame I want to post has already been posted. Bleh. Maybe it doesn't matter. Sometimes a flame Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-1162687204355310482006-11-04T19:35:00.000-05:002006-11-04T19:40:04.356-05:00november....My heart is gray with bird-wings going south on the north windGray with a dark sky leaning on dark waterMy heart is gray with a bare tree standing dumb on a hilltopBetween me and a chill evening sky.I would warm myself with thoughts of white--blossomed cherry treesHolding still their white pitchersFor the drip of May moonlight,I would comfort myself with the memory of the clean yellow bowls of Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-1162686556019007012006-11-04T19:28:00.000-05:002006-11-04T19:29:16.040-05:00for your amusement---me~ ...but I'm not blonde! Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-1162586438697875192006-11-03T15:40:00.000-05:002006-11-03T15:40:38.796-05:00I just like thisOliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-1162495278473305692006-11-02T14:13:00.000-05:002006-11-02T14:21:18.506-05:00pink horror!!! (cover your eyes Jenni!!!)I meant to post this on halloween but I forgot. Creepy looking, isn't it?Attack of the hideously pink blobby stuff!! Bwahahaha!!!um...a few days late!;) Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-1162254562382292622006-10-30T19:13:00.000-05:002006-10-30T19:29:22.403-05:00Sometimes I can't move my feet, it seemsAnd it's as if I'm stuck in the ground somehow--like a treeAs if I can't even breatheOh, and my screams come whispering outAs if nobody can even see meLike a ghostSometimes I can't even see myselfSometimesThen again, ohIf I were a kingIf I had everythingIf I had you and I could give you your dreamsIf I were giant-sized, on top of it allThen tell me, what inOliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11433594.post-1162247818382798702006-10-30T17:36:00.000-05:002006-10-30T17:36:58.400-05:00Oliviahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071470721846599914noreply@blogger.com5