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Diva Challenge #76 "Home": The idea of this week's challenge was to tangle something that makes you think of home. For a more detailed description and to join in this week's challenge click on: The Diva's Challenge.
We are retired and spend 6 months in the North and 6 months in the South following summer from place to place. :-) So, I did two tiles, one for each home.
Long Island, New York is where I'm originally from and during the summers I'm there to see family and friends and to enjoy the lushness, especially the beautiful big shade trees, that abound in the Northeastern portion of the U.S. In the first tile on the left, my NY tile, I used "Msst" to show the late spring rains that are common there, and borrowed two patterns from Sandy Steen Bartholomew's books to show my two most favorite things about my summer home, "my" people and those big shade trees. Our beaches along Long Island Sound are rocky so I've added a line of rocks, but like FL we enjoy lots of flowers, so I was sure to show that in both tiles, too.
Naples, Florida is a beautiful place to spend the winter months. I used the tangle pattern Sanibelle in this tile because not only do we have lots of sea shells there, but we also live very close to the Island of Sanibel, where the inspiration for the pattern came from. We have 10 miles of white sandy beach with gorgeous aqua water along the Gulf of Mexico in Naples. The winter sunsets there leave a glow on the horizon much like I put on my tile. And, we have velvety blue-black late night skies that make the Milky Way easy to see. Of course I had to add palm trees and, yes, we really do have a Smiley Face moon there, too.
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Thanks for looking in to see where "home" is for me!
These tiles are just so fun! What a great job you did:) And I might just have to vacation in Naples one of these days!
ReplyDeleteYou realy showed us your home(s). Nice use of colours.
ReplyDeleteAls pleasant to read your descriptions.
Annemarie Huijts
Beautiful work! Love the colors and the lines!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful zentangle description! Your colors and patterns are lovely.
ReplyDeleteA snow bird? My husband is from Minnesota and everyone dreamed of the day they could head south for the winter. Just look at the beauty you have in your life. You are a lucky woman!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful tiles. I'm a little partial to the Long Island tile, since I grew up in NY.
ReplyDeleteIt's wonderful to get a feeling of everybody's home. These tiles are really beautiful.
ReplyDeleteJudi, these are great tiles. I love your two homes. Wouldn't this make a great postcard for or from the many people who enjoy the 6 and 6 lifestyle?!
ReplyDeleteThese are so beautiful. They are so bright and colorful!
ReplyDeleteJust so very brilliant presentation.
ReplyDeleteYour tiles match your description of your two homes perfectly. They are both very whimsical and colorful. I am sure loving reading everyone's stories on this challenge. It's the best challenge I've ever been a part of.
ReplyDeleteThey're all so beautiful!! Great job!
ReplyDeleteBoth of your tiles are so much fun and very descriptive. I'm really enjoying hearing about everyone's homes.
ReplyDeleteThese are both so delightful! Your colors are great. What did you use?
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