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*UKTara:iconUKTara:

Wants her own Secret Garden!  

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A Busy Garden...

Journal Entry: Thu May 8, 2008, 12:07 PM
  • Mood: Spring Fever
  • Listening to: A blackbird singing his evening song...
  • Reading: The Rainbow Gate by Freda Warrington
  • Watching: My husband learning Pi...
  • Drinking: Lemonade with a naughty shot of vodka!
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Been taking lots of garden pics. Trying to take my mind off my sister because I've been worrying about her these past few days. She's just been told she has an ectopic pregnancy so will need surgery to sort it out. I'm keeping fingers, legs - everything crossed - that all goes ok for her.

But yeah, the garden - my first year of having a proper garden - is proving delightful! Flowers popping up left, right, and centre. Apparently, it was designed by a landscape gardener who planted in a way that there is always something flowering, or something like that. We've already had nesting blackbirds right beside the conservatory - they had three chicks. I was hoping they'd use the same nest for their second brood but they have gone elsewhere. Still, they are back in the garden all the time to feed from the bird table, along with the other regulars - 2 robins, 2 big fat pigeons, 2 grey doves, a mistle thrush, lots of sparrows, bluetits, finches, sparrows, starlings, and a teeny tiny wren.

We've also had the hedgehogs return - yay! - so I've been putting out a plate of Spike's Dinner on the patio for them each evening. They are a couple (going by how frisky they got one evening ;)) and I'm hoping they will bring their babies when they have them.

Anyhoo...gotta go...I'm working on doll no 9 and am determined to get her face half decent this time. ;)

P.S...As always, thanks for the interest in my work. For the comments, favs and watches. I try to thank everyone individually but if I can't for any reason, I do so here. :) :blowkiss:

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Some of my favourite Deviations from my own gallery...





And my DD -



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Some of my sculptures still for sale -

- £6.99 + postage.

- £6.99 + postage.

and some cute mini ones -

- £2.99 each + postage.

I can take pond commissions, to a specific design if desired. Just note me for details. Prices vary depending on style/size but my rates are quite reasonable:)

I can also take ballet shoe commissions. In different colours, as wall plaques, fridge magnets or birthday cake toppers. Only £2.99 each + postage.



My Ebay shop where I sell all of my clay odds and ends - [link]

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Things I especially :heart: -

My husband, TOPIARY, hugging trees, mazes of every and any kind, cats, nature, Red Dwarf (especially Rimmer!), squirrels, cute rodents like mice, rats and voles, toadstools, TREES!!!, forests, waterfalls & streams, Lara Croft, surreal and fantasy art and manips, Escher's Relativity, J. Waterhouse, Halls of Doors Alice-in-Wonderland style, cute wooden bridges, watching movies especially - LABYRINTH, Legend, Picnic at Hanging Rock & Highlander, tasteful outdoor nudes, Robins, blue and purple flowers, redheads, long hair, pre-Rathaelite art, drawing, sculpting, painting, writing, walking, yoga, castles, ruins, Broken Sword (games), dragonflies, Queen's - Who Wants to Live Forever, summer, spring, being immature, secret gardens, ivy, abandoned overgrown places, chocolate, hummus, picnics, DAYDREAMING!!!, photography, ALAN RICKMAN, Snape, Frankie's - Power of Love;, Angelina Jolie, wistful beauties, quaint thatched cottages, English villages, hearty mugs of hot weak tea, baking cakes and biscuits, um...and I will add more as I think of them! :D


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PLEASE NOTE: That the photos in this gallery are NOT stock. I offer plenty of stock pics at my stock account - :iconmirandarose-stock: Thanks. :)

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Each hug won't be for me,
It'll be meant for a tree!!






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Some of my Favourite Quotes...

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

Buddha (563 BC - 483 BC)

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Everything begins and ends, at exactly the right time and place...

Picnic At Hanging Rock

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Frodo: I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.

Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.

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To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour

William Blake

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Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?.

Edgar Allan Poe

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Fill yourself with desire and see only illusion,
Empty yourself of desire and understand the great mystery of things.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu

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Do not fear to hope, for every time we smell the autumn's dying scent, we know the primrose time will come again.

Samuel Coleridge


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All credit for this lovely journal background goes to the wonderful :icontrashydragon: Thank you for being kind enough to share these wonderful backgrounds with us!:blowkiss:

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Devious Information

  • Current Age: 36 but determined to get younger with each passing year...at least mentally!
  • Current Residence: England
  • deviantWEAR sizing preference: UK 12
  • Interests: *Writing*photography*yoga*nature*daydreaming*reading*sculpting*topiary*hiking*mazes*
  • Favourite movie: *Picnic at Hanging Rock*LOTR's*Labyrinth*Legend*Tomb Raider*The Secret Garden*X-Men*Highlander*
  • Favourite band or musician: *Tori A*Bowie*Roxette*Within T*K's Choice*Enya*Evanescence*Queen*Sarah M*Alanis M*Secret Garden
  • Favourite genre of music: *Movie soundtracks (instrumentals)*Classical*New Age*Soft Rock...anything but jazz really...
  • Favourite artist: *Alan Lee*Luis Royo*John Waterhouse*J Constable*Edward R Hughes*Jonathon Bowser*Escher*Rosetti*
  • Favourite poet or writer: *Charles de Lint (writer)*Robert Holdstock (writer)*Edgar Allen Poe (poet)*
  • Favourite style or digital art: *Fantasy*surreal*nature*landscape*
  • Operating System: XP
  • Skin of choice: My own and my husbands!
  • Favourite game: The Broken Sword and Tomb Raider series
  • Personal Quote: Love deeply, smile freely and live each day as if it were your last.
  • Tools of the Trade: My imagination and the wonder of nature!

Devious Comments

~Cyberlainny:iconCyberlainny: 30 minutes 41 seconds ago
Thanks for faving )

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The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.
~Kullomeo:iconKullomeo: 4 hours 46 minutes ago
Thank U so much for the fav:)
I love your picts...
These are gorgeous!!
~Dionizije:iconDionizije: 7 hours 38 minutes ago
Thx for the fave! :hug:
~Royal-Purple:iconRoyal-Purple: 11 hours 42 minutes ago
Thank you for the Fav!!! *hugs*
~xxxCarWreckxx:iconxxxCarWreckxx: 17 hours 36 seconds ago
Thanks for the faves
~sweetlynumb:iconsweetlynumb: 17 hours 54 minutes ago
Hi :) Thank you so much for the fav, you've got an amazing gallery!

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When the wolfbane blooms and the shadows come alive..
[Death will be my bride]
~stardancer488:iconstardancer488: 19 hours 48 minutes ago
Thank you so much for the :+fav: - it means a lot to me! :)

Have a great day <3

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"The body is amazingly stubborn when it comes to sacrificing itself to the annihilating directions of the mind"
*bluesteve124:iconbluesteve124: 20 hours 39 minutes ago
Thanks for the :+fav:!
:D

Excellent philosophy on age, by the way. I'm currently working on reverse ageing myself! ;)
*Inchelina:iconInchelina: 23 hours 25 minutes ago Mood: Affection
I appreicate all the favs~
~AntiqueSoldiers:iconAntiqueSoldiers: 1 day 16 hours ago
thank you for the :+fav:
*Heresiarch81:iconHeresiarch81: 1 day 16 hours ago
Thank you so much for the :+fav:!!

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Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?
~oro-elui:iconoro-elui: 1 day 17 hours ago
thanks very much for the faves :bow:

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oh, Lord. i can't speak english :>
~Aura-Arized:iconAura-Arized: 1 day 18 hours ago
Thanx for the favs :D

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"Art can evolve, and can revolve. Be art, my friend"
~LeVarlet:iconLeVarlet: 1 day 19 hours ago
Thanks for the fave!

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She’s so stupid like that.

Getting upset over little things like an eye-twitch.
~ma-lafvain:iconma-lafvain: 1 day 19 hours ago
You are most welcome!
:hug:

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"I say unto you: one must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star" - Friedrich Nietzsche
~Karakuji:iconKarakuji: 2 days 33 minutes ago
thanks for the fav :nod:
*phildeloup:iconphildeloup: 2 days 1 hour ago
merci tara !

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"Mens sana in corpore sano"
~pekmeeez:iconpekmeeez: 2 days 2 hours ago
tnx for faving [link] :hug:

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:weed: I don't like people who take drugs,
especially custom officers :weed:
*BeauEromantica:iconBeauEromantica: 2 days 5 hours ago
Thank you so much for your support, and the Faves - most appreciated!!

-Beau

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Models' Folios at :
OMP and MM
Art -Works are at:
eRomantica
*BeauEromantica:iconBeauEromantica: 2 days 7 hours ago
Thank you for the Print Request on 'Stepping Out'.

I don't use the dA Print system an longer, as I am better able to control quality and special requirements.

All images are available as part of a Limited Edition print series on Archival Museum Quality Cotton paper. Each will be printed on a 12 colour Giclee Printer and signed and numbered discretely on the border and have no watermark.
Of each image there will be:

10 only of
16 x 24" (500x750mm) $120 each

and 10 only of
11 x 16" (275x500mm) $80 each

The images may also be used in books.

Postage worldwide is $12 (Rolled in a Post Tube) Plus $1.00 per extra print in the same tube.

Thanks for your interest.

Beau

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Models' Folios at :
OMP and MM
Art -Works are at:
eRomantica
*UKTara:iconUKTara: 2 days 7 hours ago
Ah, right! :D Yes, the weather is simply glorious! It was weird really...almost like one day winter the next day suddenly summer! I doubt it will last long though so I'm enjoying it whilst I can! Have a good weekend too! :hug:

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Am taking commissions for clay miniature pointe ballet shoes - can make them to hang on the wall, as fridge magnets etc. Also make miniature ponds and water features for dolls house gardens. Note me for details.

My stock - ~MirandaRose-Stock
~CamPhoto:iconCamPhoto: 2 days 8 hours ago
You have a very memorable atavar, I think your husband corrected me on the name of a punt station, I thought it belonged to Clare College but it was at the back of Trinity :) Hope your enjoying the british summer this weekend :)
~Mish-ael:iconMish-ael: 2 days 8 hours ago
Thank you so much for the fave :hug:
*UKTara:iconUKTara: 2 days 8 hours ago
...and you have a damn good memory! :D

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Am taking commissions for clay miniature pointe ballet shoes - can make them to hang on the wall, as fridge magnets etc. Also make miniature ponds and water features for dolls house gardens. Note me for details.

My stock - ~MirandaRose-Stock
*ximocampo:iconximocampo: 2 days 9 hours ago
Thanks a lot for the +fave on Reflections 046!

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Please, visit my gallery [link]

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