TELL ME A STORY

TELL ME A STORY
"Tell your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation." Joel 1:3

Friday, January 31, 2014

RED

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking


GOOGLE BREAKDOWN
Blogger Piracy

Someone is choosing ads and putting them on my blog, and it is NOT me. 
Someone is getting paid for ads on my blog, but it isn't me.

Google's  breakdown  - - an ongoing problem  is still not fixed.

Any ads from Linksicle or Keep Now linked to any words or images on this blog are here without my permission.   Please join me and other bloggers to fight this piracy by boycotting  Linksicle and Keep Now, and any company who uses Linksicle or Keep Now to advertise.   

 
Follow By Email
 I tried to "follow" my own blog, and was kicked off!
Are you having difficulty becoming a follower on my blog?   

Some readers (on my blog, and other popular blogs) are being "kicked off" - or not allowed to follow.  Some readers are lost - floating somewhere in cyberspace.  

This is what is supposed to happen:  To Follow - Add your email address in the  "FOLLOW BY EMAIL" box at the right of my blog, and click on  SUBMIT.  Instructions will follow to verify your request through Feed Burner.   

 
Thank You,
Marcia


 COUNTDOWN 
TO VALENTINE'S DAY:  14 DAYS
RED
Remember Birdie?
Birdie is the beautiful hand-carved bluebird created by my best friend.
Read More About Birdie:    http://tellmeastory-marcia.blogspot.com/       Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood.


Birdie has a new friend, RED, a hand-carved cardinal:  a gift from my amazing friend.
Isn't he handsome? 
RED, A Hand-Carved Cardinal.  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood
Cardinals are also called redbirds.  This beloved bird is the official bird of seven U.S. states.  Bright red cardinals are easy to identify.  Only males sport the brilliant red plumage.  Females are an attractive tan/gray.  
Cardinals do not migrate, and have expanded their common range in recent decades to the north United States and even into Canada.

Male redbirds  feed their monogamous partners as they incubate cluthes of eggs - usually three per season. 

Males are social with other species, but frequently attack other males who intrude on their territory in mating season.    Sometimes they fly into glass windows because they charge an "intruding bird" that is actually their own reflection.

Cardinals sing a variety of different melodies.
   
 A true friend
reaches for your hand,
and touches your heart.

RED & Birdie.  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

If you're a bird...
I'm a bird.

The Notebook
 
RED & Birdie.  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood


The most beautiful view
is the one I share with you.

 Birdie & RED.  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

I realized 
that if I had to choose
I would rather have birds 
than airplanes.

Charles Lindberg


Birdie & RED.  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood


Keep a green tree 
in your heart,
and perhaps 
a singing bird will come.

Chinese Proverb

 
 RED.  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood


   
 Life without love
is like a tree
without blossom and fruit.

RED in the Holly Bush.  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood


There is nothing holier in this life of ours
than the first consciousness of love,
the first fluttering of its silken wings.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 

Birdie & RED.  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

      
You have to believe in happiness,
or happiness never comes...
Ah, that's the reason a bird can sing -
on his darkest day
he believes in Spring.

Douglas Malloch 

 RED.  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

 
Two
are better
than
one.

Ecclesiastes 4:9


Birdie & RED.  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

 
 
Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

There are two gifts
we should give our children:
one is roots
and the other is wings.


 Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

      
You are every reason,
every hope,
and every dream
I've ever had.

No matter what happens
to us in the future,
every day we are together
is the greatest day of my life.



Birdie & RED.  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

  
 The greatest thing
you'll ever learn
is to be loved
and love in return.

 
Birdie & RED.  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

  
If you can't get someone off your mind
they are probably supposed to be there.

 
 RED.  Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood





Thanks for stopping by!

Come back often, and bring a friend!

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

 READ MORE ABOUT BIRDIE:


Oct 24, 2013
I named her Birdie... partly because, well...she is a bird, and also as a namesake for the character, Birdie, in one of my favorite movies, "HOPE FLOATS." HOPE FLOATS. CLICK on the link or COPY & PASTE the link in your ...
Oct 26, 2013
Birdie, The Bluebird. Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood. Thanks for stopping by! Come back often, and invite a friend! Marcia Norwood. America's STORYTELLER. Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public ...
 

Thursday, January 30, 2014

JOURNEY

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

 
Follow By Email

Google has a breakdown  - - an ongoing problem that is still not fixed.

Some readers (on my blog, and other popular blogs) are being "kicked off" - or not allowed to follow.  Some readers are lost - floating somewhere in cyberspace.  

Are you having difficulty becoming a follower on my blog?  

This is what is supposed to happen:  To Follow - Add your email address in the  "FOLLOW BY EMAIL" box at the right of my blog, and click on  SUBMIT.  Instructions will follow to verify your request through Feed Burner.    I tried to "follow" my own blog, and was kicked off!

Hopefully Google will be able to correct this ongoing problem, and help stop Blogger PiracySomeone is getting paid for ads on my blog, but it isn't me.

Blogger Piracy
Any ads from Linksicle or Keep Now linked to any words or images on this blog are here without my permission.   Please join me and other bloggers to fight this piracy by boycotting  Linksicle and Keep Now any company who uses
Linksicle or Keep Now to advertise. 

Thank You,
Marcia



 

JOURNEY 

            The act of traveling from one place to another.

            Expedition

             Passage 


Copyright 2009 Marcia Norwood

"Not all those who wander are lost."

J.R.R. Tolkien
The Fellowship of the Ring


Faith, Megan, Sarah.  Copyright 2004 Marcia Norwood

 

STORYTELLER CARD;  Copyright 2009 Marcia Norwood



FAITH.  Copyright 20011 Marcia Norwood


"I  tramp a perpetual journey."

Walt Whitmen,
Song of Myself




STORYTELLER CARD;  Copyright 2009 Marcia Norwood



China.  Copyright 2002 Marcia Norwood



 "It is good 
to have an end to a journey toward;
but it is the journey 
that matters,
in the end."

Ernest Hemingway


Bicycles in China.  Copyright 2002  Marcia Norwood



Marcia, Cousin Tandra, Sister Gloria.  Copyright 1953 Marcia Norwood


"We should not judge people
by their peak of excellence,
but by the distance 
they have traveled
from the point
where they started."

Henry Ward Beecher



Kansas City, Missouri.  Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood


Thanks for stopping by!

Come back often, and invite a friend!

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking


  
Megan, Marcia, Sarah, Faith.  Copyright 2011 Marcia Norwood


Copyright 2009 Marcia Norwood










Tuesday, January 28, 2014

HANDMADE HEART PENDANTS

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

BLOGGER UPDATE
 
Follow By Email

I followed the instructions from Feed Burner, and got kicked off my own blog.

Are you having difficulty becoming a follower on my blog?  
This is what is supposed to happenTo Follow - Add your email address in the  "FOLLOW BY EMAIL" box at the right of my blog, and click on  SUBMIT.  Instructions will follow to verify your request through Feed Burner.  

Some readers (on my blog, and other popular blogs) are being "kicked off" - or not allowed to follow.  This is a breakdown with either Feed Burner or Google.  We have alerted Google, and they are working on it.

Hopefully Google will be able to correct this ongoing problem. 

Thank You,
Marcia


Blogger Piracy
Any ads from Linksicle or Keep Now linked to any words or images on this blog are here without my permission.   Please join me and other bloggers to fight this piracy by boycotting 
Linksicle and Keep Now any company who uses Linksicle or Keep Now to advertise.
 



Valentine's Day Countdown:  17 Days
HANDMADE HEART PENDANTS
Wearable Art 

These exquisite handmade heart pendants are filled with vintage buttons and beads.  

I saved my broken pearl necklaces that once belonged to my mother and grandmother, and re-used the pearls and charms in heart pendants, and added seed beads and buttons.

A friend gifted me with beautiful antique and vintage buttons.



Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

I used Diamond Glaze to glue to buttons, beads and charms in the blank heart pendants, and also as a glaze on top

Let all pendants dry for 24 hours.

http://www.beadaholique.com/p-20545-judikins-diamond-glaze-water-based-adhesive-2-fl-oz.aspx



Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood


Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood




Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

I ordered blank heart pendants 
(Antique Silver/Lead & Cadmium Free)
and white and black silk cord necklaces 
bails and jump rings,
and jewelry boxes from Panda Hall.

 CLICK on the link or COPY & PASTE the link in your browser
www.pandahall.com
Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood


Heart Pendant 
 Panda Hall Item #LF11251Y
CLICK on the link or COPY & PASTE the link in your browser
http://www.pandahall.com/ProductSearch?keyword=LF11251Y

Tibetan Style Pendants LF11251Y-NF
www.pandahall.com

Item #NFSO31-1, White Silk Necklace Cord
Item #NFSO31-2,  Black Silk Necklace Cord

 
Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood



 I added bails to some pendants, and jump rings (solder all jump rings) to other pendants  -- and then pulled the beautiful silk necklaces through the bail or large jump rings.
 
Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

Heart Pendant 
 Item #LF11251Y
Panda Hall 
CLICK on the link or COPY & PASTE the link in your browser
http://www.pandahall.com/ProductSearch?keyword=LF11251Y

Item #NFSO31-1, White Silk Necklace Cord
Item #NFSO31-2,  Black Silk Necklace Cord


Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood


Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

What a beautiful way to create wearable art 
from keepsake buttons and beads and charms.


Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood


"When I saw you I fell in love,

and you smiled

because you knew."

William Shakespeare


Copyright 2014 Marcia Norwood

Thanks for stopping by!

Come back often, and invite a friend!

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking