http://todaysvisions.com Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others. ~Jonathan Swift Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:26:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I would like to introduce my newest series of works called the "Enchanted Interlude" Series. Presently, this series has twenty-four photographs being used for Notecards, Affirmation Pocket Cards and Keyrings. They are photos that I have taken over the past year around the Long Island area and show the best ... http://todaysvisions.com/2008/08/28/enchanted-interlude-series/ Something to think about .... Anna walked out of the office barely holding back her tears. She had just been fired again. And it was so unjust! She simply had to paint her nails for her party tonight. What if she didn’t get to the phone quick enough? After all, the ... http://todaysvisions.com/2008/08/17/discipline%e2%80%99s-domination/ The crowds gathered to walk thru this huge festival this past weekend Friday the 8th, Saturday the 9th and Sunday the 10th. I, unfortunately, never saw the 30+ Hot Air Balloons and the bands were playing the hip hop music that I have yet to learn to appreciate so ... http://todaysvisions.com/2008/08/11/metro-ny-balloon-music-festival-2008/ The Long Island Museum in Stony Brook, New York has chosen one of my photos to hang in the juried art show "Summer in Long Island". I am so thrilled and honored. The awards reception is on August 17th from 2pm - 4pm. And the finalist show will run ... http://todaysvisions.com/2008/07/31/long-island-museum/ I feel so honored... My friend Antonella, A Quilling BlogSpot, presented me with the Arte e Pico award. Antonella is a great artist and a wonderful friend. Thank you so much, my friend! According to the rules, you have to pay it forward and follow the following steps: 1. Choose 5 ... http://todaysvisions.com/2008/07/26/no-kidding-i-was-given-an-award/ Randall Pond is one of those areas that fascinates me. It has a quiet beauty that brings peace to the mind and soul and I never fail to enjoy any of my walks there. So much so, that I have decided to do a series of photos from ... http://todaysvisions.com/2008/07/26/randall-pond-in-july/ From time to time I would like to introduce other artists on my site. This is the first such introduction. Barbara McDonald is an award winning artist who paints in watercolors, oils and acrylics. Her latest award was received last year for "Work Horses" (Painting pictured with this story) ... http://todaysvisions.com/2008/07/08/barbaras-studio/ These pictures were taken at the same time as the Randell Pond pictures were taken.  In fact they were taken in the parking lot across from the Randall Pond Trail Head.  I walked over to take a close up of the thistle itself and was greeted with a multitude of ... http://todaysvisions.com/2008/06/20/in-the-thistle-patch/ Randall Pond Nature Trail is one of the "off the beaten path" places. I would dare say that many - if not a majority - of the Long Island residents do not know it exists. Yet while walking along this trail, it is so easy to forget the ... http://todaysvisions.com/2008/06/17/randall-pond-nature-trail-long-island-new-york/ I was going through my emails this morning and realized that I have not written to any of my yahoo groups in a while. So, I started wading through my inbox to read all the emails and find ones that I wanted to respond to. What a chore! ... http://todaysvisions.com/2008/06/06/organizing-with-outlook/