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Tuesday, October 02, 2018

That's Life


...from my sketchbook
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First Fire of the Season

First Fire of the Season
Living simply
*** - The SABBATICAL - Time to explore ***

Since 1992 we have been creating our whimsical Desideratum Art Jewelry, we are now taking a Sabbatical. Yes, indeed... we have waited a long time for this. The freedom to explore and experiment with abandon and to indulge ourselves in the many fields of creativity that have been simmering away on the back burner.
...and still occasionally creating a piece of jewelry and placing it on our FB Business page Desideratum Art and Jewelry

The prospect of the future is Exhilarating to say the least.

Thank You so very much to Everyone, Individuals and Shop Owners, who have followed our work all these years... we dearly appreciate it... we hope to have lots more things to share in this next chapter of our lives.

Cheers and all the Best
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Gwen Buchanan
near Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Visual Artist/Jeweler/ Designer/Artisan... of our whimsical and unique handmade Silver and Copper DESIDERATUM Art Jewelry ... and architectural wanderings..... I live surrounded by Nature. It's where I ponder the ways of the world, make things, live simply, practice good old-fashioned common sense and value honesty and freedom. I try to involve myself in Artistic endeavors that hopefully and humbly will make the world more Beautiful. Thank you so much for visiting... Enjoy Your Life... Be Happy. All Designs and Art Work, Visual and Written are Copyright ©2025 Gwen Buchanan ... unless otherwise stated
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St. Martins Art House ~ Sold in 2016
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Creating an Entrance on a Gallery we once Rebuilt from a Fallen-down Garage
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The Rhyme of Tabitha and watercolor

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The ABC's of Patterns ........... Once Upon A Book

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After Durer - My Interpretation
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Making Do... just can't throw them away yet

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J.M. Barrie - a watercolor and examination - He wrote Peter Pan

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Borzoi... Pen and Ink / Watercolor
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My Book Cover Art on Kevin J Grote's Books
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Series of my Hand Drawings with Quotes
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Romantic 8' handmade Door that John created from a church window

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Feather watercolor ...just do it

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Egon Schiele ... my way

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The Human Skull ....Watercolor and description

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Porcupine watercolor and story

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Lucian Freud... My Interpretation

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"Becoming One" ... our Desideratum logo

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"Girl from the Fog" painting, 8' x 10'
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My Little red fox story and Watercolor

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The Carved Headboard creation and tale...

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The Crow and The Water Jar fable and watercolor

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The Nuthatch ... watercolor and story

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Speak your truth quietly and clearly; And listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; They too have their story...

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Keep interested in your own career, however humble; It is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism...

Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity & disenchantment it is perennial as the grass...

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
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You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should...

Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors & aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace with your soul...

With all the sham, drudgery & broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.......

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  • a life with meaning
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Oatmeal Raisin Brown Bread recipe

Oatmeal Raisin Brown Bread recipe

Food - Yummmmm

  • 22 Pleasant * Recipes
  • Adventures of a Whole Wheat Pastafarian
  • Artisan in the Woods - Recipe Box
  • Bridget's Green Kitchen
  • Cook's Thesaurus
  • Crackers
  • Crockpot 365
  • Crosby's Molasses and More
  • Crunchy Betty
  • Delightful Repast
  • Encore un de foutu
  • Frugal healthy Recipes
  • Full Bellies
  • Granny Miller - Great Common Sense Living
  • Jaunty Gourmand
  • Jennie's Kitchen
  • Joe Pastry
  • Martha and Tom - Bread - Food
  • Mennonite Girls can Cook
  • Peanut Butter Cup Brownies
  • Rachel Laudan
  • Slow Food Columbia
  • Smitten Kitchen
  • Tea and Scones
  • Vegan In the Freezer
  • Whole Grain Alice
  • Whole Natural Life - Real Food

the east window

the east window

Audio Books, Vids, Info, News

  • 1 Automatic Earth
  • 100 Must Reads
  • AbeBooks
  • AMTV - Chris Greene
  • AngryMan
  • Art Podcasts
  • Backdoor Survival
  • BBC World News
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  • Bill Moyers
  • BlogTalkRadio
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  • Bookos - Free downloadable
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  • Building a House
  • Clusterfuck Nation - Kunstler
  • DelancyPlace - eclectric excerpts
  • Earth Cam
  • Economic Collapse
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  • Falls Brook Centre
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  • GF - Audio Books
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  • Glasses
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  • Gotye
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  • Miette's Bedtime Story podcast
  • Mrs. Clean ***
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  • TED
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  • The Practice and Science of Drawing *Book*
  • The Secret History of Art
  • Top Documentary Films
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QUOTES

QUOTES

Artsy Stuff

  • 2598 Art House
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  • David Peterson drawing
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  • Dick Blick
  • Dog Collage
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  • Michelle Ward
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  • Women Drawing Women
  • World of Playing Cards

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  • Quilts
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  • Sacred Earth
  • Service New Brunswick/geo map
  • Sewing - Quilting Basics in Chapters by Donna Poster
  • Sewing - Treadle On - Conversion and lots of info
  • Sewing and Back to the land
  • Sewing ISMACS
  • Sewing Machine - info and to order parts
  • Sewing Machine Collection- huge
  • Sewing Machines
  • Sewing Machines - Vintage Japanese clone zig zag
  • Sewing Machines - Causes of Trouble
  • Sewing Machines - Vintage repair
  • Sewing Review
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  • Smart Ideas from Life hacks
  • Solutions2 OrganizeU- my cousin Karen
  • The 99%
  • The Bearisters Bookcase
  • The Complete Guide to Not Giving A F...
  • The Longest Way
  • ThornGrove Table
  • Tipnut
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  • Veatchs Books
  • Wildlife Conservation UK
  • Woolydaisy
  • ZeFrank

Women in Art by Philip Scott Johnson

The Bayeux Tapestry

Thank you D + J

Thank you D + J
St. Martins Art House ~ SOLD

I don't know what I like best

I don't know what I like best
Click for a Tour through the morning dewdrops.

To wander through a garden in the fog

To wander through a garden in the fog
click pic To Wander through our garden on a misty August day

Roses in the Gardens of the house we built... now sold

Roses in the Gardens of the house we built... now sold

Stroll in Our Nature

Stroll in Our Nature
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Starting work on the land in St. Martins in 1998 and how it came to be.

Starting work on the land in St. Martins in 1998 and how it came to be.
... with the Renaissance Man

Dragonfly on Copper Square

Dragonfly on Copper Square
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Silhouette of Home

Silhouette of Home

A Few Desideratum Whimsical Jewelry Designs

A Few Desideratum Whimsical Jewelry Designs
Cat and Bird, click pic to go to post.

Dragonfly... earrings - drawings - pictures

Dragonfly... earrings - drawings - pictures
click to see more, but these are sold out

Boy and Girl Earrings

Boy and Girl Earrings
Copper and Silver Desideratum Art Jewelry

Fiddlehead Earrings

Fiddlehead Earrings
click

Sun and Moon

Sun and Moon

The Book and Mug Earrings

The Book and Mug Earrings
click image

Girl and her Cat

Girl and her Cat

Treble Clef and Bass Clef Earrings

Treble Clef and Bass Clef Earrings
We recommend polishing our Silver and Copper jewelry with a silver polishing cloth

The Bead People Earrings and How they began

The Bead People Earrings and How they began

The Muses

The Muses
Sorry... Sold-Out

desideratum Art Jewelry ... "The Embrace" and Other Pendants

desideratum Art Jewelry ... "The Embrace" and Other Pendants

The bay of Fundy .. watercolor and why

The bay of Fundy .. watercolor and why