<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418328877807112507</id><updated>2012-01-17T01:33:44.804-07:00</updated><title type='text'>~ The Passionate Artist ~</title><subtitle type='html'>DRAWING FROM THE INNER CORNERS OF MY HEART AND SOUL TO BRING WHAT IS HIDDEN INTO THE LIGHT...

Lucinda A. C. Erickson</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Lucinda A. C. Erickson   (Cindy)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06449450849820044539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SQQS9GyccvI/AAAAAAAAAS4/LfsHdCLMUzE/S220/Me+2004.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>22</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418328877807112507.post-7719075078466243699</id><published>2009-08-03T00:10:00.006-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-03T00:55:40.493-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SnZ_bFN-1LI/AAAAAAAAAc4/j1N62r2i9xw/s1600-h/Walking+On+Water+550+x+425.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 247px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SnZ_bFN-1LI/AAAAAAAAAc4/j1N62r2i9xw/s320/Walking+On+Water+550+x+425.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365616109292541106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;"Walking on Water"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;(IN COLLECTION OF PRIVATE OWNER)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;16 x 20 Oil on Canvas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;Click on painting to enlarge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6418328877807112507-7719075078466243699?l=thepassionateartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/feeds/7719075078466243699/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2009/08/walking-on-water-16-x-20-oil-on-canvas.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/7719075078466243699'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/7719075078466243699'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2009/08/walking-on-water-16-x-20-oil-on-canvas.html' title=''/><author><name>Lucinda A. C. Erickson   (Cindy)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06449450849820044539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SQQS9GyccvI/AAAAAAAAAS4/LfsHdCLMUzE/S220/Me+2004.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SnZ_bFN-1LI/AAAAAAAAAc4/j1N62r2i9xw/s72-c/Walking+On+Water+550+x+425.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418328877807112507.post-7780300624781155859</id><published>2009-08-03T00:06:00.009-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-03T00:26:06.170-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SnZ-fUQmsQI/AAAAAAAAAcw/tozZq9N_CvA/s1600-h/In+the+Quiet+550+x+413.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SnZ-fUQmsQI/AAAAAAAAAcw/tozZq9N_CvA/s320/In+the+Quiet+550+x+413.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365615082537922818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;"In the Quiet"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 78%;"&gt;(IN THE COLLECTION OF JEAN &amp;amp; ROBERT OLSON SR.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"&gt;18 x 24 oil on Canvas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"&gt;Click on painting to enlarge&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6418328877807112507-7780300624781155859?l=thepassionateartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/feeds/7780300624781155859/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2009/08/in-quiet-18-x-24-oil-on-canvas-click-on.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/7780300624781155859'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/7780300624781155859'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2009/08/in-quiet-18-x-24-oil-on-canvas-click-on.html' title=''/><author><name>Lucinda A. C. Erickson   (Cindy)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06449450849820044539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SQQS9GyccvI/AAAAAAAAAS4/LfsHdCLMUzE/S220/Me+2004.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SnZ-fUQmsQI/AAAAAAAAAcw/tozZq9N_CvA/s72-c/In+the+Quiet+550+x+413.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418328877807112507.post-2577594698838300576</id><published>2009-08-03T00:00:00.005-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-03T00:28:24.954-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SnZ9SbgUW-I/AAAAAAAAAco/LWjX63bna5s/s1600-h/Autumn+Trail+550+x+375.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SnZ9SbgUW-I/AAAAAAAAAco/LWjX63bna5s/s320/Autumn+Trail+550+x+375.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365613761632951266" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;"Autumn Walk"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;(SOLD)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt;16 x 20 Oil on Canvas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt;Click on painting to enlarge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6418328877807112507-2577594698838300576?l=thepassionateartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/feeds/2577594698838300576/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2009/08/autumn-trail-16-x-20-oil-on-canvas.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/2577594698838300576'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/2577594698838300576'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2009/08/autumn-trail-16-x-20-oil-on-canvas.html' title=''/><author><name>Lucinda A. C. Erickson   (Cindy)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06449450849820044539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SQQS9GyccvI/AAAAAAAAAS4/LfsHdCLMUzE/S220/Me+2004.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SnZ9SbgUW-I/AAAAAAAAAco/LWjX63bna5s/s72-c/Autumn+Trail+550+x+375.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418328877807112507.post-1692914427147023694</id><published>2009-08-02T23:51:00.006-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-03T00:27:15.349-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SnZ7E4dRN_I/AAAAAAAAAcg/gLUHBjbrP50/s1600-h/Holding+on+to+Faith+550+x+214.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SnZ7E4dRN_I/AAAAAAAAAcg/gLUHBjbrP50/s320/Holding+on+to+Faith+550+x+214.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365611329863366642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;"Holding on to Faith"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 78%;"&gt;(IN THE COLLECTION OF JEAN &amp;amp; ROBERT OLSON SR.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"&gt;16 x 20 Oil on Canvas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"&gt;Click on painting to enlarge&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6418328877807112507-1692914427147023694?l=thepassionateartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/feeds/1692914427147023694/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2009/08/holding-on-to-faith-16-x-20-oil-on.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/1692914427147023694'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/1692914427147023694'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2009/08/holding-on-to-faith-16-x-20-oil-on.html' title=''/><author><name>Lucinda A. C. Erickson   (Cindy)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06449450849820044539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SQQS9GyccvI/AAAAAAAAAS4/LfsHdCLMUzE/S220/Me+2004.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SnZ7E4dRN_I/AAAAAAAAAcg/gLUHBjbrP50/s72-c/Holding+on+to+Faith+550+x+214.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418328877807112507.post-790024382479558460</id><published>2009-08-02T23:49:00.006-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-03T00:32:04.983-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SnZ6ilOkS6I/AAAAAAAAAcY/6671CpdbEiE/s1600-h/Misty+Ocean+Moon+550+x+414.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SnZ6ilOkS6I/AAAAAAAAAcY/6671CpdbEiE/s320/Misty+Ocean+Moon+550+x+414.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365610740585876386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;"Misty Ocean Moon"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt; (SOLD)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;16 x 20 Oil on Canvas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;Click on painting to enlarge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6418328877807112507-790024382479558460?l=thepassionateartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/feeds/790024382479558460/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2009/08/misty-ocean-moon-16-x-20-oil-on-canvas.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/790024382479558460'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/790024382479558460'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2009/08/misty-ocean-moon-16-x-20-oil-on-canvas.html' title=''/><author><name>Lucinda A. C. Erickson   (Cindy)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06449450849820044539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SQQS9GyccvI/AAAAAAAAAS4/LfsHdCLMUzE/S220/Me+2004.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SnZ6ilOkS6I/AAAAAAAAAcY/6671CpdbEiE/s72-c/Misty+Ocean+Moon+550+x+414.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418328877807112507.post-629380183217537928</id><published>2009-08-02T23:40:00.008-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-03T00:32:50.537-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SnZ4saHu2GI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/7AMtqaiZwQw/s1600-h/Unfinished+Historic+Milford+Monument+550+x+418.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 243px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SnZ4saHu2GI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/7AMtqaiZwQw/s320/Unfinished+Historic+Milford+Monument+550+x+418.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365608710379853922" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;"Milford CT. Monument" &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;"  &gt;(SOLD)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"&gt;16 x 20 Oil on Canvas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"&gt;Click on painting to enlarge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6418328877807112507-629380183217537928?l=thepassionateartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/feeds/629380183217537928/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2009/08/milford-ct.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/629380183217537928'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/629380183217537928'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2009/08/milford-ct.html' title=''/><author><name>Lucinda A. C. Erickson   (Cindy)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06449450849820044539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SQQS9GyccvI/AAAAAAAAAS4/LfsHdCLMUzE/S220/Me+2004.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SnZ4saHu2GI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/7AMtqaiZwQw/s72-c/Unfinished+Historic+Milford+Monument+550+x+418.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418328877807112507.post-2814740446176162267</id><published>2009-08-02T21:21:00.011-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-03T00:39:43.729-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SnZ2lDPk1zI/AAAAAAAAAcI/ZW49bmKwmvQ/s1600-h/First+Light+550+x+433.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 252px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SnZ2lDPk1zI/AAAAAAAAAcI/ZW49bmKwmvQ/s320/First+Light+550+x+433.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365606384956397362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;"First Light"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;(IN THE COLLECTION OF PRIVATE OWNER)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;16 x 20 Oil on Canvas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click on painting to enlarge&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6418328877807112507-2814740446176162267?l=thepassionateartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/feeds/2814740446176162267/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2009/08/first-light_02.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/2814740446176162267'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/2814740446176162267'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2009/08/first-light_02.html' title=''/><author><name>Lucinda A. 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 &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;"Spiritual Love"&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" align="center"&gt;(IN COLLECTION OF PRIVATE OWNER)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" align="center"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Watercolor &amp;amp; India Ink&lt;br /&gt;15 x 20 on Cold Pressed Paper&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal; color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;See what you might...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal; color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;feel what you will...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;the yearning is always present...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;click on picture to enlarge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:12;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6418328877807112507-1112802203133929597?l=thepassionateartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/feeds/1112802203133929597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2008/11/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/1112802203133929597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/1112802203133929597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2008/11/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none.html' title=''/><author><name>Lucinda A. C. Erickson   (Cindy)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06449450849820044539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SQQS9GyccvI/AAAAAAAAAS4/LfsHdCLMUzE/S220/Me+2004.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/STenLeerk1I/AAAAAAAAAYY/tRiD3jt2GnA/s72-c/Spiritual+Love+1resized.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418328877807112507.post-1237754741576345605</id><published>2008-11-27T12:58:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-03T00:44:55.953-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SS774zx8jTI/AAAAAAAAAYM/cWWHAF1IJic/s1600-h/Bottle,+Brush+and+Ivy+1midsize.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SS774zx8jTI/AAAAAAAAAYM/cWWHAF1IJic/s320/Bottle,+Brush+and+Ivy+1midsize.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273429167088373042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;"Bottle, Brush, and Ivy" &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;(IN COLLECTION OF PRIVATE OWNER) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;;font-size:12;&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;;font-size:12;&amp;quot;;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;;font-size:12;&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;;font-size:12;&amp;quot;;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="caption"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;Watercolor on 15 X 20 Cold Press Paper&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-size:85%;" &gt;click on picture to enlarge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6418328877807112507-1237754741576345605?l=thepassionateartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/feeds/1237754741576345605/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2008/11/bottle-brush-and-ivy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/1237754741576345605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/1237754741576345605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2008/11/bottle-brush-and-ivy.html' title=''/><author><name>Lucinda A. C. Erickson   (Cindy)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06449450849820044539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SQQS9GyccvI/AAAAAAAAAS4/LfsHdCLMUzE/S220/Me+2004.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SS774zx8jTI/AAAAAAAAAYM/cWWHAF1IJic/s72-c/Bottle,+Brush+and+Ivy+1midsize.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418328877807112507.post-8909429397757989430</id><published>2008-11-27T12:28:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-03T00:46:19.639-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SS76zLCJfRI/AAAAAAAAAYE/JOuFsoavn20/s1600-h/Grandma+Crystal%27s+Tetonsmidsize.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SS76zLCJfRI/AAAAAAAAAYE/JOuFsoavn20/s320/Grandma+Crystal%27s+Tetonsmidsize.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273427970739502354" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span&gt;"Grandma Crystal's Tetons"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;(IN COLLECTION OF PRIVATE OWNER) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;;font-size:12;&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;;font-size:12;&amp;quot;;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" &gt;16 X 20 Oil on Canvas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" &gt;click on picture to enlarge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6418328877807112507-8909429397757989430?l=thepassionateartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/feeds/8909429397757989430/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2008/11/grandma-crystals-tetons-16-x-20-oil-on.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/8909429397757989430'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/8909429397757989430'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2008/11/grandma-crystals-tetons-16-x-20-oil-on.html' title=''/><author><name>Lucinda A. C. Erickson   (Cindy)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06449450849820044539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SQQS9GyccvI/AAAAAAAAAS4/LfsHdCLMUzE/S220/Me+2004.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SS76zLCJfRI/AAAAAAAAAYE/JOuFsoavn20/s72-c/Grandma+Crystal%27s+Tetonsmidsize.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418328877807112507.post-6237191288360440974</id><published>2008-11-27T11:28:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-03T00:47:23.822-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SS7pC8MeoxI/AAAAAAAAAX0/Kc8rGO0p-wA/s1600-h/Tulip+Explosion-copymidsize.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 261px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SS7pC8MeoxI/AAAAAAAAAX0/Kc8rGO0p-wA/s320/Tulip+Explosion-copymidsize.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273408450424906514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span&gt;"Tulip Explosion"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;(IN COLLECTION OF PRIVATE OWNER) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal; font-family: trebuchet ms;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;i style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"&gt;16 X 20 Oil on Canvas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" &gt;click on picture to enlarge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6418328877807112507-6237191288360440974?l=thepassionateartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/feeds/6237191288360440974/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2008/11/tulip-explosion-16-x-20-oil-on-canvas.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/6237191288360440974'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/6237191288360440974'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2008/11/tulip-explosion-16-x-20-oil-on-canvas.html' title=''/><author><name>Lucinda A. C. Erickson   (Cindy)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06449450849820044539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SQQS9GyccvI/AAAAAAAAAS4/LfsHdCLMUzE/S220/Me+2004.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SS7pC8MeoxI/AAAAAAAAAX0/Kc8rGO0p-wA/s72-c/Tulip+Explosion-copymidsize.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418328877807112507.post-6963855085969023001</id><published>2008-11-22T23:24:00.008-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-03T00:25:20.263-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSj3Gdv_G_I/AAAAAAAAAXs/VDfjiIO8UtE/s1600-h/IMG_1857midsize.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSj3Gdv_G_I/AAAAAAAAAXs/VDfjiIO8UtE/s320/IMG_1857midsize.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271735054274337778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153); font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"Jewel Beach"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 78%;"&gt;(IN THE COLLECTION OF CHRIS COUGHLIN)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"  &gt;16 X 20 Oil on Canvas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;click on picture to enlarge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6418328877807112507-6963855085969023001?l=thepassionateartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/feeds/6963855085969023001/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2008/11/moonlit-tide-16-x-20-oil-on-canvas.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/6963855085969023001'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/6963855085969023001'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2008/11/moonlit-tide-16-x-20-oil-on-canvas.html' title=''/><author><name>Lucinda A. C. Erickson   (Cindy)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06449450849820044539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SQQS9GyccvI/AAAAAAAAAS4/LfsHdCLMUzE/S220/Me+2004.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSj3Gdv_G_I/AAAAAAAAAXs/VDfjiIO8UtE/s72-c/IMG_1857midsize.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418328877807112507.post-9119737058750631603</id><published>2008-11-22T21:58:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-22T22:17:22.958-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSjkTt2UmiI/AAAAAAAAAXk/-Smjq6TaclY/s1600-h/B0000366midsize.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 165px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSjkTt2UmiI/AAAAAAAAAXk/-Smjq6TaclY/s320/B0000366midsize.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271714391213251106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;"Turquoise Shore"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Fresh looking silver and turquoise colored glass beads with a silver wire wrapped circle shell.  Attached to a turquoise silk cord.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;click on picture to enlarge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6418328877807112507-9119737058750631603?l=thepassionateartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/feeds/9119737058750631603/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2008/11/turquoise-shore-fresh-looking-silver.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/9119737058750631603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/9119737058750631603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2008/11/turquoise-shore-fresh-looking-silver.html' title=''/><author><name>Lucinda A. C. Erickson   (Cindy)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06449450849820044539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SQQS9GyccvI/AAAAAAAAAS4/LfsHdCLMUzE/S220/Me+2004.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSjkTt2UmiI/AAAAAAAAAXk/-Smjq6TaclY/s72-c/B0000366midsize.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418328877807112507.post-5825169094218567194</id><published>2008-11-22T21:45:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-22T21:49:45.639-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSjgHlZH2wI/AAAAAAAAAXc/u0yPocL1zd0/s1600-h/B0000362.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSjgHlZH2wI/AAAAAAAAAXc/u0yPocL1zd0/s320/B0000362.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271709784738355970" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;"Gold on Black Heart"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Beautiful black and gold beads adorn this simple black heart topped with another golden designed heart.  Attached with a black silk cord.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);"&gt;click on picture to enlarge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6418328877807112507-5825169094218567194?l=thepassionateartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/feeds/5825169094218567194/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2008/11/gold-on-black-heart-beautiful-black-and.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/5825169094218567194'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/5825169094218567194'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2008/11/gold-on-black-heart-beautiful-black-and.html' title=''/><author><name>Lucinda A. C. Erickson   (Cindy)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06449450849820044539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SQQS9GyccvI/AAAAAAAAAS4/LfsHdCLMUzE/S220/Me+2004.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSjgHlZH2wI/AAAAAAAAAXc/u0yPocL1zd0/s72-c/B0000362.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418328877807112507.post-4329982036462879390</id><published>2008-11-22T21:24:00.007-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-22T21:54:16.578-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSjbwoILvNI/AAAAAAAAAXU/WY_q1djzIiY/s1600-h/B0000365.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 275px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSjbwoILvNI/AAAAAAAAAXU/WY_q1djzIiY/s320/B0000365.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271704992289111250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"&gt;"Elegant Green"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Green, blue, and gold strung together to show off a simple, yet sophisticated green center piece.  Attached to a black silk cord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"&gt;click on picture to enlarge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6418328877807112507-4329982036462879390?l=thepassionateartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/feeds/4329982036462879390/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2008/11/elegant-green-green-blue-and-gold.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/4329982036462879390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/4329982036462879390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2008/11/elegant-green-green-blue-and-gold.html' title=''/><author><name>Lucinda A. C. Erickson   (Cindy)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06449450849820044539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SQQS9GyccvI/AAAAAAAAAS4/LfsHdCLMUzE/S220/Me+2004.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSjbwoILvNI/AAAAAAAAAXU/WY_q1djzIiY/s72-c/B0000365.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418328877807112507.post-8224274403744709326</id><published>2008-11-22T21:15:00.010-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-22T21:52:22.260-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSjY7bESbOI/AAAAAAAAAXE/1uE7ejoBAog/s1600-h/B0000364resized.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSjY7bESbOI/AAAAAAAAAXE/1uE7ejoBAog/s320/B0000364resized.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271701879226789090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" &gt;"Ruby Heart"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-family:verdana;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;A silver scrolled heart locket accented with red and clear beads added to a black silk cord.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" &gt;click on picture to enlarge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6418328877807112507-8224274403744709326?l=thepassionateartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/feeds/8224274403744709326/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2008/11/ruby-heart-silver-scrolled-heart-locket.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/8224274403744709326'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/8224274403744709326'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2008/11/ruby-heart-silver-scrolled-heart-locket.html' title=''/><author><name>Lucinda A. C. Erickson   (Cindy)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06449450849820044539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SQQS9GyccvI/AAAAAAAAAS4/LfsHdCLMUzE/S220/Me+2004.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSjY7bESbOI/AAAAAAAAAXE/1uE7ejoBAog/s72-c/B0000364resized.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418328877807112507.post-1308692877030644361</id><published>2008-11-22T21:03:00.008-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-22T21:55:18.075-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSjXGQgCq-I/AAAAAAAAAW8/NuEh2zBGAQ4/s1600-h/B0000360midresize.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 167px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSjXGQgCq-I/AAAAAAAAAW8/NuEh2zBGAQ4/s320/B0000360midresize.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271699866345712610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"&gt;"Southwest Beauty"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Rich silver, black, violet, and deep greens beaded and added to a black silk cord...all adorned by a five strand center piece.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:85%;" &gt;click on picture to enlarge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:verdana;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6418328877807112507-1308692877030644361?l=thepassionateartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/feeds/1308692877030644361/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2008/11/southwest-beauty-rich-silver-black.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/1308692877030644361'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/1308692877030644361'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2008/11/southwest-beauty-rich-silver-black.html' title=''/><author><name>Lucinda A. C. Erickson   (Cindy)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06449450849820044539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SQQS9GyccvI/AAAAAAAAAS4/LfsHdCLMUzE/S220/Me+2004.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSjXGQgCq-I/AAAAAAAAAW8/NuEh2zBGAQ4/s72-c/B0000360midresize.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418328877807112507.post-4381014163430762274</id><published>2008-11-22T20:48:00.008-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-22T21:53:16.693-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSjTGlqYueI/AAAAAAAAAWk/Xsd58PBxtuY/s1600-h/B0000352midsize.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSjTGlqYueI/AAAAAAAAAWk/Xsd58PBxtuY/s320/B0000352midsize.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271695473979734498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;"Sea Medallion"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Abalone pendant adorned by silver beads on a black silk cord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;click on picture to enlarge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6418328877807112507-4381014163430762274?l=thepassionateartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/feeds/4381014163430762274/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2008/11/sea-medallion-abalone-pendant-adorned.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/4381014163430762274'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/4381014163430762274'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2008/11/sea-medallion-abalone-pendant-adorned.html' title=''/><author><name>Lucinda A. C. Erickson   (Cindy)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06449450849820044539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SQQS9GyccvI/AAAAAAAAAS4/LfsHdCLMUzE/S220/Me+2004.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSjTGlqYueI/AAAAAAAAAWk/Xsd58PBxtuY/s72-c/B0000352midsize.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418328877807112507.post-8579030752073487485</id><published>2008-11-22T20:13:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-22T21:36:28.426-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSjNls0RjBI/AAAAAAAAAWc/NgtOn5SKKoA/s1600-h/B0000359midresize.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSjNls0RjBI/AAAAAAAAAWc/NgtOn5SKKoA/s320/B0000359midresize.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271689411406433298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;"Emerald Swirl"&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" &gt;One of a kind hand beaded 16" necklace&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" &gt;made with sterling silver hearts, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Swarovski&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Crystals&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Czech&lt;/span&gt; glass centerpiece bead wrapped in sterling silver wire that swirls around an emerald &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Swarovski Crystal.  Necklace is finished with a black silk cord and a silver lobster claw clasp.  Beautiful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;click on picture to enlarge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSjLpAp5s-I/AAAAAAAAAWU/ylnECYkYRCI/s1600-h/B0000359resized.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6418328877807112507-8579030752073487485?l=thepassionateartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/feeds/8579030752073487485/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2008/11/blog-post.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/8579030752073487485'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/8579030752073487485'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2008/11/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>Lucinda A. C. Erickson   (Cindy)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06449450849820044539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SQQS9GyccvI/AAAAAAAAAS4/LfsHdCLMUzE/S220/Me+2004.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSjNls0RjBI/AAAAAAAAAWc/NgtOn5SKKoA/s72-c/B0000359midresize.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418328877807112507.post-8380678424559551510</id><published>2008-11-22T19:48:00.009-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-22T21:58:07.491-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSjFMLH2xpI/AAAAAAAAAWM/WHKUZctlGdc/s1600-h/IMG_1668%233.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSjFMLH2xpI/AAAAAAAAAWM/WHKUZctlGdc/s320/IMG_1668%233.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271680176772007570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;"Bear Claw"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;This is a man's hand painted and hand made polymer clay  Pendant on silk cord that I made for my son, Chris.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" &gt;click on picture to enlarge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6418328877807112507-8380678424559551510?l=thepassionateartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/feeds/8380678424559551510/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2008/11/mans-hand-made-polymer-clay-bear-claw.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/8380678424559551510'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/8380678424559551510'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2008/11/mans-hand-made-polymer-clay-bear-claw.html' title=''/><author><name>Lucinda A. C. Erickson   (Cindy)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06449450849820044539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SQQS9GyccvI/AAAAAAAAAS4/LfsHdCLMUzE/S220/Me+2004.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSjFMLH2xpI/AAAAAAAAAWM/WHKUZctlGdc/s72-c/IMG_1668%233.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418328877807112507.post-427109162847355257</id><published>2008-11-22T15:02:00.037-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-27T11:52:33.028-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSiBtkB9h5I/AAAAAAAAAVU/P7HkIKEP07M/s1600-h/B0002580croppedandresized.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 145px; height: 297px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSiBtkB9h5I/AAAAAAAAAVU/P7HkIKEP07M/s320/B0002580croppedandresized.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271605983603165074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"&gt;Hand Painted Enamel &amp;amp; Baked Stemware&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"&gt;                  &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span&gt;By Lucinda&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"  &gt; click picture to enlarge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;My hand painted stemware is painted with non-toxic enamels, is then baked, and is then safe to drink from. These glasses can be hand washed in normal dish washing detergent and will last for many enjoyable years to come&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6418328877807112507-427109162847355257?l=thepassionateartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/feeds/427109162847355257/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2008/11/another-hand-painted-enamel-baked-glass.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/427109162847355257'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/427109162847355257'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2008/11/another-hand-painted-enamel-baked-glass.html' title=''/><author><name>Lucinda A. C. Erickson   (Cindy)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06449450849820044539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SQQS9GyccvI/AAAAAAAAAS4/LfsHdCLMUzE/S220/Me+2004.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSiBtkB9h5I/AAAAAAAAAVU/P7HkIKEP07M/s72-c/B0002580croppedandresized.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418328877807112507.post-9164032940465306127</id><published>2008-11-22T14:40:00.030-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-22T19:16:39.903-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSi8_GpinZI/AAAAAAAAAWE/ZtQ-YV3Jh_I/s1600-h/HPIM0911.jpgresizedandcropped.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSi8_GpinZI/AAAAAAAAAWE/ZtQ-YV3Jh_I/s320/HPIM0911.jpgresizedandcropped.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271671156139793810" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSi6l9uILaI/AAAAAAAAAV0/tNGPg2PNuiQ/s1600-h/B0002163resized.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 265px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSi6l9uILaI/AAAAAAAAAV0/tNGPg2PNuiQ/s320/B0002163resized.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271668525223128482" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Hand Painted Enamel &amp;amp; Baked Stemware&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;                  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;By Lucinda&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;                                                                                                                                                        click picture to enlarge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;I paint landscapes, seascapes, and custom designs.  I will&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;paint sets for weddings, birthdays, and just about any other occasion. Each Set is unique, and will never be exactly the same as any other.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6418328877807112507-9164032940465306127?l=thepassionateartist.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/feeds/9164032940465306127/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2008/11/enamel-painted-and-baked-stemware.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/9164032940465306127'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6418328877807112507/posts/default/9164032940465306127'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thepassionateartist.blogspot.com/2008/11/enamel-painted-and-baked-stemware.html' title=''/><author><name>Lucinda A. C. Erickson   (Cindy)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06449450849820044539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SQQS9GyccvI/AAAAAAAAAS4/LfsHdCLMUzE/S220/Me+2004.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xevvGiLnOOw/SSi8_GpinZI/AAAAAAAAAWE/ZtQ-YV3Jh_I/s72-c/HPIM0911.jpgresizedandcropped.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
