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Happy New Year!

20 Comments Posted by Diane on January 3, 2009

Well, I’m back. Christmas and New Year passed off very smoothly and enjoyably – ate too much, drank too much, watched too many movies but I am actually facing the New Year (despite the downbeat news) with optimism and equanimity, I am going to make it a good one. It was great to spend time [...]

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Art for art’s sake

13 Comments Posted by Diane on December 7, 2008

I have been really useless at keeping my blog up to date this week. In my defence, I have been really busy finishing a website and a blog for a paying client (hurrah!) and also updating an old website so I can show it to potential clients as part of my portfolio. I almost feel [...]

Art, Colour, Cool links, Illustration, Interesting facts, paper arts, Places Henri Matisse, John Constable, Mark Rothko, Picasso, Rodin, Seagram murals, Tate Modern, The Haywain, The Kiss, The Snail, Three Dancers

Wedding belles

30 Comments Posted by Diane on September 30, 2008

What a wedding! I am just about recovered from a very hectic weekend indeed. It all began on Friday when I was still dithering about which outfit to wear to the Indian wedding celebration on Saturday. I kept trying the two choices on, asking opinions of anyone who happened by my house, I worried about [...]

Colour, Dance, Families, Fashion, Interesting facts, Music, Photography, Uncategorized, Weddings Anand Karaj, Gurdwara, Indian, sari, shalwar kameez, Sikh, wedding

Hey! from LA!

18 Comments Posted by Diane on September 8, 2008

Here I am in Venice, California, the sun is shining (as it has done for my entire stay) and I am having a ball. I have played tennis, eaten great food, been given incredible hospitality by some generous friends, been on a bike ride along the beach from Marina del Rey to Santa Monica, listened [...]

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Diane needs…

28 Comments Posted by Diane on August 2, 2008

I found this meme at Kim’s @ Laketrees. She borrowed it from Sandee’s @ Comedy Plus who was tagged by Mimi of Mimi Writes for the The Needs Meme. Mimi was tagged by Shannon’s Moments of Introspection who was tagged by Dawn’s Daily Life …… This one is pretty simple and looks pretty silly. The [...]