Hello Lisa. I am so far behind in my thank you's and cheers. Both mine & the site's fault I guess. Thanks very much for your recent cheers on my Strong & Free draw. The title was for the strength in the tree & our country (part of our anthem) for Canada Day. I appreciate your comment & coming around to say Hi. ;-) L8*

Heyyyyy, Lisa! Jello shots AND beer? ... you are going to be a hurtin' gator tomorrow! Well, I'm glad you're feeling no pain ... at the moment .. LOL! I'm fully recovered, thanx for asking ;)

saw you had done a drawing but deleted it- good to know you are still around!

Hi there, Lisa! ;D Was genuinely shocked to see FU back up and running ... after two weeks, I was sure it was a goner. Well, as a former college professor of mine would say, "Never assume anything ... it makes an 'ass' out of 'u' and 'me'..." Heehee ... Anyway, too bad about the rain; I've seen in on the Weather Channel and you've had more than your share. Good luck with the resume and job hunting ... HUGS! ... :)

Hi Lisa! I'm finally back online and wanted to say hello ... will email you soon ... Hugs!

tks buddy very much for your last comments on the latest draw, and having read the words below, talk to your angels again, for they are very powerful & will always respond to good intention, ;k

hEY! It certainly isn't ramblings and i'm glad you are feeling a bit better and working on an active future. Future thoughts help one move on...I'm glad you can talk about things and feel better. Take care! :)

Hey there Miss Lisa! How are you? I hope that you and your daughter are over the hump and on a small slope of recovery. I know that this will be with ya'll forever, but at least you have each other and the road ahead is something that ya'll can pave together and be closer by being each other's rocks. OK.....I'll try to stop being mushy and thank you for your lovely comments on my crazy pics!! I love them and I got the idea from you, so some of the credit goes to you..!!! I have so much fun making them... they're a whimsical kind of creativity!!!

My friends daughter had Hodgkin's about 2 yrs ago and had chemo and we thought she had beaten it, but it came back. she is 25. Now it is a stem cell transplant which they say is a treatment of last resort. This is so awful.

Oh, I just read the comments below .... so, so sorry to hear of such a tragic loss, Lisa. That is unbelievably sad.

Lisa i have missed you bunches girlfriend. Things here have been a bit stressful, mostly due to my friends daughters illnesses as you can well imagine. I explained on your drawing. I understand your pain and hope that you and your family and theirs can find peace. I find that drawing. like you did, really helps. at You Draw i did many drawings when i was sad and they helped. *another hug*

Lisa, I don't know what happened earlier, but i had written a few words to you about you and y our daughter's friend that passed away..again, I am so sorry for your loss..but i don't know what happened to it...I must have put it on someone else's profile or picture..for that, i'm sorry...but I intended it for you. I'm just so scatter-brained, but I am so sorry for your loss and in cannot begin to feel your pain. I hope that God eases your pain and that by coming here and drawing and talking to everyone here, we can in some small way help to ease your discomfort. I will keep you and your daughter in my prayers.

Hi, Lisa dear ... who was it who passed away?

Thank you so much for the lovely compliments you always give. I think these are so much more fun than just drawing a picture and you inspired that fun for me, so thanks a million!

Thankyou for taking the time to explain your daughter's drawing for me. I had a lump in my throat as i read...i cant begin to imagine how devestated both you and your daughter must be feeling right now. I hope drawing gave your daughter a moment of peace. My heart goes out to all of you. Look after each other and hold each other close.

I'm the same way...have to use a mouse but would love to get a tablet. I've heard so much about them. I"m just afraid to spend that kind of money on something for me like that. I'm a stay-at-home mom and sometimes money is so tight. And as a mom, i always feel guilty when i buy myself something. anyway, you do so well with your mouse, you'll be fine. We all love your work. Thanks again for your compliments! :)

just in for a very quick hug and an i miss you too!! its late here. I'll be back soon tho. Hope all is going good in your world lisa! *hugs*

Hi Lisa, sorry I'm so "late" in responding to your fantastic story about your enjoyable trips to Canada (Ontario in fact) when you were 'younger' with your parents. From the info you supplied it seems you were north of me by about 3 hrs & a couple of hours away from our own family cottage. You had quite a drive to get there I see, but it is beautiful country up there & as you concur...worth it indeed. I'm not sure what parts of Cda your friend(s) have mentioned, but I guess living here, like anywhere else, change is inevitable but more gradual to the residents. Nothing too drastic I don't think. Other than this past winter with the mountains (a near record year) of snow, hehe. Alot of stories are media-fed & not necessarily experienced first hand. Reading your words about your Dad & those memories were beautiful, thank you. My Dad loved our cottage & the last two years we struggled to get him up there due to health issues. He just passed away unexpectedly, in July. I miss him terribly & always will. But as you say, having special people in our lives keep those moments in time, fresh in our memories. His presence is always felt there. I am a proud Ontarian & find my province very diverse & beautiful. I am a city girl with country ways, I guess. I love both environments. I really love nature & animals, but the hussle bussle of the city can be fun too. My draw called "Summer's End" is a similar view to what we see from our cottage window during the warm weather. The Bay freezes over during winter & becomes a natural skating rink. Lots of fun for all ages! So Lisa, thank you so much for your kind, encouraging words on my draws, but moreso, for your recount of a special part of your life, not so far from my own. I hope you do return sometime to your 'old camping grounds'. I'm sure you won't be disappointed! ;-) TTYL8*-ter

Thank you so much for the compliment on my crazy doodling pic! i deleted that one, though, and put up the finished one. Hope you don't mind me deleting the one you commented on! :O

well, lisa...i hope you don't mind that i tried to do a pic like your geometrical ones because i think they are so beautiful, but as you see...it didn't come out ANYTHING like the beautiful ones you do..it just ended up flowery, but i just hope that you don't mind my doing something in that style..i don't mean to steal anything, i just think they are so pretty! :)

Lisa, like your new pic! That is one serious-looking cat you've got a grip on :)

hi lisa...i don't know if you've noticed, but my 9 year old daughter loved the geometric designs you have done so much that she started doing some of her own..i hope you don't mind...she admires your very much...if i may, i'd like to add you to my friend list so that i can look at your drawings more easily..:)

Hi Lisa! That was a wonderful comment you left for me! Thanks so much! Good to see you... you haven't been here for a while! Hope everything has been great for you!

Hi Lisa! Where ya been? How bout some draws, girl?!

hi I love your drawings can you add me please!!!!

Hi lisa ..., thanks for the cheers... always appreciated... :)

Hi, Lisa! Glad to see there are a lot of fellow tree huggers here ... not that it helps the poor tree in question. But as attached to your maple as you were, you can certainly relate. I told my husband, when the tree rapists come to chop it down, please get me out of town for the day ... I can't bear to watch! My next door neighbor is a fellow native Floridian (he and I are the only two in this entire mobile home park!) and he doesn't know about this yet. He had a serious stroke last year and this might set off another one! The nimrod neighbors are, unfortunately, from Pennsylvania! How come they are not as nice, sweet and enlightened as you?!

Thanks, Lisa ^_^ Sorry i haven't updated much; i explained on my latest drawing. I do appreciate your comments ^_^

thanks again for cheering!

Aw, thanks so much for your sweet comment, it means a lot to me. ^_^

thankd for the cheers on my Kiwi :)

Hi Lisa! Nice to know I was missed ;) Let's see some more of your fabulous designs, k?

Thank you for the cheer! :D

Hi Lisa! Thanks for your nice comments. hope things are going well for you.I am drawing with a mouse and hate it *L* It feels like i have been gone form here for a yr but it has only been a couple of weeks *L* I'll stop back and ck out your pics soon. *warm hugs*

thanks for the comment :)
i just drew it cause was bored..thats just a result of my boredom :D

Hi Lisa...I saw your comment on my "Unblemished" pic. What part of Canada did you frequent? Yes, it can be very beautiful in the winter when the first snow or a large snowfall occurs & everything looks like it's covered with a gorgeous white comforter. It almost seems like the earth is soundproof. Calm, quiet, & contained. I also love the night sky during a heavy snowfall...it becomes just as white. I, like most ppl do not like the bitter cold, but I do love the different seasons. It makes you appreciate each one more, waiting for the next! Thanks for your many cheers & comments ;-) L8*

Hi Lisa...thank you, thank you, thank you...!

Hey now!!! It was a Hard decision to make. It looked so empty.

thanks for the many cheers :-)

Thank you! I've just discovered yours...going to peek now, they look amazing!

Hiya, thanks for the nice little message - it found me feeling much better. :)

Hi Lisa. Thanks for the supportive cheers & very nice comment ;-) L8*

Holy tits mom you and larvice draw way too much for me to handle my inbox is like flooddeeedddd :)

I recognized the name and the message has been removed before I could see it....all the better. I got flamed from this jerk a while back remember?

Thanks for the cheer!

Hi there! Thanks for your kind comments. Yes, it's cold, cold, cold in Chicago... So ready for a warm up and spring time flowers, birds chirping and warm sun...

hi Lisa! Thanks for visiting me. Stay warm! :)

lol- it was meant as a compliment!!!! hugs!

Thanks for the cheers, Lisa!:)

thx u 4 the comment im am doing great

hi how r u

Thanks always lisa! ;-)

thanks for the cheers and comments:)

Thanks, Lisa! The site needs much cleaning up as I've explained on the main page, but most of the stuff is there, including my writing...

Thanks Lisa, haha, couldn't believe it myself!

Thanks for the cheers & comment, Lisa, love your patterned gallery!

Hi again! I go down to the beach some weekends from Friday til Sunday. After i drew the bubbles picture I was wiped out, only wanted to comment for a while. Then i drew a cute pic for a color challenge and lost it, was so mad!! So that made me feel like not drawing. Then, I started doing one of a pointsetta encased in ice and I cannot get it to look like ice for love or money *L* I am OK, I have a friend with some health isssues and they live in England so i am feeling frustrated and unabvle to help and have a friend here with a 25 yr old daughter whose cancer has come back and that has me realy freaked out to be frank. Another really close friend of mine lost her 15 yr old son 10 yrs ago to cancer. Hard for me to go thru this again.

How are things on your front? Have missed seeing you around here also!!
Let me hear from you! *hugs*

Thanks for you very nice comment on my *If a Picture...* Lisa!

Hi darling Lisa!! I have been up all nite *L*
was drawing and then just now talking to froggie on yahoo *S*
Hope u r well and I will catch up with ya soon! Have missed you !
But going to sleep now *hugs*

Thanks for the comments!

HI LISA! Thanks for the cheers. It's rainin here now and I'm waiting for the power to go out antime. C'Mon Summer! BRRRR

Thankyou for the kind commment, lisa. I really appreciate and I'm glad you enjoy my work! ^_^

Thanks for all the cheers, they are much appreciated! :-)

Hi Lisa, just dropping in to say thank you sooooo much for enjoying my crazy art, that last one took me two days just for extra information, happy b'day too, stay tuned lol ;)

Thanks Lisa, I hope Isabel liked it. I missed the likeness a lil bit but overall I like the drawing. :) Hope you are well.

do you have a daugther here?

oh sorry cause it looks like you have one cause your drawings are so nice!!!

do you have a tablet!!!

Thank you for the cheer Lisa ;-)

Lisa, you're a sweetie! Thanx for the lovely comments :)

No prob! *hug* I'm glad you liked it! ^_^

Lisa you have another card here..didn't want u to miss it.
http://sketchfu.com/drawing/110382-colorful-flower-happy-birthday-lisamm-d

Happy Birthday Lisa!!
>.>...(I found out from Luthien's drawing...) ^.^ Hope it's great and full of wonderful things!

Happy Birthday Lisa!!
So, on my agenda for tonite we have....Greek Pizza ordered in..
Shrek 3 AND Ratatouille rented from blockbuster!
My son actually called me from Dallas! And ordered me a present!
Does not get any better than this *L*
Hope yours is a good one too sweet Lisa! *hugs*

I heard from a very reliable source that IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY!! <(:D Or was your birthday... >_> Either way, I hope you have/had a fantastic one! You deserve it! :D

Happy happy first day of your personal new year! May they all be filled with enough of what you need and more of what you want!

...and many more, Lisa! Hope you have a great day!! Happy Birthday. :D

Hi Lisa...thank you very much for your cheer(s) and an early Happy Birthday to you! ;-) L8*

Shhhhhhh it's the 26th

Happy Birthday to YOU, Happy Birthday to YOU, Happy Birthday dear Lisa, Happy Birthday to YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU and many moreeeeeeeee!

Happy birthday!

Glad you liked it darling!! Maybe on Saturday I can get on here and we can lift a cyber toast to each other!! You did notice that I drew the card in OUR style!! *big grin* Also, I changed the name of the drawing so that people would know it was you Lisa, not some other Lisa I know from somewhere else. *S*

I'm surviving the rains and cold.....I hibernate...haha. I am staying more inside than I would like. Can't wait for spring. Hey, I'm gonna be 58 in a coupla days now......so what! It's just a number and I feel fine. Hope you do too!!

46?????????
Shoot girlfriend!!! What I would not GIVE to be 46 again!!
I will be 58!!! 2 yrs from 60!! If this were not a family site I would be cussing right now *L*

Trust me darling...you really won't realize you are old until you hit 55 and then realize the next big one is 60!!

However, I teach people ion their 70's and 80's and even have one in ceramics who is 95 (with full mental and physical capabilities, as far as art making anyhow). My 70 plus group does realistic pencil work and they are unbelievable!!! So I figure it is not ALL over yet if I stay in good health and keep a good attitude!! I want to retire and only do what I want to *L*

Thank you for your kind comments, Lisa ^_^ I appreciate them, and I'm glad you enjoy my pictures

So cool that you and Gerry share the same birthday!

You are a strong person, yer still standing aren't you? *G*
Well now i know why you and I draw the same designs!!!
Cuz it is really only you and I here who use those bright colors
and all the circles. WE SHARE THE SAME BIRTHDAY!!! Woo Hoo!!
So you and I can celebrate on the 12th together!!! *G*

Hiya Lisa! Really like the "Just for today" credo .... very wise! And muchas grassyass for the cheers and comments ;D

whoa just fab lisamm, tks for being a fan too, big smiles ;)

Thank you so much Lisa for your comment! I am afraid that my bright and sunny side is sometimes offset by a sensitive and gloomy side. I can usually recover very fast, but i just had a series of a few things hit at once, plus i think I get overloaded at the holidays. I always hesitate whether to vent, but then thought, oh what the hell, i need it and those that hate it can just go on and hate it *L* I am SO glad to hear that you are doing better. I know you had a shock and a ruff road, you must be a very strong person. *big hugs8

Hi, Lisa! Happy New Year .... I like what your new photo represents: bright, sunny, hopeful. I hope this is a stellar year for you!

May your next 365 days bring you all you heart desires, in perfect order and in just the right time so that you float on a sea of appreciation and expectation the whole year through!

Happy New Year Lisa!

Gerty was one of my two parakeets. Lily will miss Gerty i'm sure. Gerty was the friendlier of the two. I had Gerty for about 2 1/2 years.

Hope you take the time to enjoy & relax over this Holiday period. Very Merry Christmas! L8*

hi how r u
hope u have a lovly christmas

Thanks for your long note. You've had quite a year! We are the "Sandwich" generation. We live longer and so do our parents.
I sometimes wonder if we live better, however.

Elder care, moving, divorce, recreating yourself... all powerfully demanding transitions to go through! By being able to create here at Sketchfu, don't you find that it feeds your sense of expressoin? People appreciate what you do and comment upon it. You can express your current mood or feeling. We connect with people we'd never know in a "traditional' situation.

I wish you continued strength to handle all that's on your plate. I wish you many moments of joy. Most of all I wish you complete immersion into those things that feed your soul, your mind, your heart.

A couple of thoughts that encourage me are below:

"You are either losing your mind -- or gaining your soul."
~ Julia Cameron.

"He who laughs, lasts."
~ Mary Pettibone Poole

smiling..i have been up all nite..again..bad bad Gerry!! My gums are better ..I can eat some now. I know moving is a hassle and especially when it is somebody elses stuff!! Hope your mom settles in ok, mine are 83 so I will be facing something similar at some point I guess. It's nice to hear from somebody when they have been gone for a bit cuz we all seem to look out ofr each other here. I'd write more but my eyes are closing, i'll be back soon and finish *big hug*

Nice avatar pic! That river sure looks cold.

Happy Holidays!

Willy is back and open for business come and play!

this is gerbear :)

hi i stoped by to say
hey
whats up
how u going

I appreciate your kind words. The animated drawing reflects the events of this past year. My-ex husband discovered he had cancer in February and by July had passed away. We were married 23 years and believe it or not, we had a pleasant divorce and a cordial relationship until he died.

He was Dad to my two children, raising them as his own. The suddenness of his illness and death still leaves a gaping hole in the family unit. I was trying to show how one minute things are status quo and the next they change right before your eyes. He died way too young - one week after his 63rd birthday.

The events of this year remind me that things come to pass; they just don’t come to stay.

T

Loved the "Hospital Window", Lisa ... it's very profound and really DOES set one to thinking. Thanks for posting that! I hope many read it.

thank you :) (for the comment) ;D

I like your new attitude, girlfriend .... grab life by the nutz and LIVE IT! Yeah, baby!

Oh, Lisa, that news is both scary and sad. What a world.

How about some more of your beautiful designs???

Hey, cool new avatar! So glad you liked the Carl Sandburg piece ... that poem is so rich with meaning. To me it's optimistic; nothing dark or gloomy about it, and it reads like music! As I noted, it's my favorite poem EVER. Was so happy to share it :)

Hi Lisa, hope you had a good Thanksgiving. Was just missing u and hope all is going well. :)

Hey, Lisa, you updated your photo ... I like it! That water looks COLD!!!

Happy Thanksgiving Lisa!! Thanks for all of your beautiful artwork that brightens up so many of our lives.

Hi lisamm,thanks for cheers ;D

Lisa...I see oyu are looking at and enjoying knacks work. If oyu really want to be blwon away, and I only mention this since you arfe also a pattern addict like knack and me, go and see his gallery at www.youdraw.com. His name is knack there also and he has some stuff that will blow u away!! some dont show up in thumbnail all that good so open as many as you have time for. I think u will enjoy. We did use something back there called Mouse Keys and he might be using them here too.

Thank you, thank you! ^_^

Despite the onset of summer, it's pretty cold this morning... I like it :D
Summer is normally up in the 90's here -_- Whilst winter gets all the way down to 0, and sometimes just below... and i just realized that the first temp, I did in F whilst the second is C... haha oops.

Lisa, Hi ... I just got your message; I don't know how to delete the comments on the profile page, though ... I highlight it, but can't "delete" ... there must be a simple trick to it!

Thank you Lisa for your kind comment & cheers. ;-)

Hi Lisa! Thanx for asking ... I'm feeling much, much better today (wuz one of those nasty 24-hour bugs) ... get any shut eye last night?

Yay for 3 hours of sleep ... better than nuthin'! Seriously, don't you find drawing here and chatting with everyone to be completely relaxing? It's my version of R&R...

lol i like to know if ppl r ok and stuff im a really nice person lol

thanks Lisa- I dont comment much- too much to see - but you get MAXIMUM cheers from me!

Hi Lisa! Oh, those nights of no sleep ... NOT FUN. Recently I had one of those and came to sketchfu around 3 a.m., and what a crowd! I think you were here that night, and Geri and tbinto and dogskull ... it was quite a party :D Well, art therapy is good therapy, and FREE! (Well, discounting the internet service, of course ;D) Keep on drawing ... love your work!

hey just stoped by to say how r u

thank u for the cheers! but sadly my eyes are not green altough my hair is black and im tanned so yeah....have a nice day:D

Cheers for the multiple cheers lisamm. Thanks, also for the comments & friend add ;-)

thank u for the comment lisa!:D

Hi Lisa, Ur so very welcome. Hope everything is good with U and a happy halloween =)

hey lisa jus sendin u a quick message to tell you its whiteclones birthday tomorrow!!!! hes turning 18. :) tryin to get heaps of people to draw things for him :)

Thanks! ^_^ I am feeling much better today, I hope you are as well!

I am out in the middle of nowhere....My neighbors pic is just a folk art style pic....real flat looking. I do have neighbors, they just aren't real close.

thanx fro the cheers lisa! oh and i really like ur abstract drawings, i hope one day i can be as good as u are in abstract:D

heehee ... oh yes, I had a misspent youth, too!

well it is workin but its hard to draw with the touchpad-i dont have a mouse no more.

thanx 4 the comments lisamm:)

Hey there! You know how we're going to end up, Lisa? Did you ever see the movie "Pleasantville," where Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon get sucked into the TV and transported to an old 1950s style show? That'll be us, waving to all our friends from the other side of the FU screen! Haha!

chekc out my pics

hi lisamn gonna draw 2 day? ok gotta go bed is waiting 4 me..lol have a nice day!!!!!!!

OMG!!! UR work is so amazing!!

zanks 4 da add lisamm, i was afraid u were going to b like: who the hell r u??!!!!! lol ok im beign silly:) take care and have a nice day:D