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Studio 365: Day 353

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With Day 365 less than two weeks away and with all of the holiday season activities to enjoy with family and friends, for these final few days of the year I thought I would share some older pieces from the studio as well as look back at some of the highlights of the year since Day 1.

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Landscape of the imagination 1991

My resolution for 2015 on that first day was to spend more time painting, with a goal of posting a photo from the studio each day throughout the year. During the times we were away I declared my camera and laptop my “mobile studio” so that I could continue to blog each day. I’m happy to say that with twelve days to go my goal and the finish line are almost in sight.

Studio 365: Day 1

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It’s a new day, a New Year and time as you can see for a new header and a new goal. My resolution for 2015 is to spend more time painting and less time blogging. Since I plan to be in the studio most days my goal is to post a photo from the studio each day throughout the year.

2014 was the year of the Monday Bouquet on thechangingpalette, 2015 will be the year of Studio 365.  I hope you’ll pop by from time to time and see how it’s all going. Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year.

Bloggaversary

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Machu Picchu

 

Today, May 19th, marks the One Year Anniversary of thechangingpalette. 

Happy Birthday to me!

I started blogging one year ago as a complete novice with machupicchucountdown, in preparation for our trek to Machu Picchu, the adventure of a lifetime .  With this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Work of Art, my recent painting of this archeological wonder seems to be the perfect way to celebrate the occasion.

Thank you to WordPress who make it all possible, to the great people at The Daily Post who have made me a better blogger (I hope), and to all of you who have been gracious enough to follow me on my journey. Over the year I have met so many of you in the blogosphere and have enjoyed your company as we have travelled together to distant lands and shared new adventures.

I look forward to Year Two of the thechangingpalette and very much hope that you will continue to join me on my journey.  With best wishes…Andrew

New Year’s Day Weekly Photo Challenge Puzzle

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…What better way to start the New Year than with a puzzle. A Happy New Year to all of you who have been following me and inspiring me with your blogs and encouraging comments. I started posting to the Weekly Photo Challenge in September and have submitted to each of the fifteen challenges since. This composite photo has snippets from each of my posts, so the puzzle is for you to work out which snippet belongs to which challenge. If you are visiting for the first time, welcome, and why not have a go. The fifteen challenges are: Lines and Patterns; Saturated; Good Morning; Infinite; The Hue of You; Horizon; Eerie; Habit; Layers; Unexpected; Let There Be Light; Grand; Community; One; and Joy. Good luck! You will find the solution at the end, but first…
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MAY: As this New Year begins I thought I would revisit each month since I started the blog last May, my first I should add. I titled the blog “machupicchucountdown” in anticipation of each day of a once in a lifetime adventure leading up to our arrival at Machu Picchu after a never-to-be forgotten seven day trek…
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JUNE: And what a day it was! I hope that what I wrote that day adequately expressed the beauty and majesty of this sacred place…
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JULY: Back home in my studio and the end of “machupicchucountdown” as “thechangingpalette” is born. Over the last few months you will have noticed I have changed my header as palettes have come and gone, hence the title…
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AUGUST: Hiking the high alpine trails on Whistler Mountain with breathtaking views at every step. Here we are looking across towards Black Tusk…
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SEPTEMBER: The month I started my first Weekly Photo Challenge with a gallery of photos of “Lines and Patterns”; this is the Olympic Cauldron in Jack Poole Plaza…
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OCTOBER: A special road trip to Portland Oregon to visit dear friends who were in our Machu Picchu trekking “community” (clue to the puzzle!) Dinner at the Peruvian restaurant Andina, one of Portland’s best, was the perfect place to remember our summer’s adventure…
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NOVEMBER: The dignity and grace of the Annual Remembrance Day Service in Victory Square…
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DECEMBER: The spectacular annual St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation’s Lights of Hope display once again providing hope and encouragement to so many…
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JANUARY 1st 2014: What better way to start the New Year than by walking around the sea-wall in Vancouver’s Stanley Park…
And so to end where we began with the solution to my New Year’s Puzzle…
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How did you do? I look forward to hearing from you and to enjoying more great Weekly Photo Challenges in 2014. Now, I think it’s about time for another glass of Prosecco. Cheers, and a Happy New Year once again…