your photo stories to practice resurrection (week 6) + enter our giveaway!

"... we should be taking steps to celebrate Easter in creative new ways: in art, literature, children's games, poetry, music, dance, festivals, bells, special concerts, anything that comes to mind. this is our greatest festival....This is our greatest day. We should put the flags out.

...if Lent is a time to give things up, Easter ought to be a time to take things up. ...The forty days of the Easter season, until the ascension, ought to be a time to balance out Lent by taking something up, some new task or venture, something wholesome and fruitful and outgoing and self-giving."

Want to join me, to practice resurrection for Eastertide? Take something up and share it with us. Maybe a six week dance class?  We want you to show us a picture. Planting spring flowers (maybe a new variety this year)? Show us! Taking a new route to work (maybe taking more time than necessary in honor of the mad farmer)?  Share it!

may 17

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We have lived in our house about 19 months now and this nest has been empty until this morning. I noticed a mama bird hanging out! How exciting!

(Lindsay Youngs Gilligan, Whitney Point, NY)

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Making strawberry jam goodness with Mom.

 (Deb Perry, Newport News, VA)

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I love to hear the sound of the cardinal every day at our feeder. It's one of the small gifts from God that we delight in daily.

(Kirsten Reynolds, Conklin, NY)

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Thank you, Janelle, for introducing my little princess to painting nails. All she wants for her birthday is nail polish.

(Anca Kochis, Vestal, NY)

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I started baking and decorating cakes again. I like to think of it as a way to honor and remember 

my grandmothers.  One was a fantastic cook and baker and the other one was a wonderful painter/artist. 

(JoAnn Murphy, Apalachin, NY)

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Trapeze school, blue sky, and a circle rainbow! Amazing.  

(Cheryl Mango, NYC)

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For our one year anniversary, my lovely girlfriend Rebekah painted me a picture of my favorite scene from my favorite movie (points to whoever can guess what it is). This might be the best present I've ever received.

(Alex Murphy & Rebekah Cummins, Austin)

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This week I'm featuring Megan Glennon from Glennon Interiors in Phoenixville, PA.  She generously shared a tutorial for turning trash to treasure with us on Wednesday. Read her guest post: Take Up Something New - repurposing curb-side trash to furniture treasure

You can see more of Megan's repurposing, decorating and event planning projects at her website and at her Facebook page.  

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Taking something that is trash and of no use to someone else and making it beautiful is my kind of therapy. Repurposing is such a great feeling!

(Megan Glennon / Glennon Interiors, Phoenixville, PA)

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Each week for the rest of May I'll select one motivational print from PJeanArtMachine to give away to one of YOU photo story contributors.

Three easy steps to play along our Practice Resurrection photo story series (and get your name entered in a weekly drawing):1. Take up something new. (one day or fifty days doesn't matter, just one thing that's new or, maybe just unique with this season)2. Take a picture and write a description in 36 words or less.3. Share the photo and the 36 word or less caption with me via email or facebook message by Thursday morning each week of the series.

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