tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45713405088414274182024-03-04T20:51:02.323-08:00Helen Tilston PainterAn award winning painter who paints in oil, en Plein aire. My purpose is to record life,on canvas, as it happens. To peacefully draw attention to changes to our beautiful world. All paintings are originals, no duplicates. Commissions welcomed.
E-mail: tilston188@yahoo.comhelen tilstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02791882664528962799noreply@blogger.comBlogger185125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-50014105492849596202023-02-26T05:55:00.001-08:002023-02-26T05:55:33.599-08:00Where to find our Paintings and our latest work<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPQ3FLBNUrsxvtDVQKVkMq6r5h5fgbakhWLVGMflvjDpBpFyZ4oxsTqcF55f8zGCCTpP4TmoKVBRu3EgWnUY671ONDRAxN4Mzbn2drEraNNTQlNY9EPIssGVskhZdJS1vLpLau8rMi5ZWB3TNJ-t4GJJkJuMpskeXo9qergxxQz7VBAlrU-pb-qQja/s1080/87141723_10157375994326137_9179153621965602816_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="810" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPQ3FLBNUrsxvtDVQKVkMq6r5h5fgbakhWLVGMflvjDpBpFyZ4oxsTqcF55f8zGCCTpP4TmoKVBRu3EgWnUY671ONDRAxN4Mzbn2drEraNNTQlNY9EPIssGVskhZdJS1vLpLau8rMi5ZWB3TNJ-t4GJJkJuMpskeXo9qergxxQz7VBAlrU-pb-qQja/s320/87141723_10157375994326137_9179153621965602816_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plein Aire Cottage Artists painting at IRB- Helen Tilston and Mary Rose Holmes.</td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> We are thrilled to hear our short documentary is now trending on PBS in various cities throughout the USA. Should you have missed it, here is the link.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #f0f2f5; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif;">Cause" aired on PBS/WEDU. </span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://www.pbs.org/video/plein-aire-cottage-artists-hcgnmf/?fbclid=IwAR2oaqwc5vS46AVgf6Uy_o9VxdtFw3rnOQ9SS14_y02D3kGWOUuvKU2D3EM" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--blue-link); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://www.pbs.org/video/plein-aire-cottage-artists-hcgnmf/</a></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">This 7 minute documentary was filmed entirely at Indian Rocks Beach Florida. This old fashioned seaside town is where the award winning three member Plein Aire Cottage Artists (Mary Rose Holmes, Violetta and Helen Tilston) have been painting, en plein aire for the past twenty three years. All our paintings are one of a kind, originals, painted in oil, en plein aire.</span></b></p><p><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUWhvZGdB9F0Q0wjNPKpvhWWKk1xDI6h0dtRWxomzTSIeqGmvrM1w-els-VBc56nWe1s4eanh8HxRTkaqLBptq0vgoyBhEOIR5Oa91TCRwl3lm44qg6i-etDjVQ64H3vi-NJNN4v6pEQhN3u7uincJrLW_H6rtzNZh-W2I5rw31OvgBlvmwvFI46fC/s1280/87307450_10157375994436137_2130310405950537728_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUWhvZGdB9F0Q0wjNPKpvhWWKk1xDI6h0dtRWxomzTSIeqGmvrM1w-els-VBc56nWe1s4eanh8HxRTkaqLBptq0vgoyBhEOIR5Oa91TCRwl3lm44qg6i-etDjVQ64H3vi-NJNN4v6pEQhN3u7uincJrLW_H6rtzNZh-W2I5rw31OvgBlvmwvFI46fC/s320/87307450_10157375994436137_2130310405950537728_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mary Rose Holmes painting during filming of Canvas with a Cause Documentary, <br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">We have just fund a new art show of our latest paintings at Seabreeze Island Grill, Redington Shores, Florida. We hope you visit. This venue shows our work in dappled sunlight from the intercostal water and the scent if jasmine wafts through the area.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_n4DecYv2qH-tVILq0pKWAOelv4bDqWwyssMmtuysPf5y36j18vPS6BVCmXTrYGL6gtBH3Ls5eS93ZGjQ2c5mKibNDbi7DXncfKMeyXmrgDgLgLOBts7p7EamqyT7Ke929sDxUnhBpHyrtM3DVOciFXbV2M0PkE3iUBt2dN06P7CaGOE0z29rFSCN/s433/278563_10151063028796137_1902669856_o%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="433" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_n4DecYv2qH-tVILq0pKWAOelv4bDqWwyssMmtuysPf5y36j18vPS6BVCmXTrYGL6gtBH3Ls5eS93ZGjQ2c5mKibNDbi7DXncfKMeyXmrgDgLgLOBts7p7EamqyT7Ke929sDxUnhBpHyrtM3DVOciFXbV2M0PkE3iUBt2dN06P7CaGOE0z29rFSCN/s320/278563_10151063028796137_1902669856_o%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Helen Tilston chasing her umbrella during painting and filming of Canvas with a Cause at Indian Rocks Beach Florida..</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">For more information on other venues for our work, please contact me: tilston188@yahoo.com</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Here is the link from Fox News </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tampa Bay 6 o'clock news Tuesday, January 31, 2023.: </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://www.fox13news.com/news/plein-aire-cottage-artists-helps-preserve-old-florida-cottages?fbclid=IwAR3X9gdfpu-T6vtmxPrB_oI_39TH4a9ZQVy1nws_r6c7ujRTVSR2ZeQi-Fc" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--blue-link); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://www.fox13news.com/.../plein-aire-cottage-artists...</a></span></span></b></p>helen tilstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02791882664528962799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-23723081819096825752021-09-26T15:03:00.001-07:002021-09-26T15:03:14.045-07:00Giving Back Is Important to The Plein Aire Cottage Artists<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVza8r3wHxbFVj19_5C0mopzVV366CSRBs85ho7O_2jwAeHP8Q9_xmPkcukPg0euKzexBzCYpxXysVMpOJklLdCEBPqnRv4FVLciypP5LNse8S7w_m1UO-ioOpiul7PES9lURu3zxGtZQ/s640/234782326_816138319083645_8085136008941805116_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVza8r3wHxbFVj19_5C0mopzVV366CSRBs85ho7O_2jwAeHP8Q9_xmPkcukPg0euKzexBzCYpxXysVMpOJklLdCEBPqnRv4FVLciypP5LNse8S7w_m1UO-ioOpiul7PES9lURu3zxGtZQ/s320/234782326_816138319083645_8085136008941805116_n.jpg" width="268" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mary Rose Holmes Painting "Welcome to Paradise" en plein air.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </p><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">Mary Rose Holmes, award winning Indian Rocks Beach artist, featured in Canvas with a Cause documentary -PBS. <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl py34i1dx gpro0wi8" href="https://video.wedu.org/video/episode-917-coierw/?fbclid=IwAR3Mbiz9SIVzCQSDUTrFHCRYkPrwIICIOgv4PihRyjakTKAPnyhQ9YfPEaI" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://video.wedu.org/video/episode-917-coierw/</a></span> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">and Save Our Cottages Artists with a Cause PBS/Film Festivals.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl py34i1dx gpro0wi8" href="https://creativeonmainstreet.com/save-our-cottages?fbclid=IwAR1xsH1pq0OnM9ZgV-Q_UwOOquryCyE924P7L83N1h7yFwqVaDFNrRgXGXk" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">https://creativeonmainstreet.com/save-our-cottages</span></a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">has generously donated "Welcome To Another Day in Paradise" which will be auctioned at Octoberfest on October 23rd. 2021 12.00 - 6-00 pm. Entire proceeds from painting will benefit Indian Rocks Beach Action 2000. Who wants to have this original oil painting hanging in their favourite room? Enquiries Mary Rose Holmes 813.294.2272 or email: tilston188@yahoo.com</span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">Thank you Mary Rose Holmes for your generosity.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFvZIQoFcOHVDLy-7WNLnVrDrXx_PC3Hcwwyd9k9HBGkwPpYwzsyt9j6ZzWvxOeJD2l92ZLysMFeCxIt6YIRzCVR8OgUmGH3_Oba4RqB9VUhvKFrNW6naN9FZXH8iS2oloeevwlRnYqIM/s640/231767427_816138489083628_7823199529804592986_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="566" data-original-width="640" height="475" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFvZIQoFcOHVDLy-7WNLnVrDrXx_PC3Hcwwyd9k9HBGkwPpYwzsyt9j6ZzWvxOeJD2l92ZLysMFeCxIt6YIRzCVR8OgUmGH3_Oba4RqB9VUhvKFrNW6naN9FZXH8iS2oloeevwlRnYqIM/w496-h475/231767427_816138489083628_7823199529804592986_n.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>helen tilstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02791882664528962799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-33294986903914285992021-07-03T15:07:00.000-07:002021-07-03T15:07:01.805-07:00<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZWwE9NhkCWX25f4BFf0WCGSsfYhhPCDdCj5KFwkn7ocRK1VxmGap6O604xj9PZneSmPXIA6g-JaAFILRzG4xj05WtflwfSI9okqiezVXz3C8mUzGne7uWXIrjQlCL7xmqGlnmV0isd7c/s2048/0E450AAA-7A60-43F1-8DF2-29F5A38ABE49_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZWwE9NhkCWX25f4BFf0WCGSsfYhhPCDdCj5KFwkn7ocRK1VxmGap6O604xj9PZneSmPXIA6g-JaAFILRzG4xj05WtflwfSI9okqiezVXz3C8mUzGne7uWXIrjQlCL7xmqGlnmV0isd7c/w300-h400/0E450AAA-7A60-43F1-8DF2-29F5A38ABE49_1_201_a.heic" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180;">Helen Tilston PAINTING AT Dunmore East, IRELAND.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The long Summer day begins, here in Ireland, a 5.00 am when the birds warm up their voices. Dusk happens long after 10.00 pm. This makes for delightful days with long shadows and dappled light and long hours painting outdoors. Sheer bliss for me.</span></span></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghkTMd-nK1CMf7_g8vwbJe6Qkt-OHx_w7U8k9yX7Z7RTttARICxLrMxk0Uz57nzaREZ-dVSvrmQmft-nfq5JywN8G1nYtg0ikHrNhqGvz1C0vRsjDn46OCkqJaF3Pakyf-BLZsfygQXhA/s2048/2827A517-FB98-49DB-A81C-65A09C452ED4.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghkTMd-nK1CMf7_g8vwbJe6Qkt-OHx_w7U8k9yX7Z7RTttARICxLrMxk0Uz57nzaREZ-dVSvrmQmft-nfq5JywN8G1nYtg0ikHrNhqGvz1C0vRsjDn46OCkqJaF3Pakyf-BLZsfygQXhA/w300-h400/2827A517-FB98-49DB-A81C-65A09C452ED4.heic" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180;">A morning tea break with friend @ Youghal, County Cork.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">An invitation to join a friend for a morning cuppa. Then back to the easel.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf9yqHoza-cV9mbuydMPb6C_S-D0TWrO5x_wF9yyFsxEr0J56Tfb14u3PKHH14OKzwUtmpIIc6cHz3yqwvn3OD7Dx1y_65ALjMiykqSFEcmGVIhJib7jwA9KwjHfg7-_EIz9hTaLjVur0/s2048/8927A4D3-A1ED-41CF-BD30-2A4CD4CF0C8D.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf9yqHoza-cV9mbuydMPb6C_S-D0TWrO5x_wF9yyFsxEr0J56Tfb14u3PKHH14OKzwUtmpIIc6cHz3yqwvn3OD7Dx1y_65ALjMiykqSFEcmGVIhJib7jwA9KwjHfg7-_EIz9hTaLjVur0/w400-h300/8927A4D3-A1ED-41CF-BD30-2A4CD4CF0C8D.heic" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180;">Helen Tilston PAINTING EN PLEIN AIRE AT YOUGHAL.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #800180;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Lunch at Ballymaloe, County Cork where a robin joins me at table</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4xLSM08PnnwpAn5IBfd7O528MSbAIXsezZ0UJIQcS-dZ_jdpmwpAqyQRMAGXkE2fg7Idpb0-tJYPx1J3QFdU1FGPyQ0CKCrEOCdEIkuhDSPTVgmGgWdilByDzTxFfGNW7neCOkY5pd5Q/s2016/D30F9528-3DD1-4925-BC39-EC145975AEF1_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1099" data-original-width="2016" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4xLSM08PnnwpAn5IBfd7O528MSbAIXsezZ0UJIQcS-dZ_jdpmwpAqyQRMAGXkE2fg7Idpb0-tJYPx1J3QFdU1FGPyQ0CKCrEOCdEIkuhDSPTVgmGgWdilByDzTxFfGNW7neCOkY5pd5Q/w400-h217/D30F9528-3DD1-4925-BC39-EC145975AEF1_1_201_a.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I have completed several commissioned pieces and I am full of gratitude to all who support me and pay me the ultimate honour by having a painting of mine hang in their home. Please contact me at: tilston188@yahoo.com. (that is Tilston one eighty eight)</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Canvas with a Cause documentary has aired on WEDU/PBS and should you have missed this short documentary please view here :</span></p><p><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl py34i1dx gpro0wi8" href="https://video.wedu.org/video/episode-917-coierw/?fbclid=IwAR2HMNjsihh2bR8XFEBnirV2PL_pUt1JxYqJ8Hr0Ox8I88nhbxb7upjeUG0" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">https://video.wedu.org/video/episode-917-coierw/</span></a></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Continued joy and stay safe my friends</span></p><p><br /></p>helen tilstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02791882664528962799noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-57061260908934482332020-12-24T08:41:00.003-08:002020-12-24T08:41:43.856-08:00Giving Back Martini + Matisse<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRs8kYvvOlRSG9UfnivQ3IwA2z-mfIfQ-uCwl8AD4pEJNGa5nPg6DsI3whJScYJ7LIMjzL1vuNtwa2HpDPeqZCRC4RBOUhXaz5Ofayi821MR-it1j5JHwnXVFMIKhm8HpBoldC1iGMYCI/s604/24CBC27F-CBEC-4A47-8AC7-65DE9217AB3E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="604" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRs8kYvvOlRSG9UfnivQ3IwA2z-mfIfQ-uCwl8AD4pEJNGa5nPg6DsI3whJScYJ7LIMjzL1vuNtwa2HpDPeqZCRC4RBOUhXaz5Ofayi821MR-it1j5JHwnXVFMIKhm8HpBoldC1iGMYCI/s320/24CBC27F-CBEC-4A47-8AC7-65DE9217AB3E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mary Rose Holmes, Helen Tilston, Anne Sophie Matisse.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"> Each year I donate a painting to what I consider a great cause. The Event is called Martini + Matisse and the Gala takes place each January. This fundraiser benefits Clearwater Free Clinic in Clearwater, Florida, which provides health care to those in need.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">When the Clinic approached me some 15 years ago and asked for a donation of one of my paintings, I agreed. The featured artist then was Anne Sophie Matisse, great grand daughter of Henri Matisse who flew in from Europe to attend the Event. </span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Five years later we were the featured artist (my art partners, Mary Rose Holmes, Violetta and me). </span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This year, during lockdown in Ireland, I painted this scene at our local beach. "A Mother's Love" is winging her way across the Atlantic to be in Florida in time or the Martini and Matisse gala event in January. </span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin-UGj0TMs4wNfChXuyeubkVs4atCu4Vc0z_JVWuGOzS4-aebtKEDzOiwAx2Fs0qY5-JC64hOgmKeH8lUxZZuLAWFF2W7wiQDCeCUvFs-szRUL1R89BCnGXwImTfDQJUZ2_L3btOgbKKQ/s2048/AEE5382D-B29B-4324-8BA8-DCBE8893FCED.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin-UGj0TMs4wNfChXuyeubkVs4atCu4Vc0z_JVWuGOzS4-aebtKEDzOiwAx2Fs0qY5-JC64hOgmKeH8lUxZZuLAWFF2W7wiQDCeCUvFs-szRUL1R89BCnGXwImTfDQJUZ2_L3btOgbKKQ/s320/AEE5382D-B29B-4324-8BA8-DCBE8893FCED.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Mother's Love, original oil by Helen Tilston</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I take this opportunity to wish each of you my dear followers a very Happy Christmas and keep blogging.</span></p>helen tilstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02791882664528962799noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-76626600103923886392020-12-12T05:30:00.001-08:002020-12-12T05:30:46.268-08:00NEW PAINTINGSt<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxuGXzsnn3cOpksQVUtlPpSzAakDUlBdCtIjFQAW-zkLk3Ixk5NQQeQC8gkqBRvtDageM0JF_cpnixzdvmDI4S_6LlO9PVIIoOX3vcJUuWjPL31d7oMel9OtPzWJhn8gPkMwHyTgErcCA/s414/06FE1B4F-3B81-45AB-875F-2A75F8BE9577.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxuGXzsnn3cOpksQVUtlPpSzAakDUlBdCtIjFQAW-zkLk3Ixk5NQQeQC8gkqBRvtDageM0JF_cpnixzdvmDI4S_6LlO9PVIIoOX3vcJUuWjPL31d7oMel9OtPzWJhn8gPkMwHyTgErcCA/s400/06FE1B4F-3B81-45AB-875F-2A75F8BE9577.jpeg"/></a></div>helen tilstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02791882664528962799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-5338506140233389262020-09-19T05:25:00.003-07:002020-09-19T05:25:36.273-07:00CANVAS WITH A CAUSE<p> </p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge6eUwT9KxRpNVbYxYyoyPr6gFkpnlgb-fmKSAKyeAb7fj4lINW1FPEvebRTrFGcXEYIrqyNZNe4WG754rgOusK76Eq2Rx32_-f1vdfID1ygevVL0xuOK4u2S2r2r4p1QLYiU_sUdDAk8/s1248/DFA3CE52-ED5C-4C83-A357-36666B4376F3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1248" data-original-width="936" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge6eUwT9KxRpNVbYxYyoyPr6gFkpnlgb-fmKSAKyeAb7fj4lINW1FPEvebRTrFGcXEYIrqyNZNe4WG754rgOusK76Eq2Rx32_-f1vdfID1ygevVL0xuOK4u2S2r2r4p1QLYiU_sUdDAk8/w480-h640/DFA3CE52-ED5C-4C83-A357-36666B4376F3.jpeg" width="480" /></b></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Artists Tilston and Holmes during filming of Canvas with a cause</b></td></tr></tbody></table><br />We are delighted to share with you our short documentary, approximately 8 minutes which aired on WEDU/PBS Tampa, St. Petersburg and Sarasota on Thursday September 17, 2020 at 8.00 p.m.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHsMk4XpUKtRkRqxWcc5yVNE_GicDRm7EMrWq7mWnir-MSHKoBQU_SgpnJUvnrDDhnmpg7Blu5-ABzgB135UE8W9HgXXOxrOYEjlH4_kyqZfZuPXx7ZZ56fugbPceaPbNk5z4skheZCF8/s1248/17A20340-15A1-493A-8395-19B801C7DB6E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHsMk4XpUKtRkRqxWcc5yVNE_GicDRm7EMrWq7mWnir-MSHKoBQU_SgpnJUvnrDDhnmpg7Blu5-ABzgB135UE8W9HgXXOxrOYEjlH4_kyqZfZuPXx7ZZ56fugbPceaPbNk5z4skheZCF8/s1248/17A20340-15A1-493A-8395-19B801C7DB6E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDT-7K6fWA4rIwclxw6xF20M-MkwOuKhFKuUB07BnCFKPOz5uJQ27umgxNldKIUyawBBXk7vSgnj2nrxjfhZB-c0CqYdPP0ZIuiTznq2JiKRELkPZbjN2sGr_Vfu8FCfiB0t-doZShDQQ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDT-7K6fWA4rIwclxw6xF20M-MkwOuKhFKuUB07BnCFKPOz5uJQ27umgxNldKIUyawBBXk7vSgnj2nrxjfhZB-c0CqYdPP0ZIuiTznq2JiKRELkPZbjN2sGr_Vfu8FCfiB0t-doZShDQQ/w480-h640/image.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: times; font-size: large;">For our world wide friends, here is the link to Canvas with a Cause. In a nutshell it shows the beautiful old fashioned seaside city (more akin to a small town) of Indian Rocks Beach. This spectacular old fashioned town is on a barrier island and retains old world charm. Two artists Mary Rose and Helen Tilston, through their art, have brought attention to this beautiful town and some say stopped the tearing down of historic cottages. We feel it was the residents and visitors who joined in and objected to mass wall to wall high-rise condominiums.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl py34i1dx gpro0wi8" href="https://video.wedu.org/video/episode-917-coierw/?fbclid=IwAR0vJgeNBap7jVfpVgHQuoTRm79_uTEkGsvBvFb0hF1vLhoP3_X-RS_9xdY" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; touch-action: manipulation; white-space: pre-wrap;" tabindex="0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times; font-size: large;">https://video.wedu.org/video/episode-917-coierw/</span></a></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">For information on art work: E-mail: tilston188@yahoo.com</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Phone: USA. 813.294.2272 (Mary Rose)</span></p>helen tilstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02791882664528962799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-6615515441939759682020-08-04T01:56:00.002-07:002020-08-04T01:56:38.900-07:00CANVAS WITH A CAUSE https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PnQzJvwO1F8/XykXWCBYdsI/AAAAAAAAFy8/M7U9R14KHikROhL3K1EK3wqp74186gzHQCLcBGAsYHQ/s3888/IMG_6544.JPG<font color="#2b00fe" size="6" style="background-color: white;">Hello Friends, How are all of you keeping during this changed time? I departed Florida on March 7th for Ireland, following the final filming of 'CANVAS WITH A CAUSE" I was cautious and a little nervous, as my connection took me through Kennedy Airport in New York. Upon returning to Ireland we, like everyone else, went into lockdown. I wish there was a better word than lockdown, as it is too bossy for my liking. </font><div><font color="#2b00fe" size="6" style="background-color: white;"><br /></font></div><div><font color="#2b00fe" size="6" style="background-color: white;">Canvas with a Cause is a documentary featuring two artists Mary Rose Holmes and Helen Tilston, two long time residents of Indian Rocks Beach, Florida and their journey as plain aire artists in the past twenty or so years. They paint in oil, all original paintings, en plein aire, and no copies are made of our work. When the painting is sold it is gone with all the energy and memories in her creation and the new owner's energy now takes over with the painting. Someone commented: "Your paintings are like your babies; all with unique character and distinguished" Documentary film maker Roxanne Mannello, a final year student in Film-Making at St. Petersburg College and WEDU (Public TV/Radio, Florida). Working with Roxanne was energizing, enlightening and always going that extra few steps to get the best image. </font></div><div><font color="#2b00fe" size="6" style="background-color: white;"><br /></font></div><div><font color="#2b00fe" size="6" style="background-color: white;">Wayne David Atherholt, Director of Culture, Mayor's Office, City of St. Petersburg pictured below shares his knowledge of art in 'Canvas with a Cause" documentary. The triptych"Welcome to Indian Rocks Beach" behind Wayne was created (by Mary Rose Holmes and Helen Tilston) during the documentary. It awaits a new home.</font><div><font color="#2b00fe" style="background-color: white;"><br /></font></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#2b00fe"><br /></font></span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin1SCIplmfZqoUiv2GMsPQVYP2GxjhrDBxZkwuFPTqayxebTupzx7u7Yk6HtbnhT2trSgA2Cz6YRDNgeIT1EdWrBMiBIO3NYzK_vdbkrQ8hHd4_SAt9T8oVBowE3e07zt8CKvU7A7FLnY/s2048/fullsizeoutput_5482.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin1SCIplmfZqoUiv2GMsPQVYP2GxjhrDBxZkwuFPTqayxebTupzx7u7Yk6HtbnhT2trSgA2Cz6YRDNgeIT1EdWrBMiBIO3NYzK_vdbkrQ8hHd4_SAt9T8oVBowE3e07zt8CKvU7A7FLnY/s640/fullsizeoutput_5482.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><font size="6"><br /></font></div><div><font color="#ff0000" size="6">Mary Rose Holmes and Helen Tilston painting at Indian Rocks Beach during filming of "Canvas with a Cause"</font></div><div><font color="#ff0000" size="6"><br /></font></div><div><font color="#ff0000" size="5"><br /></font></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGvoZNrCFipkC7cnd-TY72FbNTIoX1BeMmnKuuVN_2XB8CNMH0ARunCtLiBaaAjs-_MBPaxAitSk9HtqK429Qt5DzH_OMF_FTmgafu-H6pI_TrpHv5s_BkbnCvO6Y1aQBqoJcvEGXcBNY/s1080/thumbnail-38.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="810" height="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGvoZNrCFipkC7cnd-TY72FbNTIoX1BeMmnKuuVN_2XB8CNMH0ARunCtLiBaaAjs-_MBPaxAitSk9HtqK429Qt5DzH_OMF_FTmgafu-H6pI_TrpHv5s_BkbnCvO6Y1aQBqoJcvEGXcBNY/w750-h1000/thumbnail-38.jpeg" width="750" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><font size="6"><br /></font></div><div><font color="#274e13" size="6">Helen Tilston Painting one panel of Triptych "Welcome to Indian Rocks Beach" as featured in Canvas with a Cause documentary.</font></div><div><font color="#274e13" size="6"><br /></font></div><div><font color="#274e13" size="5"><br /></font></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizLxAtYJkpKkSFCzxwKhagi67ytOgHTN4IaD06fihL-4MVfVEgLIgQ0D6RiC9NGHCX4NIvVgGhZtTQmjkiH92MVNEF_WorsNEXW4mT2tUR0FIv-wTjmyeaS_iCUegwWXnua5TdEcGT8zk/s1440/thumbnail-13.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" height="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizLxAtYJkpKkSFCzxwKhagi67ytOgHTN4IaD06fihL-4MVfVEgLIgQ0D6RiC9NGHCX4NIvVgGhZtTQmjkiH92MVNEF_WorsNEXW4mT2tUR0FIv-wTjmyeaS_iCUegwWXnua5TdEcGT8zk/w750-h1000/thumbnail-13.jpeg" width="750" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><font color="#783f04" size="6">Our beautiful and talented cinematographer and film maker Roxanne Mannello filming Mary Rose Holmes painting at Indian Rocks Beach.</font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm2P48d3yKO_yW9YVv-O21xX-2YvI5Bc5JfiGXlXjzFwj2zw6MtAIHxCvLzq2PwAy7VdniDTkzdzoZT3yfmw2hAmqSXW56GQfuJ2zJKJX7aApLWek3gLcmOYEO-fjOdHIiTOpsnHt44JU/s2048/IMG_6306.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm2P48d3yKO_yW9YVv-O21xX-2YvI5Bc5JfiGXlXjzFwj2zw6MtAIHxCvLzq2PwAy7VdniDTkzdzoZT3yfmw2hAmqSXW56GQfuJ2zJKJX7aApLWek3gLcmOYEO-fjOdHIiTOpsnHt44JU/w800-h600/IMG_6306.JPG" width="800" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><font color="#7f6000" size="5"><span style="caret-color: rgb(127, 96, 0);">Canvas with a Cause is completed and we look forward to a Fall showing on WEDU and, fingers crossed, PBS</span></font></div><div><font color="#7f6000" size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font color="#7f6000" size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font color="#7f6000" size="5">I checked my yarn supply and found this beautiful biscuit colour yarn in 100% linen. It matched my hat purchased in Provence last year, so a simple design I concocted and it soothes my soul on long summer evenings and I say good-night to my studio.</font></div><div><font color="#7f6000" size="5"><br /></font></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjligD0mR2CmX0ewyHe68h3D7RgbRGAVdpd4qlaAmLSpGksWo2XBouFY3UhhzKwBRHMPothktNpklpvpcZg_-qfNpnRd7b6TKPl0TdnCvZAubP4XbYUZSC8VCdL0EXIZL1dKf3tgnR09V4/s3888/IMG_6544.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="3888" height="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjligD0mR2CmX0ewyHe68h3D7RgbRGAVdpd4qlaAmLSpGksWo2XBouFY3UhhzKwBRHMPothktNpklpvpcZg_-qfNpnRd7b6TKPl0TdnCvZAubP4XbYUZSC8VCdL0EXIZL1dKf3tgnR09V4/w800-h800/IMG_6544.JPG" width="800" /></a></div></div></div>helen tilstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02791882664528962799noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-66404606218226751392020-04-23T14:19:00.001-07:002020-04-26T00:21:51.765-07:00GOOD NEWS "CANVAS WITH A CAUSE" A NEW DOCUMENTARY<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">January 11 Save Our Cottages Artists with a Cause documentary and art show played to a sold out audience at Indian Rocks Beach, Florida.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">More than 400 collectors and clients filled the art centre. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Two years of filming, painting and planning went into this event. We filmed in Provence, France, the birthplace of impressionism and also at Indian Rocks Beach, Florida. Two of the most fun filled years of our lives.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The three member Plein Aire Cottage Artists are the feature of the documentary and like all great documentaries it is the guests and speakers who contributed who made the documentary such a success. It was accepted at Gasparilla Film Festival in Tampa and won the "People's Choice" Award in 2019. Currently it is being entered in film festivals such as Toronto, Cork and others before going as promised to PBS where it will receive widespread viewing. Emmy Award documentary film maker Lynn Marvin Dingfelder and Emmy award cinematographer Larry Wiezycki are a joy to know and work with.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Documentary Film-maker, Lynn Marvin Dingfelder, Violetta Chandler, Larry Wiezycki and Kim Wiezycki</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Guests from Arizona, Janice Boug, Artist Helen Tilston and guest from Toronto Raquel Benzacar Savatti</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Some new and exciting projects on the back burner which we shall reveal shortly.</span></div>
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helen tilstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02791882664528962799noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-89096934756562338722019-07-02T07:28:00.002-07:002019-07-02T07:40:12.930-07:00Exciting News - A Documentary Save Our Cottages: Artists with a Cause & Victoria Magazine<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><b>Hello my dear friends, I apologize for my absence from blogging. I have a few excuses but all are not good enough to account for my being absent. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><b>Victoria Magazine, July August issue is featuring the Plein Aire Cottage Artists. My award winning art partners (Mary Rose Holmes, Violetta Chandler and Helen Tilston a.k.a. The Plein Aire Cottage Artists) and me were filmed for two days at Indian Rocks Beach, last November. It was a very extraordinary experience and we became instant friends with the Stylist and Photographer who worked with us. A Stylist can really create the ambiance and setting. I hope you have a change to get Victoria Magazine and view the shoot. It is 8 pages and illustrates beautiful Indian Rocks Beach, Florida, a beautiful old fashioned seaside town. It is a fabulous place to visit and stay for a week, two or several months.</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: small;">At Premier of Save Our Cottages Artists with a cause: Mary Rose Holmes and Helen Tilston.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><b>Save Our Cottages: Artists with a Cause documentary by Emmy award winning documentary film-maker Lynn Marvin Dingfelder and Larry Wiezycki premiered in November in Florida to an audience of 1,000 viewers. The documentary was selected by Gasparilla Film Festival, Tampa and shown to a packed out theatre in Tampa. It won the best "peoples choice" documentary on Florida. The documentary is going to be shown at major film festivals and PBS have claims on it. I shall keep you posted as dates are presented.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><b>Save Our Cottages: Artists with a cause was filmed at Indian Rocks Beach, Florida and also Provence, France, the birthplace of impressionistic paintings. One very exciting moment was filming at Cezanne's Studio at Aix-en-Provence, after hours, and holding his props and painting materials.</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: small;">Artists Violetta Chandler and Helen Tilston inside Cezanne's Studio at Aix-en-Provence</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: small;">Inside Cezanne's Studio at Aix-en-Provence, Artist Helen Tilston, Roberta and Mary Rose Holmes</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: small;">Outside Cezanne Studio, Documentary Filmmaker, Lynn Marvin Dingfelder, Roberta, Larry Wiezycki, Mary Rose Holmes and Violetta Chandler (Photo Helen Tilston)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: small;"><b>Props as used by Cezanne in his paintings only the fruit is fresh.</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><b>Out Painting and filming at Indian Rocks Beeach, Mary Rose Holmes, a friend and her puppy and Helen Tilston</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><b>I look forward to catching up with all of you my friends.</b></span></div>
helen tilstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02791882664528962799noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-53605100986108019282017-10-28T11:13:00.001-07:002017-10-28T11:15:25.443-07:00Wilde's Fairy Tales<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">My apologies for being absent from this blog for so long. There is a ton of excuses but they are all outdated. I try and visit my favourite blogs and still love reading blogs and I think of the beautiful stories and life events that my blogging friends have written about over the years.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">I have been enthralled by a five part radio programme on RTE (Radio Telefis Eireann) Lyric FM. Oscar Wilde penned five fairy tales. Each week one of Wilde's fairy stories was read and scholars from Trinity College Dublin and Oscar Wilde's grandson spoke/reviewed the fairy tales. Should you wish to listen, they are available on Podcast, free of charge. www.wildestories.ie. <i>Tip: When you click on e.g. Episode One Click on the Link that says "Listen to Wilde Stories' Episode in full"</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">I have a hard time picking a favourite and I cried when I listened to "The Nightinggale and The Rose"</span><br />
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helen tilstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02791882664528962799noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-32671011793154216882017-05-08T14:36:00.001-07:002017-05-09T01:20:07.089-07:0018 Years Ago Today - A Particular Friendship<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Dirk Bogarde left this world eighteen years ago today. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">I was saddened and planted, at our farm, a white lilac bush in his honour. I did not have the pleasure of meeting Dirk Bogarde.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Dirk Bogarde was an Actor, Painter and Novelist.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Bogarde served with the British Army during the second world war at 22 years. <span style="color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Bogarde was one of the first</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> Allied</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">officers in April 1945 to reach the</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> Berger Belsen concentration camp</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">in Germany, an experience that had the most profound effect on him and about which he found it difficult to speak for many years afterward.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Dirk Bogarde is often referred to as a Matinee Idol and starred in many movies</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Later he became more selective and acted in more challenging roles. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Bogarde was born and lived in England and later in France with his long time partner Anthony Forward.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">It was Dirk's writing that captured me and in particular this book which hooked me on his writing.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Madame X, while waiting for her hair to dry, is reading a magazine at her hairdressers in California. She reads that Dirk Bogarde has purchased a new home in England. Madame X recognizes the home and it is one she lived in many years earlier. Madame X writes to Dirk Bogarde and they correspond for several years. He bears his soul to Madame X. The love between the two is magical. A must read.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">I have read all of Dirk Bogarde's books and they adorn my bookshelf. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Today a white candle flickers and I recall a man who was born with integrity, charm, common sense and with so many gifts all of which he used.</span></span></span><br />
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helen tilstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02791882664528962799noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-80413103917368169532017-03-16T15:52:00.001-07:002017-03-16T15:54:55.074-07:00St. Patrick's Day 2017<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Wishing all a very Happy St. Patrick's Day. How will you celebrate? In Ireland it is a Holy Day and also a holiday. History tells us St. Patrick brought christianity to Ireland in the year 432. Most towns have a parade and there will be great bands and music in the local pubs. There will be no corned beef and cabbage, as this is not a dish served in Ireland.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Next week I am heading to France and I am frantically trying to brush up on my French. It is a very exciting time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Where have the past five months gone to? It seems like a blur.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We have very exciting news. The Plein Aire Cottage Artists: Mary Rose Holmes,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Violetta Chandler and Helen Tilston have been filming. We are the subject of an upcoming PBS documentary "Save Our Cottages; Painters With a Cause" </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We have had several days of filming outdoors at Indian Rocks Beach, Florida. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our next destination for filming will be Provence, France in June. This being the birthplace of Impressionism. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a new experience for all three of us and we are learning a lot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hope you all have had a wonderful summer and that Autumn is as beautiful where you are as it is here in Ireland.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is part of my daily run/walk here in Youghal, County Cork. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The view returning from my walk.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A gift of freshly caught mackerel from a generous fisherman. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My friend Katy and I foraging for Rosehips Photo Helen Tilston</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Harvesting with my friend Katy for rose hips. There are many recipes and we primarily use rose hip at the onslaught of a cold. It always seems to work for us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Foraging is hard work and our reward is tea on the shore. Only from a silver tea pot and china cups.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes we have home made short bread biscuits from Ahernes Restaurant Youghal<a href="http://www.ahernes.com/">www.ahernes.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Plein Aire Cottage Artists show continues at Aherne's in Youghal, Co. Cork.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our foraging of seaweed at low tide yesterday yielded pepper dulse, bladderwrack and serrated wrack. The latter as shown in photo at beginning is used for a seaweed bath, which is a luxury.</span><br />
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helen tilstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02791882664528962799noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-33160931553076620672016-04-27T14:56:00.002-07:002016-04-28T08:15:59.746-07:00Old Head, Kinsale, Ireland<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Old Head Golf Course in Kinsale is unique. It was ranked #1 by Links Magazine as the most beautiful golf course on earth. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">We spent a most memorable weekend here. My husband, Mike golfed and enjoyed the challenge and was pleased to not lose any balls. I took the opportunity to paint and I have received a commission.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Daniel Tani astronaut from Illinois completed five space walks in his career with NASA. During his 130 days in space, Daniel said he often found his eyes and mind wandering to Kinsale, Co. Cork. Daniel met his wife at Old Head Golf Course and is a regular guest.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mike Tilston stands by Stone of Accord at Old Head Golf Course</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0.6); color: blue; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The Stone of Accord was used in Ireland to seal important deals and make up arguments. Wedding vows were for one year only and were renewed by joining hands through the hole in the stone.</span><br />
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helen tilstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02791882664528962799noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-89264708384191768682016-03-21T16:09:00.002-07:002016-04-06T13:31:11.481-07:00The Hare With Amber Eyes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I belong to a newly formed book club. Our founder brought ten friends together from various professions and we are all getting along very well. Our first meeting was in November when we selected at my suggestion "The Hare with Amber Eyes" by Edmund de Waal.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I had read this book previously and the story lingered long after I closed the final page. Our meeting to review the book was scheduled for January. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">My daily routine is to fast walk/run 4-5 miles each morning on the beach. To vary my route I will sometimes walk over Belleair Bridge which is a steep bridge that has incredible views. One often meets the same walkers and Americans being both friendly and encouraging will greet and sometimes small talk ensues. My painting and exhibitions stole much of my time in December and I was cramming to finish my required read. I decided to listen to the book on tape. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">One morning my mind was miles away and on the home stretch of listening to "The Hare with Amber Eyes" when a regular walker, Madame X, a stunningly beautiful octogenarian waved and asked how I was. I unplugged my headset and she asked what I was reading. I told her and she asked what it was about. I told her it was a memoir with the story woven around a collection of 264 netsukes. I pronounced it net suke s. She promptly corrected my pronounciation saying it is net skas. I asked how she knew and she said she had a collection. I was stunned beyond belief and she then asked me if I would like to visit her home. I did not need much persuasion. She is an art collector and had a rich and varied collection, including approximately 100 netsukes all purchased in Japan where she was based for many years. She insisted on loaning me 10 pieces to our next book club meeting.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">That a stranger would know what a netsuke was surprised me but to think she had a collection and I met her and she trusted me to loan me these valuable pieces for our book club meeting has me still tickled pink. </span></div>
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helen tilstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02791882664528962799noreply@blogger.com74tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-63467102324091197942016-01-06T17:52:00.001-08:002016-01-06T20:51:00.120-08:00The Flowers Bloom and The Rain Also Falls<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It has been a difficult and different year. The death of my youngest brother in May left a hole in our day to day lives. My childhood school friend, Mary, also left this world in November. Upon reflection, I am grateful that I was able to spend the summer visiting my friend Mary in hospital, reminiscing, laughing and singing. Upon graduation Mary joined the Irish Times, where she worked her entire life. She had a wonderful singing voice and loved Elvis Presley and an Irish rock star called Joe Dolan. Like many in Ireland who have a song they sing when asked; Mary's party piece was:<br />
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Mary was very good looking and a natural blonde. She had a quick wit which often got us into hot water. I recall one time when she visited me in Toronto and we took a bus to New York. At the border between Canada and the USA, Canadian Customs and Immigration boarded the bus, checked our passports and asked what did we acquire while in the USA. Mary's response was: "Ah just a few phone numbers Officer". Everyone on the bus laughed but we were ushered off the coach and searched. The Parting Glass for my dearly departed friend Mary Fanning.<br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">One of my favourite restaurants in Ireland is Aherne's, located in the Historic Walled port of Youghal (Old Town Walls, built in 12th century are still intact) is one of Ireland's Heritage Towns and is seeped in history. Sir Walter Raleigh was Mayor of this town. Myrtle Grove his home is worth visiting.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">When Katie Fitzgibbon, owner of Aherne's asked if we would exhibit our paintings in their dining room we were thrilled to be associated with this fine establishment.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Should your travels take you to Ireland, Aherne's is a must. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Open turf fires and warmest of welcomes await you in this family run hotel in historic walled port of Youghal. Rooms are comfortable and luxurious, decorated with antiques and original art work. Their famous seafood bar and restaurant specializes in the freshest of local seafood: lobster, crab, prawns, mussels and salmon. The FitzGibbon family have been running Aherne's since 1923 and the present owners, third generation, David and John and their wives Katie and Gaye are always on hand to extend a welcome and offer personal advice.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Aherne's is the perfect base for touring the South East, Waterford Crystal, Jameson Whiskey, Ballycotton, Ardmore, Lismore and Cork City are all in close proximity.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Aherne's is one of the exclusive properties featured in the prestigious "Ireland'sBlue Book"</span><br />
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Born in a thatched house in the west of Ireland to two loving parents, three brothers and three sisters. My sandbox was the Atlantic Ocean, just a few summersaults from our front door.<br />
Learning to read, my sister Philomena's mystery stories, at five years of age, presented me with a love of literature, poetry, drama and music. I am told I, annoyingly, read aloud, in my treble voice, the Sunday newspapers. Music and love was in our hearts.<br />
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I bade farewell to my siblings on May 23rd and have joined my parents, sister Philomena and ancestors, hopefully, in heaven. <span style="color: #6a6a6a; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px;">Slán agus beannacht</span> Thomas Glynn, Dublin, Ireland. Now I hand you over to my sister Helen:<br />
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Our handsome, young brother is missed more than he will ever know. A poet and bard I would like to share a poem he wrote when he was sixteen years old.<br />
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<b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">My Life </span></b><br />
<b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">by: Thomas Glynn</span></b><br />
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<b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Within my life</span></b><br />
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<b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I weave my colours</span></b><br />
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<b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">My thread is long enough</span></b><br />
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<b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Between my life and death there are no boundaries</span></b><br />
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<b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Nor is there an edge to Space</span></b><br />
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Thomas presented me with this poem"Wind" when I first immigrated to the New World.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>WIND for my beautiful sister Helen</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Will the Wind be wild enough,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>To clear our warm worn ways,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>And bring to life and light,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Some young green off-spring,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Or will my words be withered</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>In your winter</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>And my song be torn to tears</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>In the wailing wind ......Thomas Glynn 5A</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Thomas was also a talented amateur actor and singer. In 1988, RTE held a contest for Ireland's Worst Singer. Thomas on his way down Grafton Street in Dublin, stepped into a phone booth, rang RTE and sang, completely off key "I did it my way" He won two tickets to Michael Jackson's concert in Cork City.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>I will leave you with Michael Jackson singing Gone Too Soon</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">My I-Phone pings at 5.00 a.m. each morning and I know Lauren has sent me her latest poem. Lauren, an identical twin, is the daughter of my good friend Daryl.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Today's message holds great wisdom and I pray that we will all make an effort to remember this in our daily comings and goings.</span><br />
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helen tilstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02791882664528962799noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571340508841427418.post-81697940842645081422015-04-14T13:14:00.001-07:002015-04-14T13:14:35.764-07:00Missoni and Valentino Yarns and Designs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Recently whilst in the waiting room of my doctor's office a basket of yarn and knitting needles sat on the coffee table. This indicated to me that my doctor would not be punctual. I picked up the white wool and continued to knit what looked like a scarf which a previous patient had started. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I became engrossed in knitting and started to form a pattern using the blackberry stitch. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Before long a woman commented on my speed at knitting and asked where I learned to knit.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I told her I learned at four years of age, at school, in Ireland. She was surprised at my knowledge and I shared with her that I did make a living at knitting, designing and selling yarn for many years and had sold my business approximately twenty years ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She then asked where my shop was located. I told her the name of my shop was The Knitting Place in Toronto, Canada and she said "Is your name Helen by chance? I was stunned and said yes it was, whereupon she immediately pulled out her cell phone and placed a call to her mother and said "Guess who I am sitting with at the Doctor's Office"? Her mother had been a client of mine for many years. When I sold the shop she apparently missed me and my name was often mentioned at Shabbat Dinner and her mother still treasured and wore many of the one of a kind sweaters we designed for her. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We exchanged numbers and made a plan for a morning coffee meeting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our shop specialized in luxury yarns and we were recognized as the number one seller of Missoni and Valentino yarns, a line from Filatura di Crosa, in North America. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Knitting Place featured in Filatura Di Crosa Magazine circa 1992</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It made my day to connect with this delightful and memorable client. </span><br />
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