My picture for Karma also would have been nice for this theme too, as that is what I picture when I think of tranquility. However I decided to sit down for a change and try to do a drawing in a book I was drawing in daily for a while last year. I thought about taking up that habit again, it never seems to last! So this is what I came up with. Home is a big deal for me and it really is a facet of tranquility. I love my home! We have a chance to move to a quieter leafier street, pay 200$ more in rent and maybe it will be a smaller place too. It IS tempting only because it is so loud here on the main street and there are odd characters milling about down there, we don't have a yard or trees.
I have lived here for nearly 8 years and apart fromt he bother of moving all the junk we have, the thought of leaving my home made me sad! We do want to leave one day, but hope that will be a day when we can buy our own little house someplace nearby.
So tranquility to me is my home, I love my kitchen, my piles of cd's, the place I sit on the sofa, the books and blankets, my cup of tea and my bowl of sugarcubes. Seeing the silppers by the bed and the
keys on the pegs makes me happy and feel at peace.
Tania, what a wonderful sentiment, and even more, a wonderful, wonderful drawing. It exudes warmth and comfort and tranquility.
Posted by: Giao | July 28, 2005 at 11:35 AM
♥ thanks Giao!
Posted by: tania | July 28, 2005 at 12:10 PM
sweet thoughts to go with a sweet illustration. happy long weekend!
Posted by: jan | July 28, 2005 at 12:32 PM
Hey, I love your style, I think you really found something in you, congratulations
Posted by: Mercedes | July 28, 2005 at 12:42 PM
Lovely post and such a lovely drawing too!
Posted by: myra | July 28, 2005 at 01:03 PM
reading your post first thing this morning made me feel so content, thanks! i'm in love with your drawing also.
Posted by: mati rose | July 28, 2005 at 01:40 PM
what a sweet house drawing! I too am such a homebody, I feel content there like nowhere else!
Posted by: aimee | July 28, 2005 at 01:53 PM
what a happy house! lovely illo!
Posted by: violetismycolor | July 28, 2005 at 02:26 PM
wonderful illustration! I want to live in a house that blows bubbles :)
Posted by: hillary | July 28, 2005 at 02:46 PM
I really love this drawing Tania! Such sweet simplicity! If you ever make this into a print I would love to get a copy. It makes me happy just looking at it! You are so talented :)
Posted by: Cassi | July 28, 2005 at 03:19 PM
love the post that accompanies your sweet drawing Tania, makes me appreciate my little space
Posted by: Cin | July 28, 2005 at 04:14 PM
tania your home is fantastic... i think i would feel heartbroken at the idea of leaving it also. take your time, listen to your heart... you will do the right thing.
Posted by: angela | July 28, 2005 at 05:00 PM
♥ thank you everyone!
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Posted by: tania | July 28, 2005 at 05:19 PM
Just precious - and your thoughts about home are wonderful. Sounds like a happy place for you! Wonderful submission!
Posted by: Becky | July 28, 2005 at 07:27 PM
love this post and illustration! lovely.
Posted by: Stephanie | July 28, 2005 at 09:18 PM
This is my first time in your blog. And I must say that you have impressive illo! Very cute! :)
What softwares u used in your illustrations?
Posted by: coffee | July 28, 2005 at 10:18 PM
i love that drawing & the sentiments that follow...
Posted by: laura r. | July 29, 2005 at 01:38 AM
Beautiful as usual!!
Posted by: monica calvo | July 29, 2005 at 04:53 AM
I want to live here
Posted by: Will | July 29, 2005 at 05:39 AM