Each month, this site features their top selling artists. This post links to the notification received via eMail for the best artists for February 2014.

Top 10 Artists in February | ArtFinder.com

I receive notifications via eMail. Of the Top Ten, Helen Wells is the artist I fancy. The image below is called “Happy”. Isn’t it lovely? It has been added to my Pinterest board collection of ARTISTS I FANCY. To date, my board has over 100 pins. I’m taking my time finding the artwork. What’s the rush? It’s like a pleasant eternal afternoon spent walking around an art museum. My first visit to our nation’s capital, Washington, D.C. and to New York, New York, I made it my mission to visit art museums or galleries. These days, I don’t get out much. But via the Internet, I let my imagination take me wherever.

Direct link to the Shop of Helen Wells
- Like Helen Wells, Artist on Facebook

ArtFinder.com fancies their site as an “affordable art marketplace”, a great place for shopping, where you can buy direct from independent artists and galleries. To date they boast over 2000 artists from 60 countries.

UPDATE: Reported on this marvelous art find in 2014. Fast forward to 2017. Found another captivating artist. Gordon Bruce, based in the UK. Shared info about him at my other blog "Joie de Vivre Magazine". His artwork is also available at Zazzle. (See below.) Enjoy!

Chinese lanterns Winter landscape Gordon Bruce
by gordonbruce

Northern lights aurora borealis painting poster
by gordonbruce

Questions asked at a forum called “My Survival Forum”. These were my answers. Honing your survival skills? Perhaps this will give you something to think about.

Cleaning utensils without water

I was watching a documentary on our public TV station and did notice that the women were wiping the plates with dirt. They were in the desert. I was thinking I would use leaves from a tree. But of course, if I'm in the desert then … (O.o) (???) So? Do you not think using leaves from a tree is a good way to clean dirty plates?

Medicinal Plants: Herbalism

My late mother believed in cerasee. It grew in the backyard of my childhood home. It seemed she believed you could take it for everything. She always brewed it like a tea and drank it. She got better. My theory is that it tastes so awful, whatever it was inside of her that was causing the ailment, ran away! I was sure she made it up because she didn't like to go to doctors and take us to doctors. Only to grow up and find that people from the islands have always used cerasee. Healthy Herbs and Spices | Cerasee

Medicinal Plants: Tea tree oil

No, I have never used tea tree oil because I just recently learned about it. A visit to a website maintained by a “Dr. Axe” provides details on what this natural remedy can do. Tea Tree Oil : Uses and Benefits | draxe.com

Soup, Stew and Hash - 18th Century Soldier Cooking

Two pots for cooking meals is OK. But I'm all for one-pot meals. I especially like soups and stews because they are hearty and filling. Also, throwing a soup party on a cold winter's night is fun!!

Stephen Hawking: Humans Only Have About 1,000 Years Left.

Not a follower of Stephen Hawking. But I'll try to be objective about his predictions. Easy for him to say. He won't be here in a thousand years so nobody will yell at him for being wrong! The chances for the world to end in a thousand years, a thousand centuries, a thousand millennia or a thousand nanoseconds are all equally not predictable.

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