Claudia van den Elsen-Westendorf Pieters's Comments

Hi Claudia -
Thank you for taking the time to send me your note. It's always a great thing to discover other people who care deeply about Mother Earth and her Beings. To hyperlink, just get the URL and then highlight the word that you want to link from. When you have the word highlighted, click on the link icon in the text box banner (to the left of the photo icon) and then paste in the URL. That should do it for you!

It could be that maybe one letter was wrong in the URL. If it's not pasted in exactly it won't link.

Claudia - Your open, loving heart and connection to all that is shows through your photographs. Happy to be your friend.

Hi Claudia - Thank you for your comment on the Hopi. Yes, the indigenous people see a bigger reality where "all our relations" are interconnected. Thank you for sharing your beautiful photographs! Blessings to you.

Ha lekker engeltje, ik wil koffie!

Thank you for the comment on bookpage. I found that one very interesting. Stay posted I have some more good pictures for everyone. God Bless & Peace

Claudia, Your photographs are absolutely beautiful. I'm glad you added them to this site. Everyone needs to be able to appreciate them. Do you know if we can share e-mail addresses without posting them publicly? I am very new to blogging - this is my first adventure. I played around with a watercolor of Hannibal in the tree - more of a closeup - yesterday but never got it right. Some days are like that, and I am going to try again. I feel like I am in a state of flux and change right now and my art is changing. That's one reason I couldn't get it right. I'd go in one direction and then see a new way to go and venture off that way. Not very productive, but I actually enjoy the zigzags. Never know what you'll discover. I haven't painted my dogs. I recently get a one year old beagle from my Mom. She got it last summer, but with Winter and colder weather she couldn't walk it now (my parents are 85 and mostly in very good health). My other two dogs are 10 and grouchy. I do plan to paint them soon. At some point I am going to do a series on them and their personalities. Now I work part time as a Massage Therapist and paint part time. I am very involved with a local art co-op gallery and that also takes a lot of my time. What fills your time? Sounds like you have a beautiful garden. I grew up on a farm, but I didn't get the green thumb.

Keep taking those beautiful shots of light and life - Beverly

yes, it is Dutch. That is why I responded to your name. But I have been born in SA. My Dutch forefathers must be from a couple of generations ago.

you should add more of your pictures to your site. What do you do for a living?

warmest
pierre

Claudia,

Thank you so much. Of course I will share my finished painting. I would also love to see your other photos. The one you used for your icon has such an innocent pure quality to it. I love the cats, and you're right, Hanibal is huge for 9 months. Can you tell me how to pronounce Pimmetje? (my southern english pronounces it Pem-met-ge) I have three dogs myself. I've been to the Netherlands twice, once when I was 16 and then when I was 27 as an art student on a studies abroad program. I took many years off from painting to raise my children and am beginning again. It amazes me everyday how the world of communication has changed in those 20 years. It makes so much more possible - I can't wait to see where this website is going.

To possibilities - Beverly

Greetings Claudia,

I love the photo of your cats in a tree. I am an artist in Atlanta, Georgia, USA and plan to enter an art competition soon that benefits Trees Atlanta. Atlanta is a very lucky city to have as many trees as we have. Unfortunately, last year a tornado hit the city and we have also been in a drought for several years. Consequently, our trees are suffering. Anyway, I am asking permission to use your photo as inspiration for a painting to enter in this competition. Proceeds from the entry fee and any sale of the painting go to benefit our local organization that takes care of public trees - Trees Atlanta. Of course I will credit you and your photo as inspiration if I am accepted into the competition. Kind of cool the way the web has opened up the world for sharing and learning and communing.

Beverly