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The Crayola Gourmet
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The Crayola Gourmet |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan 
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Greeneyes  
since 2000-09-09
Posts 9903In Your Poetic Mind |
I love this Lyra, you just have that soft touch, with much color.....  hugssss... Lauren~ The ocean looks like a thousand diamonds strewn across a blue blanket |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much for your reply, Lauren... I just edited it because I think when you read it, some of the colors were missing... but I'm glad you enjoyed it.  ~ gourmet hugsLyra |
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Mistletoe Angel
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (smiles) Awwwwwwww, I love this, sweet friend, I love art and love coloring with crayons! (kiss on cheek) Ever since I was a little boy I loved drawing butterflies and smiling happy-face suns and trees, and I still love to draw many things for Joanna! (kiss on cheek) This is beautiful, sweet friend, we all love you so much, ooohhhhhh...and I was so happy talking to you on the phone today, that was wonderful, yay! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Lyra, thank you for sharing!  May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton "Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..." |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Colorful words you paint, dear Chipmunk lady...  |
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Gentle Spirit Member Patricius
since 2000-10-09
Posts 13989 |
Ya know Lyra, for a chipmunk, you sure do know how to brighten a world!! Loved this sweetie. Enjoy life, this is NOT a dress rehearsal. |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Lyra, so that's where you get your colourful language! Brilliant! Kethry Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Lyra~ This is a sheer delight~ I know a certain poet gal that I'm forwarding it to .... she collects Crayola memorabilia~  *Hugs* ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Oh yes!, I, too, grew up with waxy smells rainbowed my way to heaven black was used for spells Oh yes I too grew up with Crayola rainbow swells... |
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WhiteRose Member Elite
since 2002-07-23
Posts 3208somebody's dungeon |
I was more of a watercolor child. But my daughter does have a collection of about 900 crayons. I'm thinking about passing it on to my grandson since she has long since outgrown the coloring stage. Enjoyed this read very much. There are a million messages, |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
When I was a kid, at the house we had a huge cookie tin just FULL of crayons. Every time I opened the lid, you'd get that waxy smell. Of course, I tried eating one once (really little then). The paper stuck to the roof of my mouth and the flavor was nasty. That's when I learned that colors doesn't necessarily mean taste. So stay away from the green acorns! |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much for your reply, Noah... I find it so interesting that most of the poets here, have at least one other artistic interest...so it doesn't surprise me at all that you are interested in drawing... Thanks so much for the phone call last night, it was wonderful to talk to you.  ~ artistic hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much for your kind words, Nan... I guess I am probably the only chipmunk who has ever eaten Crayola crayons...  ~ Crayola chipmunk hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Donna... I guess chipmunks usually don't brighten the world.....instead, they usually cause trouble... I'm glad I do both... ~ hugs from a colorful chipmunkLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks Keth... Yes, thats true... thats where my colorful language comes from. Right out of the Crayola box... ~ colorful hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Marge... Its nice to know theres another Crayola poet around. I still have a big tin of crayons from my kids... I think I will keep it always. ~ hugs from the Crayola chipmunkLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Karilea...thanks so much for answering me in colorful verse... I think Crayola crayons have been around for so long that they have become an American institution... like cowboy hats, apple pie and the Statue of Liberty...amongst others ~ colorful chipmunk hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much for your reply, Anne... Definitely keep those Crayolas in the family. Someday they will be an antique. ~ Crayola hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Mr.Squirrel, especially for the warning about the green acorns... I actually used to like eating the crayons. I used to pretend that the red ones tasted of cherry and the purple ones of grape...etc. etc. Its amazing what a kid's mind can do. I guess thats why they are so good at playing pretend. Its something which we (unfortunately) outgrow. There are some things which I would just love to pretend didn't exist right now, like cancer and terrorism. Maybe I should go back to kindergarten again!!!! ~ Crayola colored rodent hugsLyra |
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NewEnglandlazurlu Member Rara Avis
since 2002-01-04
Posts 7470A Mountain Paradise |
Oh how fun this poem is! I love your creative colors. Coloring was never my thing when I was little, but my 28 year old daughter to this day loves coloring and is beyond thrilled if we give her a new box of Crayola's. Hugs, Marti |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks Marti... I never liked coloring too much...but I used to draw with crayons a lot... I drew all over the walls in my parents house, and to this day...I don't think my mother has ever forgiven me for my crayola adventures... and then when she caught me eating them...well, that was another story! ~ crayola hugsLyra |
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SmartChick Member Rara Avis
since 2001-09-23
Posts 7081On A Journey To The Unknown |
Lyra, this is such a delightful poem. |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Lyra I can picture you with those crayons...your tongue out just a tad in concentration...coloring in and out and between the lines. Loved this memory keeper. |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Sue... It sure was nice talking to you tonight ~ lots of hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much, Martie...but the truth is, I always hated coloring...preferring instead, to draw my own pictures. Many times I got in trouble for doing that at school...I also got in trouble for eating the crayons.... lets just say that I was always in trouble... ~ troublesome kindergarten chipmunk hugsLyra |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
I still have mine and I still USE THEM.....but I quit eating them years ago. Wonderful read full of color and poetic flavoring. Much enjoyed. |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
I'm glad you enjoyed it, Mark... I don't have mine anymore, but I have a huge tin of crayons which belonged to my kids. My grandkids play with them when they are here...but those crayons are not leaving this house.....in my lifetime... and I don't eat them anymore either. ~ hugs from a striped rodentLyra |
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mycafe Senior Member
since 2002-05-23
Posts 584 |
Charming! Charming! Makes me feel like drawing with these crayolas... marie Keep counting your blessings |
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paladin
since 2001-08-05
Posts 930Pensacola,Fl. |
I developed an ulcer site when I was in the navy.The doctor said it was stress related.He ordered me to get a coloring book and crayons.I was told to do a page each day with the following instructions. 1.It's ok to have green cows and brown grass. 2.It's ok to color outside the lines. It was cheap but effective therapy.Yes,and it was fun also. paladin |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks Marie... They are fun, but I recently bought some pastel crayons and they are even more fun except that they are really messy and get all over my hands. They aren't necessarily pastel colors. They come in all of the bright crayola shades and they are fun to draw with except for the mess. ~ Crayola chipmunk hugsLyra |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks for your reply, Paladin... I can see how drawing green cows outside the lines can be very relaxing... The brown grass, though is very common this summer... I see it all over the place. Do you still do that for therapy?  ~ therapeutic coloring book hugsLyra |
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paladin
since 2001-08-05
Posts 930Pensacola,Fl. |
I still have a coloring book with a few undone pictures.Now where did I store those crayons? paladin |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Paladin... If you can't find them, they sell them at any toy store. You can just say that you're buying them for your kids.  ~ childish hugsLyra |
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Goodknight Member Elite
since 2002-06-15
Posts 2386Ohio, USA |
lots and lots of funhere Lyra - it is fun to bring out the old crayons and color - I enjoy it with my grandkids now - loved this - Paul |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks so much Paul... Happy coloring... ~ hugs from the Crayola chipmunkLyra |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
so cute! |
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