{"id":7153,"date":"2012-02-02T09:56:26","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T17:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/?p=7153"},"modified":"2026-01-27T18:50:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T02:50:14","slug":"little-hands-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/2012\/02\/02\/little-hands-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Hands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently Bean has shown a greater interest in coloring and using writing tools. She&#8217;s increasingly at ease holding the pen(cil). It seems her favorite is colored markers, probably because they slide easily over the paper. She prefers to color pictures I draw for her (rather than choosing from the library of coloring books she has accrued). She also recently made some representational paintings that were pretty impressive. Take a look at her recent work:<\/p>\n<div class=\"photopost\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mindfulone\/6681890147\/\" title=\"dancer at the ball by Mindful One, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7150\/6681890147_44f8ef9bf2.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" alt=\"dancer at the ball\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><center>Dancer at the Ball<\/center><\/p>\n<div class=\"photopost\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mindfulone\/6681891791\/\" title=\"nature scene, signed by artist by Mindful One, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7143\/6681891791_853158d929.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"nature scene, signed by artist\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><center>Nature Scene<\/center><\/p>\n<div class=\"photopost\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mindfulone\/6807651893\/\" title=\"rainbow dash by Mindful One, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7022\/6807651893_836736489b.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"361\" alt=\"rainbow dash\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><center>Rainbow Dash<\/center><\/p>\n<div class=\"photopost\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mindfulone\/6807652849\/\" title=\"easter bunny and egg house by Mindful One, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7167\/6807652849_88fc0acc53.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"371\" alt=\"easter bunny and egg house\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><center>Easter Bunny and Egg House<\/center><\/p>\n<div class=\"photopost\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mindfulone\/6807653425\/\" title=\"giving a valentine by Mindful One, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7166\/6807653425_0334b8d3d4.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"381\" alt=\"giving a valentine\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><center>Giving a Valentine<\/center><\/p>\n<div class=\"photopost\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mindfulone\/6807654301\/\" title=\"girl with cat and flowers by Mindful One, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7173\/6807654301_2386612a53.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"358\" alt=\"girl with cat and flowers\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><center>Girl With Cat and Flowers<\/center><\/p>\n<div class=\"photopost\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mindfulone\/6807655511\/\" title=\"will you be mine? by Mindful One, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7022\/6807655511_8f93bac923.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"368\" alt=\"will you be mine?\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><center>Will You Be Mine?<\/center><\/p>\n<div class=\"photopost\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mindfulone\/6807651105\/\" title=\"coloring more and more by Mindful One, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7028\/6807651105_bbdd1eaff8.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"coloring more and more\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently Bean has shown a greater interest in coloring and using writing tools. She&#8217;s increasingly at ease holding the pen(cil). It seems her favorite is colored markers, probably because they slide easily over the paper. 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