https://www.troymuralproject.org/events daily 0.75 2019-12-18 https://www.troymuralproject.org/new-page daily 0.75 2019-12-23 https://www.troymuralproject.org/home daily 1.0 2025-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1588549068165-IDT4VKBPPTSH179L0JED/FredJones+Site.jpg Home See the site! This is the beautiful Janice Hawkins Cultural Arts Park on the campus of Troy University in Troy, Alabama. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1592240924072-AMCA3X1OS0A6MXX5Z628/Banner+Troy+Site+Home.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1a1bfd65-0dd7-4072-b15f-d9567f13c9a6/IMG_1446.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1627312914003-TLCW4VCGE35GYODNL39E/New+Mural+Arrays+-+4.jpeg Home - Above are just a few of the more-than 600 tiles created over the 2020-21 school year. We are excited for the wonderful variety and diverse participation. Talent abounds! Represent the International Artistic Community with ceramic tiles that YOU design! Help turn the GREY into COLOR. Click here to download a Call for Entries and Design Worksheet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1592241001753-OUC8IE9P6ZV9IW23E1OI/IAC+Mural+2019-20.phases.jpg Home Originally, Phase 1 was to be in the portico and Phase 2 was planned to fill the 10’ x 95’ red area. Now the mural, designed to be indoors or outdoors, will have portable components. Artists of all ages and abilities from Alabama, USA and International homes have submitted art. https://www.troymuralproject.org/call daily 0.75 2021-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1587765588196-N08PYLCVOAQP09TV3U1I/RoseVillafana2020.jpg Call for Entries By R. 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Thompson, Jacksonville, AL USA https://www.troymuralproject.org/upload-drawings daily 0.75 2021-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1592448021566-XO1C8LNQN8N5L7ERW8TA/AnnieCampbell2020.jpg Upload drawings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1592447881445-UKG25DLA1JSFSVBGQCAH/TaylorCiza2020.jpg Upload drawings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1592447940160-BCV1RWUL5OJMFO8V2JOM/image-asset.jpeg Upload drawings https://www.troymuralproject.org/assist-entry daily 0.75 2020-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1593271219383-24MM17Q3FMOK1V18M63S/Entry+Diagram+for+Students+3.jpg Entry Form for Student Assistants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1592255966212-RYKF2ZGAAKZCBK6CQSCM/Banner+Troy+Site+Collage+sunflower.jpg Entry Form for Student Assistants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1587765374907-PFPDQL2H5VO5MEQEHQ5M/RuthRosentrater2020.jpg Entry Form for Student Assistants By R. Rosentrater, Ozark, AL USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1587765203833-EUDG0SQUY4WI6A24OONM/KimThompson2020.jpg Entry Form for Student Assistants By K. Thompson, Jacksonville, AL USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1587765588196-N08PYLCVOAQP09TV3U1I/RoseVillafana2020.jpg Entry Form for Student Assistants By R. Villafana, Bay Minette, AL USA https://www.troymuralproject.org/drawing-inspiration daily 0.75 2020-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1595187675920-3Q4P0AWQLFV785DORJGJ/Golden+Rectangle+Construction.jpg Drawing Inspiration The rectangular shape we have provided you is very special. It is a Golden Rectangle with proportions that are found in biological, astronomical, and other forms of energy and nature. Many human-made objects and works of art have these proportions (1:1.618), whether intentional or intuitive. Look closely and you will see that every golden rectangle has a square and a smaller golden rectangle inside it. There is so much to say about this shape, and many others have already said it. Please be curious: look it up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1595188578328-TKK7ZRJYJZXDKMRLRLBG/Sunflower+Belle+-+1.jpg Drawing Inspiration Sunflower Power Photo by Laura Bell https://www.troymuralproject.org/writing-inspiration daily 0.75 2020-07-20 https://www.troymuralproject.org/robin daily 0.75 2020-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1595165049254-VAOASJYAVNO732F0U8NT/IMG_9945.JPG Robin Nance Metz Just a few of Robin’s Magical Shot Glasses! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1595164875687-J24L3JMRTUY4COJH7RT7/IMG_9580.JPG Robin Nance Metz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1593954123952-RH12F0YPDBGXEZ34LIHE/Robin+Bowl.jpg Robin Nance Metz - The philosophy… …that carries Robin Nance Metz through each day? “Fun, funny, happy,” she says. “I figure there’s too much sadness and strife in the world. I don’t feel like adding to it. I do know there are lots of artists that delve into it and that is fine—good for them that they have an outlet to allow them to contemplate the toughness of this world. “I’ve had to look at a lot straight on—two children that left this earth before me and an unpredictable illness—and it’s easier for me to focus on the brighter things life offers,” she says. (Courtesy Shelby County Reporter, December 1, 2016) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1595161999880-TZRNF6C1X0HY1V2N458O/IMG-1444.jpg Robin Nance Metz - Robin’s Personal Interview Get to know Robin Nance Metz. Her colorful and humorous work might disguise some of the tragedies of her life that she discusses in this 16-minute interview. Hear, in her own words, how her home was always artful, but maybe not always picture perfect. To her great credit and as a testimony to her strong and generous spirit (and for our pure unadulterated enjoyment) Robin has chosen a joyful path for us to happily follow along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1595162112299-ZTT2HM7N50X2D9VIRHDB/IMG-5830.jpg Robin Nance Metz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1595162223152-16S11PDRG1AZ0NNGVAWR/0-21+-+Robin+Nance+Metz.2.jpg Robin Nance Metz One Another Supported with Love and understanding. Work days punctuated with laughter, Mornings and evenings sharing time on the porch Watching the birds, squirrels, frogs and turtles in the yard we all share Appreciating passage of time and the promise of another day as the sun sets until the following morning’s gifts are revealed Robin Nance Metz, July 2020 https://www.troymuralproject.org/featured-alabama-artists daily 0.75 2020-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1604070314062-TEO5FES8CQGIBSOXEQ64/Vessel.jpg Featured Alabama Artists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1599536841627-UJOOJFGAZ1DFJE2KFURA/Baulos-DharmaHands.jpg Featured Alabama Artists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1603825789415-C36TL5XK9AK2AKFNGLNB/IMG-5184.jpg Featured Alabama Artists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1595159601370-94SZGG32IKLWZDR1Y3FH/IMG-1628.jpg Featured Alabama Artists https://www.troymuralproject.org/pens-poems daily 0.75 2021-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1597950488309-4IV8NK43CMTIXNOS9ZVG/101B.Kessler.CitrusHeightsCA.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Home Love Peace, adventure To explore oceans Or enjoy a warm coffee Home is family, discovery, trials, and wonder. Entry #101: A. Kessler, Troy, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598135414995-OYISILOJHN1E5CC34CAB/image-asset.jpeg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Family Peace My life Worth living fully Staring a brand new day Full of the promise of better things to come Enjoying each moment with loved ones and Always remembering those not with us To look back and not regret doing or saying The things that make me who I am and will be remembered. Entry #61: L. Barnwell, Corinth, MS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598133812308-IGIO67CMADN9HZ12XEFW/49b.VanAntwarp.MobileAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Entry #49: E. VanAtnwerp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598030493802-SB6Q9XI0KUGFN4083L0C/30a.Prevatte.DothanAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1594299097901-HH6FV6MRR1PE4966EU86/6.Hagler.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries I Used To know What home was. Now I know what home Is. Once I was so grounded. But now I am a wanderer with roots exposed, yet bound tighter than ever before With my people, my mysteries, my shivering skin, my tumbling over thoughts, and my faith and doubt, wrestling my way through. Entry #6: E. Hagler, Montgomery, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598133789056-T86P7LLVXWKIY1KY76T2/49A.VanAntwerp.MobileAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598030162459-W9BNRIV0LXE2K9BR97KR/29.Steen.PrattvilleAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Home Means Not house But the life That people all around me Have influenced for the best possible experiences From late nights, from snowy days, from hot summers, from trips across the world That created me, as I am, and left more than just memories in my life, positive influences and a good childhood Entry #29: J. Steen, Prattville, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598137216103-ODHH66W1AO04C430QLBA/94C.Floyd.RoanokeRapidsNC.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Home Is A backroad Surrounded by fields Woods and ponds all around Only sound is the crickets and the wind Entry #94: K. Floyd, Roanoke Rapids, NC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598137375871-3PY8IBSL0F4F7FPM58XM/97.Shaw.ConyersGA.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Garden Sanctuary My peace Within this world This is peace within chaos Entry #97: K. Shaw, Conyers, GA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598134500591-K3OI96CWSUF9CTB4MNLX/52B.Haigler.RaleighNC.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Sand Toes Salt marsh Bare feet tracks Alone, calm, awaiting the possibilities Entry #52: A. Haigler, Raleigh, NC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598033291022-4C9IMPBW76IGJJFQI4M9/33.Lewis.TroyAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries I Remember This tree With a swing I would eat pasta salad And enjoy the summer breeze as I sat Entry #33: F. Lewis, Troy, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1597998484539-IHUQTO6NSJZYDFR2L7T0/12b.Davis.YorkAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Home Is Closest to Heart and mind From horse rides, basketball, hunting, and nature To all fitting the perfect place to call a sanctuary. Entry #12: R. Davis, York, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1597997797389-62FQ8KDVE0SEI43MTC65/_44.Hardy.LawrencevilleGA.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598033430494-HN00UTD1L5CNVMI8F8IX/34a.Reynolds.TroyAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598135935887-X8RNPFKZO5N7KE43DQZG/image-asset.jpeg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Cahaba River, My home, Go with the flow Entry #67: J. Harrison, Birmingham, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598137308181-EE41FP1OOURPGNNBSGEZ/image-asset.jpeg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Home Is Where I Feel very calm And at the most peace Entry #96: D. Williams, Montgomery, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1597949378960-BJ96678NAK5ATOMLSWQF/46.Outlaw.MobileAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Cotton Pickers Are Gone Into the Night Where cotton fields still exist But cannot be harvested because plants need light. Entry #46: J. Outlaw, Mobile, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598029328245-SCYERPD2YOALBC5TFSCC/14B.Knott.PrattvilleAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Safety Acceptance Open arms Full with love More than just a house. Entry #14: L. Knott, Prattville, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598134872051-0EY4H0M3H2V1TWPN06QE/image-asset.jpeg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598135606137-1IOU5JR4NIQAGLJXRHXP/63.Campbell.OpelikaAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Roots Branches Bend don't Break Entry #63: A. Campbell, Opelika, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598134669566-ZRDW2WULUNLB4PZN02X0/54.Northcutt.BirminghamAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Texas Take Me to Texas where the Blue bonnets grow on the Highway side, where the Gulf of Mexico And the Alamo bring happy childhood memories. Where the longhorn walk through town From Forth Worth, to McAllen, to San Antone, to Abeline, My heart will always be with you. Texas, take me to Texas Entry #54: A. Northcutt, Birmingham, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598030514983-6AVY2SOY9RDPX3OYF3V0/30B.Prevatte.DothanAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Happiness Comfort, joy Peace, freedom, quiet. Entry #30: S. Prevatte, Dothan, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598001604193-QAI6EWA9NA9P35OSILYN/4a.Wethington-Nagy.HuntsvilleAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598032966974-YOP4QXF6M0G943MIMO51/32a.Foster.TroyAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1597999653001-W3K7AB4YFG5YLKH35R13/9b.Pritchett.AtlantaGA.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Sweet Love Hospitality, welcome Southern style cooking Home is in the heart. Night life, street lights, city life, all the lights. Entry #9: A. Pritchett, Atlanta, GA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598136870642-XSJ8Y3XCEDL38Q7FTKRN/79.Warnes.HuntsvilleAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries I Never Knew life And death held Hands together like yin yang. We spend time growing and leaving together but The most important thing is to love and Forgive one another carpe diem. Entry #79: S. Warnes, Huntsville, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598135250486-NYQL32JWYU867PCN79U9/image-asset.jpeg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598134361067-E9KM6NPXPUW4FI0U866N/51B.Sugg.HartselleAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Calico Waterbowl Cat hair Steaming bowl of oatmeal Purring from below the table Sorry I cannot share, cats don't eat oatmeal Entry #51: J. Sugg, Hartselle, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598000326222-Q821586HQPYTWURG1VOA/11b.McGhee.AtlantaGA.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Home, Mom, With her That is home Making tacos and baking cookies Watching old Disney movies and playing video games As long as I'm with her I feel safe, in her arms, protected She is my home Entry #11: S. McGhee, Atlanta, GA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598137184838-TA7E9YMNKD781ZJU7B4F/94A.Floyd.RoanokeRapidNC.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598134256889-RKTEBPFHEVEB4ZWB38YB/51A.Sugg.HartselleAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1595182564222-AWL7C8DWTSG4F25XP9L1/1.Larry+Percy.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Snow Drifting Silently dancing Into quiet blanket. Entry #1: L. Percy, Troy, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598136750542-LQ41JNL85H0SNIL2ODKM/76.Vacik.HuntsvilleAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Warm Center Green growing Bright and lively In my garden is home. Entry #76: D. Vacik, Huntsville, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598134775025-RRNHLHPQ2V9DRD418BXS/55.Lucas.AlabasterAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Home Comes From a Feeling of love It is a true belonging Home is the feeling you get when listening To a child laugh, beautiful music or the ocean waves. Home is the Smell of a home cooked meal, the taste of a fresh strawberry just picked from the vine after a fresh rain. Entry #55: R. Lucas, Alabaster, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1597998980201-WT0DAIK3MWGTDIEDYXCV/48A.Brooks.HuntsvilleAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598002200624-FS5Y0CLX2SVU7AU74TV2/5A.Anderson.FortWaltonBeachFL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598002228826-BWIGWGJM48LDZE2MBVM4/5b.Anderson.FortWaltonBeachFL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Where The Sun has Kissed the same Skin as family has hugged. Entry #5: J. Anderson, Fort Walton Beach, FL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1597997003686-6QDJK1LTBJV90J905LGZ/43.Busby.GuntersvilleAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Home Family Warm, close Even when they Are physically far from me We all share the same moon and sky Entry #43: E. Busby, Guntersville, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1597999817144-BP4FWSPQVI56Y9ZNP9ZQ/10a.Morton.PrattvilleAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598135161213-M2EVRXSLA6OC4O9T9AGR/image-asset.jpeg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Nature Serene Silent appreciation Reflection on life Simply acknowledging God's natural gift Solidarity and unity from the ground we walk on Basking in the beauty that the earth graciously provides while we hurt it. Entry #59: K. Thompson, Jacksonville, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1597999318869-OOFFYU7EVS5FA3IPEEHH/7a.Henderson.MontgomeryAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Home Is Where I Can be myself Always living laughing and loving Surrounded by family and friends and wonderful energy Entry #7: A. Henderson, Montgomery, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598135834647-3WDG71N4BRU2BA4YZZWO/65.Law.CamdenAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Purple And gold Smiling back At me - childhood Picking pansies with my Neena. Setting sun over us swinging on the porch... Cobblestone roads with purple peace and golden thumbs, curtains raised memories of friends. Family from birth. Family by choice. Both with purple and gold, forever creating memories and feelings of home. Entry #65: K. Law, Camden, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1597998044369-E9OYYTUSSY83IA0KRB9R/45B.Rogers.LafayetteLA.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Joy Sorrow Lands above Hollow halls meandering Love, the varied current follows The roots exposing the layers of clay, hold Holding on to the land, holding on to the sorrow Holding on to the joy, the joy. Entry #45: A. Rogers, Lafayette, LA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598030916587-UQJT92EXY1O5ODVYR3NH/31b.Aninye.TroyAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Home Is My peace My happy place Home holds my love Sitting with my family in the living room Talking for hours while playing with our cat, watching a movie for the night Entry #31: M. Aninye, Troy, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598137538261-0M0UG7QBYT429PL2QYLQ/103.Frith.MobileAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Shaddix Lyric My son Innocence, joy, music He is the best dancer The sweetest snuggles, warmest hugs and my life Entry #103: M. Frith, Mobile, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598134476359-8QDPU5S4H9DGUKIJVUVI/52A.Haigler.RaleighNC.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1597999834405-O3IYZ8IDBOR0B8RF5IDZ/10b.Morton.PrattvilleAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Love; Sleep; Pizza; dogs; Ocean; sky; car These things bring me peace These things make me feel at home; security Entry #10: M. Morton, Prattville, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598135496717-DDTDR0LUV2ZO6Z8T9QOV/62.Nagy.BirminghamAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Entry #62: F. Nagy, Birmingham, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598001029330-LTPPP9JHL1O9BNW3W777/3a.Brown.HelenaAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598136606042-MQ0S2ZCTLPAQZB0V969D/74.Bellwood-Grant.SenoiaGA.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Family Love Fights, forgiveness Enduring, hope, forever Make up, get together, love Entry #74: K. Bellwood-Grant, Senoia, GA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1597998021848-S7RHWXG7CSJYCW6V0IZ9/45A.Rogers.LafayetteLA.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598002427355-GNTNEZ10ZG8CBDIEL16L/13.Lewis.DetroitMI.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Home Happiness Love, sacrifice Keep your faith Keep your joy, but know You'll always have a home when you find What keeps you whole! Entry #13: M. Lewis, Detroit, MI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598001632074-V6LLRNYWTINQRVHQNAPT/4b.Wethington-Nagy.HuntsvilleAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Home Is Surrounded by The thundering whitewater. Where the car engine rumbles. Weaving through the labyrinth of oaks and pines. Entry #4: C. Wethington-Nagy, Huntsville, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598137199513-LZ58SOJHTBI192RQ33QR/94B.Floyd.RoanokeRapidsNC.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598136817020-A4UV1FA8YU0LV5Q0QYA7/image-asset.jpeg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Circle Of Love Entry #78: K. Ward, Sharpsburg, GA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1597997817524-EMFQ3PBEKGDIYAPIYNG5/44B.Hardy.LawrencevilleGA.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Pressure Storm Stand firm Provide a space A calm in the storm For growth leading to maturity that may bloom Radiant, fragment, delicately strong, swaying not breaking a glory for all A situation maintained throughout the ages, constant struggle, persistent growth. Entry #44: M. Hardy, Lawrenceville, GA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/aba2b271-ad6c-47f3-8083-84d8facc5ece/72.Clark.LouisvilleMS.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Where In The world Is imagination Entry #72: S. Clark, Louisville, MS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598033621406-HHZ8XZHLQ532YYVEMZYK/35b.Androlevich.EnterpriseAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Home Is In my Heart and mind. I first started playing volleyball In my backyard with my mom and dad. Entry #35: K. Androlevich, Enterprise, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598134884981-PG57RUK2YMGN7KXRSSCN/image-asset.jpeg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Heart Listen Blessed youth Much to learn Listen to joy explode within Encumbered by noise surrounding everyone not needed here. Peace flows around like wind whispering, have joy and let everything go. Ebbs and flows within the mind, reminds me my life is quite fine. Cares belong to heaven where gifts are given. Entry #56: R. Rosentrater, Ozark, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598033455374-GMZI8J5FIWQ3DAAHYAFL/34b.Reynolds.TroyAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries At home I love standing On my porch watching Nature and enjoying the Fresh air, looking at the good Life I have. Entry #34: G. Reynolds, Troy, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1597998462469-NZPZ6X0UABOQUVKFI3CW/_12a.Davis.YorkAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598134002305-HNVPCJE4DXRM4E1E5ATL/50.Chandler.JohnsonCityTN.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Arch Gateway Open protection Self-driven docent Passage with change from entrance to exit Guidance through a contained space of blissful safety Skulls. we all have one and that represents a human soul to me As I pass through an arch I feel at home; protected, moving from an old perspective into a new Perspective. Entry #50: A. Chandler, Johnson City, TN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598134593512-6U0W23EX3AFEQ2OKF07S/53.Kelsoe.AuburnAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Family Fresh Fluffy clouds Like always together Entry #53: A. Kesloe, Auburn, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598136932955-MWIQKRKPFBMJGTKBRTZH/82.Lewandowski.TroyAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Together Strong United america Free and united America will always stand strong United we will stand, divided we will fall. I implore you, forget about your differences and come together for our america. Entry #82: R. Lewandowski, Troy, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598135150429-MUJBYOV2BPQLM8NKZPEN/image-asset.jpeg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598032999727-49A8P6NVKLR8GC0OVICO/32b.Foster.TroyAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries No place better Sweet love Home is better Home trains me best Don't leave yet GOALLL!!! Entry #32: S. Foster, Troy, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598136041103-P4SBWVFVF9L8F5TI3RPD/68b.Cumy.NashvilleTN.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Stonewalls Fiddleheads Unfurling ferns Melting winter snows Porcupines out for evening walks Paddleboaring on fresh water and harvesting ripe blueberries Entry #68: Joan Curry, Nashville, TN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598029094617-2U3RI0JKTPP17T7NBWAF/14a.Knott.PrattvilleAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598135260444-MA7M461YWE0PSZUVPEB8/60b.Barker.OxfordAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Simple Solitude Gentle resting Inhale, exhale, resonating Clasping hands with mimicked pulses An extraordinary machine or unconditional support and solidarity Entry #60: A. Barker, Oxford, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598653546528-G0A2IQ4AESGXSEJMVWQU/58.Villafana.BayMinetteAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Home Is My blue Heaven heron Entry #58: B. Villafana, Bayminette, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598000763298-KTVSAQBX2TVWC2O9IRUI/2.Ciza.Alabaster.AL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Quiet Is Where my Heart truly rests. The moon knows me best And can calm my racing thoughts with one look. Entry #2: T. Ciza, Alabaster, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1597998786111-MD8QS6LCY0PMNBMIFYHV/47.Sugg.HartselleAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Nest Nest The best Place of rest Safe from wind and storm Sway and sleep and cozy and warm Entry #47: J. Sugg, Hartselle, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598136115632-YPVH6RW2ZXXSHXX62DKR/69a.Benning.WeyburnSaskCANADA.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598134964229-3KZZPGD1D60UBRBX5XYJ/57..jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Entry #57: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1597951262621-GBM8CDQ503GVL21JJWHC/26.Diehl.ElbaAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Music To Me can Be loved and Proud, singing to the crowd Music can be home. Music is a song. Music always makes me strong, it makes me sing along. To me music Just belongs. Entry #26: M. Diehl, Elba, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598137087435-VFOSZXBPRSC2A3LRB2B1/image-asset.jpeg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Football Is My passion Never a fashion. First time for everything with. The people who will always have my back. When we get there, there will be no turning back from glory. Entry #87: T. Fender, Troy, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598033601490-7T5U6UOS59M2BVWWS0TN/35a.Androlevich.EnterpriseAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598137027177-46OFK5DB5RO1GS7J79LM/84.Wilder.BrunswickGA.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Home Is Where my Husband is. Our Life consists of many things Centered around love including god, family, friends, music, Sunshine, boating, laughter, and starry golf cart rides at night. This is how We live our life now, but wherever my soulmate, husband, and one true love goes is where my home will be. Entry #84: C. Wilder, Brunswick, GA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598136027376-NV7YZN5NYTT3SPKRJV6N/image-asset.jpeg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1594297513830-N67KQHS2U4YVRR11UV13/66.Jamison3.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries My Home Is the Shoreline and horizon The distant yearning to GO Contrasted with the grounded feeling of standing there: Where the salty water meets the sandy shore, you see the colorful sunset It calls, but take comfort in knowing if I GO to the color and turn around, the new horizon is home. Entry #66: A. Jamison, Ocean Springs, MS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598136682583-20NALYPFSM23SJ35LHN9/75.Jones.NewmanGA.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Hope Entry #75: J. Jones, Newnan, GA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598000288875-LG3DLUVI5R814HLOPF6O/11a.McGhee.AtlantaGA.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598137131368-6CLBIIIW1RT6EW9FFIT1/image-asset.jpeg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Freedom Is A part of my spirit That which I hold true Entry #90: B. Lee, Taylor, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598136468926-WXN6E9YJ6F37C6RVZDU9/71.Ress.AthensAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries An Endangered Whooping crane Predicts the future Of the next generations enjoyment Entry #71: R. Ress, Athens, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598136339613-MUHPRW8I1YVAO1KPZGJX/image-asset.jpeg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Family Plane "Army brat" Plane, train, ship Leaving behind friends and places New friends, finding my way all over again Home becomes place, home is family. Home becomes new friends. Home is sanctuary. Entry #70: S. Herrin Swindall, Montevallo, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598135695685-NNUTGK4F0UT943K3SLO5/64.Webb.MagnoliaSpringsAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Water Fish Salt water Gulf of Mexico Entry #64: A. Webb, Magnolia Springs, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1597998998182-KU1LFGHGXOOZDBHJJK9K/48B.Brooks.HuntsvilleAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Paradox Conflicting Safe - unsafe Walking on eggshells Safety resides through learned behavior Scared to test the waters without repercussions - lookout! Home settles over time as the parents age. Roles reverse. Who has safety now? Entry #48: B. Brooks, Huntsville, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598030884680-M5R3DLTZ9NZB6OCGUAFQ/31a.Aninye.TroyAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598001121719-XGPC6OKC3WC0GIKQAJVX/3b.Brown.HelenaAL.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Here Is Where the Hearth is found. Where warmth is always felt Where a person is supported and is loved Where faith doesn't falter and comfort becomes a foundation for love and acceptance It spreads like fire. It is all consuming. It is forgiving. It is something that transcends time and connects us all! Entry #3: C. Brown, Helena, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598137500914-88V1VA104KLRHBPXRLSY/101A.Kessler.CitrusHeightsCA.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1597999632287-2TDEJDWICTIWLIXJI00W/_9a.Pritchett.AtlantaGA.jpg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1598136133755-WF86X9D9WLZ73ZGLQA1O/image-asset.jpeg Pens and Poems: Selected Entries Flat Wind Blowing to Entry #69: L. Benning, Weyburn, Sash, Canada https://www.troymuralproject.org/doug-baulos daily 0.75 2020-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1599536330396-MP8R4ZZ8F4M55BR6M6D7/Baulosheadshot.png Doug Baulos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1601385811134-AOI723YM79QIBOAKA92D/Baulos-Pulse.jpg Doug Baulos Pulse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1601386720071-COCKUP5490KP5ZXD5TDX/Baulos-LittleForest.jpg Doug Baulos Little Forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1601385775715-CRBIX9B3WTFQL7VG93Q8/Baulos-WoundedDeer.jpg Doug Baulos Wounded Deer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1601385623155-NTGF1050ZFUH2RZNMEZU/Baulos-GriefMemory.jpg Doug Baulos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1599536386693-FUL0VNVMN2JVYDAEBCW2/BaulosVitriolStars.jpg Doug Baulos Vitriol Stars https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1599536171565-SJ10J9PUP6ERNMGJ9RGU/indigobunting+-+machinewithnoname.jpg Doug Baulos Seem Seam Indigo Bunting Jar of wishbones A ghost in the attic Night’s hand on your shoulder leaving at night I grew up hiding in the dark woods, that’s who I always was Doug Baulos, September 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1601385696520-6046P3UDXKBCW89F1W53/Baulos-DharmaHands.jpg Doug Baulos Dharma Hands https://www.troymuralproject.org/guadalupe-robinson daily 0.75 2020-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1603827372438-HSGZU3AA77X3NTENLMJR/Guadalupe+-+1+%281%29.jpg Guadalupe Robinson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1603827252863-D7H665XU176I7CP1D8NE/IMG-5172.jpg Guadalupe Robinson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1603827095313-KGEPXHMWKSOTJ2Y21XH6/0-22.Guadalupe+Lanning+Robinson.HuntsvilleAL.jpg Guadalupe Robinson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1603826331649-WK6SPUT7GOX218FWKFL3/IMG-3574.jpg Guadalupe Robinson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1603826517631-LYVTRV4VPG6XAEU9NUUT/Guadalupe+-+1.jpg Guadalupe Robinson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1603826271175-LEBH1HXH5O589PPGN93T/IMG-5188.jpg Guadalupe Robinson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1603827300902-O60SBWSS5Z074FG2BU72/IMG-5181.jpg Guadalupe Robinson https://www.troymuralproject.org/larry-allen daily 0.75 2021-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1604070880054-V4A3L9V5FWSC325C6EMD/Larry+Allen+Headshot.jpg Larry Allen Photo: Amarr Croskey, for The Birmingham Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1604072405545-BI7XLPOT1IQIVNJA4UAC/Larry+Allen+Group+of+Pots.jpg Larry Allen Photo: Mac Jamieson, for the Cottage Journal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1604071684683-1XLM8OPF5OBFX0FA5T0W/Larry+Allen+Tile+Design.jpg Larry Allen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1604070939843-BGGFFKP1TU9PH9ZXGS73/Amphora.jpg Larry Allen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1604072468980-46AATB8FRZXN1NMGT9PQ/Larry+Allen+Overhead.jpg Larry Allen Photo: Mac Jamieson, for the Cottage Journal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5df7e831e6ef41687a9299e1/1604071886581-C0M3DE2GXWUTELR9LOGM/Cauldron.jpg Larry Allen https://www.troymuralproject.org/slideshowtest daily 0.75 2021-12-06