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love, Love, LOVE this!!! Congratulations little girl🩵

Ge**er Foods has named its new "Ge**er baby" and she's from Colorado. Madison Mendoza is the 13th annual Ge**er Photo Search 2023 winner and the official Ge**er baby this year. That means she gets the title "Ge**er Spokesbaby & Chief Growing Officer."
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Exciting News!!! On Saturday, January 20, 2024, a Sneak Preview of ‘ShapeShifter: A Comanche Musical’ will be performed at ASU Kerr Cultural Center.

Click the link below to read about a 2015 recording session for the pre-recorded White Buffalo Spirits Comanche parts...

White Buffalo Spirits - Apryl Allen Apryl Allen met with Comanche Elders to record the spoken dialogue for two characters in ShapeShifter: A Comanche Musical.

May you always grow and flourish wherever you are in this journey of life! Good Medicine. https://goodmedicineclothing.com

Infants born into a Comanche village were wonderfully welcomed as precious members of the community.
In their initial days of life, cherished little ones were wrapped in robes and received unending care from their mothers. The baby was eventually placed in a day cradle to allow the mother to do her daily tasks. The child would soon be carried on the mother's back. As the mother moved about, the small one seemed both happy and secure.
When the mother rode a horse, a child would be situated in front of the mother. Moreover, little girls began to quickly pick up the skill of riding horses as soon as they were able to grasp the leather reins.
Over time, the girls became very accomplished riders within the village.

Wonderful picture entitled "Children who took part in the great Gift Dance given by the Apaches to the Comanches." Circa 1911. Taken by Bates, Lawton, Oklahoma. Photograph courtesy of Worthpoint.

SFUMATO, Food for thought...


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The Egg - Apryl Allen The Egg. Brown or White. Sometimes in between. Crack one open and everything’s the same. The inner shell is white. […]

SFUMATO
It happened this week... the Summer Solstice.
Click the link for a tidbit more on this once-a-year event.



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SFUMATO... The Unwanted Visitor



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Today's sfumato... The Front Porch

Have a relaxing weekend.


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The Front Porch - Apryl Allen The front porch was once a gathering place for the women in my family. There we’d unwind on its rocking […]

Today's Sfumato... ShapeShifter

Is it fictitious or do you have this ability?

This holiday weekend, find your most basic, important being within. Happy Memorial Day!


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ShapeShifter - Apryl Allen ShapeShifter. Metamorphosis. A physical transformation. To become an animal. The innate ability to transform oneself into a primal form that […]

Today's Sfumato... ADVENTURE

Step outside of your norm this weekend and indulge in something spectacular!


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Adventure - Apryl Allen Adventure. Stimulating. Thrilling. Foreign. An experience that’s out of the ordinary. An escapade that’s often bizarre. Always it’s an exploration […]

Today's Sfumato... PERCEPTION https://aprylallen.com/trifles/perception/

Does the triangle in the image continuously move on you too? YIKES!!!

Have a spectacular weekend ;o)

Perception - Apryl Allen Perception. Interpretation. Impression. A sensory experience. An awareness, comprehension and understanding of something observed. How does it make you feel? […]

Mother, today we celebrate you 🌹❤️💕



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Mother - Apryl Allen Mother. Kind. Giving. Nurturing. I was her eleventh child. She lost her husband when I was nine months old. The […]

Today's SFUMATO...

The Marble

Hope your weekend is smashing!


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The Marble - Apryl Allen The Marble. Round. Sparkling. Coppery. It wasn’t mine. At home I pulled it from my pocket. Holding it up to […]

: on April 3rd, my pick won for BEST MUSICAL THEATRE:

The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical written & performed by Abigail Barlow & Emily Bear. If you haven’t heard it, here’s a link to the soundtrack. My favorite is track #2 Lady Whistledown. Can’t wait for the musical!



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Today's SFUMATO...

Celebrate EARTH today!

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Here's the link to today's sfumato... Happy Easter everyone!
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Easter - Apryl Allen Easter. The resurrection. Governed by one rule. It’s the first Sunday after spring equinox and the first full moon. To […]

It's now SFUMATO . . . enjoy!

Hope you have an amazing weekend!

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Sfumato - Apryl Allen Sfumato. Soft. Vague. Perception. To shade gradually and change an outline to create a hazy form. Altering the appearance to […]

I contemplated not posting this today but Esperanza said otherwise...

My BIRTHDAY wish? Sign up for my blog by clicking the link below . . . that's what I like!

This weekend let's celebrate life!

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Birthday - Apryl Allen Birthday. Life. The Celebration of age. A line. A wrinkle. Am I wiser today? Another year older. Another year gone. […]

Shattered... a smile that brightened my day is gone.
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Esperanza - Apryl Allen Esperanza (03/15/1972 – 04/02/2022) A friend. A sister. A loving soul. Martes and Viernes. Those were our days. Almost twenty […]

Brother Coyote is known to be a TRICKSTER and I can't think of a better time to write about him than today, April Fools Day!

While on my website take a moment to sign up for my blog. Hope your weekend is filled with laughter!

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Trickster - Apryl Allen Trickster. Bamboozler. Brother coyote he is. He schemes. He laughs. He dances about. His words unsettling. His actions confound. The […]

I'm a member of ASCAP and they emailed another opportunity:

The Never Such Innocence Songwriting Competition
Ages: 9 - 18
Submission deadline: Friday, April 8, 2022
For more info click on the link

Let me know if you enter... Good Luck!



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Song Competition — Never Such Innocence Never Such Innocence is a registered charity (number 1156148) in England and Wales and is a unique project fitting into the wider series of 2014-2018 centenary activities. Our aim is to ensure young people nationally are inspired, informed and included in the centenary activities.

Here's an opportunity for songwriters 50 or older: the Timeless 2022 Songwriting Competition. But YIKES, the deadline is this Thursday, March 31, 2022. If you decide to enter, please let me know. Good Luck!!!

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Talent Is Timeless – Community By shining a light on a 50+ years only stage, we are focusing on promoting acoustic music makers, pairing you with one in a lifetime prizes, world-renowned celebrity judges and unlocking industry opportunities that may have felt a past lifetime away.

There's a photo of an ancient decahedron in the link below. To this day, no one knows its purpose. Think you can solve the mystery?

CURIOSITY . . . I hope it finds you this weekend!

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Curiosity - Apryl Allen Curiosity. A desire to know. A yearning to understand. To quell a fancy, mysterious or strange. Asking questions is human […]

Did you know Vincent van Gogh had temporal lobe epilepsy?

If you're an Artist or Poet with a disability who resides in Phoenix, Arizona or one of it's International Sister Cities... here's your chance to shine in a International Competition!

You must be 19 or older with a disability to enter—submission deadline is 05/02/22. See the link for more details.

I'd love to know if you or someone you know decides to enter. Good Luck!!! https://www.phoenixsistercities.org/disability-awareness/