The Magic, Miracles and Joy of an Artist: October 2021

Sunday, October 31, 2021

Saturday, October 30, 2021

Halloween 1984

My favorite handmade Halloween costume and memorable night of fun ~ Halloween, 1984.

Sharpie Marker Journal Page

This was one of my first entries in my Sharpie Marker journal. It was a Day of the Dead tribute to my brother Patrick who had passed away.

Living the Creative Life

Wednesday evening, our Living the Creative Life group met at The Village Grill. We sat on the patio which was on the cool side, but we felt safe and enjoyed seeing the Round Robin additions.

Next gathering will be Wednesday, Dec. 8, when we will celebrate Christmas by giving ornaments that we make for each other.

Michelle added the little fisherman under the tree.

Amanda added the Roadrunner.

Audrey added the mountains and trees.

Margaret added the moon and crow's song. The sun is angry at the crow for stealing light to make the moon and stars. Crow sings "Cras, Cras!", Latin for "Tomorrow, Tomorrow - there'll be another day for the sun to shine."

Wally added the chariot with Luna, Roman Goddess of the Moon.

Therry added the underwater effect.

Wally shared his latest finished beautiful painting - Memorial Gothic.

Audrey shared her journal that has all pages created with Sharpie Markers.

Thursday, October 28, 2021

Halloween

Had to share this sweet Halloween card from dear old friend Tom Stephan. I look forward to these dachshund cards that he sends me every Holiday! 💗 This one is SO cute - I think Jake smiled when I showed it to him.

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Roanoke Star

Going up the mountain.

Further up the mountain.

Back of the Star.

Roanoke Star.

Downtown Roanoke as seen from the top of Mill Mountain.

Back down the mountain.

I was downtown Roanoke today, so I decided to drive up Mill Mountain to see the Roanoke Star. Great idea as I hadn't been up there for a long while. It was beautiful.

Journal Pages

A few of my journal pages all done with sharpie markers.

Wednesday's Very Blue Sky

An incoming plane in one photo and the moon in that gorgeous blue sky in another.

Cemetery Visit

Took a little pumpkin to the cemetery yesterday. Forgot the flowers. Will go back another day. It is so pretty and peaceful there.

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

National Pumpkin Day

October 26 ~ It's National Pumpkin Day!! I never knew.

Monday, October 25, 2021

October Gift

My Gerbera Daisy in a pot in my driveway. I thought it was long gone. Surprised to see this beautiful flower today!

Sunday, October 24, 2021

Fall Color

Out to brunch on this gorgeous Fall day, this was the best I could do for Autumn color. A lot of trees are just beginning to change and with as dry as it has been, we are not expecting our usual beauty. This beautiful blue sky every day would make me very happy!

Saturday, October 23, 2021

Weather

Yesterday was a beautiful day, but only 59* toward evening.

Kindness

Another Madonna gift. Thank you Lesley!!

For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come!

I AM A "SEARCHER"

"I am one of the searchers. There are, I believe, millions of us. We are not unhappy, but neither are we really content. We continue to explore life, hoping to uncover its ultimate secret. We continue to explore ourselves, hoping to understand. We like to walk along the beach, we are drawn by the ocean, taken by its power, its unceasing motion, its mystery and unspeakable beauty. We like forests and mountains, deserts and hidden rivers, and the lonely cities as well. Our sadness is as much a part of our lives as is our laughter. To share our sadness with one we love is perhaps as great a joy as we can know - unless it be to share our laughter. We searchers are ambitious only for life itself, for everything beautiful it can provide. Most of all we love and want to be loved. We want to live in a relationship that will not impede our wandering, nor prevent our search, nor lock us in prison walls; that will take us for what little we have to give. We do not want to prove ourselves to another or compete for love.

For wanderers, dreamers, and lovers, for lonely men and women who dare to ask of life everything good and beautiful. It is for those who are too gentle to live among wolves."

~ James Kavanaugh

I am THE LOVERS Tarot Card

Motive, power, and action, arising from Inspiration and Impulse. THE LOVERS represents intuition and inspiration. Very often a choice needs to be made. Originally, this card was just called LOVE. And that's acually more apt than "LOVERS." Love follows in this sequence of growth and maturity. And, coming after the Emperor, who is about control, it is a radical change in perspective. LOVE is a force that makes you choose and decide for reasons you often can't understand; it makes you surrender control to a higher power. And that is what this card is all about. Finding something or someone who is so much a part of yourself, so perfectly attuned to you and you to them, that you cannot, dare not resist. This card indicates that you have or will come across a person, a career, challenge, or thing that you will fall in love with. You will know instinctively that you must have this, even if it means diverging from your chosen path. No matter the difficulties, without it you will never be complete.

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