The Magic, Miracles and Joy of an Artist

Thursday, May 16, 2019

Thursday in South Carolina

Too much wind to fly to Walterboro as planned, so my sweet fashionista friend Pam Gypsy Aries, jumped in her car and drove down here so we could visit! We had a good lunch at Papa Zuzu's and visited for several hours before she had to head back.

Really fun to see her again and catch up.

♥

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Wednesday in South Carolina

Amanda had to work today, so Casey took me for a ride around North Charleston. We had lunch and a nice relaxing visit at AZUL in Park Circle.

We had planned to fly to Myrtle Beach for lunch, but we got too late of a start this morning. No matter. Any time spent with Casey anywhere is appreciated and loved.

Container Ship

Approaching the Ravenel Bridge that goes over the Cooper River and connects Mount Pleasant to Charleston.

Ravenel Bridge

Heron

At the pond in front of Casey's house today.

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Augusta, Georgia

In Jeanne's beautiful yard.

What a fun day! And what a great son I have for flying me to Augusta. Jeanne and her husband picked me up at the airport, we had a good lunch, and then we went to their house. The time whizzed by too quickly. We still had SO much to talk about and things to do and see. Then it was time to go back to the airport to meet up with Casey. And off to Charleston we went.
Thank you, Casey. Thank you Jim and Jeanne! It was a perfect day!

Their dog Checkers is adorable.

From the plane.

At the airport with Jeanne.

Yikes! I don't know how Casey knows what controls to push and when. I'm just happy he knows!!

Back in Charleston

We made contact with earth at 6 o'clock and I was able to breathe again!

Co-Pilot

Headed back to Charleston from Augusta.

Tuesday in South Carolina and Georgia

This morning. Casey was doing the pre flight checks in the hangar before we took off for Augusta. He flew me there to visit my good high school friend, Jeanne Franz Stanford. My nerves were a bit rattled, but I was excited to see Jeanne.

Monday, May 13, 2019

Monday in South Carolina

This afternoon, we went to The Fish House at Patriots Point, overlooking the USS Yorktown. Casey and Amanda enjoyed a Seafood Castle that looked amazing.

Seafood Castle

USS Yorktown

Sunday, May 12, 2019

Mother's Day 2019

Another great Mother's Day here in SC with Casey and Amanda.

Good eats at Taco Boy and all around fun just being with these two.

My beautiful card from Casey.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, my dear sweet Angel Mother. I miss you more and more as time goes by.

♥

Saturday, May 11, 2019

Old Sheldon Church Ruins

The Old Sheldon Church Ruins in Beaufort County are SPECTACULAR! Going to see them was well worth the 1-1/2 hours it took us to drive there. It truly is something to see. The church was burned down twice ~ once by the British during the Revolutionary War and once by the Union during the Civil War.

The ruins lie among majestic oaks and scattered graves. Built in the 1700s, the church has been in ruins for over 120 years.

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.