The Magic, Miracles and Joy of an Artist

Sunday, September 19, 2021

Birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Amanda!!

Casey gave me a daughter when he married this beautiful girl in 2010. I hope you do something special today! Would love to be with you, but as always, we'll celebrate when we are all together.

Warm September Night in Virginia

Shades of Blue

Shades of blue over my mountains last evening.

Saturday, September 18, 2021

Mimosa

This Mimosa Tree that had beautiful clusters of pink flowers all summer, now has beautiful green seed pods that hang like ornaments in preparation for Fall.

Friday, September 17, 2021

Garden Gifts

Gifts from the garden today ~ two small tomatoes and another purple pepper!

Autumn

"Autumn shows us how beautiful it is to let things go."

~unknown

~photo by Audrey

Thank You

Jake says "thank you" for the many birthday wishes! He had a great birthday with cake, singing, ball playing, and lots of lovin'!

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

This fellow was hopping around right outside my studio window this afternoon. It was hard to get good shots as he was below the window, but he was having such a good time finding random bird seed, I had to try to snap some photos.

And God said, "I will send them without wings so no one suspects they are angels."

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Birthday Cake

"Is it time for cake yet, Mom?"

Yes, Jake! Happy Birthday, Baby!!

Cheers to 10 more years. I love you!!

Birthday Boy

It's my Birthday! I am 10 today!! I am pretty sure my mom is more excited about this than I am. I'll be excited when I see that cupcake in front of me after dinner tonight and when they sing "Happy Birthday Jake".

I Love My Porch

Aloe plant recently given to me by Carrie Cox. So sweet that it has a baby.

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Back porch time yesterday. Have to spend as much time as I can out there (Jake loves it, too). Fall is my favorite season. I can enjoy cooler temps and beautiful views from this porch. Brother Patrick always called it "The Treehouse".

Pumpkin Light

A touch of Fall in the kitchen corner.

Saturday, September 11, 2021

9/11

Thursday, September 9, 2021

Face Forward

And here she is face forward. (Right after I asked her to stay for a few minutes 😊).

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Pretty Sky This Evening

Hello Sweet One

Thank you for letting me get so close to you.

Tuesday, September 7, 2021

My Dragonfly Birdbath

Monday, September 6, 2021

Sedum

The sedum is providing hair for the man on my metal plaque yard decor.

Around the Yard on Labor Day

Pretties around the yard today. It is such a beautiful Labor Day. 81* with a lovely breeze.

Nowhere to Hide

Beauty

Early Sunday morning, Sept. 5, 2021

Sunday, September 5, 2021

Back to Charleston

A sad, but beautiful, early morning. Took Casey to the airport ~ back to Charleston he goes. Had a wonderful visit with lots of talks, laughs, and memory making.

Be safe in the air my son. I love you.

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.