The Magic, Miracles and Joy of an Artist: A Fun Birthday and A Beautiful Sky

Friday, January 21, 2011

A Fun Birthday and A Beautiful Sky

Seeing all the Birthday Wishes on Facebook added to the joy I felt this Birthday. I received many wonderful wishes, cards and gifts from friends and family. Thank you, everyone, for making this a special day for me.

I am sharing photos from the beautiful sunset we had this evening. It was SO pretty!

14 comments:

illustration poetry said...: happy birthday (again!) dearest FF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!; January 21, 2011 at 6:21 AM
illustration poetry said...: xxoo; January 21, 2011 at 6:21 AM
yoborobo said...: Hi beautiful Audrey! You look so happy, and I think I know why! That cake is AWESOME! I want a piece. I don't even know what kind it is, but it looks very yummy. And you got a glorious sunset. I am glad you had a good day, you deserve it! xoxoxox!; January 21, 2011 at 6:45 AM
Anne Huskey-Lockard said...: CAKE???
Do I smell CAKE???? ;-D
Glad you had a good day, and thanks for sharing a phenomenal sunset~~the sky was wishing you a happy day too!

XXOO~~♥
Anne; January 21, 2011 at 7:36 AM
Marlene said...: Happy Birthday! The sunset is gorgeous and your cake looks yummy!; January 21, 2011 at 7:56 AM
Joe Beale said...: Happy Birthday Audrey!! Glad you had an amazing day! I hope this year is a great year for you. Joe x; January 21, 2011 at 8:41 AM
pinkglitterfae said...: Happy Belated Birthday to you! luscious looking cake, yum! and the photos of the sunset are indeed glorious.
Enjoy it all!
xoxo

ps- the online class you are taking sounds really fun! I've never heard of him before, and will have to check it out :-); January 21, 2011 at 9:07 AM
Anonymous said...: Happy Birthday, sorry I missed it but you look like you had a marvelous time. Your sunset is heavenly. I am always in awe at nature's glory. Cake, buttercream frosting cake? Oooooh lucky you.xox Corrine; January 21, 2011 at 9:27 AM
Jan said...: I'm glad you had a fun birthday, Audrey, you deserve it! A beautiful sunset, delicious looking cake, secretive wrapped gifts, family around you, what more could one ask for of a birthday. Best wishes to you in this coming year of your life.; January 21, 2011 at 11:45 AM
Caterina Giglio said...: oh gosh I am so sorry!! how did I miss your Birthday!!? I see it was a happy one!! xo; January 22, 2011 at 2:05 PM
OmaLindasOldeBaggsandStuftShirts said...: Shelley and I would like to thank you for being such a precious blessing to our family. TOB; January 22, 2011 at 5:03 PM
Ces Adorio said...: Aaaaahhhh! I am late! belated Happy Birthday!

The sky shots are amazing!; January 23, 2011 at 12:16 AM
Amanda said...: hope you had a great day, wish i was there to share a piece of cake with you!! huggs xoxo; January 25, 2011 at 8:22 PM
Deborah said...: ACK!!!! I am a terrible friend. I've been caught up in my own little world, just like the song "Population Me". So sorry I missed your birthday. ♫♪Happy Happy Birthday, my friend♫♪ Looks like a perfect ending there. **blows kisses ever so gently as to not blow out the candles** Deb; January 28, 2011 at 1:15 PM

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.