The Magic, Miracles and Joy of an Artist: October 2020

Saturday, October 31, 2020

Moon and Mars

The Moon and Mars last night at 12:30 am.

Friday, October 30, 2020

Thursday, October 29, 2020

A Perfect Evening

Pretty clouds, the sky, and the moon this evening.

Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday ~ Halloween 1984

With the help of a good friend, I made this cavewoman outfit. I boiled chicken bones to make earrings and hung some from my rope belt.

I bowled in my league in this and then we all went out to celebrate Halloween. It was a fun night I will never forget.

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Sad to say, friend and high school classmate, Dennis Brian McDermott, passed away yesterday. Rest in peace, Mac. I will miss your beep when you pass my way down 77, and your positive uplifting outlook. Please ask the angels to watch out for all of us still down here.

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Home

He is home. Jake did great and all is well. He is resting and now I can relax my "worry" muscles.

Stress

We took Jake to the vet hospital early this morning. It's that dreaded dental cleaning day that stresses me out every year. Jake knew we were dropping him off ~ the eyes say it all. 😞

Sweet Memory

This sweet memory from 5 years ago popped up on my facebook timeline this morning.

As a family of deer traveled through our yard, this little one stopped to give "baby cement deer" a kiss. It was a treasure to watch.

Monday, October 26, 2020

Fun Outside This Afternoon

Creepy Creatures

Just went to the post office and had to steer clear of the many creepy creatures that are starting to show up in the neighborhood.

Raining Leaves

The cool rainy day we had yesterday brought down many leaves in our yard.

Sunday, October 25, 2020

Artist Trading Cards

My finished Artist Trading Cards are on their way to Switzerland, Australia, UK, Canada, NY, California, and Illinois.

The September-October theme: "Make Your Mark".

I Love This

Friday, October 23, 2020

Virginia Autumn Beauty

Autumn beauty in Salem, Virginia. After my Physical Therapy session this morning, I took a little drive to photograph some of the beauty in our area. We are peaking in color right now.

This Evening

Thursday Night Sunset

Thursday, October 22, 2020

Autumn

My little bit of Autumn/Halloween decor.

Roanoke River

Down by the river last evening.

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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