The Magic, Miracles and Joy of an Artist

It is SO uplifting to see the green inching out of the trees and on the ground. Rebirth!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Maria!! I remember well, that cute little dark haired angel that your mother gave birth to on April 13th a few years ba...

Cleaning debris out of the front flower bed and look who I came upon.  I guess I'll wait to remove the old leaves.  He looks pretty c...

Tuesday was National Siblings Day.  I somehow missed it.  Better late than not. *** The best brother in the entire world, PATRICK ~ ...

This beautiful, very tall, majestic tree is only about 10 minutes away from my home.  I love to go see it every once in a while just to v...

 I took some photos while walking Jake around the yard this morning.  It's a beautiful day ~ calm, sunny, in the 50s, and I couldn...

 Back for breakfast!  As many times as I tell them to stay below the wall, they sometimes don't listen.  Before she ate all the bud...

The deer had dinner down back this evening.

I just had this painting professionally framed.  It is one of my very favorite paintings by John Sokol. Memory (Ironweed) Coffee * In...

Casey, with his good friend Kevin Odey, after they ran in the Cooper River Bridge Run in Charleston, SC, this morning.  Kevin comes down...

Weather headlines yesterday morning: Beautiful Springlike 70* today ~ Snow tomorrow. So far this morning, no snow.  Just very light rain...

 Today ~ waiting for me to refill the feeders.

  HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Tricia!! Sending love and good wishes to you, my dear friend. I hope this day, and this year, fills your heart with...

Scenes from yesterday ~ the promise of Spring weather. Today it is 59*, going down to 32*, with snow in the forecast. Very windy with a...

 Vendor Night ~ removed leftover Easter, brought in some new inventory, and cleaned/rearranged.  First full month of having only the one ...

 Our Easter celebration this morning. The church was full, it looked beautiful, and the choir was amazing!

Our KING is risen! HALLELUJAH!   HALLELUJAH! Happy Easter to all!!

Here is the first full moon of Spring, the Blue Moon.  It is also known as the Paschal Moon ~ the full moon right before Easter Sunday.  ...

The tulip tree blooms never last very long, but they sure are beautiful.  I look forward to seeing them every Spring.

For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him may not perish but may have eternal life. ...