The Magic, Miracles and Joy of an Artist

Friday, April 13, 2018

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Maria!!

I remember well, that cute little dark haired angel that your mother gave birth to on April 13th a few years back. Hard to believe you now have two boys of your own. I am thrilled to be their Great-Aunt.

I know how much joy those boys give you and how much joy you receive caring for animals. I wish you another year filled with all the joy your heart can hold!! Be happy!

♥

Mr. Toad

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 content.

Headed to 81* today!!

Thursday, April 12, 2018

Siblings

Tuesday was National Siblings Day. I somehow missed it. Better late than not.

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The best brother in the entire world, PATRICK ~ who lives in my heart always.

AUDREY ~ the baby, who they both watched over with hawk eyes.

My sister, PATTY ~ we were always at opposite ends of the spectrum, until our later years that have found us to be good loving friends.

God Bless my siblings.

♥

Majestic Tree

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 view its beauty and wonder how old it is, how long it has stood SO royally adorning the landscape.

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Spring

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't help but smile seeing Spring finally emerge.

I love seeing the violets bloom in the Spring. Mom's favorite flowers.

I LOVE bleeding hearts.

View from the front yard.

Looking down into our woods.

Monday, April 9, 2018

Hungry Deer

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 buds off my wegalia bush, I had to coax her to leave the flower bed.

SNOWING!

Sunday, April 8, 2018

The deer had dinner down back this evening.

Memory (Ironweed)

I just had this painting professionally framed. It is one of my very favorite paintings by John Sokol.

Memory (Ironweed)

Coffee * Ink * Oil Pastels * Burns

On Bristol 9" x 9"

Saturday, April 7, 2018

Cooper River Bridge Run

Casey, with his good friend Kevin Odey, after they ran in the Cooper River Bridge Run in Charleston, SC, this morning. Kevin comes down from Ohio every year to run in this with Casey. Good friends since High School.

Weather

Weather headlines yesterday morning:
Beautiful Springlike 70* today ~ Snow tomorrow.
So far this morning, no snow. Just very light rain. 46* Cloudy
It looks like the snow missed us. Thank goodness.

Thursday, April 5, 2018

Birds

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 love and joy!

♥

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

The Promise of Spring

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 wind advisory through tomorrow.

Fickle April!!

Sweet chickadee arriving for lunch.

This is the female of the cardinal couple that are in our yard most of the time. I need to come up with a unique name for each of them.

Out back, searching for something to eat.

The Bleeding Hearts have been through wind, rain, and snow, but are plugging along.

Our lone beautiful Forsythia.

The Redbuds are just beginning to show their color.

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

A Little Humor

Vendor Night

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

Monday, April 2, 2018

Sunday, April 1, 2018

Easter Sunday

Our Easter celebration this morning.

The church was full, it looked beautiful, and the choir was amazing!

Easter

Our KING is risen!

HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH!

Happy Easter to all!!

Saturday, March 31, 2018

March 31st FULL MOON

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. It's a beauty!

Holy Saturday

Tulip Tree

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

Friday, March 30, 2018

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.

~ John 3:16

Good Friday

Warm and windy outside, and here comes the rainstorm!! It seems to be appropriate weather for Good Friday.

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.