The Magic, Miracles and Joy of an Artist

Tuesday, March 10, 2020

March Full Moon

March Full Worm Moon.

It was cloudy last night. I stood out front and waited for the clouds to part long enough for the moon to show. Voila!! It was big and beautiful.

Monday, March 9, 2020

Sunday, March 8, 2020

Kindness

It's true. In spite of all the evil out there, there is MUCH good in people. We really do just want to love our neighbor.

Hyacinths

Hyacinths in my kitchen. The smell is heavenly.

A Beautiful Day

Oh what a beautiful morning.

Oh what a beautiful day.

Church bells are ringing.

Bluebirds are singing.

Spring is on the way.

Saturday, March 7, 2020

Full Worm Moon

Full Worm Moon tonight ~ not officially full till Monday.

Weather Change

This photo was taken on Friday morning from my back porch ~ Twelve o'Clock Knob. It was a beautiful sunny March morning.

This picture was taken on Friday evening. It went from a bright sunny morning to cloudy, windy, rain, and even a few flurries. 37*

Glorious Sunset

The sunset on Thursday evening. It was like fire in the sky. It was brilliant in color. Gorgeous!!

Teacher of the Year

Woo-hoo!! My sweet neighbor!

Congratulations, Olivia!!

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Black Dog Salvage

BLACK DOG SALVAGE today!! I love this place.

Appalachia Press

Susan Bradbury

Charlie Frye

Ibby Taylor Greer

Sunday, March 1, 2020

Happy Birthday dear sister, Patty!!

How nice it was for us to be together today celebrating your birthday. My wish is for us to be able to spend many more birthdays together! (And that one day you will let me post your photo.)

♥

Saturday, February 29, 2020

Throwback Photo

A memory from February, 2014.

Photo by Audrey

Christiansburg

We returned to Christiansburg today. My sister sold some items at Charlotte's Web and we lunched at Outback. It was cold, but sunny. We enjoyed the beautiful mountains on the ride back home.

Thursday, February 27, 2020

Crazy Weather

Yesterday ~ sunny, beautiful, 64*

Today ~ sunny, beautiful, 31*

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Ash Wednesday

My annual Ash Wednesday selfie.

"Remember man, that thou art dust, and unto dust thou shalt return."

So grateful to be here. Not ready to be dust yet.

Monday, February 24, 2020

Living the Creative Life

Valentines I received, clockwise from left corner: Wally, Therry, Tricia, Margaret, and Amanda.

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Our Living the Creative Life group met Wednesday night at my house. We exchanged handmade Valentines as we do each year. It is always such fun to see what everyone has made.

Margaret's Valentines from Therry, Audrey, Tricia, Amanda, and Wally.

Amanda's Valentines from Wally, Margaret, Therry, Tricia, and Audrey.

Tricia's Valentines from Audrey, Amanda, Wally, Margaret, and Therry.

Therry's Valentines from Amanda, Audrey, Tricia, and Margaret. Wally gave his to her at home.

Wally's Valentines from Margaret, Amanda, Therry, Tricia, and Audrey.

A Throwback Photo

1969 ~ I didn't know then, while holding a friend's little dog, that I would one day love a little dog of my own. I sure waited long enough.

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.