Share the Joy–New ways of BEing

In spite of the 6 inches of snow we are expecting today,

I can feel the seeds of some new stuff

germinating inside me.

(Germinate – created in 2011, 6X6” canvas, acrylic and collage)

Like the little green shoots of the first crocus poking through the white stuff,

new, better ways of BEing are beginning.

And there is a lot of sweet heart joy in that.

 

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The delightful tiny clay bowls

pictured above are from the quirky and awesome Etsy shop,  Hobbitware.

My new soft, inexpensive and wonderfully green, long sleeved cotton tee is from Old Navy.

Wishing you lots of sweet heart joy today, Beautiful Ones !

 

For more Thursday joy sharing, visit Meri’s Musings.

Semi-Wordless Wednesday–Beach Wisdom

Photo taken at Hampton Beach yesterday

on a cold and windy walk

that did me lots of good.

Making some important changes here.

Reminding myself to have the courage to carry through.

Happy Wednesday, Beautiful Ones !

17 Years Gone By...

Seventeen years ago today,
my Dad's spirit left the world.
I feel him strongly today.
I wish I could have one big, cozy, warm Daddy hug in his big, strong arms. The best hugs I have ever had in my life.
Fly high and free, beautiful Man Spirit.
I love you, Daddy.

Haiku My Heart–Time to rise up

 

February’s gone !

Winter’s grip is slackening.

My time to rise up.

 

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This is how Boo and I feel about winter.

None of us here are sad to see the month of February go !

When I realized the date today,

it made me feel lighter somehow.

Like it is time to shake off the cloak and let the lengthening light warm me into action and into moving forward.

Hope,

I think is what they call it.

And I will take it !

March 1, 2013 – Art Journal Page

“Got to get ourselves back to the garden” – Lyrics from Woodstock, CSNY, 1969

 

May the hope of this new month, new day, new moment bring you

to where you need to be, Beautiful Ones !

Happy Friday !

 

For more haiku and hopeful celebrations, go to recuerda mi corazon.

Share the Joy–Let It In…

From this Week’s Joy List :

This is me looking joyful and loved.

That is how my friends make me feel.

Yesterday, I reached out to a few and was vulnerable, and let them know I was in need.

In need of some loving, some assurance, some support.

And I received that from my friends in such an abundance that I went to sleep last night feeling very loved and very grateful..

And that is the greatest joy.

 

“The days I keep my gratitude higher than my expectations, I have really good days.” Ray Wylie Hubbard

 

It made a difference in how I felt waking up this morning too.

Today I feel lighter, more hopeful and maybe, just maybe,

I won’t be quite so hard on myself today.

And that should leave a lot more space for joy to come !

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And while I have been complaining that my Muse has abandoned me for warmer climes,

I guess she took time out from her vacation to make an emergency visit back to me.

This is the journal page I sat down and let pour out of me in the gloom of yesterday’s rainy/snowy/grey afternoon.

Stencils, spray inks, Twinkling H2Os, Faber Castell pens, and one important collage piece from an old dictionary and this page was born.

I am feeling my “small particle of fire”.

And that brings this Artist Girl joy !!!

 

I hope you are opened up to love and joy today, Beautiful Ones.

It sure is good for what ails you !

Happy Thursday !

For more joy sharing, visit the amazing Meri at Meri’s Musings.

Semi-Wordless Wednesday–Cabin Fever

21 Days until the Vernal Equinox…

 

(PS : Thin Mints = cookie crack)

While the Muse is away…

Meet my new buddy – Mr. Crochet Hook!

Along with my friend Sonia who showed me how to use him,

he is helping me keep from going completely stir crazy this winter,

and also to fill in the blanks while my usual Muse seems to have recently flown the coop.

Has the bitch escaped to Florida with the Snow Birds perhaps ?

Traitor !

Any way, I have been crocheting up a little storm,

now that I have the basic stitches kind of down.

Of course, I am horrible at following patterns and directions so I have been making tons of circles and doily flowery things. I have also made some cuff length strips that I hope to stitch some eucalyptus dyed bits to at some point. Some are even made of natural silk and/or wool yarn and can be thrown in the dye pot too…

David asks what I am going to do with this growing pile of rounds…

I don’t know yet but I do know that making them helps me relax and seeing them in a bunch makes me smile.

Those are good enough reasons to keep at it for now, I guess…

Speaking of things that make me smile.

Every time I walk into the living room and witness this, I smile !

Boo loves his blond doggie and Cheeks is too kind to say no to a kitty cat snuggle!

I hope you find a lot to smile about today, Beautiful Ones !

Big Love !