Showing posts with label water. Show all posts
Showing posts with label water. Show all posts

Friday, June 5, 2015

how to be happy

The first and most important thing
is to be thankful for the little things you have,
find the joy all around you,
the small magic,
the tiny discoveries that make life extraordinary,
and
appreciate that there is beauty everywhere.
 
One of the things I was thankful for lately was an afternoon to myself.
I had a dentist appointment, 
which I am irrationally afraid of.
And my tooth hurt so i decided not to go back to work, 
but stopped at a new body of water I had recently discovered to drink my banana flavored milkshake. 
I couldn't eat lunch, but i could drink.
I have always lived in this area 
but i had never even heard of this small lake, 
a series of small lakes it turns out.
I had sort of stumbled upon it a few weeks ago while looking for somewhere else.
And it is close enough to get to on my lunch hour.
 I just love it when i find a new spot to go to that has water. 
It soothes.













Friday, September 19, 2014

Favorites...







 My favorite spot to go on my lunch hour....











My favorite wildflower......









A new Hobby....
my first try...
a fat bird with a fan tail!?!


I am linking to paint party friday as this little guy will get painted this week...
I am thinking yellow...
with a needle felted nest...


and in my last post I asked if anyone knows what this is? anyone?



 

Friday, June 21, 2013

pendants

One of the things I have been working on I the last few months is pendants. I hand draw the abstract images and put them in a brass or silver base with a glass piece over the front. These were fun and sort of addicting... I wanted to make more but decided to stop after about 15. I only have a few photographed so far.....



Even though they're abstract, I still think they were inspired by nature....












I had missed my spot...

I returned to the river,

timed with the eagles.



I have a new camera with a good zoom,  but unfortunately I haven't been able to get a good shot of the eagles or the ospreys yet this year with it.... hopefully soon!







(They are available in my etsy shop if anyone is interested.)
ps: you might have missed this post earlier for my latest mandala...click on image to see post
 

Friday, September 21, 2012

Earth, air, fire, water

I made another video for you this week. In this one i have painted 4 watercolor mandalas in my sketchbook.  I read on a few people's blogs lately that they tend to skip the videos when they see them on people's blogs. I am just the opposite, i love to see videos, especially art videos of people creating. I vegetated a bit this week in the evenings watching art videos, and if i had saved all the links i would show you the best of what i saw, some amazing things.... But i didn't, ooops. Anyway, please don't skip this video, it's about slowing down to enjoy what you see..., it's about 5 minutes long... Slow down, take your time and relax! That's my deep thought and advice for you and for myself this week. Slow down and enjoy  what you are seeing and doing without being in such a rush to see and do the next thing. I will try to Take my own advise, and just do one thing at a time today!

And for those of you who just truly don't have the 5 minutes today, i'll post my 4 sketches below the video...

Earth, air, fire water
These are always there for us
This is small magic