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• I Found Walden

  

  ...and crows, at the library sale last week. The crows did not cooperate with taking photos. They kept inching away from me as if they knew I wanted their... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2018 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Off Her High Horse

  

  my bones ache for the changing, for the shift in seasons that is taking longer than it should. while there is a slight color change, and nights are now cool, th... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2018 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Welcome Home

  

  I'm officially flipping the light switch on for fall. {Is it too early?} She knows her way well, without the light, but since she's my old friend, it's just a... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2018 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• My Season is Coming

  

  There was a little gift for me on my car today when I left work. Dropped on my windshield by Gaia (Mother Earth). (not my actual leaf though) It was like when... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2018 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Not Only Does God Create Daily Beauty, But So Can We

  

  Even bookplates can be beautiful. I read this quote today and it made me think of all the places and things that hold beauty in life. “I think everything in lif... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2018 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Their Beauty

  

  I am loving these words from Mary Oliver and having fun creating some word art from them. The trees outside are indeed thick and lush with green leaves, and the... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2018 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Put on Your Bonnets

  

  Fantine There is a new Andrew Davies production coming to PBS in the future, (think Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth's Pride and Prejudice), that I have really hig... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2018 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Necessary

  

  The offerings of summer are the little beauties we can only dream about in the mid-winter cold. Now they are abundant and everywhere you look. Summer begs us... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2018 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• What Is Nature?

  

  What is nature but the intelligent and nurtured creativity by the hand of our God. We crave it. We need it. It exists for our own nurturing and well being. Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2018 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• The Blooms Won't Last Long

  

  This is the first spring in the new home and there is a brilliant surprise that I just discovered. Someone had planted white peonies in the backyard. Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2018 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Feather From A Crow

  

  Today I found a crow feather. It is simple and beautiful. I read some Native American meanings of feathers that I share here. A feather from a crow symbolizes... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2018 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Windsor Wedding

  

  They have put up this pretty archway overnight at St. George's Chapel. Can't wait to see it later today. Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2018 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Roses On the Mind

  

  Got roses on the mind after seeing this pretty new art ~ I will be the gladdest thing Under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers And not pick one. ~Edna St. Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2018 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Lou & Scott

  

  Does anyone else watch Heartland? I have been waiting for these two, Lou and Scott, to get back together. We now have a season 12 that is yet to be filmed. Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2018 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Jane Online

  

  Join me and hundreds of others taking this free Jane Austen online course! What will you achieve? By the end of the course, you'll be able to... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2018 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• The Woman in White - BBC One

  

  BBC One is currently filming/airing? a new production based on one of my favorite books by Wilkie Collins, "The Woman in White. Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2018 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Gathered Words, the Blog

  

  I've been posting a bit on my new blog, Gathered Words. My latest post ... "It is well documented, my love for Henry David Thoreau, his love of nature and for... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2018 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Where They Stepped

  

  The setting for this painting is St. Mark's Square, Venice. I have been to the real place and the birds were joyful and plentiful there. These three ladies out... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2018 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Listening - A Sound Feast

  

  The spring awakening is happening to all senses, not only the visual ones which I crave so ardently, after a long wintery sabbatical. Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2018 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Moodyness

  

  The curator in me is drawn to moody art scenes, like this one by William Henry Chandler. I want my art to be pensive and pondering. Nearly dark, but not quite,... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2018 CREATIVITY, CULTURE