DC: Nest

 she formed her nest of feathers

soft for the newborns arrival

with care

she touched each one

offering love to last their whole life long

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two paintings were inspired

this nest is made of forget-me-not flowers

 

this weekends Drawing Challenge

was offered by: Ariane

her propmt: nest

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I enjoyed considering nests this week:

our skull is a nest for our brain

body a basket/nest for our soul and spirit

earth nest for all life on planet

I thought of homes

or feeling at home

a place to give birth

to nurture new life

caring for life in a nest

these thoughts hold my heart like a nest holds eggs

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thank you for being our wonderful host Ariane!

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Blessings of Samhain to You

though autumn filled her days
and nights
she became a nest of new life for Samhain

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a bit of information about Samhain:

*this year it is celebrated from  

sunset on October 31 to sunset on November 1, almost halfway between the autumn equinox and the winter solstice.

*It is one of the four Gaelic seasonal festivals, along with Imbolc, Beltane, and Lughnasadh.

*It's considered a liminal time, when the veil between life and death grows thin. 

*Samhain is pronounced "sah-win" or "sow-in."

*it is one of the original festivals behind the holiday we know as Halloween

*As it was believed that faeries, witches, and demons roamed the earth on Samhain, food and drink were customarily set out to placate them. Later on, people began dressing up as these creatures and claiming the goodies for themselves, sometimes performing antics or tricks in exchange for food and drink. 

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 above info taken from a

wonderful article about Samhain found here: Huffington Post

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 Wonderful Halloween

All Hallows Eve

and 

Samhain 

to one and all!

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D.C.: Order and Chaos

nest: a sacred vessel

eggs: the perfect order for the promise of life

wee ones are born

then chaos begins 

big smile

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this week i have been working on two paintings with owls

in them

THEN i had an amazing encounter with THREE

Great Gray owls

a mother and two fledglings

it was at dusk, when they come out to hunt

so the photo is grainy:

Barbara Bee offered the prompt:

Order and Chaos

some how i feel that all life is contained in this theme

the word 'trust' comes to mind

sometimes we can not see where all the tiny details are heading
where they all end up
perhaps chaos leads to order
or at least it can
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thank you Barbara 

for inspiring an interesting contemplation

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Also:

a branch broke in a tree this week

it seemed like an arm offering this nest so that i could see it
previously it was hidden to my sight

such amazing 'order' in the way it is made!

grass

moss

lichen

mud

nicely glued to the branch

a sacred vessel 

for the eggs and babies it held

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Musical of the Universe

born

with music in the pores of her skin

within her bones
&

even the threads of her hair 

are held the songs of the universe

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4 inktense watercolor pencils

and an ink pen

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the baby humming birds are growing up

their nest is stretching

due to the gossamer spider webs

it is made of:

absolutely brilliant!

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Sage & Sepia

the magical realm of summer 

of nature

a glimpse

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first i painted the page a light sage green

let it dry

drew a border in sepia ink, with a dip pen

drew the picture with masking fluid

let it dry

painted over the mask with a light wash of the sepia ink

then peeled the mask away

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the two little hummingbirds are growing up

eyes still closed

and look the photo is in sage and sepia colors:

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Kristin,

thank you for hosting this lovely event, summer of color!

it has been fun and inspiring

this weeks colors are Sage and Sepia

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DC: Gossamer

in her dreams

the veil was open

she spoke with angels 

as the nights went on

her days became ethereal

and even her skin

radiated like gossamer silk

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Thank you for joining in for our Drawing Challenge this week. 

participants will be sharing on their blogs

something inspired by the word:

gossamer

please visit:

Leena

Kerstin 

Susan

Roberto

Norma

Tania
Arija
Ariane
 

My friend Annie found a hummingbird nest in her tree!

mamma hummer made the nest of lichen and gossamer spider webs

it is SO tiny

and look, two eggs

i read that they are made with gossamer spider webs
so that the web can stretch larger as the babies grow

now that is some smart engineering!
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I hope you all enjoy a wonderful weekend
perhaps sprinkled with gossamer dreams
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