29 Faces, day 1

crown of candles
to light ending winter days
  in honor of Imbolc tomorrow:

Gaelic festival marking the beginning of spring.
 

well maybe if you are in California it feels like spring
but here in Montana i have snowflakes falling, 
landing on my frozen creek:

 

yea

it is February's 29 Faces

looking forward to sharing with all of you

and seeing your faces

thank you Alaya for being our lovely host!

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DC: The Unexpected

the unexpected:

against our gray day
earth cloaked in old snow
starting to tarnish with age 

a new joyous song filling the air

i spied RED
unexpected in our usual wintry mix
of birds

the pine grosbeak

ink stage

before painting:

our DC host this week is lovely Joke

her prompt is: the Unexpected

visit her blog this weekend to see artful postings for

the unexpected

thank you for hosting Joke!

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sketching with an ink pen

fun to create fungi characters

brought them to life with watercolors

was a joy

to create

for sale: here

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twas an ice crystal morning:

I love it when ice crystals grow

clothing our woods and meadows in lacy ice

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DC: Toast, Mountain Lion

in a dream last week 

there was a mountain lion in my forest

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Veronica is our host for Drawing Challenge 

with the inspiration: toast

one meaning for 'toast':

a person or thing held in high regard by a particular group

surely the beings of the forest hold a lion in this fashion

high regard

I know that i do

eloquant

she is the toast of the meadows

the woods

known for prowess

she strolls with a goddess

in balance with the land

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to see others expression of Toast

visit: Lovely Veronica's place

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Lucy

this is my dear friend Lucy

her human is Terence

Terence gave me a conk to paint on

(conks grown on trees)

one day it occurred to me to paint his beloved Lucy on the conk

 

original inspiration, she often walks and sits on logs:

 even on cold snowy days she loves to be outside

winter being her favorite season

(she is part husky)

that is why there are snowflakes in the painting

it was fun to seek to portray a real being in a painting

as i usually make them up

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DC Match Box

mystical drawers

divining a message

for you

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which drawer

or color will you choose?

PLEASE 

FOR FUN, stop here

CHOOSE ONE OF THE SEVEN DRAWERS

OR ONE OF THE COLORS....

THEN READ YOUR SWEET MESSAGE BELOW:

1. red drawer

2. purple drawer

 

3. blue drawer

4. gold drawer

5. pink drawer

 6. turquoise green

7. apricot pink

i hope you had fun with the magical match box drawers

and their messages for you

was your message meaningful

or fun?

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this weeks drawing challenge is by Eric

he chose: Match Box

so many possibilities!

thank you for the fun inspiration Eric

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visit Eric's blog to find other people creating art with Match Boxes

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Inner Dwelling

to reside within

to let boundaries dissolve

into

all is one

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a lovely and nurturing practice

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New Year's Blessings, DC: time

on the threshold
a moment in time

between two years

with heartfelt care

a wish:

may blessings grace your days and nights

may dreams  be met to your delight

may health and perfect wealth be yours

may hearts hold peace and joy

with sacred love 

wishing you and our world

a beautiful 2015

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Eric's DC challenge is time
so perfect at turning of a year
when we are aware of the passing of time
an entire year
and considering our next year
Thank you for hosting Eric!

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Winter Solstice 2014

may the magic of the shortest day

cloak of the longest night

touch your heart

inspire your depths 

and may your spirit glow

with candles snow and stars

until each day grows longer by the light of our sun

lovely solstice
summer or winter 
to one and all

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this week we had ice crystals

i simply adore them

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Life's Journey

as one journeys through life

across meadows

up mountains

swimming rivers and oceans

through dreams

and

experiences

our hearts become

a  treasure box 

overflowing with a multitude of life's events

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last week i had three skin cancer surgeries

on my face

and a few weeks before one on my shoulder

my heart now holds more experiences

i am well and healing

skin cancers removed

when it came to art

this experience was what poured out

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sharing with Paint Party Friday

sweet weekend to one and all
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