Scribble Picnic: watering can

the only thing sprinkling

from watering cans 

in my neck of the woods

is

snow!

Seems the winter fairy has entered spring.

4 fresh inches this week

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for Michael's theme:

watering can

Sentries

they stood true
her sentries
among the wild weaving weedy seeds
 her protectors
fungi who are from the underworld
and the heavens
~

snow has arrived

days are cold

nights even colder

pretty sure this snow is here for the season

so pretty under the light of the big moon

 at night

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Balance Pose

happiest when balanced on a ball 

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woke to the first snow of the season:

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Cabin: for Scribble Picnic

home sweet home

~ 

This weeks theme for Scribble picnic: Cabin

I pretty much did a portrait of my home life,

except that it is still seriously winter here. 

Last week I saw grizzly bear tracks in our area, 

they ended up in the painting of my wee cabin.

(see side bar to see my home)

Thank you for hosting Michael

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Tree Fairy

the tiny tree won her heart

cloaked in fresh winter snow

~

today we got 4 more inches of snow

a true winter wonderland 

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Beyond the Log Cabin Walls: DC: Threshold

she stood at the threshold

before stepping out

feeling into the essence of the world

allowing her breath

to meet the sway of the trees

the depth and height of the mountains

her heart to beat 

to the song of the birds

felt her kinship with the world

and

she stepped out

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it is lovely to be DC host this week

our theme:

threshold

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DC: liminal, Yogini and Beluga Whale

deeply immersed 

in her journey

in the liminal state

 earth woman 

begins her transformation

to

woman of waters deep

soon to be

a mermaid

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'Liminal' is a wonderful theme Veronica, as we 

step back and forth 

between seasons...

thank you!

yesterday we had our first snow of the season:

today, a bit more autumn in the air,

we seem to be in a liminal state:

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visit Veronica's this weekend to see how others have 
been inspired

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Lovely Equinox to one and All ~

 

the ink drawing from the previous post

inspired this watercolor

in honor of Spring

on this first day of spring

half way between the shortest day of the year

and the longest day of the year

i woke to fresh snow!

(yes this is home sweet home)

one of my favorite spring

and summer 

breakfasts:

Fairy Food

1 serving:

1 cup homemade almond milk
honey or agave to taste
1T + 1t chia seeds
1T. dried fruit - cherries or whatever you like
1T. dry coconut
sprinkle of spice, your choice: cinnamon, ginger, cardamon, vanilla

place in jar with lid and shake

a few minutes later shake well again

place in refrigerator over night

ready to enjoy in the morning

(if you don't shake it well, you will get lumps of gooey chia

seeds. Fairies would never eat that!)

enjoy

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Lovely Spring or Autumn

to one and all!

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D.C. Tattoo

years and years ago

in a night's dream

someone said: let me touch up your tattoo

i said: what tattoo?

she pointed to my torso

i lifted my top to find flowers and leaves

much like the painting above

but 

they were alive and moving as well!

I loved it

funny thing is, that i have never wanted a tattoo

perhaps all my freckles 

are enough body art for me 

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This weeks Drawing Challenge is hosted by:

Patrice A. 

visit her wonderful blog 

to join all the artists being inspired by: Tattoo 

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also

we have snow!

 and

snowflakes one night:

Lovely weekend to one and all!

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Spring

Winter into Spring

~

her friends say

wake up Sleeping Beauty

spring is here

let's play

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I went to the wilderness (NW Montana) for the last day of winter

the first day of Spring

here we do not have green grass and flowers yet

but the snow melts daily

and 

then snows  again

then rains again

a slow awakening

but we do see signs of life waking up from a long winter nap

and 

the days are longer

equal to the nights

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i stayed in a tiny 

beautiful log cabin

made by a friend and many of his friends

no running water

no electricity

but it does have a wonderful wood stove

this is my sketch of it

it turned out to be a silent retreat

simply because i did not see anybody

i felt as though time slowed down

with no electricity

my days were full of skiing along the river

walking in Glacier National Park

drawing and painting

yoga 

simple eating

and of course

tending the fire

it was a beautiful way to say farewell to Winter

and a warm hello to Spring

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wishing each of you a lovely Spring

warmly,
Tammie

Mouse Friend

they are kin

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Summer can be full to overflowing in the NW of Montana,

a time to do outdoor things that our long winters do not support.

One thing I have done is help Larry work on his tiny log cabin. 

 

Staining windows:

 

 pre-chinking logs:

  

while he chalked around the corners of logs

so fun to see his cabin come to life!