One Word A Week Wednesday...

30/52

EMBRACE

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Flowers, beautiful flowers,

children, humanity, lovely, love, life,

embrace all ~ please!

~Yusef Lateef~

Playing with Paints & Pencils ...

I came across a photo of my daughter, taken around 2001, in a chiffon dress, her waist length hair twisted in an up-do. She had mentioned wanting some art work for her Condo and would I paint something a while ago ... prior to my automobile accident and the issues that resulted from that, painting was a passion of mine. Now, it's more about pacing than passion but I kept thinking about that photo and how much fun it would be to paint it ...

I knew I had some canvas' and a cupboard filled with acrylic paints ...and the desire to create ...

and then ... the paints led to the pencils.

I only needed to look around Sparrow Studio to find a photo of Ernie I loved. We had only adopted him the week before, and there he sat in the garden on a snowy December afternoon wearing what had been Ben's ♥ red jacket. Since Ben weighed 125lbs and Ernie only 52, it hung on him and I had to sew an additional button on the underside of the coat to keep it from slipping on him :-)

I find that I have painted my life-

things happening in my life- without knowing.

~Georgia O'Keefe~

One Word A Week Wednesday...

29/52

WISDOM

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God, grant me the serenity

to accept the things I cannot change

Courage to change the things I can

and the WISDOM

to know the difference

~Reinhold Niebuhr~

The Serenity Prayer

I only had to look in my little garden pond to find today's word :-) We have little river rocks with inspirational words scattered.

The weekend in photos ...

{ Daucus Carota } Wild Carrot ...
Bishops lace...
Queen Anne's lace...

known by many names, but my favourite would have to be ...

birds nest :-)

It was a hot and very windy weekend ...

we packed up a few necessities...

and went away for the weekend ...

took in a craft show ...

had a picnic lunch by the water's edge ...

watched the geese...

took long walks with Ernie ♥ ...

sat in Adirondack chairs {the bigger the better} :-}

his & hers ...

In summer

the song

sings

itself

~Carlos Williams~

One Word A Week Wednesday ...

28/52

Thought

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Each thought

that is welcomed and recorded

is a nest egg

by the side of which

more will be laid

~Henry David Thoreau~

Mosaic Monday ...

Still hot and humid

but today

we've had short spouts of rain ...

It stopped long enough to take the camera outside and have a bit of a walk through the garden.
I always change the lens when it rains ... the macro lens goes on ...

You never really know how things will look until you upload your photos ...

although I noticed taking photos of the trumpet vine, that the gap between the lattice on our fence created the loveliest bokeh :-)

and the trumpet vine provided some shelter for ear wigs :-)
Lady bird played a game
of hide & seek with me :-}
as I followed her around as she wove in and out of the vines...
which hung heavily on the fence
with big, full, raindrops...

and then

it started to rain again ...

time to head back inside ...

Happily linking to Mosaic Monday @ dear little red house today ♥

One Word A Week Wednesday...

27/52

Magical

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Then followed that beautiful season... Summer ...

filled was the air

with a dreamy

and

magical

light

and the landscape lay as if

new created

in all the freshness of childhood

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow~

Lazy, Hazy Days of Summer ...

It is HOT!

93 Degrees ... the sound of the pond is so nice ...

but today - we are enjoying the comforts of inside

and

air conditioning :-)

The flowers are well - watered ...
The trumpet-vine is providing some nice shade ...
and covered most of the fence (and some of the hanging baskets too) :-)

Today is one of those Lazy, Hazy, Days of Summer...

Deep Summer

is when

laziness

finds

respectability.

~Sam Keen~

Happy Canada Day!

Happy 143rd Birthday Canada!

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We had the most gorgeous weather today and spent the entire day down at the Lake where we came across the perfect spot to sit and enjoy the scenery ♥