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The ordinary arts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest ~ Sir Thomas Moore ~


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Wednesday, August 30, 2017

lake Ontario love ♥ ...

"She had the Spirit
of the Sun
the Moods
of the Moon
the Will
of the Wind"
~Julie Cantrell~
I am forever grateful to live in such a beautiful corner of the world ♥
daily walks along lake Ontario fill my heart and soul
with serenity and gratitude
watching the boats
the waves ... they were crashing this morning...
the salty scent from the water and the sound of waves raising
as I walked absorbing her energy & giving her mine
seeing "images" in driftwood
and watching the blades of grass sway
wild flowers
reaching for the sun
they know what to do
sweet sitting {meditation} spot

flocks of geese
carved paths luring me towards the sand ... time for some
barefoot walking :-D
"Make your heart
like a lake,
 with a calm, still surface,
and great depths of kindness"
~Lao Tzu~

Friday, August 25, 2017

An occasional glance ...

I've been working on a few abstract pieces in my sparrow studio, going back and forth, adding and observing.
Setting them aside ... returning again ...
Turning the paper and getting excited seeing the  little glimpses of images appearing ...
Nothing in mind as I paint and swirl the luscious colours about ...
so freeing and utterly enjoyable... just me and the paint.
Often, the brushes are moved to one side and it is all "hands on" ... cool paint on my fingertips, covering the sheet of paper ~ bliss!

And with each happy "find" I smile as there is always, undoubtedly, a bird, somewhere amongst the swirls :-D
This little white treasure appeared from my fingertips ♥
Wondering where it will take me today...

"Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain.
An occasional glance towards the summit
keeps the goal in mind,
but many beautiful scenes are to be observed
from each new vantage point"
~Harold B Melchart~

Have a wonderful weekend
d xo 

Thursday, August 24, 2017

Thankful {things I love} Thursday ...

...Thankful for  all the little treasures on my sparrow studio altar
Art
for me
is like
breathing
"Art enable us
to find ourselves
and lose ourselves
at the same time"
~Thomas Merton~

"If you ask me
what I came to do in this world,
I, an artist, will answer you:
I am here
to live
out loud"
~Emile Zola~


"Artists feel what they're carrying and feel it vividly.
In order to make their art
they must find their edges
and soften there.
Art {like love} was never about safety.
To love an artist
is to fall into a sea
of deep
soulful
courageous
wild living"
~Victoria Erikson~
sweet grass tea lights
"I am an instrument
in a shape
of  a woman"
~Adrienne Rich~

Monday, August 14, 2017

monday musing ...

"It is not easy to walk alone
in the country
without musing
upon something"
~Charles Dickens~

Sunday, August 13, 2017

Take it to the trees ...

Sunday Serenity
forest walking
tree talking
"How dear the woods are!
You beautiful trees!
I love every one of you as a friend"
~Lucy Maud Montgomery~
"Alone with myself,
the trees bend
to caress me.
The shade
hugs my heart"
~Candy Polgar~
"Now we enter the ancient wood.
In which wild forms the gnarled and mossy boughs
are twisted, what a sensation
of sacred repose"
~Henry James Slack~
"He envied the bark,
which had been,
in the course of a lifetime,
both forest
and
fire.
One endured; one destroyed"
~Karen Joy Fowler~

seeing things clearly
and quietly
"I never saw a discontented tree.
They grip the ground as they liked it,
and though fast rooted,
they travel about as far as we do"
~John Muir~
"Knowing trees
I understand the meaning of patience.
Knowing grass
I appreciate persistence.
~Hal Borland~

Monday, August 7, 2017

hummingbird love ♥


"May your mind
whirl
joyful cartwheels of creativity.
May your heart
sing
sweet lullabies of timelessness.
May your essence
be the nectar
of the open blossom of your joy.
May your spirit
soar
throughout the vast cathedral
of your being"
~Jonathan Lockwood Huie~

hummers enjoying the trumpet vine in my garden ♥

Thursday, August 3, 2017

Thankful {things I love} Thursday ...

"You know that moment
first thing in the morning
and you open the window,
and you are flooded with the senses
of life,
birdsong,
fresh air,
sunbeams,
nature in all her glory...
it's just so sacred.
It's the life-bird
and she's singing the sweetest song.
She's reminding us
of what it is like to be alive.
Don't forget her song today.
Don't become so busy you can't hear it anymore.
Feeling alive today,
make that your focus.
Because we deserve to dance our days away.
Because we deserve to feel alive"
~S.C. Lourie~