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~

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 

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 musing ...

"It is not easy to walk alone

in the country

without musing

upon something"

~Charles Dickens~

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~

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 ♥

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~