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Thursday, January 8, 2015

Thankful {things I love} Thursday ...

My Guiding Word for Twenty Fifteen
is
GROW
This year my word came to me differently.
Normally I will hear a word over and over.  I'll hear it on the radio, on the television, find it crop up while reading over and over, see it on an advertisement while shopping etc...
I was surprised that this did not happen this year.
Instead ... it was before me in my art.
I had been painting my Word :-)
through my © Women of the Woods Series filled with trees and branches and roots ...
through all the flowers and blossoms and blooms
it was there all along.

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Welcome January ...

January ...
one of my favourite months
the beginning of Twenty~Fifteen
we celebrate the New Year,  Birthdays & an Anniversary this month
 
We have a huge squirrels nest in our garden & the squirrels have been spending most of their time it seems either chasing one another around our yard, or sitting in our lilac tree and eating :-)
Trying to keep them off the feeders, I've put out peanuts and made peanut butter sandwiches ...
but still ... they just love the feeders!
While all the  Christmas decorations have been taken down and packed away {including the cedar & pine cone spray shown} :-),
the twinkle lights remain in our kitchen year round.
I just love the glow of tiny white lights.
We were thankful for our fireplace, when the power went out for a few hours last week.
After lighting all the candles, and putting flashlights on the fireplace mantle, we roasted a pan of chestnuts & marshmallows which we turned into smores (Yummy)
I was so happy to have just made a big pot of coffee before the power went out!!!!
Coffee, smores, roasted chestnuts, candlelight & a roaring fire ... made us forget we had no electricity :-D
country drives
sweet friends
a little bit of snow {hoping for more}
Welcome January ♥
Do you choose a Guiding Word for the New Year?
I will post mine in a few days xo

Friday, January 3, 2014

my guiding word ~ twenty-fourteen ...

♥Nourish♥
What one relishes, nourishes ~Benjamin Franklin
***
As in past years, I like to begin January 1st with a 'guiding word'.
Usually around mid December, I start thinking about my Guiding Word, being aware of subtle hints of what it will be.  Somehow it always seems to appear over & over.
This year, the word that spoke to me when I was reading, watching television, having a conversation, spotting a quote was
 *Nourish*
Divine nourishment
 creativity,
 mind,
 body,
 soul,
 home
You nourish your soul
by fulfilling
your destiny.
Our heart always leads us
to our destiny,
our soul
tells us
when we're there
~Harold Kushner~
 

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

One Little Word ~ Twenty Thirteen ...

Work, love and play
are the great balance wheels
of man's being
~Orson Swett Marden~
 
 Sweet Sparrow resting on our Garden bench.
Texture - Embrace by Kim Klassen
 
My OLW for 2013 ...
~BALANCE~
***
Happiness is not a matter of intensity
but of
balance
order
rhythm
and
harmony
~Thomas Merton~
***
HAPPY TWENTY THIRTEEN ♥