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Gratitude.

9/30/2016

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With the change of the seasons, I find the new year, Rosh Hashanah, is upon us. We Jews, call it the Birthday of World. We celebrate with the sweetness of the harvest, apples, honey, round challah with raisins, a glass or two of wine, good friends and relatives.

We reflect on the past year and the accomplishments the not so "accomplishedments" and where we are headed for the new year. Always hoping to do more and better, next year.

I had a number of accomplishments last year. I had several large commissions, took 3 trips with one more looming right around the corner, painted and drew, never quite as much as I would have liked to. Found a wonderful holistic vet who finally figured out my Border Collie's allergies. Had a wonderful start to the garden, which the summer heat did a number on. I got a brand spanking new car, when my old one of 15 yrs. went to the shop for the last time. Made some new friends. Feasted and frolicked with many of my old friends.

​ I can always do more and be better, something to reach for, almost like the sun peaking thru the clouds and lighting up a fall colored hillside.




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Fall is in the air.

9/13/2016

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As I walk out the door, a doe, startles, waiting, watching me warily, from the hill. 
Not running, just waiting, chewing.

The foothills aflame, with red leaves,  spice surrounds us.

Fall is in the air.


Wisps of mist, following the stream as it flows.

Fields, brown, dry, crunchy.

Grey clouds, heavy on the horizon, holding long awaited rain.

Fall is in the air.

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How to BE!

9/9/2016

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I spent 3 days last weekend with wonderful friends laughing, chatting, painting, drawing, taking photos, eating, hiking, playing Human Foosball, contemplating nature and just concentrating on what's important in life.

I love being amazed by what's around me, the light, the plants, friends, animals. 

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We get so wrapped up in the day to day that we forget to just BE.  Life is not here for all the errands and appointments and traffic jams. Life is here to be lived and enjoyed, to concentrate on friends and nature and breathing. There is something to be said for not having a schedule or the necessity of being someplace but just BEING.  

Animals help us to ground to like them live in the moment, which we do not or even cannot seem to do. We concentrate to much on rushing hither and thither. 

We need to just BREATH.
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There is so much in the natural to see and enjoy. A deer strolls through the trees and plucks an apple, a butterfly lands on a flower as water sprays, a rabbit hops by the window. So easy to miss.

My desire for the coming year and hopefully the future, is to set aside time to BE to BREATH, to enjoy the world around and slow down so I can see it.
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    I am a painter of animals. There has always been a connection for me and this is how I share it.

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