Joyful Purpose

... I should feel I had lost contact with the earth

 

.... without ... a horse in my keeping, I should feel I had lost contact with the earth. 
I should be as concerned as a Buddhist monk having lost contact with Nirvana.

                                                                                           ~ Beryl Markham

I found this quote and for the first time I felt that what my heart is feeling was expressed aptly in words.  This is how I feel.  So I started riding with a trainer that I have really connected with 3 times a week - and it is helping - helping me heal.  Above is a painting I am working on as a study in preparation for this ...

a 36" x 60" painting that captures the spirit of my beloved mare - my sweet Ebony - it is helping

~ a friend told me that in processing this grief that she (Ebony) and I were both numb - but in time that her spirit would return to me and become part of me - to give me strength, courage, and safety

... it is beginning

Stage 1

Laying out a drawing to find scale on red rosin paper first

Stage 2

Drawing on the canvas

Stage 3

Laying down first paint layer

 

 .... to be continued

for the love of books

This is my latest stack of books - I kind of have been saving up for summer - you know those long glorious days when you sit on the beach all day with a glass of ice tea til the sun goes down and read - HA HA HA!  It is more like - hope the kids will wake up late this summer and have some peace in the morning and while they are occupied on our annual trip to Priest Lake where there is no tv and video games but just simple quiet time.  Ok who am I kidding my boys are not quiet but you get my drift.  So here is the latest tomes -

Belong to Me
Comfort food
The Sugar Queen
Run
I was told there'd be cake
Mermaids in the basement
the way the crow flies
A Horse of Course
Dog- O- Pedia

What is in your stack?

Bless Us

Remember those buttons and rosaries from the other day?  Well, here is the result of the finds-

Bless Us

Oh Buttons!

I have been working with buttons recently - actually no not recently actually for the past 20 years.  I realized as I am making this new jewelry collection that I HAVE BUTTONS- LOTS AND LOTS - uh I just forgot that I was many, many years ago a hat designer and that one of my signatures was to use vintage buttons - duh! (yes I am 10) So after a trip to the garage and carrying up a 25lb bin - voila BUTTONS and more buttons - Jack Pot Sista!



So here are the beginnings of what is to come - new vintage rosaries and newly discovered buttons.

New in the Shop ...

Every Day

This was my dear girl's last day.  She still was beautiful til the very end of her 28 yrs on this earth.  I miss you every day sweet one - every day.

New Jewelry in Etsy Shop

 

What does one do ALL day and night on a Saturday while kidlets are building Indiana Jones Legos (yes I am a smart mom to buy them while dad is away and I need a respite of sanity ;) )

MAKE LOTS OF JEWELRY!!

Check it out on my Etsy shop - if you care to see the whole lot of em ..

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