Dream - Wish - Hope

Two Months - Where did the time go?

Wow.   I have not posted in two months.   Where did that time go?

I think of myself as an organized, calm person -  not much drama really.  I have a regular, uneventful life for the most part.  I work.  I take care of my family.   I get up each morning and plan my day.

I do have a woo-woo side.   I believe in dreams.   I believe there are messages sent to us from the natural world, from others.   I believe in synchronicity.    I forget this sometimes.  Get so caught up in those pesky details of life  (cleaning house, yard work,  work,  doctor appointments, etc.) that I neglect my spiritual self.  

I forget to BE.   To be aware, to listen, to dream, to sit.  

  And then I am reminded gently and sometimes not so gently that life is not just about the details.

artwork by tami

from a prompt by Lifebook 2012 

 

The universe has been sending me messages.   And I am now paying attention.  I am painting, reading, sitting still,  allowing time to be,  allowing time to laugh, to love, to live.

Many thanks to Hali
who posted this beautiful quote by Linda Hogan

It spoke to my heart.

I hope you take to BE STILL

to WATCH & LISTEN.

Haiku My Heart

 

Gifts of spring appear

Seeking, stretching for the light.

Colorful Craving

 

 

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Rebecca

 

Monday Musing

Craving Color -  Seeing the start of spring outside.

 

Azaleas Blooming,  Wisteria Blooming

 

The SMELL of Orange Blossoms!

 

Creating backgrounds for an art card swap hosted by  Ihanna

Painting Flowers

Searching for the Key.

 

Hope your week is filled with COLOR!

 

Monday Musing

Take a bit of paint

Some paper sacks from the grocery store

Time to Play!

 

I'm planning a surprise - for you.

These happy paintings are just a small part of it.

Stay tuned!

Haiku My Heart

Birds sing, sun shining.

This is where I find myself

Falling into spring

 

  

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Rebecca

 

Monday Musings

Had a dream about beeswax - have you ever worked with beeswax?  It is a sensory delight!  Smells like heaven - and the textures you can create?  Yummy!

I found a canvas and scribbled and splashed some paint on it.

Applied beeswax - etched and scribbled in the beeswax - added some paint.

Saw shadows of women in the paint and decided to follow that with

 

 

Still a work-in-progress. 

How was your weekend?

Gift of Beauty

Made by Brenna Dee

 

Have you received a gift that just stops your breath?

My niece made this and gave it to me as a gift.

Her work is amazing  (and I am NOT being biased!)

This gorgous vase sits and brings me such joy.

Haiku My Heart

 Single bloom sits, waits

Beauty defined by each

Stop, look, listen, breathe.

 

 

 

Do you like haiku? I love to participate each Friday that I can.

There are quite a few special people who write each week for

Haiku My Heart Friday.

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Rebecca

 

Monday Musing

That Moment of Possibility

 

Each morning I get up -  grab a cup of coffee and open the blinds.  Every morning.  This is my routine.  My schedule.  

 

And each morning as the sun streams thru the blinds I have that millisecond of realization that POSSIBILITY exists.  Right here, right now.  That sun streaming in from the east, the pink sky gradually turning to the morning brightness.  That moment is ripe for . . .

anything

everything really. 

 I have the same sense when I put down a blank piece of canvas.  That catch in my mind as I realize that I can create on that piece of canvas!  And the blank page in my journal, this blank post on my blog wall. 

The words I speak to my family, my friends,

the thoughts I tell myself,

the story I call my life.

 Possibility exists each and every moment. 

 

POSSIBILITY EXISTS NOW.

Still the Chatter - Leave no trace

Lisa from Life Unity is hosting a mindfulness practice using  "How to Train a Wild Elephant"  by Jan Chozen Bays.   Lisa has invited anyone who is interested to join her in this journey of mindfulness. 

This week is about Leaving No Trace -  You pick a room or an area in your life and you simply leave no trace that you were there.   Sounds simple enough, right?   I mean,  I'm a mother.  I pick up things and leave no trace all the time!  What could I possibly learn from this?  Well,  let me just start with this. . . .

My mind is full, full of chatter.   Reminds me of the children's story,  "If You Give a Mouse a     Cookie"  that I often read to my children.  I see a dirty dish on the table,  take it to the kitchen,  see the trash needs to be taken out,  take it out,  see the gate open,  go to close it,  notice the holes the dog has dug, go to fill them up, on and on and on.  All those little details we take care of.   But what I have noticed even more in the last two days is the chatter in my mind.   It is constant and quite shrilll at times.

And yet . . . if I choose to focus on the one simple task at hand and only that task,  the chatter stills.  I have that brief moment of being present.   What a gift.  I will continue this practice of leave no trace and try the other simple daily mindfulness practices in the book.   If you are interested, check out Lisa's blog. 

 

WIP - a background I started this weekend

Finding myself completely intrigued by layers and layers and layers

somewhat like the layers of our lives - not all seen but traces remain

a close-up

not enough sun in Florida today so there was a glare from the flash

I thoroughly enjoyed painting this last weekend.

Would love to have more days to just simply paint.