As I have mentioned before, my word for this year is CREATE . Painting with watercolors is one area in which I have been experimenting. Michael's has a really inexpensive line of art supplies called Artist's Loft . I bought the watercolor paints and a few brushes as a way to get started without much investment. (Everything is around $5-$10.) Being a part of Alisa Burke's on-line class called Create Daily , has awakened my senses to the many opportunities to create quickly . Sometimes we get caught up in the idea that we must have large blocks of time set aside to be artistic . Surely, we think, it takes an afternoon to paint, collage, journal or compose a few lines of poetry. Well, if you are seeking perfection, it does. But if you are seeking to revel in your simplistic ability to create something imperfect instead of nothing at all , there are moments of creative inspiration everywhere you look! On this particular day, I opened my daily poetry em
I'm about to start 10 Habits of Happy Mothers too and I can't wait! I have heard so much good about it.
ReplyDeleteAnd God bless those firemen! We had the good luck (?) of a truck responding to the building next door to us this week - the boys were in heaven ;-)
My kids have gotten into the Smurfs a lot lately too! Although I'm not sure if we'll go to the movie or not...
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I, too, love the way the sunlight fell upon your son's hair, just so. Don't moments like that just make your heart want to leap from your chest?
ReplyDeleteI've felt the same with my grandson in those sublime moments. Like he had been kissed by God and I was there to witness it...it left me wondering...was the kiss for him or was it really for me?
Ha ha I bought Happy Meals this week even though I detest them and my kids know not even to ask, but I had to get the Smurfs. Had to have them. So sad!
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