SPRINGing….into a new season AND my 100th post

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It is an exciting time of year, all is green and the blossoms and light are growing!  We have been so busy this first week of spring that I have not yet found a moment to share it all with you.  But today, after a week of refreshing spring play, I feel the need to document a bit of our equinox celebrations and to reach out to you all in my 100th blog post! WOW! How did that happen?  I guess perhaps I am enjoying this blogging journey.  I hope you are having fun too dear friends.  And now, to springing…..

It rained all night (hard) on the eve of the equinox.  I could not even hear the frogs!  But the sun came out as I lingered over my morning tea and even I could not resist the call of the FIRST DAY OF SPRING!  I dug out the rain gear and hollered for my girls and out we went to make merry in the the GIANT mud puddles (and maybe find a rainbow).

Of course, big sister wanted some mud on her face too!  Due to her longer legs, this meant finding a deeper puddle….

…..and I certainly could not be stand by just watching….here are a couple of shots of me before I put the camera away (too bad we don’t have pictures of the fun that follows, let’s just say that we all needed a shower when we got home!).

We did not glimpse a rainbow that morning, but the flowering red currants delighted us with a burst of colour.  Hello SPRING, so glad you’re here again!

 

 

{ single moment }

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A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savour and remember.    Inspired by Soulemama.  

Please feel free to share your photographic moments,                                                    leave a link in the comments section for all to find and see.

more pink blooming in the studio!

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A little something in progress for a MUSIC themed art show coming up at a local art shop.  There are several layers of paint over the vintage sheet music I started with, the flower is inspired by the “I see ‘em bloom” line in “What a Wonderful World” — the classic that I have been singing while I work on the paintings for this show.  What do you think so far?

 

creative blooming!

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The birds are singing, the frogs are chirping, the days are getting longer and my creative self is waking up! I think perhaps these early spring days might carry a bit of magic for me.  I have heard that we all have a certain time of day and time of year that we are most inspired, I wonder if this might be my seasonal highlight?  I think that I often I feel this way after the long dreary winter starts to lift.  I think my response in the past has been to save up all my ideas and look forward to the summer when I have time off work and can more easily put the ideas into action.

I am beginning to realize this plan to wait has some serious flaws – the biggest being my desire to be outdoors (beach!!) with my kids and the visiting that fills up the summer days. So this time I am leaping into the creative FLOW that is filling me up — turning the bedside table on every 5 minutes to jot another painting idea in my sketchbook (sleep can come later!), doodling after dinner with my tea and my girls, throwing paint at canvases with so many ideas and no idea what will come next (JOY!), toting a basket full of watercolour pencils and related supplies on our beach trips “just in case”.  I am cleaning corners in my studio (short 15 minutes bursts, more fun, less daunting) and planning creating projects with friends.  I am absolutely LIT UP with inspiration and feel SO ALIVE!

Here’s a peek at some of the paintings blooming in my studio right now….what is inspiring you to blossom at this magical time of year?

P.S. I just checked on our flowering red currant – her new buds are just starting to colour.  Could this be where the pink layers came from during last night’s painting hit?