Gratitudes - Fruit

Fruit

So much nutrients to be had, and so many new varieties to try....

What are you grateful for this week?

D is for Dream

 

Mini Chunky Journal 4"x4.5"

'I have a dream'

....the famous words spoken by Martin Luther King...

There are many great inventions today that started out as someone’s dream.  They woke, wrote it down, spoke about it, got excited and took action!  We enjoy many of these things today - the inventions, gadgets, buildings, and songs and more.  I think it is important to try and write down your dreams and have found often a problem that I have been dealing with or something that has bothered me is answered in a dream or an insight to the problem is given.

I once had a dream for an amazing children’s story, along with the illustrations as well and rather than write it down as soon as I woke I thought I would remember the details, unfortunately all I remembered was that it was a really great story and how excited I felt about it (learnt my lesson and write everything down!).  I currently now dream of living somewhere that is warm and in reach of the sea, having my studio overlook my gardens, and the sounds of tropical birds and tree frogs in the distance.  I celebrate today that I can dream and get excited about the dreams of others and one day see those dreams become a reality.  What dreams do you have for your life - or even for the rest of the week?

Painting of the day

Mixed Media Painting

Blog Love

I am sharing some love with a random selection of those who are also taking part in the 2013 A-Z Challenge, it's not everyone whose blog starts with the letter D, but a few of them for you to start with....

Dreamer's Perch

Dream Believe Write

Daily Dish Recipes

Daye by Daye

Dreamers, Lovers and Star Voyagers

C is for Creative

I love being creative, and could spend all my waking hours doing a creative activity.  I am always thinking of ways to do things, writing down ideas that I would love to try.  There doesn’t seem to be enough hours in the day sometimes and I have to hone in and take hold of the most important ideas and get to the rest when I can.  It is so important to have some form of creative activity that you can do on a daily basis to give you that outlet, help you to see things in a new light, and share your creativity with others and is a great way to develop relationships, start a craft group, share your photography or do some writing.

I celebrate my creativity knowing that it is not just for me but to share with others and be a blessing.  What new ways can you think of to be creative?

Picture for the day

Blog Love

While you are at it, take some time to visit some of the following and show some blog love:

Clarissa Draper

Colleen's Write Brain

Cindy Dwyer

Christine London's Spicy Romance

Circles under streetlights

 

B is for Brave

Bravery often requires us to step out of our comfort zone and do something unfamiliar.  The times that we are called upon to be brave I guess we don’t really think about it but we act out of necessity.  We can also be called to be brave for others when sickness or bad news strikes for others, can you think of a time when you looked back on a situation and thought you were being brave?

I celebrate my life today for being able to get up in the face of what seems like adversity for making that leap into a career that is uncertain, but which I feel so passionate about.  I celebrate my bravery in being there for others in their time of need and not settling for how things ought to be but daring to be different.  I ask for your continued thoughts and prayers for the health of my brother Robert and my mother Mavis. 

In what ways have you been called onto be brave today.

Painting of the day

As promised I am sharing a completed painting each day, this one is an 8"x8" inches mixed media piece called 'Waiting'

  

 Blog Love

I am sharing some love with those who are also taking part in the challenge, it's not everyone whose blog starts with the letter B, but a few of them for you to start with....

 

By the Waterfall 

Books for Parents and Teachers 

Being Catholic

The Brown Recluse

Brinda Berry

 

 

 

Freedom - Thought for the Week - 52 Weeks of Colour

Thought for the week....

Where there is love there is hope, there is always a way, what you have to decide is whether you have allowed yourself to be free to look at your situation and see whether your current state of being is meant to be.  Sometimes the only one stopping us from stepping out is ourselves, what have you been holding yourself back from?  Have a blessed week, Amanda 

Everyone has talent; what is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads. ...Erica Jong 

"He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall he not with Him also freely give us all things?" Romans 8:32

A is for Admire

Well, today is my first day of the challenge, and I wanted to kick off my celebration of life by thinking about the qualities that I admire within myself.  We can usually find it easy to think about things we admire about others, we can also think about the strengths that others have that we wished we possessed.  I am not used to blowing my own trumpet, but think at some point or another we have to appreciate and applaud how far we have come.  When I look back on some of the things I found hard throughout my life I know that each experience impacted on me and deposited a quality that I would be able to be used at another stage.  That being said, I admire my strength and not giving up.  I am glad that I can find something to be grateful for in my life, especially when we can go through some of the most stressful times.  I admire my organisational abilities, I use to feel that there was too much conflict with being an artist and being organised.  But I can deal with that and see the benefits.  I admire being able to see some of the gems and the gifts, I don't catch all of them.  In my mothers journey with dementia, I have seen new strengths within me, seen myself grow in my art and in my writing. What qualities about yourself do you admire?

Painting of the day

As promised I am sharing a completed painting each day, this one has been done in one of my art journals and say 'Release your potential and walk into your blessings.!

 Blog Love

I am sharing some love with those who are also taking part in the challenge, it's not everyone whose blog starts with the letter A, but a few of them for you to start with....

Araelysia

Arlee Bird - Tossing it out

Andrea Coventry

Andi's Gardening Experiements

Apocalypse now