courage to continue

“Come to the edge.”
“We can't. We're afraid.”
“Come to the edge.”
“We can't. We will fall!”
“Come to the edge.”
 And they came.
 And he pushed them.
 And they flew.
                                                                  Guillaume Apollinaire,   1880-1918

finding "courage to continue"

pretty in pink

"I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles." 
Audrey Hepburn

Another bright and cheery art journal spread in one of my altered books. She started like this ~

when I chose to do blending of skin tones and give Gabby more impact with black. After initial use of acrylics for the background, I used only markers, black pen, white gel pen and a water brush. 

"pretty in pink"

Yes, I believe in miracles and pretty much all those other things Audrey mentions. What about you? 
 

shades of green

I do not often take time to think on the colour green. Yet green, well, green almost seems to reside in me, to be a part of me. I love, love, love nature and especially its multitude of greens. The recycling green seems also to be a part of me. Recycling comes naturally as an everyday part of life. I almost think more about it if I choose for some strange reason to not recycle.

For today, I have chosen to share just a few of my most favourite brighter greens which reside in our home, some of them quite newly acquired. Certainly my constant companion, Missy Hope, did not want to miss any of the excitement. Even though her eyes are most certainly blue, they do seem to have taken on a turquoise hue for the special occasion.

light bright

If you are newer 
to my little community here 
you may not be aware 
of how much I love sunlight,
how much I need sunlight, 
how much sunlight
brings me joy
and other things.

light bright
glow within
my heart this day
bring me warmth
bring me patience
bring me comfort
bring me courage
dearest light bright

yellow beginnings

art journal pages
hiding
in a journal 

waiting 

for inspiration
to arrive

some 
near complete 

others
merely yellow 


now
arrived

serendipitous sunset

serendipitous sunset
sliding serenely 
into the sea

sending shivers
through my spine

Ah, how sensuous ~ 

Actually I live in the wide expanse of prairie in central Saskatchewan. Sometimes the autumn golden fields look more like a wide expanse of sea. 



 And truly our province is diverse.





Wishing you much saffron serendipity as you traverse the autumn pathway.

Dear yellow,

I love you so much. I always think of sunshine and soft buttery smoothness when I envision you. Lemony brightness and creamy yellow custard enter my thoughts.



My dear, dear friend yellow ~





I love you so much.



I was inspired by my dear friend Susan Tuttle for this post. Thank you Susan.