Tiny Reminders of Beauty

As life does, it is marching forward faster than I can sometimes keep up.

I always try to make time for a least one good hike a week.  While on one of those hikes, I came across this little wildflower. Delicate and beautiful like so much of life is. Facing the sunshine to soak up its energy, just as I do. 

The wildflowers are beginning to bloom here in Boulder. So many different ones for me to discover. Dotting my path reminding me to stop and take notice of the vivid colors of nature. Making me smile as I walk along the trail dreaming and musing about my life and what might lie ahead. 

These tiny reminders of intricate strength and beauty, that rise above the cold ground for the warmth of the sun.  

That is how I feel sometimes. Like I need to rise above the cold and difficult things that cross my path, and keep heading up, towards the warmth of love and understanding.

I wish for you a weekend full of bright light, tiny reminders of beauty, and the opportunity to take it all in.

Dispatch Boulder - Bear Peak Hike

A big hike last Sunday.  Bear Peak in Boulder.  

And then we started the journey back down.  On the snowy side.  It was a bit dicey, but fun.  Another smaller peak marked off my list on the way to getting myself in shape for the higher ones this summer.  Maybe not a 14er, but hopefully close.

I'm blessed to live here in Colorado.  Many hikes to take and mountains to climb.

where is she?

Sorry to be away so long.  

Began working on a contract job. Over a foot of snow, then sunshine, then more snow. Walking Hugo. Spending the day painting with friends. Realizing I hadn't cleaned house in two weeks! Writing. Catching a cold. Finding I'm exhausted. Stayed in and watched movies. Dinner with best girlfriends. Coffee with very special person in my life. Loving being a volunteer for RB.

Enjoying life, but needed to slow down and breathe deep.

Be Creative

I've been working on this painting off and on for about a month.  It is almost done. I could easily complete a painting of this size in a few days, if that was all I was doing, but it never turns out to be the case.  And I don't know about you other artists, but when I'm getting close to the finish, I want to hurry up and be done so I can move on to the next one.

I've got a whole series of these mountain and larger than life flower paintings going. When I have eight to ten finished, I plan to approach a gallery and/or coffee shop, restaurant or salon to hang them.  Being an artist for a living is not my calling, but I've been convinced by friends, that it should at least be a side career.  (See the gallery pages on this site.)

And so I'll give it a go.  

The truth is that I couldn't stop painting and creating if my life depended on it.  I have a good number of works stacking up around here; and therefore, it is time to put them out into the world.  My creations, the brush strokes of my heart and soul.  Of my imagination, and interpretation of how I see the world around me. I rarely paint a painting or create a collage that is meant for me.  To date, I only have three works that I created with the intent to keep. And that suits me fine.  

Of more importance to me, I'm beginning to share with others my belief in the life changing powers of allowing ourselves to be creative.  Next weekend I'll be working with two of my friends who have asked me to help them get started in exploring their creativity and seeing where a little (or a lot) of painting will take them.  I'm honored and flattered that they trust me enough to lead them on this journey.  I know that I will get as much out of the experience as they will.  

I've been lucky to discover my own inherent creativity, and to put it to use in my life in a positive and meaningful way.  I create when I'm happy and joyful, and I head to the studio when my left brain is exhausted and needs a rest.  I'm drawn to the canvas when I'm anxious and worried, but also in times of feeling bliss.  If I can help one person know their own creative spirit, than I have fulfilled my purpose.  

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Thank for spending a part of your day here with me.  Here's to a weekend filled to the brim with creativity.

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