Fantasy Flowers – Summer Mandalas & Art
November 2nd, 2022Fantasy Flowers – Summer Mandalas & Art I took a break from Blog* Posting this last summer. Creativity continued during this time though with a Fantasy Flower Watercolor workshop and monthly Mandala Circles. This blog shares what was created. Fantasy Flowers – Discovering the Artist Inside My Watercolors the Inspired the Workshop Two things inspired […]
Prairie Art, Mandalas, Bouquets & Hospitality (Repeat)
October 20th, 2022Prairie Art, Mandalas, Bouquets & Hospitality (This is a resend, unfortunately it was not sent to many subscribers last week. If you received it before, sorry for the duplicate) The weather was warm, but what really warmed our hearts was the hospitality of Christine and Gary as we visited their home and ten acre prairie […]
Prairie Art, Mandalas, Bouquets & Hospitality
October 14th, 2022Prairie Art, Mandalas, Bouquets & Hospitality Christine & Gary’s Prairie with Paths for Walking Through The weather was warm, but what really warmed our hearts was the hospitality of Christine and Gary as we visited their home and ten acre prairie restoration an hour outside of St. Louis. We were there to share an […]
Garden Guided Meditation – Real & Imagined
September 1st, 2022GARDEN GUIDED MEDITATION – Real & Imagined September is my favorite garden month. The gardens are lush with flowers and foliage and mostly on their own. There is some weeding here and there, but it’s too late to plant for this growing season, too early for fall planting. It’s a month of rest. There is […]
The Power of Light – Dragonflies & Summer Solstice
June 13th, 2022The Power of Light – Dragonflies & Summer Solstice Dragonflies were playful and plentiful during a nature hike that Christine T. had before our evening mandala circle in late May. These beings of iridescent wings symbolize and embody the power of light. Christine’s encounters with them inspired her mandala. Christine’s mandala made with iridescent watercolor […]
Springtime Mandalas – Gardens & Sharing
May 17th, 2022Springtime Mandalas – Gardens & Sharing Garden Mandalas Spring is the time of nature’s mandalas. The flowers are blooming in mandala madness. Tulips, daffodils, and even earlier flowers started the show by sharing their colors, circular centers and round shapes. Mandalas are also seen in flowers that don’t hold an outer circular shape. They […]
The Winner of the Boston Marathon Weekend – Flowers
April 28th, 2022The Winners Were Flowers I visited family in Boston the weekend of the recent marathon. Of course the marathon was amazing, but the highlight of the weekend for me was the flower display of 20 feet long nasturtiums at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Art Museum. Venetian Palace The building is modeled after palaces in […]
Mandalas and Sunflowers for Ukraine
April 11th, 2022Mandalas and Sunflowers for Ukraine The latest Mandala Circle was in late March. The war in Ukraine was already a month old. The heartbreak felt then and now is deep. The colors and shapes we created in our art were to recognize the people of Ukraine and honor their strength and sorrow. Christine’s Mandala […]
Best of Times, Worst of Times
March 1st, 2022Best of Times, Worst of Times It is spring, the “best of times” and it is war the “worst of times”. The words of Charles Dickens ring so true right now. There is so much to say and not enough words to say it all. Today the sounds and sights of spring are filled with […]
First Full Moon – Wolf Moon
January 14th, 2022Wolf Moon – First Full Moon of 2022 On the eve of January 17, the first full moon of 2022 and the first full moon of winter appears in the sky. This Wolf Moon is named for the call of wolves as their sounds glide far and wide along the white snow and cold ground […]
