She Dreams of the Sea

Art Every Day Month, Days 16 - 19

 

Now for something completely different . . .

When I go for walks and I see trash on Mother Earth, I first get angry, then sad, then angry, then sad again. Well the last time I went for a walk I decided instead of getting angry or sad I would turn trash into something else. I would take a plastic bottle and look at it in a different way and recycle, up-cycle, re-purpose it into something, unique? pretty? whimsical? Well this is what I came up with for this plastic bottle, it's now a vase type of thingy. During my last walk I picked up trash that I saw lying around like I usually do but I wasn't angry or sad, I was just thinking of things I could create. :)

Xo,

Julie

All Hallow's Eve

 

Trick or Treat!

Happy Halloween

Blessed Samhain

(This tomato was one of the last tomatoes in my garden,

I love Mother Earth's sense of humor!)

  

I love peeking into the sketch books of others,

so I thought I would share one of my pages with you.

Jack and Jill

Have a magical, blessed day

 

It seems that I am either in a “deep” and reflective mood or a fun and whimsical mood. When I am in a fun and whimsical mood I feel I should be deep and reflective and when I'm in a deep and reflective mood, I feel I should be more fun and whimsical! But I've learned to ride these waves of my personality. The warm days of Summer had been to “blame” for my light and carefree feeling these past couple months. Some mornings this Summer I would sneak out early with my tea, feel the sun on my face and watch the hummingbirds. I've never seen two hummingbirds at once but this Summer I felt blessed to see a pair. They would float around like beautiful green fairies and I would watch them in awe. I've felt the chill in the air the last few mornings, the leaves are crunching under my feet as I walk, the ravens are calling out to me. And I wonder what Autumn will bring.

The Benefits of Being a Landlocked Mermaid

 

 
When I was little I had many dreams. One of my dreams was to live in a castle or a big vintage house. So it's funny that now I love to read about people who are living a minimalist life style. I love to read blogs about people living simply in a tiny house, a quaint cottage and of course preferably by the sea.

I now find myself living in a home of my childhood dreams. I'm not in a castle but I'm in a lovely big old country house. It's many hours from the sea. I now crave simplicity and after four years of living in a landlocked State, I really crave the Ocean. Yes simplicity and the Sea.

But even though I'm far far away from the Sea . . .

 I can paint outside here

 

 I have room for my furry children here

 

 My sweetheart and I can have dinner in a field here

 

 I can have guests here

 
There is no Ocean but pretty streams here

 

And although the Ocean calls to my heart

there is so much to be grateful for

far away from her.

 
 

I don't have colorful paintings or pretty words to share today.

But I do have this little silly red potato,

we found at a farm stand,

to share with you today.

This is just funny!

I hope you've found something that makes you laugh today!

 
 
 

Have a blessed day 

 

Happy Halloween 

The Magic of Summer

Summer's Visitors

Summer's Gifts

 
A dancing cloud fairy

 

I hope you are enjoying this magical season.