Who does not love animals may as well stay away from here. lol
Below are photos of my best friends. Two legs and 4.  
I have very few friends that invite over but those that come often are shown how much they are loved... by me and my girls! 
Like it or Not! 
Pint size Poppy has to get in her loving and has mastered the 'neck manauver'... with the help of my son! Teaching her to ride on his shoulder comfortably - she takes to it and stays there! 
If you are sitting you are a potential pillow for poppy. Cathy is allergic - BUT they all love her as you can see as she sits on my sofa for a visit.  
She visited today - unexpected  but ALWAYS welcome. 

I had just sent out a message DO NOT DISTURB.. lol - she missed it.
I am taking real break.
No FB, No E mail, no PHONE.. nada. 
Snail mail - or you are out of luck. 
Peace, prayer and PAINT.
DRAW, Ask, Believe, Receive.  ( not what you think...)
I am not alone, I am never alone. 
If I want company I have them 4 of them - ready to play, go for a walk, run around in the back yard or lie on the sofa with a good book and snuggle, here they are ready and willing.
I know dog haters- I don't invite them to my home - I don't care who they are. 
The last thing I want my dogs to feel is uncomfortable in their home because of someone that dislikes animals. We are not that way. We show them love as they show us. It's why they never run away. 
Poppy was locked out once, in our confusion of arriving home - and stood at the front door and barked to get in! Thank God.

I have no tolerance for people who abuse dogs. 
I do believe they show little respect for others as well, 
pay attention and decide for yourself. 
WE are ONE on this planet. 
We are not here to mistreat or abuse animals. 
They are born to live, explore and 'be' as we are.  
We are not here to mistreat each other.  We do. 
Who are the animals?
Some days I'm not so sure.  I'm taking a break.

Some days I don't understand, feel blue and quite frankly - beat down. 
The load seems to be too heavy to bare. I don't want to see all the nasty in the world.
After a bit of a teary visit, Cathy  reassured me - I have reason to feel blue and be blue - 
she knows I won't be for long. ;) 
I won't because I have friends like Cathy in my life.

Until then.. I will blog - daily! For the next week at least.
And BE creative... focus on Teaching Only LOVE for that is what we are.
xox <>< Have Faith.

Wait until you see what she is making me! LOL

I have discovered the secret to keeping my saintly. Keeping busy. LOL 
So far so good.  I know all too well I can sit and twitch or I can sit and twitch and keep creative and focus on  keeping creative - rather than keep focused on the problem, one that appears to be staying with me.  
I am feeling very  lucky, blessed and grateful that I am still able to paint, draw and just amuse myself ;)  lol  I have several projects on the go!  I can literally walk from room to room with something set up in a corner to paint, prime or doodle as I please! I have no excuse for boredom!  
Several situations recently once again, have had me withdraw and rethink. 

Boredom is  the root of evil. I know many marriages all pretty happy, until someone starts to feel bored.  Usually that boredom turns to looking for something else, and many times that something can end up being someone.  I find between the dogs, life , crafts - twitch I have little time to feel bored.  I spend a great part of my day feeling frustrated.  Take anything that you do and now add a twitch that literally shakes you head and sometimes hand (when at it's strongest) with every movement, and paint.  LOL

I'm tired of listening to others complain about life.. 'how bad they have it'- when all it seems to me, is they are bored. Too much time to sit and stew and think and let the negative ferment until it consumes.  Been there and done that. I do have a few friends that complain, most with very good reason - the ones IMO that have the most justifiable reasons- complain the less.   

Get busy! I've decided to keep busy! Recently I played with a  few empty beer bottles I have! Buddha beer in particular! What fun!  I have had the bottles for a while being a fan of Buddha- the bottles are too easy to paint! The last screamed Rob Ford before I could even finish the flash paint! LOL  Norm picked up a diamond bit and I plan on turning a few into water pipes ;) !  Stay tooned, I will sell a couple but as usual, much of my work ends up being gifts!  

In my attempts to make some extra$$ (is there such a thing?) I created Mini Zen kitties!! I love these little kitties, it brings me peace to paint them! A rainbow of colors and each one slightly different - that huge grin looking back at me while I paint!  I am making some for the Painted Perch festival - more on that the next couple of days!  I also have to get to work on my celebrity fish for the day!  The Stephfin Carper!!!  
I have offered ZenKitties on line - once they are done they are gone. ;) You can get one here - if you order quick enough! http://www.georgiatoons.com/for-sale.html

It's simple. IF you are bored then do something about it! Serve someone other than yourself.  Look within. Create! Write a card/poem, bake a dish to give, cookies... plant a plant! Clean your home! Toss out clutter!  Knit, crochet... PAINT! 
Or be bored.  The CHOICE is yours.
xox <>< 

The best gifts we already own.
Health.
Imagination.
Faith.
Strength.
Creativity. 
Talent...    the list is endless.  
We just have to remember to use them from time to time. 
Re Gift!  The ultimate re-gift when you share your talent with others.
Merry Christmas. xox <>< 

I decided to see if  sex sells... I made this card and will post and see how many shares it gets, see if it is more of a hit than last years leaf in a wreath.
 Tis the season. 
It does depend on where you live. 
It does depend which state you are in.
State of mind.
:)

Craft night! 
I don't get out much - lol
So instead I decided to invite over 2 friends to visit, chat and craft! 
All three of us paint. 
Linda is an amazing painter as well as makes beautiful jewelry, which I offer at the EXPO (LOVE her pants!) Ellen is also an incredible painter & works with kids!  
But each of us is so different I love it! Every time we are together - someone will say something  inspiring! Tonight the crafts were MINDLESS - well for us three anyhow. The idea is NOT to stress but to  just go with the flow, relax, have fun and as you can see we did, each completely different! We did not have to sketch or plan we just did.  We sat and chatted and painted, laughed, listened to music, talked about our kids and husbands. Our art and passion. Neither of these two smoke Cannabis - medically or recreationally - neither have the desire - nor are they big drinkers! They both understand where I am coming from, understand Cannabis is our medicine and have no problems with it.  As Ellen said (hee hee hee)- come on - we are all artists who grew up in the 70's!  Nuff said. 
We came together to create! I have known both these ladies for a few years but it is only recently that I have come to enjoy their company as friends, I promised myself to only surround myself with people who have good hearts ;-) are creative and want to make this place a better place ;-)   It is nice to socialize - no alcohol needed - I did have to medicate when my twitch started to become painful but just continued on after like nothing - cause thats what it is NOTHING! 
You take advil, I smoke cannabis. You prefer to go chemical - I prefer to go natural.  

I really like these two, tonight we have decided instead of a book club we shall have a craft club! Every two weeks. I am already looking forward to the next! 
We are also planning an art show. The details in the new year! I will tell you one thing EVERY time we are together we inspire each other to be better artists - if not better people.  Imagine what were coming up with for our show!!! ❤ 

  In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. 
Albert Schweitzer 


xox <><