Car art

On our way to see my hubbys mom and dad, family and friends...impromptu due to my fil's health....took my journal and had fun wth metallic markers....family laughing because i was using alcohol wipes and paper towels....hey whatever you have!

Book of Days - the beginning

Picked my book and just started painting...felt very drawn toward
fuscia, teal and plum.

pulled out my papers, played but couldn't get the back cover
the way I wanted. In fact, I ripped most of it off
repainted and started over.

Finished front cover
Word is Spunk Spirit- I just made it up
You can't see in the photo but the girl's spunky
shoes sparkle... she was my focal point
for the project. The feathers added Spirit.
I am thrilled with the front cover. Can't wait
to delve into this project.

Spunk and Spirit

Fortitude is defined as the mental strength that enables courage in the face of adversity.

Every day I awake, every day I take a breath I realize that I am using inner strength. I admit that this task is  becoming increasingly difficult. Some days the pain is larger than I am. Some days, I don't feel like it. Plain and simple. Almost a toddler like spirit decides to have a temper tantrum and be done with all of it.

This disease seems bigger than me. Doctors are giving me impossible choices.

As I approach the New Year, as I start Effy's Book of Days, I am starting anew. I chose a word that will define my future.  I chose Fortitude. But as the blog post was born, I realized that the word was a starting point.

Spunk and Spirit; my twins who will travel with me this year. Spunk and Spirit will help me overcome this disease. Spunk and Spirit will allow me to wake up fighting each and every day.

Creative December Day 13

Dashing through the snow
On a one horse open sleigh
Over the fields we go
Laughing all the way
HA HA
Sabrina, with her faux fur
and perfect pearls
decided to go caroling
with two delightful friends.

Creative December Day 12

Seems our snow girls woke up bright and early this morning and trekked over to see Rudolph and the gang.  Suzy Snowgirl was chatting up Yukon Cornelius but soon the winter winds came blowing by and turned them both blue !!  Tomorrow is another day, I can't wait to find out where they turn up next.

Creative December Day 10

Not feeling the spirit. Sadness has come over me...part missing my daughter Nora who died...part knowing my son is a man...the spirit is coming and going....but these two snow girlies....they are my favorite deco this year. They seem to want to travel....today they visited their snow man friend and paused to pose for a picture...

Creative December - Day 6

Puppy love....Jackie is our rescue... we never planned on having another dog but the universe had other plans. Look at this face... of course we fell in love with her. The moment we found her and her sister abandoned, we fell in love. Just couldn't keep them both.. talk about Sophie's choice. Jackie was least aggressive so we did choose her.. took the other puppy to the local non kill shelter and she too has found a forever home.
So this is Jackie's first snow... at first she was terrified but as the day went on , she started attacking, playing, eating and just having fun. She wouldn't run in the snow until her older sister, Ellie , showed her how.
And now Jackie is a snow lover....after all , snow is magical !!!!

Creative December - Day 5

This piece was a slightly bit unusual for me...
I never set out to do anything particular
Feelings determine the color
Mood determines the medium
Pain determines the type of canvas
The other day I was angry
A red and purple anger
Finished the canvas
It stared at me
and stared at me
I had nothing
Just red and purple anger
until last night
I saw a tree
sketched the tree
softened the tree and the anger
who knows...
maybe there is more to this story.

Creative December - Day 3

Santa 2.0
The original Santa was bought for our
very first Christmas
over 20 years ago
Santa has survived too many moves to count
Santa has survived two children
dogs, hamsters and other mysterious creatures of the night
But Santa was missing some of himself
and his light burnt out.
 The Cat in the Hat's spirit landed upon his head
leaving the rest of him begging for updating
A touch of Santa style bling
and he is hip hopping
ready to go.

Creative December- Day 2

I absolutely fell in love with these two snow gals . 

Shimmering in plaid and pearls

Creative Every day....or at least trying.

Angel on the tree
Watching over me
The days have not been easy
the nights have been long
this year has been strange indeed
so I have a small request
if you would please
just send some luck and love
from up above
to rain down on our family?