Beauty in the Gap

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beauty, Delaware Water Gap, gratitude, sunlight, waterfall

We explored more of the beauty of New Jersey at the Delaware Water Gap. It was a pretty strenuous trip for me, but I’m so glad Mike talked me into walking to this waterfall. The thing about waterfalls is that they occur in steep places.

We got a little lost on some way-back roads…

The 25 mile an hour speed limit was hilarious. I don’t think we got over 10 mph. My cell phone photo doesn’t really do justice to the pot holes on this gravel road. It was beautiful but really bumpy and too much dappled sunlight. You may recall my post from last week about my migraines and light. Well… when you add no food and poor maps and information, getting lost was too much for me today.

Here are some more shots of our first adventure here at the Gap. We will definitely be coming back back in the fall.

 

 

It was a beautiful day to spend with my love. I hope you had a beautiful day, too!

Milestones and Butterflies

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beauty, birthday, butterflies, butterfly, flowers, kindness, Monarch, photograph

I have made 200 posts! Wow. Thanks for stopping in and sharing some kindness. I hope you enjoy this butterfly that helped me celebrate my birthday. My husband took me to a labyrinth that is a flower garden. It is one of my favorite places in Wisconsin and it happens to be up the street from a lovely art museum and a delicious restaurant. So I will be posting a flower a day or so for a while. I hope your day was as beautiful as mine.

To Attain Something Beautiful

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100 Mandalas, beauty, Color, coloring, flowers, Helen Keller, Inktense, painting, watercolor

Another Helen Keller quote today:

Remember no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost. Helen Keller.

So I tried something quite different for me. Bigger shapes and just playing with color. I’m still figuring out techniques to best use the Inktense watercolor pencils and I learned a few more things today. I found it quite enjoyable, but I did overdo it and ended up with a little bit of eye strain. So I learned something else important for tomorrow. And I think I may hang this up in our newly remodeled bathroom! Have a beautiful day.

Intention

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art, art journal, beauty, collage, gratitude, gratitude journal, intention, Peace

Good intentions…
Set your intention…
This is a word that is pregnant with meanings for me. In 2013 I set an intention to explore 3 possible paths and art, including blogging about it, is the one I have chosen to follow. This photo is my intention for 2014. I was starting to get stressed out because here I am thinking about posting about intention and that was all I had and I needed to …
Breathe.
Last year I think I found my path. This year I hope to follow my path to the best of my ability. This blog has become a fabulous source of support as I continue on my path.
May I be at ease.
May we have peace.
May we know beauty.
Living on purpose.
Happy new year.