Flower of the Day: Tulip

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With the third Nor’easter hitting us this month I am able to enjoy tulips from the grocery store. I hope you enjoy them, too. For more flower photos check out Cee’s Photography.

Flower of the Day: Dewy Impatiens

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Taken at Frelinghuysen Arboretum.

Flower of the Day: Rose

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I had a difficult day today and my husband and I went to the Frelinghuysen Arboretum near our house. I needed some movement, beauty, and nature. I also needed to focus on something outside myself. I found these 2 roses that have a lot in common, but a lot that is unique. To see more flower photos check out Cee’s Flower of the Day.

Flower of the Day: NYBG Water Lilies

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Here are a few more flowers from the New York Botanical Garden.

The conservatory building looks lovely in the reflection with the clouds. Such a beautiful place!

I loved capturing interesting sky reflections with the lilies. If you want to see more flower photos please check out Cee’s Photography Blog.

Have a beautiful day.

NYBG Rose Garden: Pink Roses

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There are too many beauties to just post one a day so here is a selection of pink roses from the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden. I love the variation in color and structure of the roses. The fragrance differed from rose to rose and the overall fragrance was so lovely.

Here is the view upon entering the garden.

For more flower photos check out Cee’s Flower of the Day post.

I hope you have a beautiful day.

Flower of the Day: Peony

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Today I went to the New York Botanical Gardens. You will see all about that in the week to come. This peony is from our local arboretum. The smell was heavenly.

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Paper Blossoms

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I have been keeping a gratitude journal for years. About 4 years ago I started doing it in art journal format using altered books. Not long after that I started this blog as a record of that journal and has blossomed into so much more. Recently I started a professional art blog. I will continue to maintain both blogs for as long as possible.

This is my first time using a mixed media sketchbook as my gratitude journal and I’m really enjoying it. I have been exploring acrylic paints and that exploration is reflected in my journal. I also us it to experiment with different media. For example, the flowers in the upper left page were experiments for my Mandala 41 with Rhododendron painting. I didn’t like how they looked with the mandala but I really enjoy them in my art journal and I’m going to use my “plaid” paper in a large mandala I’m currently working on, I think. Stay tuned…

I’m continuing to explore the Zentangle® Method. The tangled squares use a pattern called Paradox that I’m really enjoying. The text and images document what has happened with whom in the last few days and weeks. I had a really long conversation with a dear friend who is fighting cancer. I used a new to me pen to start her drawing and it didn’t work quite how I wanted, but I’m so grateful to include her in my journal. The new pens are from a spiritual doodling class that I’m taking at my Unitarian church.

This week I have been making lots of cards for various people. One of my sons has a birthday coming up and I have a few other friends who are also fighting cancer. All of my cards have had something that uses Zentangle® tiles or inspired art.

I hope you have a beautiful day.

Rhododendron

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This morning I got up early and went to the Frelinghuysen Arboretum. I have so many flower and tree photos to share! I’m going to try to do one a day for the next few days.

I have been seeing these lovely blooms all over and didn’t know what they were until this morning. I think I want some of these rhododendrons for my yard, too. I love this little landscape at the arboretum.

For more lovely flower photos check out Cee’s Flower of the Day posts. I hope you have a beautiful day.

Mandala 34 and Jung on Mandalas

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The quote from the 18th isn’t super legible but it says,

“I saw that everything, all paths I had been following, all steps I had taken, were leading back to a single point – namely, to the mid-point. It became increasingly plain to me that the mandala is the center. It is the exponent of all paths. It is the path to the center, to individuation…” C.G. Jung

I have lots of pink on these pages because I’m knitting 2 chemo caps for good friends who are currently fighting breast cancer. Neither one of them is into pink at all, but I have it here for them where it won’t bother them.

I hope you have a beautiful day.

Flower of the Day: Rose in Maine

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I’m having some technical difficulties processing my photos from our trip to Maine this past weekend so I will just post a taste of things to come!

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