Gratitude

I have been away from my blog for a while, right after Thanksgiving I had a series of unfortunate things happen, first to avoid hitting a man walking on an icy dirt road, I went into a ditch, that was a first for me and I complained bitterly :-), then I got struck with a sinus infection that has been so painful I cannot remember having so much pain in my life, not having money to go to the doctor (my Obama Care has not kicked in yet), I have been treating it myself and now I am on the other side of it, pain level went from 15 to an 8.
One thing I can tell you I learned from this is that things can get worse. I don't mean that in a negative way, I mean that no matter what you are going through things can be worse and if you look at it that way there is so much to be grateful for! The pain taught me to be grateful when there was no pain even if my car is in a ditch :-). Being pain free is such a deep blessing that even my chronic back and shoulder pain does not even register as pain now, not in comparison with really bad  pain. Life looks new and I see so much to be happy about, I wanted to share this blessing with you. XOXO

Thankful

This is my beloved Taos Mountain, it does not look like this right now as we have had nothing but sunshine for weeks, not that I am complaining, but I miss the snow.
Since it is Thanksgiving tomorrow I thought I would do a little post about the things I am most thankful for right now:
Family,
Furbabies,
Friends,
Good health,
Taos Mountain,
Art,
Making it and looking at it.
Margaritas,
I get to have some tonight, yay, I am not a big drinker, but I am in the mood tonight :-),
Rust,
I am having a love affair with rust right now, everywhere I go I look for rusty bits, I am so easy to please :-),
The way the light here in Taos is so magical at dusk,
The birds I feed that entertain me on a daily basis in my yard,
Good movies,
Good books,
I will finish my list with the magical #9, if you don't know why it's magical I will tell you: If you multiply 9 by any # and then add those #'s up, they always come out to 9, here is an example: 9 x 102,985= 926,865, added up=36 added up=9! Try any number, it will blow your mind :-).
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone. Love and kisses, XOXO

Deep Gratitude

Today I woke up feeling such gratitude. Thankful my mom is alright and that my brave boys Spike and B have bounced back and are still with me. Grateful for a roof over my head and enough work to live. I can clap my hands for glee over all my new art projects like Artshine , and a zillion other ideas I have floating around in my head. I am happy to be living in a place of such beauty and sunshine. I am most thankful for my health and for my body that carries me around without much complaint.
Today I have a wonderfully fun day planned of art. First I will be completing my page for my traveling book, something I have never done before and I am excited, then I am working on my large 48"x48" painting that has been waiting patiently for months while I played with porcelain instead. 12 hours to do nothing but art, bliss.
What are you thankful for today?
Love and hugs, XOXO ♥

What I love today...

I love these little dead flowers I snapped a photo of yesterday

on my run.

I love my little snap and shoot camera.

I love my four animal boys.

I love my new, bigger work room.

I love "Iron Man" the movie, I watched Friday night.

I love the book "Water for Elephants", I started reading

in bed this morning.

I love reading in my cozy bed with my animal boys huddled

around me.

I love that Forrest is home.

I love that Obama is our new president!

I love my family and friends.

I love blogging.

I love you all. Happy Sunday. What do you love today?

Gratitude

Photo by Geraint Smith. Yesterday I was

in a complaining mood, mostly to myself,

muttering under my breath all day. It is

true I had some things to complain about,

but I hate it when I get like that. I started

out like that today too, but I want to change

my focus, so I decided to write a post about

what I was thankful for and what I want more

of in my life, so here is a short list, and you can

add some of your own.

1. My four boys(animal kids).

2. My lovely family

3. All my wonderful friends

4. My healthy body

5. My talent

6. The beach

7. Paris

8. The man who will remain nameless

9. Hummingbirds

10. Dragonflies

11. Butterflies

12. Birds

13. Trees

14. Movies

15. Books

16. Good food

17. Chocolate

18. My lovely car

19. Art

20. All my bloggy friends

Okay, I feel so much better :-).

Happy Tuesday!