No Fear

Perhaps the world is falling apart, who am I to know,
but I will tell you one thing I have learned, worry does
not help. When things happen that I have no power over,
I have found it is best to let go and trust that everything
that is happening is for my best, no matter how awful it
may seem. It is often easier said than done, but I attempt
to accept what I can do nothing about.
Since doing the Be Brave project (which I will do for life :-),
I have learned to stick my tongue out at fear. I first
stare it down, stand up really tall and laugh.
What is there to fear? Oh, I guess there are a million things
to be afraid of, but I figure I really don't have the time.
We are given such a small, fleeting bit of time, what a waste
to be in fear, ever. Of course, sometimes fear comes in handy
and we need to heed it, but most of the time we fear things
that will NEVER happen. I have abused fear in my lifetime,
by letting it get the best of me when there was nothing there,
just some story I told myself. Fear is now my friend, it was meant
only to let us know when to flee, but our society has twisted it
into a full time profession :-). I am so grateful that I found
the Be Brave project, it has changed my life.
Speaking of brave, my cousin R is the bravest person I know,
he is facing chemo next week and he is so full of positive energy
and life. He makes me ashamed to complain about anything.
Thank you all for your prayers.
Hope you all had a grand Monday, let me know what fears
you stared down this week.

My friend's new resort:Victoria's Last Resort

In the lovely seaside town of Cambria California, my good

friend V has opened a one of a kind resort. Small and intimate

with a beautiful suite done to perfection by my friend who is an

artist sublime. She is also a wonderful cook and will be making

the meals herself. Check out her site and see for yourself.

Be sure and give a look at the gardens which are to die for.

Even if you are not planning a trip, you will have fun looking

at her beautiful website. Victoria's Last resort.

Pot of gold

Took this photo a couple days ago at the house I am working at.

Not much to say today. Hope you are all well and happy.

Please keep my cousin R in your thoughts, he starts Chemo

in a couple days. Happy Birthday to my friend D!

That's all folks :-).

XOXO

Sweetness

I took this photo a couple days ago, under my portal.

This sweet little guy posed for me and this is one of

many shots I took. All the other birds flew away, but

this one was brave and stuck around.

I have been busy storing nuts for the Winter :-).

Life is so good. Today I looked in the mirror and

into my own eyes. I looked past my 52 years and I

saw a happy little girl of around age 8 :-), she is still

alive and well and living inside me :-).

What do you see when you look into your own eyes?

XOXO

Silly pottery

I forgot that I promised to show you these two weeks ago.

I got busy and forgot all about it. These are the first pottery

things I made from start to finish. Does anyone remember

that first little cup I made? The top one is the cup finished.

I don't like the colors and there are some flaws in the glaze,

but I still love it. Next is the Flintstones creamer and sugar bowl.

They shrunk a lot and are now tiny :-). Then comes the first

tea cup, I like this one, but it has a lot of flaws in the glaze.

Last is a big bowl, It is even too flawed for me to want

to use it, but I learned a lot making it. I have a couple other

pieces, but they are gifts and I don't want to spoil the surprise.

I learned so much making these, that the next bunch will be 100

times better. Hope you enjoyed this little journey of my clay failures :-).

Happy Sunday!

More September beauty

These are the wild sunflowers in Taos. Every year around

late August they spring up everywhere. I dearly love them.

They are so friendly and cheerful :-). I just thought I would

share. I am as busy as a bee, but will be back to art and

blogging more this weekend. XOXO

Ravens

My friend D, who I am working for feeds the ravens every

few days, today I took some photos. It was a rainy overcast

day, so forgive the poor quality. It is an amazing thing to watch

these beautiful birds. First two ravens come, one stays and the

other goes to alert the rest of their group, then one by one they

arrive, about 10-15. What is so lovely about it, is they all

sit around and wait. All that meat sitting there and they don't

go near it until the whole group has arrived, then one by one they

go and get a piece, fly away, eat it, or bury it and then fly back for more.

There is no feeding frenzy. The ravens are polite and kind, they even let

a small magpie come have some. These photos are of the ravens

waiting for the group to get there. Happy Monday! XOXOXO