Note Cards

I did it! I made note cards.
I'm so excited!!


Here's "Pears" - done in graphite.
(That's pencil for those of you unfamiliar with the term.)

Would you believe this is the second drawing I ever did that wasn't a stick figure? (The first was a charcoal drawing of a coffee mug.)


Apparently I do have some drawing ability, but didn't realize it until I took an adult education class a few years ago. (My stick figures were pitiful. Small children laughed...really!)


The class name? "So You Think You Can't Draw".


I knew I couldn't draw, but figured I could learn a few techniques. (Major credit goes to Jill Jeffers Goodell who does a great job teaching drawing at Portland Community College in Portland, Oregon. She's a fantastic artist and she can teach anyone to draw too.)

This is European Larch - pen and watercolor.

And this is a rather primitive sketch: "Flower" and is done in ink and watercolor pencil.
Someday I'll figure out what kind of flower it is and name it properly. For now, it's just kinda cute, don't ya think??

Life is short. Doesn't matter if you live to be 30 or 100. And the closer you get to 100, the more you realize just how much living you have yet to do.

My best friend of 17 years is very ill. Congestive heart failure brought on by diabetes. She's 49.
She has three children; the youngest is 16. She has lived a very full life, but she has so much more to experience in this life.

Dust off those dreams and goals you had as a child. Make a 'bucket list' if you haven't done so already. Live those dreams, for this life happens once. You are only you in this body once. Your next life will come but you will be someone else with new dreams - a new life.

Take care of yourself: mind, soul and body. You are a soul experiencing life in a physical body.

Laugh, love, dance, sing...live life in joy and peace.

Nuture your body with good food, exercise and plenty of sleep. Without a physical body, your soul has no where to live on this beautiful planet. Without your body, you are unable to experience life on planet Earth.

Remind yourself that your mind gets caught up in the day-to-day affairs of being in the physical body. Your brain is a complex and wonderful computer capable of incredible thoughts. Without thought, there would be nothing - no wonderful accomplishments of any kind.

When your thoughts are lofty, you can achieve the stars.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

Your soul needs nourishment too. Quiet time with yourself - no distractions from the world and your daily commitments. Stroll through the park, walk through the woods, hug a tree. Ask your mind to quiet and just be. This is meditation.
Meditation allows your soul to speak to your mind; it is good for both the body and for your soul.

Life is wonderful and too short no matter how long you live on our beautiful Mother Earth.

I'm off now...
Love, Darlene