the lightness of snow...

we woke up to snow on the ground!!

now, there are many reasons

that i am in love with snow......

and one of them,

is the beautiful light it reflects into the house.


i took over 400 photos today.
a personal record, i believe.
taking advantage of the beautiful
lightness of snow.

i live in a very quiet and peaceful neighborhood on a golf course.

my house nestled at the bottom of a hill.

this is a view of my back deck looking to the right.

all prettied up, with that lightness of snow, that i love so much.

and here is the view looking to the left!

yes, this is one of the best sledding hills around,

and when it snows,

droves of people show up to go sledding and just generally have a good ol time.

and since we are at the bottom of the hill,

and we love to be outside,

and have fun,

we provide a warm campfire all day, and into the night...........

there is just nothing like meeting new and old friends and neighbors around a warm fire.

no thoughts of work or school on this nature holiday.

sitting by the cozy fire,

watching people play and wipe out.

we southerners don't get snow very often and when we do it's.........

SNOWFEST 2011

in my backyard.

it's midnight, as i write this, and i can still hear people out on the hill.

hardcore teenagers having fun.

we are expecting more snow tomorrow.....

so our snowfest will continue........

as will

the

lightness.

mmmm

mmmmm

mmmmm

i have been very busy in the studio painting this past week, and now SNOWFEST is here,

and i feel like i am getting behind in my blogging duties.

please excuse me if i appear absent.

but i assure you

i am

here.

and i adore ya'll!

really, i do.

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confidence....

"go confidently in the direction of your dreams.

live the life you have imagined."

mmm

~henry david thoreau

finishing...

i don't do formal new years resolutions......

but i do switch gears now from gardener to artist......

as the holiday bits and bobs get tucked away,

the junk from 2010 hidden...

my studio cleared of all unessentials.

blank canvases waiting.

older paintings too, that i will be revisiting and finishing.

paintings, that i told my songwriter friend, were "my bad paintings".

he told me something that really struck a chord with me.......

he said,
"they aren't BAD paintings,
they just aren't FINISHED."

a good way to look at life in general,

i think.

perhaps something you have deemed "bad"

is not bad at all....

but just "not finished"?

mmmmmmm

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i look forward to

finishing lots of things in the new year.

how about you??

mmmm

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

content...

~ my dream of a white christmas came true~

~i am content~

~i am full~

~i've had a splendid sufficiency~

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i hope all your dreams come true.......

enjoy your last week of 2010!