I'll always be with you

     Cindy Cassidy contributed...“If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together... there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart... I'll always be with you.”
― A.A. Milne Her oldest just graduated and my feelings for my sons as they graduated came flooding back. He has a light here on earth and a light up in heaven helping to guide his way.

Sewing is My Therapy

My dear friend Michele Harmon had posted "Sewing is my Therapy" and somehow it flew off into cyberspace so I bumped her up the list. I really love the colors and my happy woman dancing across the canvas, needle in hand. My photos have been somewhat fuzzy lately but you can see the concept.

Sweat

My brother-in-law, Anthony DeSantis posted "No one ever drowned in sweat" from USMC. With the heat lately I may have to disagree. I hope he looks intense enough.

Quotes to go....Did I miss yours?

Hello everyone,
    Thank you so much for the contributions and here is the list I have left to create. Add more please and I will keep painting. If I missed your contribution, I apologize and please add it again.

Magic and Fantasy-Mary DeRosia Mead

 “You’re going to catch a cold from the ice inside your soul” singer Christina Perri

. "No one ever drowned in sweat." USMC- Anthony deSantis

. Sewing is my therapy- Michele Harmon

 Cindy Cassidy said...“If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together... there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart... I'll always be with you.”
― A.A. Milne

. Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words.
Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior.
Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits.
Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values.
Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.
-Mahatma Gadhi sent from Gretchen Burch

 There are not enough middle fingers and coffee for this Monday!
-Anon from Gretchen Burch

 Here is a poem Linda P. wrote awhile ago after seeing a photo of a homeless boy.
Rain drips down between broken venetian blinds,
Drops falling slowly, drowning black windows and
Glistening reflections from lonely skeleton streetlights.
Brown brick and jagged cracks, roof to empty parking lot.
Man-child alone slips silently down the wall to sidewalk bed,
Cradling spiders in his head.

 Jennefer Paquette Eaton Hope. Strength.

 Jen Howe-DaCosta- “She screams at the top of her lungs I’m whole in body, mind, heart, and soul” Alix Olsen

Charlene- “Applause may be good for the moment, but love is everlasting” Pepe-Adventures of Pinocchio

 Charlene- The gods are faithless. The poisin is in your heart.” Rick Riorden, The Lightning Thief

 Charlene- “…a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.” Oscar Wilde

 Karen Jockell- “Seashells remind us that the very passing life leaves something beautiful behind.”

 Becky Jones- Lush

 Pam Hunter- Karma

14. Pam Hunter- Love to Dance

. Michelle Folger- A bad day at the lake is better than a good day inland

 The beautiful is always bizarre-Dominico Petrillo

Meander through the Universe

Kate LaRose posted this quote on Facebook and I fell in love with it. I am unsure who it is from or if it is a Kate origional. "Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box, they tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe."

Armadillo

Karen Jockell posted the word "Armadillo". Hmmmmmmmmmmmm. Here is my armored, plated woman.

Ocean

Karen Jockell gave me the word "Ocean" to paint. Here are my version of ocean currents dancing in the waves. I used ballerinas as references.