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    Happy Halloween

    You might remember when I shared this art in the beginning of October? It was inspired by my husband and son enjoying the seasonal tradition of cleaning out and carving/decorating a pumpkin. I hope that all of you who have little ones are staying safe and having fun tonight.

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    Halloween Eve

    I last shared this painting on the blog in May, in a post called “Dark to Light“. I also talked about this art in a post called “Painting Illusions“. I confess, I’m not a fan of Halloween. Every year I look forward to the end of the month of October.

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    Spirit Birthday

    Today would have been my mom’s birthday, had she lived to see this day. I explained the meaning of this painting and blogged about Mom’s mysterious ways of connecting with us in the post “Are you open?“. That post also shows a video, further down the page, of what happened…

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    Orange and Black

    This is the season for orange and black, especially this week with Halloween coming up in a few days. A tiger is always in a good costume for autumn parties! No parties for me, but I did bake chocolate cream-filled cupcakes topped with orange icing, so that’s my orange and…

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    No Grapes, but…

    I talked about my grape vine in a July blog post “Is your life fruitful?” and I mentioned that grapes don’t appear every season, and may take a long time to produce any at all. This season, no grapes, but… the vine has proven useful. I’d placed a young tomato…

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    Are you this bear?

    Are you feeling like this bear today? Maybe it’s a case of the Mondays, the last Monday of October- a day that was dreary here in the deep South in the United States of America. It started off dark and rainy, and then stayed overcast and humid the remainder of…

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    Meek or Mighty?

    See oil painting “Lion and the Lamb” come alive in 2 minutes (time lapse) I did a series of blog posts related to this painting: “Are you a lion or a lamb?“, “Be a lion“, and “Be a lamb“. But today I’m thinking of the traits meek and mighty. As…

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    I forgot to tell you!

    Watch oil painting “Cardinal at the Cabin” come to life in about 2 minutes (time lapse) In my blog post “New Painting- Peaceful Landscape” that I shared with you in June, I said, “I’ll talk about what this painting means to me in a future blog post. For now, I…

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    Peace to You

    Watch this “Dove of Peace” oil painting come to life in under 2 minutes (time lapse) This was a short project that I hope felt relaxing and calming to watch. May you have a blessed weekend of good positive moments, no matter how alarming and stressful the state of the…