"The Finished Product..."

...my four and a half page spread in

Cathy's "Undersea Cave" themed Moly...Yippeeee!

Be sure to click on the image to enlarge

for better viewing! :)

This book flew from the desert Friday

and

is currently winging her way through the postal cosmos

to the artistic hands of Audrey

in Quebec, Canada.

Oui!

"The best way to observe a fish is to become a fish.”
~Jacques Cousteau

"Book Two..."

...my work in progress on Cathy's

"Under Sea Caves" themed Moleskine sketchbook.

I promise to show

the completely finished reveal tomorrow...:)

♥

Stress Relief...

...yoga style...I only wish...♥

"Reflections About The Past Week..."

Almost nine decades...and...sixty seven anniversaries...

Two parents...

Two surgeries...

Two different hospitals.

(Both on the same day...

both unexpected...and both of emergency level urgency.)

One hip replacement....

Five+ weeks advanced residential health care rehab.

One nuclear stress test...

Two cardiologists...one surgeon...

Zero time to wait...

Four cardiac stents...

No driving...no lifting...no excuses.

Nothing is the same.

Reality.

Shock, Tears,

Tension, Fear, Worry,

Separation, Anxiety...Assurance, Success,

Appreciation, Understanding, Relief,

Clarity, Sighs

Reality.

A new normal...for all of us.

"There us no medicine like hope

no incentive so great,

and

no tonic so powerful

as expectation of something better tomorrow."

~Orison Swett Marden

"A Fanciful..."

...Tree of Life.

This was drawn lead free...ink straight in.

It started with one branch

and then just

grew and grew and grew...great fun indeed!

“Don't wait until everything is just right.

It will never be perfect.

There will always be challenges,

obstacles

and less than perfect conditions.

So what.

Get started now.

With each step you take,

you will grow stronger and stronger,

more and more skilled,

more and more self-confident

and

more and more successful.”
~Mark Victor Hansen