Monday, September 17, 2012

Ah Life...

So many things can happen in just a short period of time.  I'm forever amazed.

I finished my Medusa.
all the snakes are different zentangle designs, which I have to say, was a lot of fun to create.  I may need to find more goddesses to draw.

I made a dragonfly picture for a friend and sent it to her, as a very belated birthday gift.  I have a tendency to procrastinate (that is a serious understatement)  but in this case, it was quite a blessing.
Her father passed away a couple of years ago and when he did, she and her mother had both had quite a few experiences with dragonflies ( I had no idea), the day she received this in the mail, it had been exactly two years since her father's funeral.  I love when things work out like that.  Beautiful life.

In the past 3 weeks, we've had 2 more people move in with us. 
Austin, on the far left and Candace on the couch, along with my 3 sons.
It's a full and very creative house. 
I also gave my youngest dreads...
before...

after...
I have now been fully educated on how dreads work, how to maintain them...there is a lot to it all, but they're pretty awesome and he's lovin them.

Another picture I've drawn, inspired by a girl at the train station.
"waiting for the train"
(in pencil, ink and watercolor)

I got to go see my daughter, twice in one year..pretty spectacular.
my son-in-law, hub, daughter and moi.
Plus, we got to explore a cool coastal town, that we've decided deserves a longer visit.

I joined a very cool swap with a very cool bloggy friend...
We are swapping mermaids.  Here is a smidge of the one I will be sending to her.
this will be mailed out on Friday and I will show you the entire thing after she has received it. :)

And lastly, but not leastly...
We've begun our themed potlucks again, 
this one....
Star Wars!!
tusken raider

han solo





Happy Week and Life to you!  














8 comments:

  1. Your paintings are gorgeous Heather... love the zentangle snakes... and great family photos... how perfect was you dragonfly gift... a definite meant to be...

    Hugs
    Jenny x

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  2. Fun, fun post. Loved your fire fly and your finished version of Medusa. Love the dreads. Better on your kid than mine.

    Hugs and chocolate,
    Shelly

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  3. Love the zentangle = so intricate! My son shaves his head, so no dreads in the near future :)

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  4. oh my goodness, you have so much fun all the time, dontcha??? Well, we are going to have some fun too! :D

    Medusa is fab!

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  5. Medusa turned out wonderfully!! And the dragonfly art is beautiful....how neat that it ended up being doubly meaningful for your friend!

    I can't wait to see my pretty mermie! I'll let you know when she arrives :)
    Thank you!
    Cameron

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  6. Heather your visits always brighten my day... I'm afraid I've been such a blogger slacker lately, I've been missing what all of my friends have been up to! I can't tell you how much I LOVE your Medusa... truly a masterpiece. The details in her snakes are simply mindblowing! Bravo :)

    Hugs,
    Joanna
    xo

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  7. Awe, how perfectly wonderful - all of it! I LOVE that you have a house full of kids and you can tell that yours is a welcoming home. AND your art is just gorgeous - I did the mermaid swap too! AND I LOVE waiting for the train - the pool on her neck is so cool.
    YEssss, can't wait to meet you next week! How cool is that? Looking forward to it!!! xoxoxo

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  8. LOVE the medusa and newly sketched out girl! (nice job on the dreads too, I'm not showing my son though, he might want them! LOL)

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