New Year's Eve, and 125 years old today is 'The Darkling Thrush' by Thomas Hardy.

(And when I myself read this poem, I often find myself becoming aware of that blessèd Hope from that frail and gaunt thrush ✨️)

Bravo! You paint quite a picture.
Happy Birthday!

Exquisite plein air art by @heatherihnart.com NAILED it

WOW I LOVE this! As you WELL know, painting en plein air gets the cold/wet/wind in your bones, circles the soul and exits out through your hands and onto your canvas!

TAINT WEEK(!)😳

Really nice feeling

AGREED

Almost done

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It was a good year of reading!

Work in progress

Pom pom hat

HOLY WOW!!!

Wish I could teleport! Good luck with your sale!

Wish I lived closer. Your lucky neighbors!

Work in progress. Almost done!

Wonderful. Ironically, this was the song I assigned my ADOPTED DOG as “her song” whenever I left the house(!)🥰

Heart warmed(!)🥰
Plus, that photo of you as a 4 year old!☺️

SNOW BEAR - A Hand-Drawn Animated Short Film (4K) by Aaron Blaise YouTube video by The Art of Aaron Blaise

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Big CONGRATULATIONS to Aaron Blaise! Watch Snow Bear, everyone!

‘It was a matter of conscience’: Ahmed al-Ahmed’s family reveal why he risked his life to disarm alleged Bondi shooter — Guardian US Family say al-Ahmed ‘doesn’t discriminate’ and would have done anything to save lives during the attack

Ahmed al-Ahmed, HERO!!!!! A hero in conscience, heart, and ACTION!
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Happy Chanukah! Be and see(!) the light in the world. 🕎

Just ordered & shared the post with link! Thanks for reposting!✏️💪

Just ordered! (Plus, it’s a Chicago company!)🤍💙❤️❤️❤️❤️💙🤍

S.O.S. Santa over shoulder

You get such great depth-of-field and make it look so easy!

I went to an Israeli Art Fair today. The sellers traveled from Israel to be there. I bought a beautiful mezuzah made of Dead Sea stone for my studio doorway! In it is a parchment scroll, hand written by a scribe in Israel. It contains biblical passages and a prayer.

Looking out through the jaws of winter