"The more you trust and rely upon the Spirit,
the greater your capacity to create."
~Dieter F. Uchtdorf
This huge thistle plant has been growing next to our office and, even though it's a noxious weed, I thought it was so pretty and I had to take a photo... two days later, the property maintenance tore the plant out. I managed to catch a busy bee harvesting the sweet pollen:
On Friday, we got a very cold storm, bringing some wild thunder and lightning and tons of rain. Last month was the driest July on record so we really needed the moisture. It has been constantly rainy and cloudy since this storm rolled in, but this morning it cleared enough to get a glimpse of the Peak. This is the first snow of the season and means that Autumn is right around the corner - my favorite time of year!
My goal for today is to clean house. I have put it off for too long and now I feel like I'm living in a hovel. For those of you who know how OCD I can be, I'm sure this comes as a surprise but my house is a mess! As soon as I get off the computer here, I am going to become a cleaning machine... and the sooner I get it done, the sooner I can play =) I have lots of arty things floating around in my head and I need to get them out and into my hands.
Here's an ATC I made earlier in the week. I was experimenting with painting with bleach (the light areas) and applying PearlEx powders (I used three different golds here).
These are my latest creations for the Paper Traders Art Journal Round Robin... these pages go in my sister's book, Winged Things.
