{. clouds .}

that was her magic

she could still see the sunset,

even on those darkest days.

~ atticus

106::108 magic

I had the most divinely magical thing happen while painting yesterday. 

My oldest son wanted me to do a painting for him - the eye of Horus. 

I started putting layers of paint on the canvas as I always do. 

After about the third layer, I saw my son in the painting. 

I text it to him and he told me that he was wearing 

a white Detroit Tigers hat with a D...

just like his figure in the layers. 

In awe.

12:::108 magic

...inviting magic in ...

a mini tea cup from my grandmother.

i loved how the light seemed to reach for the cup

and the shape of the light from the window

reminded me of wings.

{...grandmothers...} 30:30

:::honoring my Grandmothers today:::

A photo of my Grandma Marge and me

along with a tiny tea cup of hers

that I adored growing up.

Lockets from my Great-Grandmother, Louise,

whom I never met.  I received these lockets

after my Grandma Marge passed.

A brooch from my Grandma Millie.

She was a school teacher and raised

seven! children on her own.

A hymnal from my Great-Grandma Mae

that I loved and she gave me in 1973.

She was a lefty like me.

Today, when the barrier between the worlds

 is whisper-thin and when magic, old magic, 

sings its heady and sweet song to anyone who cares to hear it. 

~ Carolyn MacCullough,

{...fog & frost...} 22:30

:::a foggy morning sunrise & the ground covered in frost:::

{...card magic...} 19:30

:::a sunday morning spent finding images for my cards:::

{...rumi magic...} 16:30

:::a foggy morning on my way to work:::

& words I need to hear

as yesterday was challenging.

It was a breakfast for dinner kind of day

along with a 7/7 for good measure.

A unique combination,

but required.

Reminding myself...

the magic is in knowing

to never give up.

{...full moon...} 8:30

 Oh, the moon!

She certainly displayed her magic this week.

Being an artist, I look for shapes and figures in my paintings, 

as I was looking at the photo of the moon in the clouds, 

I could see the profile of a face.  

Someone else saw a heart.

What is it showing you?

In awe of the lunar eclipse, sitting in the dark witnessing 

the shadow of the sun slowly covering the bright light of the moon.

And, for the last hurrah, she was still gracing the autumn sky this morning.

{...rain drops...} 6:30

It began down pouring just as I was leaving work.  Perfect timing.

The sky was dark except for a streak of sunshine right at the horizon.

Every time there is light & rain, I instantly look for a rainbow

and I was not disappointed today as one appeared on my drive home

but faded before I had a chance for a photo.

So, I resorted to another little love of mine... the rings the rain drops make in a puddle 

and a huge puddle always forms at the end of our driveway during a storm.

I'm sure my neighbors have given up counting how many times they've seen me 

taking photos of my feet around my yard.

{...creativity...} 5:30

:::first layer of a new canvas:::

"The canvas, which is to say the unconscious,

considers the painter's first stroke,

and then it tells the painter's hand

how to respond to it -

with a shape of a certain color & texture

at that point there.

And then, if all is going well,

the canvas ponders this addition

and comes up with further recommendations.

The canvas become a ouija board."

~ Kurt Vonnegut

{...rainy day adventure...) 4:108

:::venturing out on a cold, rainy day and finding a goddess bookstore

with this piano outside asking to be played

& many magical things inside:::

{...dancing leaves...} 3:10

:::the magic of leaves dancing in the wind:::

{...magic in your touch...} 2:30

{...yes, magic...} 1:30

Today's magic was my camera blurring 

while taking a pic of the sunrise.  

I love how the trees have no definition 

and it's all left to your imagination.

{quote from Streetcar Named Desire ~ Tennessee Williams}

{...embrace magic...}

:::My October Intention:::

 I love Autumn...it is such a beautiful time of year with the leaves changing colors (if only we could shorten winter) so I intend to watch for all the magic surrounding me...in nature & in my life.

“And above all, 

watch with glittering eyes 

the whole world around you 

because the greatest secrets 

are always hidden 

in the most unlikely places. 

Those who don't believe in magic 

will never find it.” 

~ Roald Dahl