MYSTICAL, WINTER ON THE LAKESHORE

Mystical, Winter on the Lakeshore

* Poem by Isabel Brady Jackson

Moon,

Is this the way your surface looks?

Ice crags and slopes

and floating alabaster craft

bizarrely shaped and silent

under a great white glow

casting blue shadows

of slowly moving figures?

I am in the moon and on it

yet in and of the earth:

a spell is fallen on me

and everything under the heavens;

enmity and unease have been dispelled

This majestic, magic moonlit night:

shaded, yet illuminated mystery, 

fixed in memory

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* Poem contributed by Isabel Brady Jackson, from Observations and Affirmations Little Book Of Poems, 2017.  Poem published with permission.

Dahlis Roy:  Visionary Artist, Author and Tai Chi Instructor

Photos by Rob published with permission

moonrise 

moonset

TODAY IS TOMORROW

Intending for today?

Planning for today?

What is/was today?

Enjoy Every Minute

Make Every Moment Count

Pick up that pen and sketch a few reindeer~

In the Zone with Pen and Paper

Semi realistic or stilted~

A few patchy snowflakes

Light and Airy

Antlers are a Challenge

Two Minute Focus

* Pick an object and stare at it for 2 minutes, a candle, a painting, a pet rock perhaps.  Clear your mind. Blinking your eyes is OK.  Bringing yourself into a state of calm helps you to achieve better health.  

Keep a calm reminder in every room.


"Today will be yesterday tomorrow...."



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The Bullet Journal, help organize your life in analogue form in a fast paced digital age


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Images by Dahlis:

On Beams of Light, flash photo into blank TV screen

Reindeer and Snowflakes, pen and ink sketches

Swirls of Sunlight, coffee cup,  photo

SILVER WHITE WINTERS

Here it is again....silver white wintertime....

Ice Patterns 

Frost through a sunny window became a painting a long time ago.  Looking at it "today" I see a multitude of animal forms and faces smiling back at me.

Now it is time to get out the "winter paintings" in all their blue and silver glory and put them "face first" around the house to enjoy and marvel.  



Our first snow of the season happened!  As if by magic, new forms appear.

Making Tracks

This photo almost looks like an ancient stone structure engulfed by silver and white.  Actually they are stepping stones down our back patio. 

Cosmic

Tom Remembers

He was a young cat then, romping in the snow, sporting full winter coat.  

It is time to get out the crayons and sketch and dream again.

Legend of the White Stag?

Perhaps....

* "Music is much more than notes on a page...."

** "Silver White Winters...."

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* Quote by Mr. Holland, Music Teacher to student in movie Mr. Holland's Opus. 

** "Silver white winters that melt into spring.....these are a few of my favorite things....."  sung by Julie Andrews, The Sound of Music, movie.

Simon and Garfunkel, The Concert in Central Park, songs of the day: American Tune, Slip Sliding Away, New York

Dahlis Roy:  Visionary Artist, Author, and Tai Chi Instructor

Images by Dahlis
Ice Patterns, oil painting 

Making Tracks, photo, bird tracks on snowy steps

Tom Remembers, photo

Tom Romping, photo

Magic Crayons, photo

Legend of the White Stag, oil painting (detail)