Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars

Gather the Leaves

A little over a week ago, I had to drop husband M to the GO train station early one morning, it was about 5.30 am.  We are not usually up that early, it was still dark.  But stepping outside the garage for a little while, I was treated to a wonderland of twinkling stars, it was such a clear night.  I was in awe, it made me sure we are not alone in the universe.  I wish I could have lingered but we had to get going.  It proceeded to rain a lot that day, and into the night.  I tried to peek outside but of course it was all clouds that night.

I was reading this caregiver magazine a friend gave to me, there was an article on '100 ways to feel better right now.'  One in particular stood out in my mind and I tried it.  It said to just smile at yourself in the mirror.  What do you think of that one!  Another way would surely be to just go outside on a starry night and look up!

Creative Tuesdays - Happy

Creative Tuesdays' current theme is 'Happy'. Here is what always makes me happy, just looking at pretty flowers, it never fails to uplift me.  My piece is done on a green (3" x 3") post-it note in watercolour pencil.

How about you, what makes you happy without getting too deep about it?

Paint Party Friday - Mermaid

I'm reading this book by Ian K. Smith, MD called Happy. It's about how to get the most out of life. I found it interesting that he says Happiness has proven to be much like a virus, it's contagious and spreads easily. So if you hang out with happy people or even friends of happy people, you become happy yourself!  The book also suggests that you can dream and imagine happy things and it makes you happy! What do you think about this, sounds good, heard it all before?

Anyway, welcome to Paint Party Friday! I did a Mermaid theme in acrylic on cardstock (6.5" x 4.5").  I got her red hair by mixing gold, orange, and red paint, was pleased with how that turned out.