Artful Journey

  Art in Bloom Art in Bloom is being celebrated as a rite of Spring fundraising for art museums and libraries . In museums, floral designers create a piece to coordinate art on display. Local libraries and Chamber of Commerce combine their efforts with local art guilds and garden clubs to host a fun evening event. Libraries, art, flowers…what’s not to love? I decided this was an event I wanted to be involved in, both on the art and floral design aspect. First up: the display case, I asked Fiona for help on this. Here’s what we put together for the event. This is my first year participating, but it provided a great opportunity to put my art to good use. Happy Spring. Bloom where you’re planted.

Keeping my posting streak alive and returning to some uncial calligraphy with a quote from a favorite Irish poet, John O’Donohue. I took inspiration from a book I recently finished, To Speak For the Trees  by  Diana Beresford-Kroeger . Diana is a world recognized botanist, medical biochemist and author. Her efforts and advocacy to develop a bio plan to restore the global forest is ongoing and impactful. A remarkable scientist and world climate change leader, she works tirelessly to illustrate the  beauty and value of trees and forests. Her writings, interviews and film are poetic and informative.

Here’s the book… Here’s the author being interviewed with a picture of one of her pies on screen. This is City space, a favorite venue for inspiration.  Fiona and I braved the storm to head into Boston for the book tour, discussion, mini demonstration and a taste of her Happy as a Graham tart. Fiona picked up a copy of the book which Lauren personalized.  The book is filled by great photos, puns, recipes and inspiration. I see geometric pies and tasty tarts in the future. In the meantime, a happy St. Patrick’s day to all. Slainte☘️

 Those small things that can add happiness to your day…microjoys.  A beautiful sunset definitely adds to my joy! Keeping my posting streak going, another Microjoy. My envelope exchange cards in the mail…a microjoy I haven’t experienced in a while. A long overdue skype call with CJ, definitely joy infused microjoy. Look for the good,  even during challenging times, we can find joy in nature and in the little things!

 That’s it…the word of the month… move my body, add some resistance training. Keep it simple, just move through things. Movement, move to accomplish. One moment at a time…just keep the movement and momentum going.

 Purchase, My word of the year one includes one new or different challenge every month. January was dry January, with no alcohol. After that fun, February posed a new challenge, Frugal February, with no unnecessary spending or purchases. Ouch! Thank goodness I picked the shortest month of the year. Luckily, this isn’t a leap year. So far, I have been doing really well, and only succumbed to temptation once. I am thinking progress not perfection, so it’ s in the win column. And now for my purchase. I attended Margaret Shepherd’s opening reception of her calligraphy from Song of Songs at Yale Divinity School. The book contains the artwork on exhibit which took her five years to complete, as well as her thoughts on why she picked the passages and how she interpreted them. The book is beautiful and inspirational, perhaps moving it to the realm of necessary…at least in my opinion.