Collecting Spiritual Art

As long as I can remember I have always been captured and taken away by art but I have never been more inspired or connected than through the spiritual arts. So it seems to only make sense to collect my most favorites and give them a home. This oil painting was drawn by Adolphe-William Bouguereau (Mary,Jesus and a Lamb). I have fallen in love with lambs here in Germany because their purpose is beautiful and soft plus they are our new neighbors!! This Portrait brings the lambs meaning and purpose that much more to life and in full circle for me.

I would love to make my home feel more than just a home through the touch of spiritual art . It seems that there is nothing more better to invest and decorate a home with than that which awakens the spirit. I love collecting spiritual ART!

Wish to purchase

I love the detail in this painting! I love the engaging between the daughter and mother on the rug floor and the offering of food (cherries). Maleha and Kasiah are always trying to feed me something. This portrait rings Truth in reality, Beautifully made by Lord Federick Leighton.

My desire

My desire to become an artist has been calling me for some time now and I always seem to find reasons to never un-tap that passion or talent within me. I feel pulled in so many directions as a wife, mother, sister, daughter, and friend, that I seem to hold off on trying to discover the more that is within me.

Right now, I do pursue ART in referring to photography and crafts which makes life easy to balance but lately I feel the spirit nudging me on even stronger to get more serious with this form of art . I am sure it has alot to do with the Lord blessing me to envision life on canvas. I have put it off for too long. So, according to time, there is no better time than now!

I have always been inspired by paintings while growing up and I have for the most part a natural knack for drawing but I know this will still be a challenge to teach myself and try to figure out all the different kinds of paints that are out there. So far, I feel drawn to oil paints. Even though I have never explored with them or let alone touched them; At this point, I have nothing to lose.

The only paints that I have experience with is water coloring and finger paints (with Maleha) and maybe a little bit with acrylic. I can definitely see this being a long journey ahead of me but a challenge worth taking. Well, with all this talking and writing I hope to share and post my first ART piece by the end of this year. Wish me luck!

Spring Cleaning!

The best spring cleaning you can do is to pretend your moving out. But in my case we really are moving out! This Thursday! We are so excited! We went to the store for cleaning supplies and Maleha and Kasiah grabbed these HUGE fake feather Dusters. They just loved them! Kasiah snuggled with hers while Maleha imagined she was holding a BIG blue cotton candy. They have been such great little fairy dusters around the house. So good for toys I will just start buying them brooms and dust pans for Christmas. haha

Dandilions

Dandilions are growing in this field right across from our home. You can actually see our house right above Kasiah's head in this photo. I couldn't help but take my girls to go play with these wild yellow growing weeds. They had a dandi ol' time!

Germans brought the plant to Pennsylvania in the 1850’s and used it as an early spring infusion of nutrition and vitamins. The English also brought the plants over to cure liver problems and other illnesses. Native Americans soon started to see benefits from the plants and started to grow them for the same uses as others. The plant is grown in India and is used mainly for a remedy for liver problems. Most recently the dandelion root is being grown and exported to Russia for use in medical remedies.

Interesting Facts

The word Dandelion comes from the French name for the plant dents de lion. This means teeth of the lion and refers to the jagged edges of the leaf of the plant.

The other French name for this plant is pis-en-lit, in English this means wet the bed. Dandelions deserve this name because their greens, when eaten, remove water from the body. So eating the greens could cause someone to well… you can guess the rest. Not recommend for a bedtime snack.

The dandelion first came from Asia but it now calls the entire planet home!

The Dandelion provides an important food source to bees. The pollen from this plant helps bees out in the spring because it flowers early and the flowers continue through to the fall providing constant food. In fact no less then 93 different kinds of insects use Dandelion pollen as food.The Dandelion seeds are important food to many small birds.

Sawdust and Grass

Lately, the weather has been decent enough to spend our days at the Park playing in sawdust and grass. It has been so wonderful for us to finally get out and breathe in some fresh air. The Park has been a great place for us to have the girls run wild and free but mainly for me to really ponder and focus my thoughts on my father and his healing. He has always been a huge part of my life and has created the most wonderful childhood memories that any daughter could ask for. I love him with all my heart and am praying and hoping that I will be close by his side soon. Just hang in there Daddy!

Heaven

I picture entering heaven to be somewhat of a fluid motion.

waving goodbye to those your leaving behind and and saying hello to those you use to hold close.

reaching the end of the sunset only to find a new sunrise.

Cries of seperation, tears of reuniting.

Time to reach out, time is of the essence.

Life is breath, life is spirit, life is eternal.

Heaven is beautiful!