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Spring is Coming

March 4th, 2021

Spring is Coming

I have my first daffodil bloom. I think Spring is on its way. Are you ready? I am. It has been a long winter, Yes the Groundhog even gave us 6 more weeks. However, I think it is here. I have kept busy with my art through the small characters, but I am ready for some camera time. I have started seeds for my garden and have plans of what I am planting where. I am so ready to get started. Sweet Peas go in this weekend. I have seedlings in their starter trays, and after this post, I will look up when I start the wildflowers. Hopefully, there will be more this year. Yes, I am ready.

Peace on Earth

November 25th, 2019

Peace on Earth

Peace on Earth, we hear this phrase so often that it almost does not register anymore. It is like the question. How are you most people do not want to listen to any more than fine? However, with the holidays coming up and the news that is full off people fighting. People are even fighting within our own country. Peace on Earth takes on a much deeper meaning.

I went to the internet for a quote for inspiration for my artwork that day well it took a couple of days to complete the work. I found this by HeneryWadswarth Longfellow, "I heard the bells on Christmas Day.
Their old, familiar carols play,
and wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
If you do not remember these words, it is a song. You can find it on YouTube Just type " I heard the bells on Christmas Day."

It was here with this backdrop on Christmas Day that this poem was written. Here could hear the church Christmas bells, there was no peace in the air but war. A war amongst our countryman.


I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
and wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
And thought how, as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along
The unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Till ringing, singing on its way,
The world revolved from night to day,
A voice, a chime,
A chant sublime
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Then from each black, accursed mouth
The cannon thundered in the South,
And with the sound
The carols drowned
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
It was as if an earthquake rent
The hearth-stones of a continent,
And made forlorn
The households born
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
And in despair I bowed my head;
“There is no peace on earth,” I said;
“For hate is strong,
And mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!”
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
“God is not dead, nor doth He sleep
The Wrong shall fail,
The Right prevail,
With peace on earth, good-will to men.”

These are potent words they paint a picture, and this is what I attempted to show in my art.  I took more the one view to create this one piece.  I found a picture for the background.  I used this one twice, flipping it the second time and blending out some coyotes.
The next thing I did was find a steeple and a bell.  I sandwiched the bell in between te to background layers.  I added one last element if you look close, you will see some stars.  The stars added under the word adds more details.

Thanks for looking at my art.

till next time Sandra

Just at the Right Time

April 17th, 2018

Just at the Right Time

Sometimes we are just at the right place at the right time. Have you ever found yourself there. This particular picture was just like that. You did not see the people that were off to the side, they had not ventured that far down yet. You do not see the people behind me. All you see is the quiet expanse of the beach, the ocean and

Waiting

April 5th, 2018

Waiting

Waiting a picture that shows what sometimes life is like. We all have to wait from time to time. Sometimes it is for good things, that new grandchild, the new house, the vacation that has been planned for. However there are times that it is a little nerve wrecking such as waiting on test results, in school or medical. It is always easier when waiting with a friend tor the ship or the news that is coming.

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Memories

March 13th, 2018

My most recent work of art is a work of perspective. I call the work "Memories". What does a young girl of ten think of as she swings in her swing. Does she daydream of the life to come, the jobs she might have, the man she might marry, the children she might have? How are those daydreams different from the ones we have at 50, 60 or 70, when we dream of what life was like when we were young, or when our kids were young?
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I Love You a Million

February 12th, 2018

I Love You a Million

Valentine's Day is coming this week, and my husband's birthday was last week, so I created this piece for him. His is just a little different but this one is one that everyone can enjoy.

I started with a picture I took on a camping trip.

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Undeniable Benefits of Living Where They Do Not Pow

February 2nd, 2018

Undeniable Benefits of Living Where They Do Not Pow

Thursday, February 01, 2018


The past winter storm gave me a chance to take some winter photos. Since I live in the South , photo ops with snow are very few. Thank goodness everything shuts down. We go into "snow and iced in" mode and we relax and stay home. Now before you Northerners laugh at us let me explain a little. There are not very many sand trucks or plows, we usually have more ice than snow, and there are just not enough trucks to clear all the roads.

So I bundled up in my wool coat, which is a dressy coat I might add. Underneath this nice fancy warm coat I had long johns and a sweat suit. Now the coat zipped but was just a little tighter then it is with my dresses. Then I put on this incredibly goofy hat, but it is warm. No gloves I wanted to take pictures. .I putt on my little duck shoes and I was off to the end of the driveway.

Yep folks that picture is my road, i took out the mailboxes and the end of one car. It makes a really pretty picture and if we lived in the north the plow man would of destroyed it. I got up there right as the soon as coming up I think it was worth the walk to the ed of the drive. What do you think?

Sandra

Armor of God

September 9th, 2014

I was reading in Isaiah today and it struck me that here it speaks of our clothing like Paul in Ephesians speaks of our armor. Isaiah speaks of our strength like Paul speaks of mighty power. Then I decided to look and see how tightly these two passages correspond.

Isaiah tells us to put on our garments of splendor; Paul tells us to put on our full armor. What a splendid and beautiful thing to put on. We are supposed to free ourselves of the chains around our necks: is that similar to laying down our burdens (Matt.11:25-30)?

Our feet are fitted with with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. Isaiah says they are beautiful because they take us to places to spread the good news. The verse that got to me the most was Isaiah 52:12:

But you will not leave in haste or go in flight; for the Lord will go before you, the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

This is another place that tells us why we do not have any armor on our backs. I was always taught that we were not to retreat and that is true, but it is also because God our Father has our back.

Who better to have your back than Him?

Forgiving

May 29th, 2014

Forgiving

"I believe in Jesus Christ as my Lord and savior. I believe that Jesus died for my sins, and rose again, and that's my belief. I still don't know what 'Christian' means. I'm a follower of Christ, but I keep making a whole bunch of mistakes. And I thank God for forgiveness."
Sherri Shepherd


I agree with Sherri, I believe and yet I keep making mistakes. It is like the apostle Paul said in Romans 17 "I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want. But if I am doing the very thing I do not want, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me." I still strive to do good at every turn. I often do well too but I as Paul, I fail so much of the time. I am so thankful we serve a forgiving God.

I Can Only Imagine

January 13th, 2014

I Can Only Imagine

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Matthew 28:19