May 10, 2017

The Interlude



I have a few things that have bumping around my head to write on.  
It's super fun - I find I'm seeing things differently now, and it's fun to get to communicate those things with you all!!


But, this week I took a break and painted another picture. 

This painting will be a gift.  

The Lord has planted me in a home on a lake.  
It's nice!  
But what is my favorite thing is the sunrises.   
I face due East and am treated often to the beauty of the sun rising over Mount Rainier. 
It is breath-taking.


Thing is, we don't see them very often.  In the summer, the sun is rising around 4/5am- ish ... and I am asleep.  In the winter (where the most colorful sunrises are), we rarely even SEE the sun.  


I live in the Pacific Northwest ... this year in particular has been DARK.  And It's not just ME!  We've actually broken all sorts of records for rainfall and gray skies.  

I chose to paint one of the sunrises we had here a little while back... well at least my take on it.

For years, these beautiful sunrises would lift my spirits early in the mornings as I got the children ready for school, prayed with them and read  with them.  Often, my nights were long -- caring for a child with nightmares or a sick child.  Mornings came FAST -💓 

...Keeping it simple with the signature