To be loved is the greatest happiness of all.

This is my latest ACEO for sale on E-Bay.

"The Christmas Cheshire"

"The Pilgrims made seven times more graves then huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of Thanksgiving."

G.A. Johnston Ross
On this day of Thanksgiving I personally give thanks to my Father in heaven for my family, and my blessings, and acknowledge his hand in all things.

For this new morning with its light

Father we thank thee.

For rest and shelter of the night

Father we thank thee.

For health and food for love and friends

For every thing thy goodness sends

Father in heaven we thank thee.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

This is a picture drawn by my Grandma Audie when she was in her 80's. Grandma was an "original" she was into health food, pressure points and herbal remedies decades before the rest of us knew what was good for us. Nothing was too disgusting to eat or drink if it was in the name of good health. She decided to learn how to ride a bike in her sixties because she never had the chance to learn as a child. When I would stay with her we would ride to Liberty Park and back. In her late seventies - eighties she started to draw, flowers mostly, and then she would type a poem or quote on the page next to it. She gave them to her friends, neighbors and family to brighten there day. She often bore the brunt of our teasing when she would try to dispense her bits of wisdom to us. But in retrospect she was a strong, and a wise woman with great will power. She was a good example to her family in many ways.

This is my latest ACEO sale! It is called "St. Nicholas Heads For The Hills" An ACEO is a small painting 2-1/2"x 3-1/2 "the same size a baseball card. They have become popular and people collect them. Painting this small isn't easy for a old half blind bat like me but I am enjoying the challenge.

This picture hung on the wall in my Grandma Hilda's house all through my childhood. She called it her "Little Grandma." I was delighted to find it online because it reminds me of her. Grandma Hilda was very good to me, she was a great blessing in my life and I miss her very much.

"How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone."

Coco Channel

Is it possible to be different and still be alright?

Anne Wilson Shaw

Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil, now that's good advice and I love the picture too.

It never ceases to amaze me how the work of the Lord goes on and on while so many sit by oblivious to the miracle taking place under their noses. "Credendo Vidas".

I love this picture it reminds me of my husband.

There are fairies at the bottom of our garden!

TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES.

Earths crammed with heaven; And every common bush a flame with God; But only he who sees, takes off his shoes, The rest sit round plucking blackberries.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning