Tea Day Musings

 Every morning

I've been having a cup of Yerba Mate,

and for Tea Tuesday I think I will do the same.

My husband painted my wire tea cups

that I found at the thrift store.

I'm using them as candle holders today,

but I know they will have many more uses

around the house.

I've been in the garden this week,

as the beautiful weather draws me outside.

One of my new plants is this Rio Dipladenia.

As midday brings warmer temperatures,

I go inside and enjoy my new organized studio space.

This week I designed a bookmark for myself,

using Photoshop.

 The red dragonfly is part of one of my paintings

of the real red dragonfly that I saw once.

Then I added some quotes.

By late afternoon, each day,

 temperatures drop once again, and

 my husband and I sit in the yard,

watching the birds,

laughing and talking about our days,

 about getting older,

and just about life in general.

I did catch this photo of a little hummingbird.

We have probably a dozen or more around the feeders.

Time spent in the garden

is like therapy...

 Creating art is like therapy.

Having a balance of being alone,

and being with others

is important to me.

 All these things in my life

 have brought me to the conclusion that

I need to....

  ...let people know how much I love them much more often

... let family and friends know how much they mean to me

                                    … put words to my thoughts, and to slow my thoughts down
                                                              … let go of the past
                                            …accept where my life's choices have brought me
                                                          … just be in the moment

and if only in my solitude and my thoughts...

 to just...

Savor the Day!

Yvonne