You have to know how to listen.....

I love big old trees, don't you!

I came across this one up in the sand hills of central Texas.

It's an oak and at least 8 feet in diameter, maybe more.

Big old trees like this one can talk,

but you have to know how to listen.

Advice from a Tree...

Sink your roots deeply into the Earth

Reflect the light of a greater source
Think long term

Go out on a limb

Remember your place among all living beings

Embrace with joy the changing seasons

For each yields its own abundance

The Energy and Birth of Spring

The Growth and Contentment of Summer

The wisdom to let go of leaves in the Fall

The Rest and Quiet Renewal of Winter.

---Ilan Shamir

Below is an old building crying out to be painted in a picture.

I may try this one in watercolor

for my upcoming new classes with Dolores Price.

This building was originally a school house in a little Texas

German community

called Denhawken.

Later on it was many other things,

including a dance hall (my husband and I went dancing there once).

There is more building behind what you see here,

but it consumed by brush and trees.

Empty old buildings can talk,

but you have to know how to listen.

Savor the Day!

Yvonne