Soulful Saturday - Gifts, Blessings & Questions

“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one.”-- C. S. Lewis [British Scholar and Novelist, 1898-1963]

It's Soulful Saturday again, my 'every second Saturday' attempt to set aside a short amount of time to extend gratitude, be thankful for my blessings and ask myself some questions.

Today I'm:

......Sooo glad that I met this artist last year. I stopped in at her blog, by chance actually, we've since stayed in touch by visiting each other's blogs and then finally through email recently when I won her "For you Friday" contest, yippee! Look at all of the goodness she sent me!!! I love it all Heather. THANK YOU! I can't wait to get started on it, my friend :> Make sure you visit her blog to see how she decorated her little bird house!

......Grateful for friends who take the time to respond to an email and lend an encouraging word at a time of uncertainty, even though they are laying low due to health issues, THANK YOU Susan :>

......Preparing & gathering supplies for some new work that is totally not 'me'. I've done some searches on prepping methods, set up & such but I will most likely just wing it. It's something I've wanted to try for awhile because well, I love the smell of it, its' hardiness and the fact that it will lend a folk art feel (something I've always loved, except for some of the really primitive stuff) to my contemporary work -- I'm talking about this substrate.

Please do stop by again, I love that you took the time to visit :>

'Soulful Saturday''

'Faith is the daring of the soul to go farther than it can see.'
--William Newton Clarke

It's Saturday and I'm feeling soulful, introspective and well, in wonderment really, at how much my life as changed in a year. The relocation of our family from the Midwest to the Southwest and leaving our home, family and friends behind has taken a lot out of me physically and emotionally. As we settle in a little more each day though, I'm finding my mind charging with ideas and fresher, more defined goals.

How do you relate to that? What life altering events have you experienced recently? Do you go with the flow and let the universe unfold your future for you or do you dig in your heels and carve out a clear solid path?

Today I'm:

.....amazed & grateful for the view out my window: beautiful blue skies & fluffy white clouds while listening to one of my 'sounds of nature' CDs



....happy that my hubby took time from his demanding schedule to do some sight-seeing with me last night (pictured below: Val Verde Winery right before sunset - the light was incredible, what a peaceful & serene setting.....sigh)



.....so glad that I happened upon this artist's blog, she makes me think - I like that :)

Soulful Saturday - join me for the next one, won't you?