It was fun seeing the NC and the TX families over the weekend!!! We are going to Eric's Lancaster Community Band Concert tonight.....Barb and Ron left this morning and Cyndi and Art leave in the morning.

Creative Thoughts to Get you Going!

When I get an idea for a song it would gel in my mind for weeks or months, and then one day just like that, I’ll write it. ~ Johnny Cash

If you’re going to be an artist, real life is your inspiration. ~ Madonna

A person creates what they defend against. ~ The Buddha

Criticize by creating. ~ Michelangelo

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

Sometimes I think creativity is magic; it’s not a matter of finding an idea, but allowing the idea to find you. ~ Maya Lin

Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way. ~ Edward de Bono

When the spirit of child’s play enters into the creative process, it’s a wonderful force and something to be nurtured. ~ Joni Mitchell

In my experience, the best creative work is never done when one is unhappy. ~ Albert Einstein

The whole difference between construction and creation is this; that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists. ~ Charles Dickens

Sometimes we become so entangled in the mundane facts of our lives that we forget about our creative nature until it starts nagging us with reminders of its needs or until we feel so fractured we know something is wrong. ~ Anne Hazard Aldrich, Notes From Myself, 1998

Creativity is the firing of my soul. ~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

True creativity often starts where language ends. ~ Arthur Koestler

Cookout for the Vela's Visit

Sunday, July 25th at 1pm at Mom and Dad's

The Huber Reunion

August 1st at St. Mark's Shelter House...be there or be square!!

Cards!!

Mom and Dad stopped by last night and we played cards....OMGoodness! They stayed for supper and we played some more cards. Although it is not always my favorite thing to do I am so thankful for the time we spend together.

The Fulton babies are spending the day tomorrow and if the rain holds out we will go fishing again at Rising Park!

Hopefully today I will finish the latest still life painting that I started Friday.I might even finish the taping for the Tier 3 program this week...

Virginia Beach

A beautiful place to visit....but There is no place like Ohio to call home!!! A busy week ahead with my art work but I am glad to be back in my own little studio.

Nana plus 6