I am sitting in a two-centuries old adobe home that is my gallery—my gallery with Anna Karin. I’m in the studio where I’ve taken a break from painting. I glance out the window and see a storm spilling over the mountains, across the canyon, where fall is turning the hills to varying shades of gold.
I anticipate the colors that are on the way with real pleasure and step outside because it’s too beautiful not to. The day smells like rain and I know it’s coming. The wildflowers in my yard will conspire with the grasses to do their own version of a celebration dance and the birds will add their song. We all love the rain here in this high desert, even though I know the dogs will track mud into the house like it’s their life’s missions to do so.
Here in the studio I’ve been listening to a meditation CD on my computer as I paint, given to me by Bill Loyd. His wind chimes sing outside these adobe walls and I breathe in the peace of this life I am privileged to live. I love my life.
I come back to this writing the next morning, in the gallery’s studio again after a long night of quenching rain. The silence within these old mud walls fills my being. The peace that is still held within them, a testament to the lives lived here, is a gift to me. Clouds dance and swirl above the mountain, the village, as the sun breaks through to greet another day. People will come to the gallery. I will paint. I’ll write to you.
And my heart is filled to overflowing with gratitude.
Love to you all,
Jeane
thanks and gratitude are my mantra now, after moving here from Denver the first of October. Here is Dixon…I love my life now as well. What a blessing it has been so far..I’m in the Heart of the valley,”The sanctuary of the Heart”, actually is what Spirit told me in February,that I was moving too. I was in the studio yesterday. Got to meet Craig. And see all the beautiful art. I’ll be back soon.
In gratitude to you and all your expressions.
Marlene Engleman
Thank you Marlene and welcome! So glad you’re happy in your new life in Dixon–such a BEAUTIFUL place! If I hadn’t chosen Truchas, it would have been Dixon. Here’s to new beginnings in what ever form they take! Many blessings.
Ahhhh Gratitude, the nectar of life:)
Love and hugs,
Grace
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your words ring true…like Bill’s bells 🙂
And thought I’d share a couple of shots of Gracie’s joy, on Round Mountain in the Pecos on Sunday.
Blessings to you all up there on the ridge,
Michelle
Oh! What gorgeous photos! Thank you, Michelle. So lovely to see her in the wild. I’m still working on some paintings she inspired. Thank you for sharing your Grace.