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Whimsy 365: Day 66

Happy Monday! Finishing one painting and starting another! Feels amazing to be painting again.

Topping of this wonderful day is the arrival of 3 24×30 and 3 30×40 stretched canvases! I am excited to create some LARGE paintings 🙂

Wishing you a blessed week!

Teresa

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Whimsy 365: Day 65

I love Sundays. I love our parish and I love our priest, Fr Roy. I always look forward to his homily. It’s also a day for family and relaxing.

Today, Mom and I are going to a Christmas play in Clio. Sandy, who lives two doors down from my Mom (I’ve known her all my life!), is acting in the play. She is very talented. Years ago, she was a ventriloquist. I remember as a kid going to her house with my brother and other kids from the neighborhood and Sandy would entertain us with her dummy. Oh, and Halloween….she dressed up as the best witch ever! My famous witch laugh (famous only to my family & friends) was inspired by her.

Happy Sunday,

Teresa

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Whimsy 365: Day 64

Can I just say…..I am in LOVE with this guy. I want to paint him on an antique grungy piece of wood. He would make a great primitive painting.

Blessings,

Teresa

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Whimsy 365: Day 63

Now that our Christmas tree is up, I look at it every day while sitting on the couch drinking tea & sketching which is the inspiration for today. Hope you are enjoying the Christmas season. I just realized that we only have two more weeks to shop!! I’ve only gotten a couple gifts so far. Looks like I’ll be taking a day off next week to get ‘er done!

Blessings,

Teresa

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Whimsy 365: Day 62

Today I was a little distracted…but for good reason! I painted an angel today! I haven’t painted with acrylics in a couple months or more. Not good. I plan to change that! Here is “Symbol of Peace”  She will be up for adoption in a couple of days here.

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She was inspired because of all the unrest, fear and brutality in the world today. Fall to your knees in prayer and keep peace in your heart, mind and soul.

Blessings.

Teresa

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Whimsy 365: Day 61

Today’s sketch has nothing to do with what I am writing about. I was so moved by Holy Rosary’s service last night, I felt inspired to share:

We attended mass for the feast of the Immaculate Conception, last evening, December 8. Many people (including me several years ago) mistake the Immaculate Conception for Jesus’ conception in Mary’s womb. Instead, it is the conception of Mary in St Anne’s womb.

God is all knowing. He knew who he wanted to be Jesus’ mother. He chose Mary before she was conceived so she could be born without original sin, therefore, making the perfect vessel to carry and the perfect mother to raise the Son of Man.

Definition of Immaculate Conception: The Immaculate Conception, according to the teaching of the Catholic Church, was the conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the womb of her mother, Saint Anne, free from original sin by virtue of the foreseen merits of her son Jesus Christ. The Catholic Church teaches that Mary was conceived by normal biological means, but God acted upon her soul (keeping her “immaculate”) at the time of her conception.

I know other religions think Catholics worship Mary. I know this because I have had these discussions with some folks before. We don’t worship Mary, we honor her. Think about it…..don’t you think she is worthy to be honored? She, by saying yes, played a very important role in saving humanity. Without the “perfect vessel”, Jesus wouldn’t have been born. She, without hesitation, said yes. At the time, she was not married to Joseph yet; they were engaged. In those days, she could have been stoned for getting pregnant without being married. A woman could even be stone for not being a virgin before marriage. Also, she had to trust that Joseph would still marry her and believe her story. He struggled with it at first, but an angel came to him and told him to trust Mary and to name the child Jesus.

I love this story. I love her faithfulness, devotion and complete trust in God. What an inspiration.

Blessings,

Teresa

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Whimsy 365: Day 60

I seriously could draw snowmen every day. The challenge is to make each one unique.

Blessings,

Teresa

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Whimsy 365: Day 59

Happy Monday!  I am happy to report, our Christmas tree is up and decorated! I still have a lot more to do to the rest of the house, but we’re off to a great start.

Hope you are enjoying the Christmas Season!

Blessings,

Teresa

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