DO YOU REMEMBER THE SPIRIT GUIDES WE FOUND ALL OVER AJO LAST SEASON WHEN WE WERE HERE ...?

WELL, HERE ARE TWO NEW ONES WE JUST FOUND LAST WEEK AS WE DROVE AROUND AJO RECONFIRMING :) OUR DECISION TO SPEND OUR WINTERS HERE.  i THINK THERE WAS SOMETHING LIKE OVER 80 LAST SEASON!

BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T HAVE A STUDIO AT THE MOMENT MY WORK TIME/SPACE IS SOMEWHAT LIMITED AT THE MOMENT.  WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE STUDIO SPACE (AS A FRIEND SAID ... OUR SHABBY CHIC WHITE HOUSE WITH THE HUMMINGBIRD FEEDER!) ALMOST DAILY.  THE INSIDE IS NOW AT LEAST HALF GUTTED. (yes, this is a BIG job!)  TODAY, FOUNDATION REPAIR WORK IS BEING DONE.  ANYWAY, I DID MANAGE TO GET A FEW RAVEN PIECES DONE SPECIFICALLY FOR A GALLERY DOWN HERE CALLED 'THE RAVENS NEST-AVITA BOUTIQUE'.  I HAD SPOKEN WITH THE OWNER JUST BEFORE WE LEFT FOR HOME LAST APRIL ABOUT POSSIBLY CARRYING SOME OF MY WORK.  SHE WAS ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN, WHAT ELSE (!) MY RAVENS. SO, I AM PLEASED TO SAY SHE NOW HAS 7 OF MY RAVEN PIECES IN HER GALLERY.  THIS FELLOW BELOW IS ONE OF THEM ...

'HE WHO LISTENS.  SOMETIMES.'

6 x 6" Acrylic over Acrylic Pour

THE RAVENS NEST GALLERY-AVITA BOUTIQUE

AJO, AZ.

A CLOSE-UP OF THE RAVEN ON THE BUILDING

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CLOUDS OF THE DAY . . .

NOT REALLY ANY CLOUDS BUT THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE THIS AJO SUNSET WITH YOU.  THIS WAS TAKEN 2 NIGHTS AGO, JUST FROM THE OUTER EDGE OF TOWN.  I LOVE THE SUNSETS (AND SUNRISES) HERE.  THEY ARE A TREAT FOR US BECAUSE IN IDAHO WE ARE SURROUNDED BY MOUNTAINS.  WE DON'T SEE MANY SUNRISES OR SUNSETS.

I believe cats to be spirits come to earth.

 A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through. 

~ jules verne

Charleen

MEANWHILE, OUT ON THE RANCH ...

LIFE GOES ON ...

'GAME FACE'

6 x 6" Acrylic on Acrylic Pour

"I LOVE DRESSING FOR THE OCCASION."

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THIS IS ACTUALLY THE NIGHT BEFORE THIS RECENT SUPER MOON.  I TOOK THIS STANDING OUTSIDE OF OUR RV LOOKING THROUGH THE BRANCHES OF A MESQUITE TREE.  THERE WAS JUST SOMETHIG A LITTLE MYSTERIOUS IN THE AIR AS THE COYOTES HOWLED JUST BEYOND THE HILL THAT IS ACROSS THE ROAD.

Charleen

WELL INTO NOVEMBER, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE HERE ...

(ACTUALLY, IT'S NOW INTO DECEMBER.  ALL I HAD TO DO WAS HIT THE 'SEND' BUTTON WHEN I FINISHED THIS AND FOR SOME REASON IT JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN)  :(  

 'HAZY SUNDAY MORNING. LATE SEPTEMBER.'

12 x 12" Acrylic on Textured Canvas

SEE WHAT I MEAN ... THIS WAS YESTERDAY MORNING.

MEANWHILE, DOWN IN AJO, THIS IS MY HUSBANDS MORNING VIEW . . .

    

                                                        

      

IF YOU READ LAST MONTHS BLOG THEN YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT ...

NOTHING LIKE TRYING TO MAKE THE PLACE SEEM A LITTLE HOMEY ... AT LEAST FOR THE HUMMINGBIRDS! :)

                                                                                                               ~ indy behrendt

IT LOOKS LIKE THIS TREE IS SWALLOWING ALL THE ENERGY FROM THE SKY. 

ACCORDING TO THE OLD CELTIC ALPHABET THE LETTER 'STR' (YES, I KNOW, BUT IT COUNTS AS ONE LETTER :) IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BLACKTHORN TREE AND THE BLACKTHORN TREE IS SAID TO BE GOOD FOR GROUNDING AND SETTLING DISTURBED EMOTIONS.  

LET'S GO WITH THAT.  THIS IS A BLACKTHORN TREE AND IT'S GROUNDING/SETTLING A BUNCH OF UNHAPPY ANGELS DISTURBED EMOTIONS.

I HOPE THEIR DAY IS BETTER TOMORROW!  

AND I HOPE YOURS IS GREAT!

Charleen