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noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 23:52:00 +0000

Hi there, it's been a while! I've been putting my attention towards our new blog: www.theIdeaDivas.com
We just got our first 2 posts on there so check it out and bookmark it. It's going to be full on interesting ideas, recipes, do it yourself projects etc...There are 4 of us working on it, (me, my daughter, my sister, and my mom) so the ideas will be varied- and something for all the age groups! See you there.

no more photo's?!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 14:07:00 +0000

Ok, so I just got an message saying I've just about hit my limit on photo's for this blog unless I start paying so much a month. Hmmmm Now I'm not sure I should continue this blog or not. I mean, I love that my blog is mostly photo's and not much writing. I guess because I'm a visual person, and I've got enough stuff to read every day. I imagine a lot of you are like me too. Sometimes one can be overloaded.

My mom, sis, daughter and I are planning on starting an 'idea' blog, filled with creative ideas from the 4 of us- and we've already purchased the domain name; theIdeaDivas.com. I'll probably be devoting more time to that soon anyway so....... I don't know what to do.

Hurricane Sandy on Cape Cod

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:51:00 +0000

Hurricane Sandy blew through here on Monday/Tuesday leaving behind scenes like this one-and this is MY back yard! First it knocked the heavy grill right over, then knocked the kayaks off of the benches they were on (as you can see) then later- a huge gust blew and I heard a crack! It was this big oak tree in my back yard- right behind the house. I watched it fall over taking down branches from two other trees with it, right onto my shed- containing my motorcycle (with no insurance for this sort of thing!). Luckily the branches didn't go through the roof and my bike is ok (I think, I haven't actually gone inside since the door is blocked). That was about the worst of it- oh and my car battery died for no explainable reason. But, no one was injured, thank God.

Speaking of which- did I mention that the tree could have- SHOULD have fallen right onto the house where I was painting? (In a room with large glass windows). The wind was coming from that way, but for some strange (?) reason, it decided to fall sideways and not on me. If you look closely at the photo you can see it. Hmmmmm Guess what I was painting. Yep- angels. So....I'm thinking there could have been a little Divine intervention going on there.
Thank you angels, once again. :)

Dave's 50th

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:05:00 +0000

Odin, Greg and me

This past Friday I was invited to Dave's impromptu 50th birthday party at the Lost Dog pub in Orleans. I invited my sister, Odin to go with me because she knew the whole gang that was going to be there too and I sure as heck didn't want to go alone! My old next door neighbor (when I was a kid) Greg, who invited me, and all of his friends who I used to hang out with, were there so it was like a class reunion of sorts. I hadn't seen most of these people in 32 years and didn't even recognize a lot of them including the birthday boy! (It's funny but they said I hadn't changed - except the hair color of course) I don't know if that's good or bad.

Anyway.... There's just something warm and fuzzy about being with childhood friends. You kind of forget the present stresses and it takes you back to a simpler time in your mind, when life was easy and all you had to worry about is what to do on a Friday night. Seeing Greg especially was like seeing part of family because he was like a brother growing up.
So, even though I was out of my comfort zone, and it was hard to talk myself into actually getting out of the house at night and going, I'm so glad I went. I remembered what it was like to be a 'person' again- not just a mom or an artist, and I realized that I need more of that balance in my life. Balance. It's a good thing.

Healing Angel Story

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 02:24:00 +0000

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A few weeks ago a family friend put out a call on Facebook for people to pray for her male friend who was in intensive care with an infection from - get this- a cat scratch (his own cat!) I make note of this because my cat scratches me allllll the time! Anyway, I felt the need to send him one of my little healing angel art cards so I trusted my intuition and did it. (It wasn't the one pictured above though)

The next day she wrote on Facebook that he had gone down hill overnight and it didn't look good. Well, it was this day that he received my angel card. Long story short- he is now doing fine and I just got a thank you from him with a little note saying:

" Breten , I sincerely believe I was barely hanging on until you sent me my guardian Angel . After I held the painting , I just had a feeling of well-being come over me , and from then on day by day I drew strength from her and felt all would turn out well ; and , it did .Now she resides on the mirror in my bedroom , and every night I look at her and put my life in her hands .She is a miracle to me . Thank you so much for my recovery Breten ." Wayne

That's so exciting to me. Of course, I had nothing to do with it. :)

Angels at the Tech fair

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 14:00:00 +0000

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I just signed up to do the Cape Cod Tech Holiday Craft fair, Nov. 10 +11. That gives me about a month....I don't know how I'm going to pull this one off, but....I'm focusing on my angels for this fair. I've never done that and I'm a little apprehensive about it because that means I'm going to have to EXPLAIN myself and my methods- something I don't like doing, because I know not everyone believes the way I do. I mean, how am I going to tell complete strangers that the angels come through me? How am I going to make them realize that I'm not the one painting these? That spirit moves me, that I go with the flow and this is what comes out?

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I have to say though, that I'm more committed than ever to get these angels out to whomever needs them, so if I just focus on that, then I'll be fine. You notice I'm giving myself a pep talk here. I've gotten so much positive feedback from people who's lives were touched by my little angel paintings that I'd be selfish to keep them a secret. Also, I have heard of 2 people who's cancer went away after receiving my angels- and I'm not making any spectacular claims, but ....who knows what powers lie within these little paintings. It's not my place to even speculate. I'm just the conduit for what flows through me- and obviously I need to step it up and do what the angels are asking me to do and get them out there!

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Amen! :) Have a joyous day!

10-12-12

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:58:00 +0000

Friday, Oct. 12, 2012 is the 5th anniversary of my daughter Brielle, and her boyfriend Pat. They started going together when they were juniors in high school and now, are both seniors in college (not the same one though). If you notice the inset, they were actually in the same kindergarten class (Pat on the left, Brielle on the right with the green sleeves) so have known each other since then. Pat is a great kid (young adult!) and I guess I'm actually the lucky one to have had him as her boyfriend all these years. He's so respectful (and polite!), and sincerely nice, I've never had to worry about her with him. How many mothers can say that? .

Congratulations guys!! You're better than ever.

:) love mumma

Monument Beach, Cape Cod Ma.

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:11:00 +0000

Last week we had some really nice weather (it was in the low 70's) so I took advantage and got out there on my motorcycle for a long ride up Cape. I ended up in Monument Beach which is near Falmouth, but on the Buzzards Bay side.

The sun was sparkling and dancing on the water ...and in my eyes...somewhat blinding me, but I loved it! I found some interesting Queen Anne's Lace skeletons that I thought might make an cool photo.

If you look really hard you will see the last rose of summer.

I wonder what it's like to live in a house this big, right on the water. I was actually taking a photo of the Adirondack chairs, but now I'm looking at that house! I always wonder what they might do for a living. (probably NOT an artist!) ha

I was ready to head home as the sun started getting lower in the sky. There were quite a few sailboats coming back into the harbor -probably after spending a wonderful day out on the water.

It's days like this that make me feel so fortunate to live- at least NEAR the water. There's just nothing like it.

Feeling like Fall

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 15:13:00 +0000

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With summer winding down and fall slowly creeping in, I am starting to get the urge to paint things like this - with autumn leaves, and pumpkins. The leaves haven't turned color yet here on the Cape, but you can tell it's time to take out the air conditioners! I really love this time of year- when the Cape is quiet and the temps are reasonable. I love to wear anything fleece and sip hot tea. I love the smell of apple cider. I love cooking pumpkin seeds and eating them! I also love to heat up my 'hot pack'- two wash cloths sewn together then filled with rice, and put it against my aching back while I work. You just can't do that in the summer when it's 80 degrees out. I love tromping through the fallen leaves on a crisp fall day while walking in the woods, then coming back in and having a fire in the fireplace. Yes, fall is a nice time of year. The only thing I don't like about it is that it leads right into winter. Why couldn't fall lead into spring?

Spidey and Thumpy

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:51:00 +0000

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This past week or so has been very crazy. In between the onslaught of maps to color (rush jobs no less), the special needs boy to take care of, my mom's dog to feed and let out 3 times a day while she was away, and babysitting for my sister, I did manage to squeeze in a few little paintings.

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While thumbing through my cat reference photo's I ran across two pictures of my old cats; Spidey and Thumper. Spidey is in the sink, a place where he frequented often, and Thumpy was licking himself in the sunlight. When I see certain photo's I just know immediately that I have to paint them. It's almost an uncontrollable urge. When that happens, I just jump right in with no hesitation, which always feels good. Even though I paint every day I still have my moments of hesitation and even fear sometimes- of just getting started on a new piece. So these two were a lot of fun to paint. I miss my boys, they were the best kitties ever! I had them before I had kids so they were my babies, and they were both sweet lovable cats who loved to be held and snuggled (unlike my current cat, Kiya who will NOT sit on your lap, and she'll whack you if you put your hands near her bed). I still love her though. :)

Full Moon Paintings

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:20:00 +0000

Here are a few full moon paintings I did last week. I really REALLY like this one. The colors themselves excite me, never mind the subject matter. (there's nothing like a full moon rising!)

As September is winding up, there isn't much more time left to watch the moon rise at the beach. Well, yes, I suppose you can in the winter, but it's so much more spectacular in the summer when you can take your shoes off and feel the sand beneath your feet, and the really take in the magnitude of the unlimited sky above you. It makes you feel expanded and so connected to ...God/ Spirit/ the Universe, whatever you want to call it.

Wow, I'm realizing that when I talk now it seems to always have a spiritual tone to it. My kids just 'accused' me of this the other day; my 17 year old says she just can't talk to me anymore without me getting all spiritual on her- and I can see it's true. It's just who I am now. I guess they could have accused me of worse....

All I can say is, my life is awesome- more awesome then it's ever been. How can that be a bad thing? I'm just trying to share it with the ones I love.

The Odin Angel?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:28:00 +0000

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Odin, Grethe, Treg , Mom, and me (the family -missing Dad. rip.)

I thought I'd share what I've been doing in the past week or so. This top angel (2.5"x3.5") looks a LOT like my sister, Odin. (See the photo on the right- with the dark hair). I'm not saying my sister is an angel (far from it! ha ha) but it was just interesting that the angel came out looking a lot like her. Can you see it?

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I have been really busy painting angels. I'm getting a feeling that they need to get 'out there' and it's my job to do it. I'm very happy that it's my job though- what better job could one have?! I love my life so much, I just want to get up and do a dance. Oh wait, that's just the caffeine from the coffee talking.

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I just love this one, I don't know exactly why- maybe it's the tilt of the head. I am just drawn to certain angels and sometimes I just want to keep them for myself, but I usually don't. I enjoy them while they are in my presence and then I send them on to where they are supposed to be.

9-11 angel

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 02:15:00 +0000

~Sending an angel out in memory of 9-11~

I just watched a program on tv about a man who was in one of the towers when it collapsed, and he actually survived. The "9-11 Surfer" they called him because he kind of surfed a slab of concrete on the air flows all the way down. They had an engineer on the program trying to explain how he managed to live falling from one of the top floors down to the 7th floor, but I know the only real explanation is an angel guided him to safety, and for some reason it just wasn't his time. I'd love to talk to the man when he's 90 and see what he actually did with the rest of his life; to find out why it wasn't his time. I wonder if he'll make a big contribution to mankind or something. Who knows!

It was also interesting that this angel (pictured above) - which I just listed today- 9/11, came out in only about 3 strokes of the brush. It was so pure in fact that I only added a tint of color to her robe and wing. I usually go in and add flesh color to the face and hands and I would have added yellow for the flame, but I just couldn't mess with perfection. Just the way she is holding a candle it seems like she is looking to illuminate lost souls in the dark. Interesting.

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 01:59:00 +0000

Double rainbow

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:26:00 +0000

I thought I'd share these beautiful rainbow photo's

that were taken today. This one by Cape Cod Weather....

and this one by my good friend Julie. I can tell this is of Craigville Beach but I'm not quite sure about the top photo. It's somewhere on the Cape though, that's for sure. They are both pretty awesome. I sure wish I had seen it. I always feel like I missed something spectacular when I miss a rainbow or a full moon....nature at it's best.

3 Angels

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:40:00 +0000

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I just finished these 3 angels, (among others) and I thought I'd share them with you. I think this one got sold immediately but the other two are still on Ebay. (my store link is under the photo's) They are all miniature sized: 2.5"x3.5"- easy to carry around with you, or send in a card, with no extra postage!

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It seems that people are snapping up the angels as soon as I list them now, so I'm trying to keep some on the 'Buy it now' feature at all times, not just on auction.

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As you can see they come in quite differently. I love love love to see how each and everyone turns out. What a thrill it is to paint the unknown! It's funny because most people have an idea in their head of what they want to paint- I, on the other hand, have to get all the ideas OUT of my head in order to paint!

After Summer Sale!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:42:00 +0000

I just listed about 11 paintings (miniature) on Ebay for $1.00 each. Am I crazy? (Yep. But that's beside the point!)
Actually they are all summer-y paintings so I need to make room for fall and winter type paintings.
Here's one that I just listed....check them all out in my Ebay store:
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Good bye Summer!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 04:35:00 +0000

Labor Day- officially the last day of summer. Here on Cape Cod it probably means more than in other places because it's the day that all the tourists go home and we can finally drive freely on our roads. Of course, that's just in theory, because more and more people are coming to the Cape throughout the year now-a-days. And why not? It's a beautiful place, even in the snow.
But basically the majority of people go home and the Cape is left as it was in the spring- relatively quiet and peaceful. I love this time of year, but I still have a hint of sadness to see the summer go. If feels like it was only here for a second and now it's all over.
So to commemorate the summer, here are some photo's taken this summer of my home town, Dennis, Ma. USA.

loads of lily pads on a local pond

My back yard, all lit up

My front yard- and my favorite Hydrangea bush- love the color of them!

a northside beach at sunset

I think this was near Cold Storage Beach

Morning coffee at Corporation Beach

I saw so many dragonflies this year!

back yard candles in the tree

fishing for Bass

Good bye Summer, we'll miss you.

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Mom's 75th Birthday!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 03:32:00 +0000

Sunday, Aug. 26th 2012 my mom turned 75. We had a party for her at W.Dennis Beach, which we entitled "The Party of Lights". Everyone was supposed to be 'lit up' in some way. This is how it looked after dark.

Here's a photo of my mom and her 4 kids: (in order of oldest to youngest) Treg, Me, Odin (dark hair) then Grethe. Yes, we have really weird names, but you have to blame that one on my dad. They are all Scandinavian like he was.

Here's the birthday girl herself! She was in her glory with all her kids, grand kids and friends gathered for her special day.

I bought some light up balloons and we tied them to a bucket, put them in a kiddie pool filled with water so they wouldn't pop, (and so the kids wouldn't step on them) and my sister had some easter egg lanterns with glow sticks in them hanging off of bamboo sticks, and the candles were all just led candle lights. There were no flames at all, but the whole place looked and glowed as if there were. It was really neat looking!

Then of course, we glowed too. I have to say, it stopped passer by-ers. One even wanted to take photo's!

Breten (me), Brielle (my oldest) Odin (sister) Mom, Sienna (my youngest) Grethe (sister)

Here is all the girls in the family, except for my youngest niece, Qena. She's only 2 and was running around somewhere. We couldn't catch her for the photo.

me and Brielle all a glow

This is a great photo of Brielle and her aunt, but look closely in the background and you'll see my nephew, Frey (another Nordic name) making a lovely face. Leave it to a 12 year old...

Here's Qena! (my 2 yr. old niece)

My mom with her son who she sees about twice a year (even though he lives 45 minutes away. )

Sienna, Grethe and Quince (her oldest son)

The sun went down and the lights started to glow!

My brother, and his sons, Brenden and Dylan set up their instruments and started to play. They are all really good and it was great to have live music!

another shot of the pool and lights

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It was a really fun party. I think everyone enjoyed themselves and the glow lights were such a great thing to do. I think we may just do that again next year! Happy birthday Mumma. ~

Whale Watching

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:14:00 +0000

Last week I went on a whale watch! I hadn't been on one in 22 years because when you live here, you don't usually do the touristy things. But- I was invited by the Captain, so how could I refuse!

Actually, just the thought of being out on a boat on a hot summer's day was enough enticement, and it was sunny and hot- about 80 degrees that day. The "Dolphin" boat left Provincetown Harbor around 4pm.

Leaving the harbor, we drove by Aunt Fran (she's the woman on the far right)

Then out around the very tip of Cape Cod, past Long Point Lighthouse. You can see the town and Pilgrim Monument in the background. Now we were out of the Cape Cod Bay and in the deep Atlantic Ocean, where the Great White sharks roam. (we didn't see any though)

We saw a LOT of Humpbacks (pictured) and Minke whales, (which are quite a bit smaller).

When you see the tail like this they are going down for a deep dive.....There was a naturalist from the Center of Coastal Studies on board telling everyone all about the whales. It was really interesting and I learned a lot. She said there are about 2000 whales in this area, and she knew every single whale that we encountered by the markings on the tail or fins.

You can click on the photo to enlarge it. As you can see, I was sitting way up high above all the people on the packed boat and I had a 360 degree view. I feel so fortunate to have had the opportunity to ride up top!!

This whale we came upon was actually sleeping! I guess they can sleep at the top or at the bottom. It doesn't matter. When we arrived a gull was pecking at it which really concerned the naturalist. She said the gulls can really hurt the whales, and sure enough, as soon as the gull pecked the whale woke up and dove under.

This view of the Pilgrim Monument is from the Atlantic Ocean. We were almost off the beaches in Truro in an area where there are colonies of seals, and where there are seals, there are Great Whites. It would have been pretty neat to see one swim by, but then again.....

Guess who got to drive the boat?!! Ok, I really only took the wheel for a minute or two, so NO- we didn't run aground!

I rode my motorcycle up to Provincetown so luckily I had lots of warm clothes, because it was pretty chilly when we were moving.

We passed the Bay Lady sailboat. It is a boat that takes on paying passengers so it's always full of people. What a beautiful ship with all the sails up! I got lots of reference photos for future paintings. I'm very excited about that!

As the sun began to set we watched the Bay Lady sail away.....

....rounded the point and went back into the harbor.

They were having sailing lessons at the Ptown Yacht club.

And back into the slip at the pier before the sun actually set. I hopped on my motorcycle and had a wonderful ride home (45 minutes). What an awesome day it was. The whole day was perfect from the ride up, to the weather, to the amount of whales we saw, to the ride home. Ahhhhh this is what life is supposed to be like ALL the time!

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noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:57:00 +0000

This little 2.5"x3.5" ACEO paintng was just purchased on Ebay by a lovely customer who then sent me the photo (below) of her cat and dog. This is what she wrote:

The attached is a picture of our golden retriever Lincoln and tabby Kevin...best pals. Lincoln is only a one-year old puppy and has chronic kidney disease so he needs your angels! Regards, M.

I thought I'd put this on my blog so everyone that sees it can send Lincoln some good energy (prayers). The more, the better!
Did you know that all thought/prayers/energy sent is actually received by the recipient? Their spirit will take it in and use it in what ever way best suits them. It works like this because we are all made out of the same energy- it's all connected. Think of the electricity in your house- it's all one flow of but we (people) are just the separate light bulbs - still, all connected to the same flow of electricity. Does that make any sense?

Anyway, that is why whenever my customers tell me about someone they bought one of my 'Healing Angels' for I always stop a moment and send them energy.

Extra....

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 02:39:00 +0000

Recently I took on a new respite job for the Kennedy Donvan Center. I wasn't looking for more work since I work full time(and a half!) already with my art business, but it kind of "found me", so I figured there must be a reason the Universe put it in my lap. I better take it!

Sooo......

This is my new friend (pictured above). He and I have been doing all kinds of fun activities like going to the Stoney Brook Herring Run, walking the beach, collecting rocks (among other items of interest) and then painting them...and today we went for a hike in Nickerson State Park. We packed a lunch, and wore our bathing suits- all ready for a full day of fun in the sun. We walked a shady trail to Higgens pond, swam for about 20 minutes then all of a sudden big black clouds darkened the sky. As soon as we heard the first boom of thunder we were out of there! So much for our big day in the park.

By the time we got to my house it was pouring rain so we had our picnic in the living room while watching some kids movies. It was a fun day none the less.

What will we do tomorrow? I'm not sure, especially if it's raining again. I don't have any kids toys at my house anymore so I have to be really creative...hmmm Luckily, he likes art projects.

Well, time to get some sleep. Working 2 jobs has me a bit worn out, but I'm looking forward to being able to take my girls to the zoo this weekend with the extra money. :)