Oh, Summer, Thank You for Coming!

 It is officially summer...

and I am officially on VACATION!

 I am still planning a trip or two

and one of them will be to a favorite city!

 ...And, I need to be near water.

Playing in my art journal

for Kristin's SOC3~

Summer of Color 2013,

week #2

Orange & hot pink!

More here...check it out and join the fun!

Have a happy day!

~k

Summer of Color...Orange!

This is the final color week of Kristin's Challenge, after 8 wonderful, summery, colorful weeks. Wow, that means summer is on the downswing, too, ack!

Orange is not a color I use often (enough!). I rather enjoyed this. And since the bonus was to incorporate a favorite quote, I had to think for a while because I love beautiful quotes from smart people that make me think!  Then I remembered this one, and how I use it often!

As a teacher and a friend, I say this to others that I care about, and I remember it for myself. I believe it is not only important, but necessary to share with and lean on others for help, strength, support, guidance, teachings, experience....

We need not ever be alone, nor feel alone.
Love always, ~kathy

PS.  I used a card to smear and smudge luscious oranges, yellows and whites, then used a stamp by Teesha.

Warm Orange

And here is what I think is yet one more little miracle of nature.

Remember my yellow hibiscus?

Well, it is a tropical plant but it won't give up,

even out in the frosts we've had!

AND, it turned ORANGE!

A storm front is moving in, any minute now, blowing cooling rain on us all, but who cares?

We have warm orange!

~Kathy