because it's about the journey, not just the destination

 it snowed all day yesterday, and this morning there was a lot of fog

one of my jobs now days is to make sure Mr Cute gets to school on time, so today we set off a bit early that we usually do

for one short stretch, we came out of the fog bank into a little patch of weak sunlight, which we right away called "our own little sun ray", and his instruction?  "pull over and take a picture"!

so we did

it makes my heart sing that he is inspired by some of the same beauty around us that I am

as I drove back home after dropping him off at school, I was thinking about the times that I have driven someplace and arrived realizing that I hardly remembered getting there -- in a way it makes me a little sad that I might have missed something as spectacular as having my own little sun ray -- but I also realize there is a time for each season -- and I think this is my season to really see those little bits of joy and to share them with such a special young man

I'm actually working on a couple of pieces in the studio

this one is titled "Transformation" -- and is based on a photo of a sunrise from late August

right now I'm doing the needle turn applique to create the big (40x54) sky that has only a very small strip of land at the bottom --- I'm past half way now, so I'm already in the "are we there?" feeling -- just chugging along

my artist group (https://4commoncorners.com/) has a current challenge for a piece on the theme of "Heat"

this piece is titled "What Icarus Saw"

based on manipulation of colors from a paint pour in PhotoShop and printed by Spoonflower on organic cotton sateen -- I am now doing the quilting with a variety of cotton, rayon and metallic threads and have done some painting -- more to follow -- with metallic pearl paint

this piece is totally different than anything else I have ever done -- very much an experiment!