unexpected inspiration...

it's amazing when inspiration can hit you. big or small, there's a need for it all.  as i felt this evenings warm breeze drift along, whilst pulling the endless weeds from our marvelous veggie garden, my gaze sauntered over to the four beautiful "new" doors my parents ever so kindly delivered to me this week. now, some people might think these doors would look more lovely next to the road for spring clean up. i, am quite thankful for those people who think in such a way, because i'm the scavenger who is excited to find such exciting roadside finds! and so, i believe the doors are real beauties. i just love the colors. and the oh-so naturally old, crackled paint. mmmm. just delicious.

this wasn't one of those moments where i was thinking about doing something to share for a blog post. that's not really how i work. instead, it was a moment when, at the end of my creating, i thought- darn it! i should have taken before and after pictures to show the transformation. but, when an artist is inspired and sets off to work; when you are truly in the moment of creating, there is no time for pictures. not for this artist, anyway. it wasn't something i was "thinking through" and quite frankly, i think that's when some of the greatest creations are birthed. and so it was, on this glorious evening that i transformed the plain old back of the garage (soon-to-be turned studio-more to come on that!) into something more than just a plain old back of the garage!  with a little help from my husband, the doors were taken from their slumped position, lying next to our deck, to a lovely little green space they would now call home. while i was manuvering them around, trying to center them "just so" and deciding if i wanted one door, two doors or three and which color sequence to put them in, i discovered a creeping vine (i'm not sure what kind it is exactly?). suddenly i felt like i was in the "secret garden". now, i know, my little green space does not compare to the images that still remain in my mind from the long ago days when i read that book. but that's what it made me think of. so, being the determined soul i am, i tugged and pulled at the precious vines. and there are many! they are deeply rooted, some of which have tried to take growth through the floor of our garage! without disturbing too much of the other growth that surrounded all the vines, i mananged to gently bring them to the light, from under the tall grass entanglement. they are just so lovely! i do hope they like their new location. and hope they don't mind me training them to grow upward to create a picturesque collage of leaves. 

so, in your mind, imagine the before pictures. three old doors all slumped (as much as doors can slump) against a deck, waiting to be given a proper home. now, imagine a back of a garage surrounded in front by weeds, tall grass and vines. there, you now have the before pictures! the other bits of decor i scrounged up from my collection of vintage finds, of which i also have many.

training the vines.

i just love the colors

create

hoping a bird finds a home in our bird cage
that once housed our wedding cards

weeds which led to my impromptu creating...
gardening truly cultivates the mind, body and soul..not just the soil ;)


we're hoping one day, there will be real garden doors coming out the back of the garage (which, by then, will be my studio!).  

what have you been inspired to do lately? take some time outside, with nature to allow your mind to simply drift off....maybe you weed a garden, or sit and sip a favorite beverage while listening to the beauty of the world that surrounds you, in whatever part of the world you might find yourself!
you'll be surprised where it might take you.... 

with gratitude,
femme
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