Embrace Your Second Wind

"Most people never run far enough on their first wind 

to find out they've got a second."  

~ William James 


"Difficult things take a long time, impossible things a little longer." 

~ André A. Jackson

My hummingbirds are zooming around in full throttle here and already fattening up and training for their long upcoming journey. For this summer's hatchlings, it will be their maiden voyage and probably the most dangerous one ever. They've got a lot to learn and many hundreds of miles to maneuver and survive through until they come back to me next spring. You can see a couple of short recent videos on my facebook page here.

I love hummingbirds and they continue to fascinate and inspire me.

They are a strong symbol to me of enthusiastically accomplishing that which seems impossible.

Just Keep On Going

"With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, 

all things are attainable." 

 ~Thomas Foxwell Buxton

 

"Success seems to be largely a matter of 

hanging on after others have let go." 

~ William Feather

Stick-To-Itiveness

"There is no telling how many miles 

you will have to run while 

chasing a dream." 

~ Author Unknown

"Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over." 

 ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Summer of S A N D Y - 2 0 1 3

"Perseverance is not a long race;

it is many short races one after another."

~ Walter Elliott

Dancing Daisies SOLD • "Just picked it up, it is even more lovely than it looked online!  Thank you so much!" ~ Annette

Dancing Daisies

SOLD •

"Just picked it up, it is even more lovely than it looked online!  Thank you so much!" ~ Annette

The symbolism of the daisy is

friendship, loyalty, love, beauty

and perseverance.

It's The Summer of Sandy and I'll need the perseverance of the daisy. The next three months will be spent rebuilding websites, revamping my business plan and of course, painting.

Perhaps I'll be back at DAILY DRAWING and blogging about it next summer! Check back here and on my art blog from time time over the summer. Because you never know ... because I never know ...  where the art spirit will lead me next! 

I now proclaim this the Summer of Sandy!

Have a great season and proclaim your summer now!

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Wolf Silhouette

Here I'm persevering with another silhouette.

"In spite of everything, I shall rise again; I will take up my pencil, which I have
forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing."
~ Vincent van Gogh