Home sweet home for a little while...unless I head off to my 20 year high school reunion in a few weeks?!

I’d love to write a thoughtful post for you about my time at Squam Art Workshops last week, but I still haven’t even summed up my thoughts on Paris. Let’s just say I’m seriously behind on thoughtful posts...while the meaningful experiences I want to share with you continue to pile up. The past two months have been full of adventure, laughter, a few tears, tons of inspiration, cafe cremes, ice cream cones, jumps in the lake, trips to the top of the Eiffel Tower, lots of red wine with the best friends and, well you get the picture. It’s been an extraordinary time. For those of you who travel often, I can see why. I could get used to this kind of life ~ as soon as I rest up a little.

What I want to share with you today is a little snippet of my time in New Hampshire, that resulted in this painting.  

A real treat for me is the chance to paint while at Squam. I get so inspired by all the creating going on, from the teachers and the students, {especially my students ~ who blow me away with their talent EVERY TIME}  ~ that I can’t help but want to sit down and make something myself. 

This time I did! I had a Saturday morning all to myself to paint, and voila, a year in the making, "Lizzy and the mouse". It seems that Lizzy has a little friend who loves to visit her every time she visits Squam... On a side note: this is also an official warning, to all of  my friends, you may very well end up as a Creative Thursday character ;)

Another real treat for me at Squam is to connect with the people I meet there. Lizzy’s one of them. I first came to know her last year when a group of us experienced Nirvana while all sharing the same cabin, appropriately called Nirvana. This year we picked up exactly where we left off.

{photo by Kimm}
 

I could gush on about Lizzy in this post, but as you know I’m trying to refrain from being a "gusher" and carrying on too much. So, I’ll get to the point again and say that she is another one who ROCKS. At the ripe old age of 24 Lizzy is my newest mentor and wise counsel {in fact there are several of us who are now being advised by her ;)}, and she is fast becoming one of my most favorite people on the planet. The best part= that circle is growing rapidly with people from all over the planet, due to my traveling and especially my times teaching at Squam. And honestly that is one of the best parts of the last two months.

{original is sold, but a print is now available in the shop}