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More Farmer’s Market Photos

October 31, 2015October 24, 2015 by Polly Castor

At the beginning of the month, I posted pictures of our farmer’s market, but now that the produce is so different, I thought I’d share some updated photos.

Categories Food, Photography Tags community, Fall, Farmer's Market, Organic food, Sustainability 2 Comments

Photos of Milkweed

October 23, 2015 by Polly Castor
photos of milkweed

Since monarchs are dependent on milkweed, I was glad to see a bunch of them on my walk yesterday.

Categories Photography Tags Fall, Nature 5 Comments

What I Made in Silversmithing

October 22, 2015 by Polly Castor
sterling jewelry I made

Here is the sterling silver jewelry I made in my silversmithing class at Creative Arts Camp last September.

Categories Art Tags Creative Arts Camp, creativity, gratitude 1 Comment

Zinnia Love

October 21, 2015 by Polly Castor
Zinnia Photos, pictures of zinnias

I love zinnias with their cheery countenance and sprightly attitude.

Categories Photography Tags Flowers, Gardening, happiness, Nature 2 Comments

Recipe: Autumnal Vegan Ragout

October 20, 2015 by Polly Castor
Vegan Ragout

I completely made this up yesterday for the winter squash shown below that I got at the Farmer’s Market, and we really liked it. It has a feel good taste that is just perfect for the season.

Categories Food Tags Main Dish, o, Organic food, Recipes, Side Dish, Vegan, vegetarian 2 Comments

Book Review: The Thirteenth Tale

October 19, 2015 by Polly Castor
Book Review The Thirteenth Tale

I really enjoyed this book and give it a provisional five stars. It is well written and engaging, about a famous author finally telling “the truth” about her origins to a biographer, who is the main character.

Categories Books Tags 5 Star Books, Book Reviews, Fiction Leave a comment

Our Fabulous Church Flowers Today

October 19, 2015October 18, 2015 by Polly Castor
photos of purple asters, aster bouquet, photos of church flowers

My husband cut down our purple asters and brought them in to avoid being frozen, and we took them to church today.

Categories Photography Tags Church, Flowers 4 Comments

Garden Harvest Before First Freeze

October 17, 2015 by Polly Castor
bringing in the harvest, photos of homegrown produce

It is going to freeze tonight for the first time this fall so we have brought in most of the remaining harvest from our garden.

Categories Food Tags garden, Organic food, Sustainability 1 Comment

Notes from Richard McKinley’s Pastel Workshop

October 17, 2015October 16, 2015 by Polly Castor
Richard McKinley workshop, Pastel class notes, Richard McKinley's pastel Workshop, How to paint in Pastel

You can see here the notes I took for the class, preserved both for my reference and yours.

Categories Art Tags education, pastel, Plein Air painting 3 Comments

New Plein Air Pastel Landscape: Florence Griswold View

October 16, 2015October 15, 2015 by Polly Castor
Polly Castor pastel, Polly Castor plein air painting

I enjoyed painting this with my pastel class last week at the Florence Griswold Museum. The weather was glorious and the view terrific.

Categories Art Tags Abstract Landscapes, pastel, Plein Air painting 5 Comments

Early Fall Reflections

October 15, 2015October 14, 2015 by Polly Castor
fall reflection photos

These early fall reflections that I saw around Great Hollow Lake this morning were stunning and pristine …

Categories Photography Tags Fall, reflections, Trees 2 Comments

Book Review: Dahveed (Series)

October 13, 2015 by Polly Castor
Dahveed book review

If you are interested in detailed, fictional accounts of old testament characters, this author is one you should not miss.

Categories Books, Spirituality Tags 5 Star Books, Bible, Book Reviews, Fiction, Relationship with God Leave a comment

Portraits of Plein Air Artists at Work

October 16, 2015October 12, 2015 by Polly Castor
Plein artists at work, portraits of plain air artists, photos of plain air artists

I enjoyed the people in my plein air painting class. Richard McKinley (above) is an accomplished and well known pastel artist, who drew these plein air painters to Connecticut from far and wide.

Categories Art, Photography Tags community, pastel, Plein Air painting 3 Comments

Salmon Colored Sunset

October 11, 2015 by Polly Castor
sunset photo

What I liked about this sunset was the color was bizarrely unusual, and it was almost like my camera didn’t know what to make to of it.

Categories Photography Tags Sunsets 1 Comment

In the Presence of Swans

October 10, 2015 by Polly Castor
photos of swans

I had never seen so many swans in one place before, and I wished for my zoom lens, which I had not brought on a painting expedition.

Categories Photography Tags creatures 1 Comment

Thumbnails, Notans, and Field Sketches

October 10, 2015October 9, 2015 by Polly Castor
Field sketches

In the class I’ve been taking with Richard McKinley, he discussed in detail a process he uses to formulate a field sketch using thumbnail sketches.

Categories Art Tags Art by Others, education, pastel, Plein Air painting 3 Comments

Wee Faerie Village

October 9, 2015October 8, 2015 by Polly Castor
Wee Faerie Village Photos

Our Pastel class painted at the Florence Griswold Museum today and their current outdoors exhibit is the “Wee Faerie Village.”

Categories Art Tags Art by Others, Art Shows, creativity, mixed media 1 Comment
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Reviews from Readers

I am a silent regular reader of your daily blog, and I’m finally in touch to tell you how much I like it. I love it!

When you get famous, I need to be the president of your fan club.

Illuminating thoughts, thank you for sharing them. Very clear.

I so enjoyed your trip blog. The outstanding photos and the amazing narratives made me feel I was on vacation for a few minutes each day.

Your poem feels like a lesson, a treatment, and a love letter all rolled into one perfect package.
Thank you, Polly.

Polly, I love your poem “you were never unwanted”. This poem really hit home. Thank you for your words of wisdom

Really beautiful, very hope filled. I love this!

Magnificent poem. How blest you are to be a poet, photographer, artist, metaphysician, all wrapped up into One.

Your photos have opened my eyes to the beauty surrounding us everywhere.

I for one want to thank you so much for writing this blog. I started about a year ago and look forward to reading it every day. I feel like an armchair adventurer…

You brighten my life with your thoughts, views, words, pictures….

Thanks for sharing from the seat of your soul with generosity and openness.

Thank you so much for this thoughtful, informative and articulate book review, Polly!

Oh so beautiful! I keep coming back to look at the paintings again.

Yes, lots of good flavor triggers in there. I printed it out and will try it. Thanks so much!

Love your pastels!

Thank you for passing along such wise words.

I’m grateful for you opening my eyes to the wonders that surround us.

Love the photos, as usual. You are a Creative Genius, Polly.

I appreciate the joy, inspiration, and great information you provide us in your blogs.

So beautiful, Polly. Thank you for spelling out – through such artful means – the beauty of patience.

Thank you for revealing this idea you’ve been following. I can tell when an angel has tapped me on the shoulder–it feels light and right and fun.

I get so happy when I see your paintings. I really do. They bring me such joy. I feel your heart when I see them.

I have just started this book and am really loving it! Thank you so much for recommending it.

Your photos are so vivid and expressive and inspiring and artistic and alive!

You are terrific and amazing. In many outstanding ways.

Polly, you have such a great feel for things. I will enjoy you forever.

Oh how I love this! Thank you, thank you!

I never before found computers this beautiful….

Well Done! This is such a wonderful venture. Your work is just extraordinary!

Yes, healing does happen when we deeply and humbly pray. Thanks for keeping that idea alive.

Synesthesia! I can taste the yellows and hear the oranges! A feast to the senses! Brava talented Polly

Keep up the good work. You are an inspiration! I love reading your blog with it’s many insights.

I have to tell you that your spiritual to-do list was the springboard for a great talk with my older daughter. We are going to check on each other, and progress.

Polly, I just love your spirit, innovativeness, receptivity to beauty and to God’s goodness expressed. Thank you for your blog.

You are such a gem Polly- it is an incredible blessing to daily read your blog!

Gorgeous new work. I love the vitality of the city scenes and vibrant color palette.

You encourage me to grow with your everyday wisdom and your lovely contributions.

Just a wonderland of possibilities and ideas and the materials to explore and discover. What a beautiful, exciting place! I’ve taken all this glory into my heart today and am grateful for it.

Thank you for this exercise in balance, Polly. Helps a lot!

This is absolutely beautiful and so incredibly helpful and inspiring! Thank you so much! ❤️

Thank you for sharing the joy of your trip with us. I feel blessed this morning to know you in all the ways you reveal good and magnify it.

Wow, you outdid yourself this month with your Bits and Clips. It was a wonderful mix of beauty, humor, and thoughtfulness.

This is one of the BEST explanations of one’s understanding of God I have seen in a long time. The image paired with the text was spot on!

Excellent. Thank you for sharing this welcome thought to redirect today’s thinking.
I am grateful for this blog.

I love your swirling universes, the spirals that draw one in and introduce us to ourselves.

Glorious! Thank you for tending these lovely flowers together, and for posting on your blog, Polly.

Your blog has inspired me to get back into painting, cooking, prayer and meditation.

The Spirit at work is so well described here. In between the lines I read that
our only true peace is in pleasing Our Creator! Thank you deeply, Polly!

A wonderful poem Polly! Thank you. Deeply nourishing….

What a delight to experience the beauty of nature you shared of your slice of the world through these beautiful photos.

That definitely sounds like a book I’d like to read! Thanks Polly!

I loved this post! It gave me much to think about. Thank you for being such a beautiful and prolific source of inspiration. You are a wonder! I’m a fan!

Thank you for all the inspiration you share so generously. I am deeply grateful!

This couldn’t possibly be more perfect, – so reassuring, and so fully expresses in every way what we all are praying for. Thank you for your a beautiful heart and generous giving of it!!

This is relevant and an excellent way for me to look at some situations I have been in recently.
Thank you Polly.
I will continue to benefit…

That’s all very helpful for me today, Polly. Thanks for going deep on this. I’m sharing your joy in our Source.

Thank you so.much, Polly. It says with abundant clarity what thousands upon thousands of thoughtful men and women think and believe. I appreciate you!!

Your blog is full of the wonderful, multilayered colors and textures that you play with, and share so unselfishly with the world.

I must find the higher spiritual path that nature often helps me see. Thank you for this beautiful poem.

You have a great eye for beauty Polly. I love your blog.

I look forward to your messages each day, like a delightful gift to unwrap.

I love your website, messages, poems and art. Thank you for the blessing of community that you provide.

I feel such gratitude for the beautiful way in which you express God. Thanks for blessing my life and being such a shining light in the world!

This is a fantastic article Polly…so much in it, I know I’ll have to re read it at least twice more!

Your multiple images and vocabulary choices give energy and renewed resolve to flagging spirits. Thank you for sharing.

I have been blessed beyond words by your daily posts. I often quote you to others, saying I got the idea from a wonderful friend I’ve never actually met.

Polly, you are a whiz at living life the way it’s meant to be. I’m fascinated by all you do!

The phrase ‘divine choreography’ is resonating with me. Bless you for sharing your inspiration with us all.

I did your 52 books challenge, and loved the structure that it provided to my selections. Doing it again this year too!

You are so incredibly sweet, gracious, kind, thoughtful, creative, generous, joyful, witty, courageous, tender, persistent, compassionate, brilliant, articulate, ad infinitum!

Thank you for bringing your beautiful great outdoors into my world.
You do a great job taking pictures. The colors are so vibrant and I like that you notice
shadows.

WOW! Polly! Some truly marvelous work there!!!

Polly! I love this poem! Letting our true, authentic self come forth! Yes!! Thank you for all the delightful imagery!

Beautiful photos. It is uplifting and energizing to see such bright, cheerful, healthy and fresh images. Thanks, I needed that!

I am so grateful for your generous sharing of ideas across so many different fields! Your colorful art, your beautiful photography, your tasty looking and well presented dishes, your uplifting ideas, your insightful book reviews, and your wonderful healing work! You truly are a polymath!! I so look forward to your daily offerings and rejoice in them all.

How blessed we are to have someone like you on this Earth.

Your reading challenge has inspired me and given me permission to read again, as previously I had just fitted reading round everything else. Now it is a legitimate activity in my life and I am enjoying it immensely!

This blog is a daily dose from an spiritually-oriented, artist, thinker, sage.

AUDACIOUSLY GORGEOUS!!!!! (:

I love that you live such an active life, have so many interests, and share your insights with me. Your blog is like a conversation with a dear friend.

Thank you for the joy you share. I look forward to reading your posts!

Thank you for bringing to light and sharing an undeniably important part of the one stupendous whole we all share…the countless ways beyond sight, and not to be missed, always at hand.

We are so blessed with your access to nature and your talent to communicate visually….

Yes indeed! You are a shining light and you are definitely using all your wonderful talents

I just had to comment on today’s blog. I LOVED it! I have had similar thoughts for some time.

Thank you for your burst of sunshine reflected in your positivity this morning… I look forward to your blogs.

Thank you, Polly, for bringing clarity to the stressful events we’re experiencing. Your insights are thought-provoking and inspirational. I’m very thankful for your blog.

Love your blog’s colour and joyfulness and the inspiring leads, Polly. Easy to see why you are much loved. Thank you.

You are … just plain wonderful, Polly! Your blog is bursting with poetry, art, writings, love of God, family, friends, all things great and wonderful and good!

Thank you Polly!! This has needed to be said for a while!

WONDERFUL blog, Polly! Thank you for your spiritual calm, support for each of us, uninhibited creativity, and amazing paintings. I am just left in awe !

Graciously and lovingly spoken, like a true friend to all. Thank you for your blog Polly.

Oh my goodness Polly, this is absolutely magnificent and reaches so far deep into my soul.

I’m so grateful to be able to enjoy all you so generously share on your blog, the colorful photos, the recipes, the art works, the insights, the book reviews and so much more!

Your posts are treasure troves of your beautiful and giving heart.

You are such an inspirational person Polly! I love everything you share with us – such a joy to have your daily input in my inbox! X x x

Yummy and beautiful! I love all the colors and this food looks amazing! The plates too!

I have so enjoyed your recent posts– about your garden, your reflections about parenting, your vibrant artwork– so many wonderful expressions of Spirit.

Without a doubt my life has been enriched and uplifted by my acquaintance with you through your blogs. Every day I look for the interesting ideas you amplify and the lovely arts you share with us. I am never disappointed.

This is so well thought out and written. Thank you for this compelling essay. I agree with you on all points, Polly.

I just love your photos, Polly. Whether it’s food or art or nature . . . They are always so beautiful and interesting and full of life !

Thank you Polly, for saying what needs to be said.

LOVE it. Made me smile while I was reading it.

I have tremendous admiration for your strength, your depth, your compassion, your passion and your love. You are a woman deeply filled to the brim…

Excellent, meaningful, quotes. Thanks!

Polly, I’m grateful for you, your prayerful work, your blog, your art, photos, words and colors.

Polly, I am absolutely amazed. My mouth was watering! I’ll be thinking about it all night…and tomorrow we will break out the paints!

How blessed we are to have someone like you on this Earth.

Beautiful and profoundly perfect for pandemic season, your poem empowers hope for what’s next. I plan to read it at Sunday Devotional. Thank you!

Love your blog. Today’s was dynamite, and very helpful for understanding our role as individuals at this time.

Your blog captures a life well lived, constantly imparting good– truth, health and happiness– including beauty, harmony, art, science to the world.

You are doing so wonderfully at praising God with your talents.

Thankful every morning to see another treasure from you in my emails !

Oh yum, Polly… These gorgeous photos made my mouth water and my eyes pop!

I am simply amazed at the wealth of beauty, soul, and experience. Love it. Love you! Thank You for sharing your innermost so openly.

I love your coffee cake recipe, I have a book list from your blog, I love the photos, the poems, the paintings, the movie reviews, the humor, the honesty, the color.

I find the ideas you share on your blog very encouraging in having a sense of order when it comes to goals and priorities.

You share so freely, with so so so much love and joy and an open-open-heart…

This blog deeply resonates while being beautiful, delicious, inspiring, and fun. Not easy to do!

A wonderful poem Polly! Thank you. Deeply nourishing…. like a bird, natural and beautiful, just singing out truth in her special song on a fine winter morning.

Wow. Yes, quite something to contemplate. Thank you, Polly!!

Thank you for introducing me to wonderful, amazing authors.
Love the pictures of your elegant flowers.

You capture so vividly the beauty of nature. Thank you for bringing such beauty into my every day.

Thank you for this….I absolutely love reading it!

I LOVE THIS BLOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Very helpful in these seemingly uncertain times. I found a couple of specific ideas expressed here that apply to a specific situation in my life. Thank you!

Thank you for expanding my ways to see, Polly.

Polly, what amazing and timely insight in these wise words! Thanks for sharing this wisdom.

This is such a beautiful and loving blog and feels much like your amazing dynamic spiritual art. You are proving and sharing truth in a precious, creative, encouraging, and heartfelt way. You inspire me!

Thank you Polly–you are always such a clear thinker and always willing to share your God-given gifts.

Thank you for all your uplifting daily contributions, wherever form they take – photos, recipes, artwork, book reviews and smiley faces!

Thank you for your commitment to reality and our true nature!

What an inspiring and uplifting painting. Thanks for sharing your inspiration with the world!

I love your blog! I shared it with my mom, an artist, and she is impressed with your art. I’ve also spent time studying your paintings. Just listened to your interview, it was stellar! Thank you!!

Well done Polly, I love your book reviews! Please carry on the good work of guiding our book choices.

Wow…you have made carrots sexy!

Grace is a beautiful quality and you exude it in spades – thanks so much for all you do and are! You are a treasure!

I just want to say that I have really been enjoying your blog! It gives me hope for the world…

Your blog is uplifting and enlightening, and seems to speak to me just when I need it most.

Polly, your reflection of Soul’s endless creativity is truly wonderful! Thank you for letting the divine shine through you so brightly!

Polly lets her spirituality into her art as you can see in the many abstract paintings she creates. We were wowed by her ability and her encouragement of others to express themselves artistically.

So beautiful and I have shared it with so many others. Thank you!

Polly….I’m happier because of you; I sure do thank you.

This speaks to me. Love your work, Polly.

Thank you for the constant good thoughts and beautiful expressions of love and joy that you share on your blog.

I enjoy your strong, bold artwork– there is so much going on in them that my imagination takes off. I really appreciate your blog. It brings joy every day.

Thanks, Polly, for listening so carefully and sharing so selflessly.

Sounds delicious and simple! Two of my favorite adjectives!

Hi Polly, loved this poem. It radiates hope and feeling of calmness. I am glad I came across these beautiful words. Keep posting similar reads and spreading positivity.

I am so totally impressed with your photography, poetry, and painting.Your talent is incredible!!!

Love these colours and the strong contrasts Polly!

This blog is simultaneously simple and profound– a perfect, balanced combination of seriousness and light.

Every day I look forward to your blog. It’s encouraging me to find ways to express what God reveals in me.

Thank you for sharing yourself and creativity in such a transparent way, it is very inspiring and humbling to me.

I did your tomato tart a few days ago, and it was fabulous! I am vegetarian and look for meals I can make that have lots of flavor. Your tart was just perfect!

Wonderful words of wisdom, Polly!

Perspective is everything – and choosing a liberating one blesses everyone, as you point out!

I am so happy to have found your site and to be able to enjoy your expression of Spirit! Love your poetry, your photos, your ideas, your …YOU! THANK you for sharing so abundantly!

This is absolutely wonderful and so helpful.

Thank you dear Polly!

Butter! Lemon! Garlic!

It’s like a prayer!!!

I just adore all of your wonderful posts and everything that you share so generously. ????? You have a beautiful sense of soul that you share – it blesses me and so many!

I love this poem! Letting our true, authentic self come forth! Yes!! Thank you for all the delightful imagery!

A powerful message. Thank you for getting it out there.

You are such an inspiring person, Polly, and I love the variety of your activities you share with us all! Thank you so much.

Thank you Polly for your radiant joy and embrace of each of us, wrapping us in your color and beauty of Soul.

Your eyes are keen and your photographs dynamic.

I enjoy your blog so much. But today you are on top. Every thought you expressed so lovingly…. some very funny but always with love. Thank you for all you bring to so many .

Polly, please keep sharing these pages! I love seeing them. You inspired me to do the same thing.

This blog is really stimulating and motivating.

Thank you! I enjoy reading your notes from the Bible Lesson. Your interpretation is helpful for my thought and I’m sure many others.

It is always refreshing to see the loves, joys, challenges, and triumphs that you share on your blog.

You show us how God’s love shines in all things. You are a blessing!

I can’t tell you how helpful this has been to me today. I must’ve read it half a dozen times or more. It’s helping me with a great challenge. Thank you!

Thank you for sharing such a personal, and at the same time, universal, love of beauty.

Love the poem so so much and the first painting with the trees is INCREDIBLE!!

I made your fabulous Fish Tacos and they were BEYOND delicious!!

I am grateful for the myriad ways you celebrate Life in your art, activities and relationships. Your blog is inspiring in its magnification of Soulful goodness!

I love the photos – such a gift which makes me feel closer to Fall, my favorite season.

Excellent post, dear Polly! Thanks!! There is lots that I relate to in your comments!

I love the feeling of playfulness and of uninhibited joy.

Polly this is absolutely exquisite and so inspiring. I will refer to it often.

Amazing, Polly! A wonderful example of seeing the possibilities…creativity at its best.

What a breath of fresh air!! Thank you for your honesty, integrity and willingness to speak out for Truth and Justice!!!

Thanks for your strong, bright and clear art work!

Thanks for the nudge!

You continue to inspire, impress, and
amaze me, Polly.

Polly always captures the balance between what I can do, and all the miracles I am given.

Outstanding, superb and beyond all imagination.

This is absolutely magnificent. Bless your precious and beautiful soul for sharing this.

Way to go on your artistic journey. You show great courage, humility, and such support for everyone around you.

I wanted you to know that I found the time I spent on your blog to be relaxing, refreshing, inspiring, and totally enjoyable.

I LOVE YOU!!

You amuse-inspire-edify-entertain-inform-uplift-enhance-educate-color!-…my days!

I read and feel the security of the hearth and home. Many thanks…

Wow! Love the abundance of exotic shapes and colours in the Autumn sunshine!

Thank you sincerely for your joyful out-pouring of love, light, color, comforting, inspiring words…

I think you have covered absolutely every way anyone would wish to be blessed

When I open my email in the morning I read all the have-to emails first; I save yours to read as dessert. Thanks, Polly!

Wish I had gotten this message 75 years ago. It makes so much sense and would have saved me a lot of self criticism. I love your blog.

Love this– actually so “timely” for what I have been thinking about lately.

These thoughts you shared are a keeper for me to revisit when in need. You are a blessing to many!

Thanks so much for this recommendation Polly. We watched in awe … and have recommended in turn.

This blog is colorful, beautiful, and edifying.

Thank you for sharing this quote. It is very appropriate for our times. A beautiful wake up call to change our thinking and focus on what is real and true.

Thank you for sharing this.
Strange, nothing surprising here.
You are who you are.

These photos are so wonderful, it really warms the heart.

I recently I recommended your blog to a friend saying, “She’s like a dear friend, she just doesn’t know me.” Thank you for all the delight you add to my days!

Thank you for your efforts. I look forward to your positive thoughts and love.

Wow!! I cannot wait to try this recipe! Thank you!

Love your blog. Today’s is dynamite and very helpful to viewing our role as individuals at this time.

Beautiful photos! All that color, texture & gorgeous pattern….

Just beautiful, Polly. So honest and uplifting. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, and the helpful ones of others.

I am one of your readers who definitely looks forward to a positive message from you every morning. You grow people.

I’m new to your site and I love today’s post about being grateful!

Thank you for your generosity and your overflowing sense of soul which you share so beautifully and articulately with everyone!!

What a stunning place! It is just a slice of heaven. Thank you for sharing its beauty.

I really enjoyed this book, thanks for recommending it.

Thank you for writing this opinion so eloquently, Polly. You have addressed many nuances that I have been espousing for years, and your words are powerful and thought-provoking.

Your work is always spirited and inspirational.

I’m so grateful for all you share with us.

I loved this book, Polly. Thank you so much for the recommendation.

Your site is bolstering my creative thoughts. I need to put them into action.

Thank you for bringing your hydrangeas into my home via the internet. Other flowers are lovely too, but hydrangeas are SPECIAL.

Thank you Polly for sharing those wise words! I heartily agree with them all now I have a bigger perspective on life.

This blog is so prolific and original, inspiring and joy producing.

Today’s post was a Gift from God. Opening your email this morning truly lifted my Spirit. Thank you.

What an incredible blessing and inspiration you are. Thank you so much for your beautiful heart!

Beautifully written, Polly … captures my sentiments exactly.❤️

Thank you for the insight. Especially separating church from a building or denomination. The passion and joy of color in your paintings is marvelous.

Thank you for Saying So Well What Needs To Be SAID!

Hoping others can/will read this…

Thank you Polly for this article on supply! I cherish the healing thoughts therein very much, and they are very helpful.

Your food is presented in such an artistic way that it looks beautiful, wholesome and totally delicious!!

Helen Frankenthaler’s works were interesting, but I like your abstracts better.

With its awesome art, recipes, book reviews, and really excellent writing, this blog is the perfect corner of the internet.

What a beautiful spirit you have, shining right through your source.

You inspire goodness, wholeness, contentedness and joy.

Quite unforgettable. You truly have a way with words:warm; strong; inviting; enlightening; so substantive, and more.

Thank you for your transparency of love, your generous sharing of what you are pondering and doing.

Oh my gosh how did you know I needed this today? I am in absolute awe of your thorough and articulate way you describe how all of this works.

I always appreciate your reviews. Our fave film in 2019 was The Green Book – which we watched following your recommendation.

The last day of the month on your blog is always a BIG treat . . . This morning I went from fasting to feasting . . .

You are an inspiration to me, and I’m sure to many others. With appreciation for all you do to magnify good!

Loved your plein air painting, the pictures of the garden plenty — oh wow. Love opening your blog each day — it is a treat that I save sometimes.

All of your work is eye and mind popping. I love it!

Your abstracts are interesting and you have a unique style that is all your own. Original, demonstrating individuality and confidence! I see joy and love expressed.

Wow Polly!! You are buzzing with ideas.

This is a beautiful summary and reminder of how we can both individually and collectively dissolve the powerless, baseless lies with Truth. Thank you, Polly!!

Well said Polly!

Life is so exciting we should limit ourselves less!

Let’s all have a productive day and be joyful!

Neat! Love the black and white contrasts enhanced by the light.

Thank you for using this platform to share these references for listening & learning. Now the work required to make a lasting change is up to each of us! ❤️

Really enjoyed your poem on Animal magnetism. Very clear truths. Thank you. Your vibrant art work is superb.

Once again, you have come through for us with such clear and coherent thinking and put into words the feelings in our hearts.

Polly, thanks for “amplifying good”. That’s what you really do!

Wow! What a stunning collection of gorgeous images and though-provoking quotes. They made my day.

Absolutely beautiful!!! I love these particular colors together and the different styles and techniques really give it a lot of depth and texture. Brilliant!!!!

Your inspiration and love of nature is appreciated!

This poem is what I needed to further focus on moving out of the fear of COVID.❤️

These are awesome. You have such a gift for photography…and for pastels…and for cooking…and for finding interesting books…and, and, and. Where does it end?

This is spectacular, Polly! I love it!

Thank you for focusing in on and capturing the little things we so often pass by and/or take for granted.

Outstanding message! And a sure “wake-up” call for me regarding mortal decline. I’m off on a refreshing direction. Thanks, Polly.

Your blog is very interesting and insightful.

Polly your blog is simply a marvelously enriching, thought provoking part of the daily wonders of life! I give thanks for you and the blog!

Wow, super powerful and definitely what I needed to hear today.

Love all you do and express. You’re an amazing role model!!

What a fine piece! You certainly are a shining example….[it] was uplifting and instructive.

Thank you very much, Polly. You are a bright light!

Providing us with wonderful refreshment, enlightenment, peace, encouragement, joy,
and a whole lot more. Thanks, Polly!

Deep and encompassing. Passionate and motherly. Loving and expansive. The photos speak volumes too…and I see the connections with the poem perfectly.

I salute you! And I sure do thank you for inspiring me to greater efforts along all lines of life!

I am touched by this well thought out, well written essay. You have put into words what so many of us have in our minds and hearts. Thank you!

I truly love and am inspired by your blog, including capturing the beauty of life in the moment, teaching by example, taking time with children, and spirituality.

The Brussels sprouts were an exceptionally BIG hit here…. could you direct me to more literature on spiritual healing?

I love this poem, Polly, and I shall read it often! I feel sure it will help lift my thought to healing.

I love your Blog, Polly!! Therefore, I love you! Your art, your poetry, your philosophy, your religion, your book reviews, your photography, your … husband!

It’s a rare inspiration that can uncover an aching joy — but those poems do that. Thanks for sharing this with us.

Putting the art of poetry, photography and painting into your hands is God’s gift to us who get to read it and see it. Thanks.

Thank you for this. Read it. Gave me hope. Going through an “unsure” time. Thank you for these words of strength, hope, and faith.

Thank you so much for this wonderful insight! You put into words what I have been grappling with for a long time. This is just what I needed today.

You are my favorite artist. I just have to say it. Your paintings make me so happy.

Polly, I needed you today and there you were and it was enough. Thank you for being a motivator.

My mother adores your blog and speaks to me often about what recent nugget you shared which she thought was wonderful!

I think one reason I enjoy your blog is that you Stand Forth In All Your God-given Glory, expressing everything Good!

The colors are exquisite!!! Thanks for bringing so much beauty into our lives.

Thank you for your ultra positive, upbeat, cheering and cheerful expressions in so many forms. What great seeds to sow in world thought!

I’ve just finished this book and I loved it! Thanks for recommending it.

I really enjoy reading your blog – but I have to say that your monthly ‘Bits and Clips’ posts and your ‘Grace Notes’ posts are my favorite :)

Everything on your site is so colorful, spiritual and alive!

Thanks, Polly! Your zest for the good things in life makes me feel happy too!

I feel the joy and love of the color and thought in all your work! You are letting your light shine.

What lovely Soul-inspired insights! Thank you for these great ideas!

Thank you so much for your fantastic, soulful images– your photos really capture the love, joy, camaraderie, power, and intensity of the present moment.

I appreciate your blog. It’s a breath of fresh air, beauty, and innovative thinking!

Your art is thrilling.

Your blogs are a delight.

Such a complete radiance of Soul you are demonstrating. I find it very inspiring!

Your zest for the good things in life makes me feel happy too!

Absolutely stunning, Polly. I love the infinite range of ideas, expression, and media in this BIG blog of yours.

This blog is upbeat, progressive, sincere, colorful, metaphoric, and exploratory. Such a rich feast!

Polly, your wonderful blog is doing more than its bit in this dreadful time. Thanks, and keep on keeping on!

Thank you for your efforts. I look forward to your positive thoughts and love.

I want to express my gratitude to you for such a well thought out essay. I found it quite enriching and resonate with those true answers.

Lovely Polly! You are an inspiration! I am so happy to have your blog in my life!

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