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Art Shows

The Last Six New Abstracts that are in my Current Show

February 6, 2020 by Polly Castor
Ocean Oxygen (acrylic) by Polly Castor

If you are too far to see the show in person, you can still buy originals!

Categories Art Tags Abstract Art, Art Shows Leave a comment

A Visit to the Katonah Museum to see Art by Women

January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 by Polly Castor

At least women artists are starting to get some play in museums…

Categories Art Tags Art by Others, Art Shows, Museums 2 Comments

My Solo Show: The Fusion of Art and Spirituality

January 20, 2020January 20, 2020 by Polly Castor

My show is open! Here is a glimpse of it. Let me know if you need an appointment to see it in person.

Categories Art, Spirituality Tags Abstract Art, abundance, Art Shows, community, gratitude 14 Comments

Announcing my New One Woman Show: The Fusion of Art and Spirituality

January 7, 2020 by Polly Castor
Polly Castor One Woman Show 2020, Abstraction: The Fusion of Art and Spirituality

Exciting news! If you are at all close by, I hope you will come!

Categories Art, Hope Tags Abstract Art, Art Shows, community 7 Comments

Hans Hofmann Exhibit at the Peabody Essex Museum

November 14, 2019November 14, 2019 by Polly Castor
Hans Hoffmann exhibit

Here you can see photos of the entire Hans Hofmann show at the Peabody Essex Museum. So glad I saw it!

Categories Art Tags Abstract Art, Art by Others, Art Shows Leave a comment

I’m in this Renaissance in Pastel National Juried Show

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019 by Polly Castor
Photos Renaissance in Pastel Show 2019

Check out here some of the stellar work in this show.

Categories Art Tags Art by Others, Art Shows, pastel 3 Comments

Heroines of Abstract Expressionism Show

October 1, 2019September 30, 2019 by Polly Castor

This show was a pure delight. Get to see it if you can.

Categories Art Tags Abstract Art, Art Shows 1 Comment

NYC for PSA Show and Materials Fair (Photos)

September 23, 2019 by Polly Castor

Check out my photos from a beautiful day in New York City.

Categories Art, Photography Tags Architecture, Art Shows, New York, pastel Leave a comment

Maine Pastel Exhibition (Photos)

September 19, 2019 by Polly Castor

On the way to our workshop we stopped by to see the Maine pastel exhibit, taking some photos for you to enjoy it as well.

Categories Art Tags Art by Others, Art Shows, pastel 1 Comment

I’m in the Guilford Arts League Juried Show 2019

September 14, 2019September 14, 2019 by Polly Castor
Guilford Arts League Juried show

Check out my favorites in this hard-to-get-in show.

Categories Art Tags Art Shows 1 Comment

Art Show Opening: Susan Newbold and Nancy Mooslin

September 9, 2019September 9, 2019 by Polly Castor

Camp friends put on a beautiful art show in New Haven; get by to see it if you can.

Categories Art Tags Art by Others, Art Shows, Creative Arts Camp Leave a comment

I’m in the National Juried Women’s Show at the Slater Museum

June 23, 2019June 23, 2019 by Polly Castor
Polly Castor in National Juried Women's Exhibition

Yesterday was the opening of the National Juried Women’s Exhibition at the Slater Museum here in Connecticut and I am honored to have two large paintings in the show.

Categories Art Tags Abstract Art, Art Shows, mixed media, pastel 2 Comments

PastelWorld Show at IAPS 2019

June 23, 2019June 7, 2019 by Polly Castor

If you want to see the best in contemporary pastel in the world today, here it is.

Categories Art Tags Art by Others, Art Shows, pastel 3 Comments

Year End Show for my High School Abstract Art Class

June 2, 2019 by Polly Castor

I love these kids, and am very glad for the opportunity to be a part of their lives. I’ll miss those graduating!

Categories Art Tags Abstract Art, Art by Others, Art Shows, teaching 3 Comments

I’m in the New Pond Farm Invitational Art Show

June 1, 2019June 1, 2019 by Polly Castor
Crown of Petals (monoprint collage) by Polly Castor

If you are local go see this show this week! New Pond Farm is a great cause.

Categories Art Tags Art Shows, New Pond Farm 1 Comment

My Painting was in the Roux & Cyr Gallery in Portland

April 29, 2019April 29, 2019 by Polly Castor
Field of Dreams by Polly Castor

My painting Field of Dreams was honored to be in Portland’s commercial gallery for the month of April.

Categories Art Tags Abstract Landscapes, Art Shows, pastel 1 Comment

I’m in this Connecticut Women Artist’s Juried Show

April 7, 2019April 7, 2019 by Polly Castor
Xylem (monoprint in acrylic and ink) by Polly Castor

The Connecticut Women Artist’s juried show that opened yesterday and is up in the Art League of New Britain through the month of April. It is a lovely show in a quaint old barn.

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Reviews from Readers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Excellent, meaningful, quotes. Thanks!

You inspire goodness, wholeness, contentedness and joy.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

This blog is colorful, beautiful, and edifying.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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!

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

Beautifully written, Polly … captures my sentiments exactly.❤️

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

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

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.

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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 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! ❤️

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I really enjoyed this book, thanks for recommending it.

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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.

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

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

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

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!!

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

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

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

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

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

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

This is absolutely wonderful and so helpful.

Thank you dear Polly!

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

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?

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

I love the feeling of playfulness and of uninhibited joy.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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!!

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

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.

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

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

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!!

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.

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!

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

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

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

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…

Butter! Lemon! Garlic!

It’s like a prayer!!!

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 !

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

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

I never before found computers this beautiful….

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.

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

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

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

Your eyes are keen and your photographs dynamic.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 LOVE YOU!!

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

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.

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!

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

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

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 :)

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…

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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!

Love these colours and the strong contrasts Polly!

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

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 !

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

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

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

Your art is thrilling.

Your blogs are a delight.

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.

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!

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Wow Polly!! You are buzzing with ideas.

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wow…you have made carrots sexy!

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

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

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

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.

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

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

You are terrific and amazing. In many outstanding ways.

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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!

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

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!

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

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.

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

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

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!

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

Love your pastels!

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

Thanks for the nudge!

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

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

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!

Thanks for your strong, bright and clear art work!

This blog is really stimulating and motivating.

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

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

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

This speaks to me. Love your work, Polly.

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

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

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

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.

Well said Polly!

Life is so exciting we should limit ourselves less!

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

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

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

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

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

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 .

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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!

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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!

Your blog is very interesting and insightful.

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.

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

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

AUDACIOUSLY GORGEOUS!!!!! (:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

Hoping others can/will read this…

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

Wonderful words of wisdom, Polly!

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

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

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

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

Your inspiration and love of nature is appreciated!

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

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

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

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

Sounds delicious and simple! Two of my favorite adjectives!

Thank you for expanding my ways to see, Polly.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Really beautiful, very hope filled. I love this!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!!

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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!

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Your work is always spirited and inspirational.

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

Outstanding, superb and beyond all imagination.

Thank you for passing along such wise words.

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

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

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

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

This is spectacular, Polly! I love it!

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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