"Anita's Artistic Gift..."

...in my book Journey!

What a delight to at last open my own book

and find all this beauty inside!

Thank You Anita!
(Click on images to enlarge)

"The greatest gift is a portion of thyself."
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

P.S.

I was so secretly hoping that Anita would paint one of her famous

English roses in my book...and she did! WooHoo!

She never disappoints! :)

"A Few Little Peeks Before Packing..."

...up my little Maruman friend

"Journey."

This week she begins her international travel adventures...

Flying

5,427 miles from her home in Arizona

and crossing the deep blue seas of the North Atlantic.

First stamp in her passport....Nina in Sweden.

Ahhh...

What joy and excitement "Journey" must feel!
Wish I could go with her! :)

"And So I begin..."

It has been said:

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."

Lao-tzu 604 BC-531 BC

So in that light, my first step is

to introduce you to JOURNEY my little Maruman friend,

born from and centered around the quote:

"I go to Nature to be soothed

and have my senses put in tune once again."

-John Burroughs

Journey's theme or central focus will be zen-botanical...

keeping her open to historical, realistic or

imaginary floral/botanical journeys of the artistic spirit.

I hope you will each enjoy this new adventure of ours

and have your spirits renewed

as we journey together 17,566 miles across the seas

and

into our imaginations.