Its The Last Day In January!

 It is the last day in January!
What a month it was...
No complaints about the weather-THATS FOR SURE!!
The north-east has had such a mild winter so far
(not counting the freak ice snow storm back at Halloween)
Is this the "global warming" I certainly hope that it is NOT!
Funny.... most winters folks are glued to the weather channel wondering when the next storm will hit!  I tend do a lot of "praying for a snow day!" (Yes we teachers are as bad as the kids)


Meanwhile I did read that Canada and Alaska have been suffering with frigid
temperatures-even breaking records last week!

Imagine -42 degrees !! Yes that is a minus sign!!                               In Circle Hot Springs Alaska!
Imagine that kind of brutal, bitter cold ANYWHERE??
Looking back on this month one of the
most interesting news items to me was the "Geomagnetic storm" we had on the 24th.
It was a cloudy couple of nights here so we saw nothing. But,
I hear the Northern Lights reached all the way down to Arizona.

And what else has been happening this January?                                                                              Oh yes! Senior Projects!!....The reports have been written,                                                           the artwork completed, and presentations have begun!

I will post some photos tomorrow.  So until then I                                                                   Hope everyone has a lovely evening!

Hugs, Mary

Happy, Happy, Joy, joy!!

Why am I so darn happy you ask?
Yes...
 it is Friday.... 
And that in itself normally makes me very happy!
But....Im so happy to hear that my youngest and her hubs are
expecting!!!!!!!
Yehaaaw I am going to be a grandmother again!!! 
Need I tell you or actually remind you just how much I ADORE

being a Grandmother!!!!!!




Have a lovely Friday evening my friends!
Hugs,
Mary

Art Classes Do Zendoddles

Hello there my dear friends :O)
All is well here.
 I want to share with you what  my classes have been working on lately.

Pen and ink doodles

Some call it "Zendoodles"

I took a class on making

"Zentangles" last spring.

My students at work

Each one worked so hard (actually not hard work as it is quite relaxing)

Samples of their work

THE zEND...

Off to class now

Hugs to you my readers!!!

Windows I Designed

Hello

 my dear friends!

I am so thrilled to write that the 6 stained glass style windows are installed

in NDA's new chapel!!!

Here you see on the left are the wheat fields 

and rolling hills of France.

In the middle is Sr. Julie educating the young women.

And on the right are the sunflowers and hills of France.

The Tree of knowledge 


Here are the other three panels

                       On the far left are some children and an 
                              older woman gathering apples
                                    
          In the middle the "Tree of Knowledge" sprouts from earth
                                      
 On the right -again an older girl passes fruit to a young child
                    
  Note• 
The top of these three panels becomes a darker blue as it goes up to the heavens


These 6 glass windows were designed by me. 
My dear friend Rene helped me with the hours and hours of creating the finished product!  Whew!

I snuck in with my phone to catch these photos but
I promise better pictures are to come!


Loads of hugs to you all!
Mary :O)

January First!

Happy New Year

May All Your Dreams Come True!