Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Surrounded by Inspiration

Every Blessing work in progress
30 x 40 inches • oil on Gessobord


This morning when I let the dogs out after breakfast, I walked out into the yard to see if I could find any new daffodil leaves poking their way up through the grass. After roaming around the yard for a bit, I climbed up on the back yard fence to look over into the pasture, and spotted a bit of white peeking through some tangled grasses ... the first paperwhites!

Late this afternoon I took a break to walk out there and take some photos of these early blooms.


Here’s a glance back at the house and our seven-foot high back yard fence. It looks so small compared with the sweeping landscape of the pasture.



What a beautiful time of day, right before the winter sunset when the light is tinged with gold. I’m truly blessed to be surrounded by such inspiration!


2 comments:

Virginia Floyd said...

Beautiful photos. The land is truly beautiful. Makes me a little homesick for my childhood on the Texas coast, with lots of rainfall and large trees.

Karen M Schmidt said...

Thanks, Virginia ... yes, it is beautiful. I feel so blessed that I get to live here!