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Much of the art featured in my blog is now available in my new Etsy shop, The Joyful Hummingbird!

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Sixteen #robins. That’s what I saw outside my bedroom window this morning. There were probably more, but the flock flew away before I could finish counting. I then crawled back into bed to hopefully sleep off the bug that is making the rounds. I’m up finally, feeling much better, and my Fitbit says I slept sixteen hours! 😮 *Today is brought to you by the number sixteen.* I’ll let you numerology people unravel that one. Now for some #watercolor sketches of robins. #Spring is upon us, friends! 🐛🦋🌷🌈🌦🐧 #watercolorsketch #watercolorillustration #watercolorbirds #sketchaday Look what came in the mail! My first test run of some merchandise (or "merch" as the kids call it.) It is exciting and scary in the way that birthing new things can be! 🤓 . It occurred to me how much has changed in one year. Precisely one year ago I was in the midst of a miscarriage. I was suffering greatly. I didn't know it but I was in the dark of the cocoon, in the midst of a rearranging of life and limb not unlike what a 🐛caterpillar must undertake in becoming a butterfly. I wasn't sure I'd ever see light again, let alone learn to fly. -and yet here I am. Complete with butterfly stickers and everything! 😂 . thanks for joining me on the journey. More to come as I officially launch an online shop! 🐛✉️🎨📬🛍 Today's #watercolorsketch! May we take the mud of life and grow #lotuses. 🌸🙏🕊 . . . #zenart #meditation #watercolorpainting #watercolorillustration #spiritualart #selfcare #stillness #mindfulness How's everyone? Are you surviving #alternativefacts land? Or are you starting to lose your ish? I will confess: I read one too many think pieces yesterday and felt ACTUAL PANIC. 💥💥Creeping authoritarianism FTW. But, I am getting through with tweets from Alt-POTUS 45. (You know, the twitter feed from an alt-reality where Hillary is President.🇺🇸💁) I'm pretty sure I need to stop reading Twitter though. As one person joked, there is now enough news to actually fill the 24-7 news cycle. You could literally stare at the stream of horror all. day. long.😳 . But, no more. I have decided I need a news fast. For #selfcare. For sanity!💜 . . Nobody wants to think they are burrowing and hiding from reality. . .but I'm pretty sure it's not healthy for me to be feeling PANIC, either. My new strategy (it's only been two weeks and I've tried a couple already, sigh) will be to watch the news ONCE A DAY. Just once. Maybe #pbsnewshour after dinner. Not right before bed, not the first thing I hear in the morning. I dunno.🤔 . . Because it is a bit addictive isn't it, seeing the stream of horrors?📢😳Nobody wants to admit they are the type of person to peak at car accidents, but we all do it. You know, just to see if everyone is ok even though we know OF COURSE THEY ARE NOT OKAY THEY JUST CALLED JAWS OF LIFE. WHO ARE YOU FOOLING?! 😬Panic. I need to not feed into it. What are you feeding? . . I have been thinking a lot about how it feels like I am straddling two realities. Depending on your spiritual beliefs, you may believe that this is the case. Some of us have woken up and others have not but boy they are being jolted awake now, aren't they?🌟 . I keep reminding myself that as old ways are being dismantled, I don't need to watch every brick fall in horror. I don't need to gawk in horror at every 3 a.m. POTUS tweet. (There will be many.) Instead, Instead, I can stay present, stay focused, and I can help dream a new world into being. . How are y'all coping? Any strategies you want to share? Xoxo Sarah.❤❤❤ What are you feeding? Is it hope, love, joy? Or is it fear or anger? Take time to breathe and center amidst the onslaught of frightening news. Sending love ❤and light 🌟. (And chocolate 🍫.) artwork my own. . . . #selfcare #100daysofhope #hopenotfear #lovewins #watercolorsketch #watercolor #artistsforlove #healingart #clarissapinkolaestes #100daysofhope

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I blog and paint barefoot in Southwest Florida. I believe in love, hope, and coffee. Always coffee.

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