my week in pics...so much change ♥

a big week with many goodbyes and many new beginnings

a little overwhelming at times

but I'm focusing on the big picture

while being grateful for the small things

culminating in a brand new year

today i'm 47!

  

we said goodbye to the best dad and husband ever as he flew off to Koh Samui for a 12 month contract

  

i had my very last day at work in special ed...I'm going to miss those kids

 especially this one, the wonderful Az!

who even did a little goodbye and thank you speech for me

 and then i did one and tried not to cry

 

i wrote a list of things I'm grateful for

and turned it into a little painting

then i played a little more and explored some ideas for my LifeBook lesson

 i took pictures of the sunrise to send to Marco so he wouldnt feel so far away

 and slept in our big new bed alone until Santana came into snuggle with me for her last two nights at home

 enjoyed sushi with Sienna

 

and played with my new Silks Glazes to finish off a painting that's been hanging around unfinished for months

  

 loved the luminosity!

 

and shimmer

the depth

  

and juicy colour!

 

 even the names of the colours are scrumptious

 spent some time in the garden

 taking in the beauty of the winter light

 thought about how filled our home is with love

 and spent lots of time pondering the big picture and seeing the perfection of the plan

 arranged my beautiful leaving gifts from work

 

and then said goodbye to this beautiful girl who is off to move into her very first apartment in Sydney three hours away!

 

i cant even begin to say how much I will miss her♥

  

enjoyed some pre-birthday champagne with our lovely neighbours while the kids played and the fire warmed our spirits

 

and then enjoyed a morning bath on my birthday today to take the chill off the Winters morning...... looking up found this sweet message from Sienna :)

I Dream of Possibility. Tracy Verdugo. 2012. acrylic/mixed media on canvas. 75x60cm.

“Dream delivers us to dream, and there is no end to illusion. Life is like a train of moods like a string of beads, and, as we pass through them, they prove to be many-colored lenses which paint the world their own hue. . . . ”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson 

until next time.....

lots of love 

Tracy ♥♥♥