BRUSHSTROKES

Photographs and random musings from an artist living in the California mountains

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Saturday, December 3, 2016

Dreaming of...

Catnip mice? Catnip sockies? Catnip jingle balls? Catnip something, that's for sure.
I'm linking with: Saturday's Critters

Posted by Victoria at 5:24 PM 4 comments:

Labels: cats, Christmas, Malcolm, Randi

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Mrs. Rose, a Darling Skunk

And some other Wildings, big and little, who kindly share their forest with me:

Miss Sunni, a Grey Squirrel

"To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded." Ralph Waldo Emerson

A Mountain Lion

Mrs. Coyote

A Black Bear

Baby Raccoons

Mrs. Fox

Mountain Chickadee

A Young Steller's Jay

Common to high altitude forests all over the west

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Compassion

Our task must be to free ourselves...by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty. ~~ Albert Einstein

June Is Adopt a Cat Month

But, there are always strays who need a loving home - so don't shop, ADOPT! Click the photo for helpful tips on adopting.

If They...

If they breathe, they live. If they live, they feel. If they feel, they love. If they love, they are aware. If they are aware, they have a soul. ~ Williams

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Kitty Love

I love cats because I enjoy my home and, little by little, they become its visible soul. Jean Cocteau

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Courage, dear heart ~ C.S. Lewis

Nature

I think we are bound to, and by, Nature. We may want to deny this connection and try to believe we control the external world, but every time there's a snowstorm or drought we know our fate is tied to the world around us. ~~ Alice Hoffman

True...

Books

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors and the most patient of teachers.

Charles W. Eliot

Bibliophile:

A person who collects or is fond of books. Also, a person who immediately feels safe, happy, even euphoric, when holding a favorite book.

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Tea ♥

Where there is tea there is hope - Pinero

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Care for a cuppa?

Boulder Bay, Big Bear Lake

Click to visit Big Bear

Lake Gregory, Crestline

Click to visit Crestline

Lake Arrowhead

Click to visit Lake Arrowhead

Peace

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. ~ John Muir, from "The California Mountains"

Seasons

Yosemite, California

A Favorite Quote

"I don't want life to imitate art; I want life to BE art." Carrie Fisher

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About Me

Victoria: California, United States; I live in a little cottage with my furry "children" in a beautiful mountain forest where we enjoy daily visits from the little wild creatures. I love animals (you probably guessed), books, photography, tall trees, clear lakes, rain, snow, tea, the moon, and creating all kinds of art.

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One of My Paintings

The Door to My Studio

Where I paint, dream, create, escape...

Won't You Come In?

In my studio it's always winter...

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always Christmas...

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always magical...

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and always a sanctuary for my visitors and myself.

Lovely Places to Visit

Priscillas

Mrs. Claus and the Gingerbread Crew
6 hours ago
Naples and Hartford in Season

Mark Twain House
9 hours ago
It's All About Purple

The Lion King
9 hours ago
Beyond the Lone Islands

Horse Chestnuts
1 day ago
She Who Seeks

Monday Murals -- Spirits of the Land
1 day ago
Somewhere in Ireland

weathered door
1 day ago
Mersad Donko Photography

Autumn is Here [Through My Lens Nr. 551]
1 day ago
Viewing nature with Eileen

Happy Monday!
1 day ago
Mennonite Girls Can Cook

Bread for the Journey
2 days ago
I'd Rather Be At The Beach

The Sunday Salon: 9/27/26
2 days ago
Salt & Light

Flowers and doors
3 weeks ago
Susan Branch Blog

TURNING THE PAGE TO SEPTEMBER
3 weeks ago
Home is Where the Boat Is

No Bake Dessert for Summer and Iced Sun Tea
1 month ago
Romping and Rolling in the Rockies

Join a mountain lion for a long stroll (about 2 miles_
1 month ago
acornmoon

Art Of The Book
3 months ago
Beatrice Euphemie

Hello Spring!
5 months ago
Debbie's Art Space

"Blue-Green and Red" oil on 7x5 inch board
7 months ago
Aiken House & Gardens

More Transferware
8 months ago
Sequim Daily Photo

Resolutions
8 months ago
Where Five Valleys Meet

Two Angels...................................The Breedon Angel & The Litchfield Angel
9 months ago
Flowers, Ribbons and Pearls

Apology
11 months ago
Hopalong Hollow Gazette

A Fallen Tree makes a lovely Edwardian Woodland Garden walkway.
1 year ago
Spirithelpers

Glimpses of this past winter
1 year ago
Julie Ford Oliver

1 year ago
Octoberfarm

We The People
1 year ago
c o u n t r y r a b b i t

✨🌟 making up for lost time ✨🌟
1 year ago
"By Stargoose And Hanglands"

The Stotfold Shuffle
1 year ago
Hooked on Houses

Just Listed: The House from the Movie “Stepmom” in New York
2 years ago
Bibliophile By the Sea

What Happened to Summer?
2 years ago
A Fanciful Twist

Of August Raindrop Candlelight & Garden Delights
3 years ago
Laurel Daniel Blog

Summer Shadows - Figures on Friday
3 years ago
Posie Gets Cozy

Fastest Summer Ever
3 years ago
Betty the Wood Fairy

Update - New Blog
3 years ago
Myth & Moor

Happy New Year
3 years ago
Moonlight and Hares

Bluebell Woods and a Little Bird Magic
4 years ago
Just Cats

Slow-going spring...
4 years ago
From Her Majesty's Jewel Vault

Holyrood Week 2021 and Return to Windsor Castle
5 years ago
Teresa Kasner

Teresa Kasner Memorial video
5 years ago
Julia's Bookbag

cool stuff i like
5 years ago
Bunny Mummy

My Temperature Blanket Ta-Dah
6 years ago
Allthebeautifulthings

Summer Garden
7 years ago

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"My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage!" Aunt Fran from 'Practical Magic', written by Alice Hoffman