Merry Christmas

I used to make Christmas cards.  Every year we sent cards that I designed, either hand made or printed to our loved ones.  The last few years, for some reason, I fell away from doing this.  It's not that Christmas means any less to me, in fact it means even more to me than ever before....  but maybe I am seeing more the importance of sharing the Christmas spirit all year long, not just at Christmas.   Yes, keep Christ in Christmas, but keep Christmas in your hearts all year long.

Today I designed this card, for you and all our friends.  I won't be mailing it, but I hope that you see it, and if you are reading this, you are.

Peace to you and yours this Christmas season and coming year.  True peace.  Here is my Christmas card to you. OUR Christmas card.
Love,
Cheryl & Terry

"Heikentää Ranta - Eroding Beach"

I used "Google Translate"... so to my Finnish friends and family, correct me if I have the title wrong!  I know sometimes the word might be right but not the correct choice, the meaning be off if the wrong word is chosen.

10 x 30" Acrylic on linen

The coastline here is fascinating.  We have discovered things washed up on the beach from soles of shoes to an elk that met its demise.   More fascinating, though, is the way the shoreline is eroding, trees are toppling over the edge, and there are lines on the banks, showing the years.  One such line is a row of clamshells about 6' high that glistens in the sun.  Supposedly, from what historians have discovered from Native American legends, is there was a huge earthquake here 300 years ago, and this area that is now bay dropped around 6 feet.