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LAST LEAVES ~ Fall Landscape by Laurie Justus Pace

18 x 24 inches
Oil on Linen Panel

Contemporary Art for the Home
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$125

Laurie Pace


As we pack up our home in Justin, I did one last painting of the leaves turning on the trees around me. There will be trees and leaves where we are moving, but not much land to look out on. Last night we took a load over to my mom's house. Basically boxes of china and crystal and paintings that have to be mailed next week.

As we loaded the boxes...note I say we. Terry has to do the lifting of the boxes I packed, and of course they were heavy. He grunted and groaned under their weight and I scurried scooting dogs out of the way and opening and closing the doors to the garage as he passed through. The boxes fit snuggly in my daughter's SUV. (I traded my VW to her for the week.) The last box Terry carried out put me into a fit of laughter. He had picked up the box and began to walk. Somewhere the box hooked onto a spool of ribbon. Ya know those spools with four or five different colors of gold, green, red, white and blue ribbon? Well as he came through the door and I tried to shut it after him I could not...caught on the box were all the different ribbons spooling off the roll in threaded colors of light like a long train on a wedding dress. The dogs thought it was a game and they were dashing around tangling in the ribbons. Between the site of my husband with yards of colored ribbon threading out between his legs and the discovery of dogs wrapped in ribbons...brought me to tears laughing. The spool was new so there was a lot of ribbon to rewind.

I knew the Lord provided the laughter for me. It is crunching down on time. Terry is packing paintings for shipping today and we will finish packing up key areas in the house. I have my work cut out for me. I am sure the Lord says that everyday as he looks down on us..."BOY, I have my work cut out for me." I think of how we take off in life going the direction we think we should go, dragging behind us not ribbons but fall out from our decisions. In the trail the people we love are often tangled in the aftermath. I can't imagine sitting back and laughing at that like I did with the ribbon last night. BUT, I can faintly hear the deep chuckles coming from heaven. The Lord is tireless as he watches over all of us. I believe the laughter he gains from our antics keeps him light hearted.

Shalom,
Laurie

Genesis 21:6
Sarah said, "God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me."
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