Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

WATCHING FOR YOU Whippet Sighthound Dog Art by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 36 inches SOLD! Contact me for Commission work. Laurie It is dark and dreary here in Dallas with low clouds and lots of humidity. Shipping seven pieces to the gallery in Blanco Texas today. AND shipping art supplies to Washington DC for the conference this next weekend. Morgan and I worked on the lesson plans yesterday. I am excited about another commission piece of an Azawakh. I cannot wait to get to the easel later to sketch this gorgeous dog out and start painting. There are also pics of two males running on the beach. I can see why they are compared to Thoroughbred horses. I hope I can catch their energy in my paintings. Catching the energy from God's Love is important in your life. Open your hands and He will fill them. Catch is, you must have faith and believe that. Open your heart and allow the love to bring warmth to your heart and your life. Then remember to pass it on. Grace, Laurie “But he was

Gathering Memories Mother and Child Art by Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 24 inches SOLD ON DAILY PAINTERS! THANK YOU! Sunday finds me with LIGHT everywhere! EVERYWHERE....that work with the switches and all! I cannot believe the timing! On Sunday I have the light. Well, what that means is I have not excuse for cleaning now so that is on the list. It is spring so that makes it Spring Cleaning. Later today Morgan and Hillary are coming over to get together the plans for the TSA conference in Washington DC. They are helping to cut canvas...we grew in numbers from 15 to 30 and now final count is 40. EEEK. That is alot of painters at one time. The Lord will provide and I must place my trust in Him. Every day each of us greets what we left behind the night before. Sometimes that is just leftovers from dinner and sometimes that is hard core worry about something. The best would be to wake up and embrace the day and take it as it comes. Let the Lord worry about the leftovers. He is truly

The Reflections of Light Horse Abstract by Laurie Justus Pace SOLD OH my gosh, it is Saturday and I have no idea what time. I looked outside and it is light already, my stomach is growling and it is after nine....I forgot to blog. I was so busy painting Whippets this morning I forgot to blog. This is one of my smaller horse pull paintings venturing into a new color palette. It reminds me of light and earth pulled together with the horses. We only lack one more room and a hall for lights! YEAH and thank you Darla and hubby Terry. I can do switches when I walk through the house, altho Terry does have a lot of patch work to do with the sheet rock. Had lunch with my parents, brother, Uncle Carl and cousin Martha and her hubby yesterday. Martha and Carl came back over to see the house. I miss seeing her so it was a wonderful day. She is younger than I am, and she is the closest thing I have to a sister. She is a wise loving woman that I respect and go to when I need grounding. Do you ha

DREAMING OF YOU Dog Whippet Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace SOLD THANK YOU!!!! This is my second Whippet to paint and this was suppose to be a horse! But as I was pulling the peach against the blue I could feel the dog in place of it and when I stepped back it was definitely there. The electrician is due this morning at eight thirty. She thinks she will finish up today with the wiring and next week Terry will address with her the breaker box. We need everything marked. Tonight will find hopefully working switches for the bedroom and our bathroom. It has been dark in there. On the list today is to line the painter up for the outside of the house. Also another Doc Trip with Mom to get her check up from the doc that took care of her in the hospital. She is growing stronger every day and that is obvious and something I give thanks for every waking moment. I took up a new quilt for her bed to her last night. I think she was surprised. Before she fell ill she had asked me about ours

WHIPPET IN FLIGHT SOLD Only four hours of sleep will lead to a long day at the easel. I have been up for an hour and am getting ready to paint. I will have to stay concentrated and not stray from what I have ahead. I had a challenge from Anne Stark who raises Whippets in Ohio, to paint them. So you will see a new series of Whippets coming from my studio. They are majestic to watch running and are very similar to Greyhounds. Their swiftness is so close to the beauty of the horse running so I am excited about taking this on. DASH Diet. That is what they have my Mother on, the DASH DIET . Daily Approaches to Stop Hypertension. It will lower blood pressure in 14 days. Wonderful suggestions and recipes to go with it. A perfect guide for changing your diet. After conferencing with the dietitian, they decided with the exception of some of her lunch choices (Soup) Mom eats very well. Last night I prepared Wild Alaskan Salmon flown in early in the morning fresh, with organic broc

BLUE REFLECTIONS Horse Oil Painting By Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 48 inches $2700 The Red Tree Gallery, Atascadero, California Contact Wendy Rogers to purchase. Did not want to get out of bed this morning at five. My eyes are still not open. I will be at the easel as soon as I finish this and will hope to get at least two hours of painting in before showering and leaving this morning for errands with my mother. Yesterday more boxes arrived with more surprises. The first was there when I got back from yesterday's doc visits. Beautiful glasses were in this box. They were washed immediately and tucked safely on the appointed shelf in the kitchen. The dishes were already washed and placed in to their nest too. Yesterday at lunch Terry and I ate off of them in the Garden room! Beautiful for the appetite too! Then late yesterday afternoon a second box arrived with new stainless. WOW is it elegant! I think it is called BOLO. Understated and solid...best describing words I can find a

CELEBRATE SPRING Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 36 inches Contact me to purchase. Laurie Tuesday is here and we slept in past seven this morning. We were up at three trying to find a noise in the wall. No we didn't find it! This morning I am doctor bound with family members and then home to paint as I am two days behind.... still trying to catch up. But yesterday was great! We have working switches in the kitchen! YEah and they will do more today. Hopefully the halls and the bedroom...then the last will be over the piano. ALSO received several surprises yesterday. Felt like Christmas. We picked up a beautiful Danish chair for the house sent by a dear friend and boxes arrived from her with new dishes that look like they were custom made for the house. I cannot wait to use them today and every day. They are soft greens, blues and warm browns. Patio Garden by Pfaltzgraff. Today is short on posting. My painting will be changing up more over the next month and

STRENGTH OF SPIRIT Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 30 x 30 inches SOLD Okay, no video. We took one of a family game of CLUE with Jonathan...but it is rather boring! We did eat lots of good food and everything was weight watchers until we got to dessert. Stacey brought a chocolate cream pie and an apple pie and weight watchers lemon bars. BUT all in all, it was delicious! After we ate we took a break before dessert and played a trivia game. I had researched on the internet trivia on Easter. I had prepared 24 questions and the most answered by one team was 6 1/2. Did you know there are over 90 million chocolate Easter Bunnies made each year? OR that the first egg roll, hunt at the White House was with President Hayes and his wife? The Easter Lily Capital of the World is in California and Oregon? They ship out over 11 million Easter lily bulbs worldwide? We all learned a lot and laughed even more. Did you know here in Texas we have Easter - Eve Fires? The German's

UP HILL Horse Oil Painting By Laurie Justus Pace SOLD Celebrate the Joy of the Risen Lord today! Celebrate the awakening of the mind and body to the love of God, and enjoy the blossoming world around you as it awakens to the warmth of spring. Let this warmth fill your bones and your heart. UP HILL is a painting that was out of reflection of life's journey. I was on the computer messing in photoshop thinking about composition of the painting that I wanted the rough terrain and a slight uphill climb for the horses. Normally I just take up charcoal and jump on the canvas with sketching. It is easy to wipe off charcoal if I do not get a curve right or proportions balanced...easy to wipe and resketch. Sometimes at night I sketch in bed and use those to go from in the morning when I work. This is the first time I have "Sketched" on the computer. The painting has impasto and white acrylic layered first creating a textured look of ridges and angles. (think about life as I des

VENTURE Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace SOLD 18 X 27 inches I have been online and on phone with help for three hours trying to repair email connectivity. I think it will not be good day to get much done online. This is a short blog as much is before me today with house cleaning wash etc. I will attach another video below this of our garden room which I am working in today. Will take another video when we are done. You can see my harp and piano through the glass windows/walls and Morgan sweeping leaves outside and my two dogs, Annie and Paddy! Enjoy. Grace, Laurie “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes.” Ephesians 6:10-11

A HERD IN SPRING Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 27 inches SOLD ON DAILY PAINTERS- THank you! Contact me for pricing: Laurie Egads I forgot to blog this morning. I was so busy when I hit the computer. I was behind before I started. Not much sleep last night as we worked in the yard till dark and my allergies were so bad I could not breath to sleep. Still that way this morning too. Have you ever worried about your children or your elderly parents? We continue to seek control of situations that we simply cannot control. Such as it was when Jesus was arrested and the disciples were in a panic despite the confidence of Jesus knowing his path was predetermined by the Father. I realized recently only Jesus can save those I worry about that cannot seem to get their lives together. I cannot save them. I realized only our Father can save and care for my parents through his provisions to them by our help and love as their children. I cannot control anything. I can only walk

BALDWIN Three Commissioned Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 3 ft by 4 ft Contact me for Commission Work: Laurie I was contacted by JJ Baldwin out of Lufkin Texas to paint her mom's favorite three horses. She wanted the fauvistic style I use with lots of color. The painting is drying now and will ship next week, but I wanted to share it with you. This is three ft by four ft in size and full of thick buttery oils! The weather is gorgeous here, but I heard this morning Easter will be cold and rainy. We bought a ham at Whole Foods last night for Easter and I will fix food for family. Mom and I shopped at Albertsons early yesterday and I picked up one of those precooked chickens. Georgia had told me about the EGG NOODLES in the freezer that are like dumplings. I bought some of those too. I started out with chicken broth and added orange lentils to it and cooked them down. Then I added the chicken I had taken off the bone, onion, celery and carrots. The lentils kept it t

Spring Hydrangea Flower Art by Laurie Justus Pace 30 x 30 inches Contact me to Purchase: Laurie I do believe we have had ten inches of rain since I blogged yesterday. I have been trying to call Terry as we have water coming in on the floor in the dining room. Has to do with the piled up dirt on the back porch that was jack hammered out for the gas repair two months ago. Not a priority for him and now water is coming in because it pooled up and cannot drain. Must be close to 20 inches high. The entire window sill is wet. I am choosing NOT to go out in the dark rain with a flashlight (We have no lights working remember) to shovel mud at five fortyfive in the morning. We tried to go to FEDEX late yesterday afternoon but the entire city was under water with many highways closed. Our visitors arrived in the midst of the torrential rains and we had no electricity at all anywhere. Normally we have 5% of the lights working and I can use lamps plugged into the walls, but our power was off

SPIRIT STARLIGHT Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 24 inches SOLD on Daily Painters. Thank you for Supporting Self Representing Artists. Rain is on the horizon and cooler air is pushing thru this morning. We are triple excited today because Jonathan is FINALLY coming to visit and our old neighbors from Justin TX are coming too. The family from Justin has three fabulous children that are all gifted in art and music. I had the pleasure of teaching them for close to 6 years. The youngest Victoria, is Jonathan's age and she taught him how to ride his bicycle and how to play when they were young. I cannot wait to hear Ashley play the piano. She is in her second semester at college. She was my assistant teacher in Justin for three years and so very gifted with her music and art. Brandon is next in the group and must be heading near fifteen. Very tall handsome young man that can pick up a guitar and jam with the best. He can draw circles around any student I have ever

MORNING ON THE RANGE Horse Art Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 36 inches SOLD on Daily Painters! THANK YOU!!! Contact me for pricing: Laurie Egads, not sure why I am up this early, perhaps because I didn't sleep well last night. After the last Charlie Horse in my leg I decided it was not my time to be asleep. Terry and I walked the dogs for over an hour yesterday! Add in all my standing at the easel and you have the recipe for Charlie Horses. That's a pun of course with my horse art...just horsing around. Today is filled beyond reason with everything I did not finish yesterday and I believe there is a chance we might see Jonathan our grandson today. On the agenda list, printing of posters, printing of 15 giclees, embellishing them, tubing them, boxing paintings for the The Red Tree Gallery and the Rain Bird Gallery, cleaning house for company tomorrow, grocery shopping and cleaning up the studio. Through in the window man coming to measure and give estimates on top

Caught in Spring Rains Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 27 inches SOLD Palm Sunday morning dawns before me as I blog this morning. It was a gorgeous day yesterday and I believe it will be one today as well. Terry and I walked the dogs two miles yesterday enjoying the gorgeous spring afternoon with temps around seventy and total beautiful sun with blue skies. I was worn out from painting for 10 hours by the time Terry got home from the airport at three thirty. We ran dinner up to Mom and Dad and then came back. My feet hurt so bad from painting and standing all morning, but I slipped out of my clogs and into my running shoes. We leashed the dogs and took off on our walk. We zigzagged the neighborhood avoiding the HUGE hills, only taking the mini huge hills. As we walked zigzagging it was obvious a runner was doing the same thing only at a faster pace and the opposite direction. We passed each other four times! It was a wonderful walk and we slid into home to have ri

SPIRIT RUN Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 27 inches SOLD on Daily Painters! Thanks for supporting Self Representing Artists! I HAVE LIGHT!!! The Lord is good, my husband was handy. Instead of the horrible track lighting that was there, he bought a huge shop light and will add two more in a few weeks. We bought the day time bulbs so it doesn't distort my colors in my work and presto, I have light! We also put together the tables in our living room. This is one of the few lights that works in the house, but I think you can see what we have done so far. (Thank you my dear friend for sending the tables!) "We cannot make something where nothing existed - whether it be a poem, a house, or a painting - without breathing life into it so that it may itself breathe." Elizabeth O'Conner I read this and realized how profound it is in every moment of our lives. We seem to get in a plateau in life that we just function with out thinking. I know you do that when you

Heated Moment Horse Oil Painting By Laurie Justus Pace 22 x 28 inches SOLD ON DAILY PAINTERS. THANKS Contact me to purchase. Laurie I am sitting in the dark. Now the lights in my studio are only working 50%. The entire desk area and where I paint is dark. The day has not started out on the best foot at all. I cannot do anything anywhere else in the house unless I carry a flashlight. Are there ANY electricians reading this blog? Terry's desk is lit up but I do not want to be on the PC today and none of my stuff is on it. Everything in this house is worn out. I am not far behind now. I have maintained hope with lights in this room where I need to work, but I guess I will finish this blog and go sit in the dark until the sun comes up. I would like to see my husband do his job in the dark. On the brighter side I did go visit my mom yesterday afternoon. She was dressed and with makeup and looking very pretty. We are praying her strength returns soon as she is still very ti

DOG Boy and Dog by Laurie Justus Pace 8 x 10 Oil on Canvas My Buddy and Me Series Contact me for commission work or pricing: Laurie I have five minutes. FIVE minutes to do this blog and hit the easel. Charlene sent me an article about NOT GETTING THINGS DONE... that was me again yesterday. It is the constant life interruptions that get me off track, from paying bills, to answering phones, to trying to get phone service with ATT and dump Time Warner. I have always said "If people would just do their jobs..." because after I spent 45 min on Monday lining up service on ATT, I had to redo it yesterday again because someone didn't finish the order. BUT the good side - bad side was, we cannot keep our phone number we just got and trying to learn another new number doesn't sit well with either Terry or I. We were able to get his dad's old number that he had for 50 years...so we both know the number. By March 26th I will be officially ATT. Good riddance to TWC and

Early Blooms Magnolia Flower Art by Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 27 inches Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase: Laurie Oh my gosh. It is Wednesday early, not quite six and I am up to paint immediately! I do have to pull some clothes together for donations being picked up today and put some old furniture out for additional donations. But I will wait till daylight. It is far from now with the DLS time. My mother is mending with the love of the Lord and her family at home. Thank you again for your prayers with her hospitalization. I am working on a commission pieces today for a horse ranch in Lufkin, Texas. It is a 3 ft by 4 ft painting of three of their favorite babies. AND then will sketch out a horse for a commission piece that will go live in Washington DC. After that work for the new gallery in Massachusetts, small pieces at least and hopefully to return to a portrait of a young girl that has been pending since the fall. Every day I come in this studio hoping to catch up, but hav

KOI by Laurie Justus Pace Canvas is 18 x 36 inches and it is framed in a gorgeous dark blue edged in gold. Needs a home! Contact me to Purchase: Laurie These are my Koi that were in my own private collection. I need to sell them because I have not place to hang them in our new house. I had them in my entry hall but they are not a large enough piece for the entry hall. This painting took honors in several art shows and was a headliner in my New York Show last year. The paint is close to 1/2 inch thick in many places. It is done in restful colors of greens and blues contrasted with the koi's gold and white. The custom frame by the Dutch Art Gallery was close to $200. Email me if you like them and shoot me a fair offer. Click here to email me. "I've Got Your Back." Those were the words out of my husbands mouth as we fell asleep last night pushed up against each other back to back, cold toes to cold toes. As I drifted into preslumber the words echoed in my mind.

Grazing Longhorn Longhorn Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 22 x 28 inches Oil on Canvas Contact me for details: Laurie My eyelids are propped open with toothpicks. Sleep deprivation is not my friend. Between the harsh rains, my hubby jumping in and out of bed and my dad up and down, it did not provide much time to sleep. This is a short blog. My Mom is having tests this morning and we are scrambling to care for Dad, the dog at his house and getting ready for shipping. My brother Bill picked up my dad to take him to the hospital. I will join them after Time Warner Cable finished repairs this morning for my slow lines, broken phones and not working TV cable. Not working cable, not working phones, not working lights in my house, not working eyes... hummm, that brings me into lines of thoughts of NEVERTHELESS God will provide. He always does. Despite our grief and pressured situations, God prevails. Nevertheless, he always comes through with the change that shall be. Grace, Laurie “But

Cat and Horse My Buddy and Me Series LARGE Format by Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 24 inches Oil on Canvas SOLD ON DAILY PAINTERS! Thank you for supporting the arts. Daylight Saving definitely was not God's plan for us or he would have adjusted the day and night. I asked Terry this morning what states did NOT do it because I wanted to move there. I can't buy into the thought that this saves energy. We are only on real time four months out of the year. Why doesn't Congress just outvote the Lord and his creation and make DLS permanent? I truly dislike DLS. Last night as Terry and I were trying to go to sleep by nine thirty old time/ten thirty new time, the phone rang. Often the phone rings in the middle of the night and it is a collect call from an inmate at the Dallas County Jail and always that is disturbing as I refuse the call hoping it is NOT one of my children or a relative in jail. BUT, it was our CPA out in California calling to go over our return. Here it is Sat nigh

PIGGING OUT Farm Animals Pig Art by Laurie Justus Pace 15 x 30 inches Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas Contact me to purchase: Laurie My deep reflection certainly DOES not match the painting I have posted. This was painted last week on Thursday as my world began to shift and change. When my father arrived he was quite taken by my piggies and every time he sits here in the studio with me watching TV, his eyes drift over to the pigs on the wall and he begins to chuckle telling me what a fine painting of pigs I have done. Yesterday morning I fed him breakfast at Terry's second desk overlooking the TV close up and personal. He was involved watching the local news as they spun cameras around at over 800 wrecks in the icy snow. (yes this is Dallas and it is March) He would shake his head and tell me that he gave up driving a few years back and Mom does all the driving now. I heard that sentence about eight times and then he expounded his thoughts. "Some things change and you need to chan

Moonlight Two Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 18 inches Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas Contact me to Purchase: Laurie Yesterday will not soon be forgotten and today may be as difficult. We were with out internet until late last night and about mid day yesterday my mother was taken to the ER and is in the hospital. Prayers are welcome for her and my dad. My dad has Alzheimers and is here staying with Terry and I. It was a rough night and it made me more realize the hell my mother lives through at night. He was up to go to the bathroom and found it directly across the hall because we left a small light on, but then he could not find his way back. He has no way of remembering where he is or why he is here. I had woken slightly hearing him and laid their listening. Not long after he opened our door and I jumped up to help him find his way back to his bed. There was no way I would sleep after that and it was only 1:15. He must have wandered a bit before making his way to our

Sensing Danger Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 36 inch Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas SOLD There was a painting called Last Snow that I Painted last year. A collector in Michigan has the original. This is similar in colors but the horses are placed differently. When I was thumbing through all work the original jumped out at me and I decided to paint a similar subject again. This is common with artists!! Try it over and over till you get it right! This is true in life too. So many lessons are put before us to strengthen us and to increase our wisdom. Often we are not listening or absorbing it and we have to do it over and over again until we "get it". God is ever so patient with us as we stumbling along. I rely on Him to stay with me as I get back up and do it over again until I get it right. Grace, Laurie PS POSTED LATE> MY MOM IS IN THE HOSPITAL. PLEASE PRAY. L "The bows of the warriors are broken, but those who stumble d are armed with strength.&

DUTCH BLOOMS Flower Art by Laurie Justus Pace 22 x 28 inches Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas SOLD Looking a bit closer: SOLD thru Daily Painters. THANKS! JOY JOY JOY! This painting was pure Joy. I had been to Asel Art to pick up some light yellow paint and bought some big brushes. I used them on the back ground on this painting and then piled the paint dimensionally on the flowers. It is thick! The painting smiles at you when you look at it. Pure Joy. From a suggestion by someone that wanted a painting and missed it, I have added the Paypal buy it now button! Will see if this works I guess. Thinking back over the years I remember the words ACTS. I know many of you remember it is for praying. Adoration Confession Thanksgiving and Supplication. So many times when we rush to pray it is in desperation for a panic situation or a frantic need. Doing this too often you forget to thanks or to praise the Lord for His greatness. Remembering how to act with ACTS sometimes brings me back to ce

A BITE OF APPLE Child and Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 8 x 10 Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas contact me to buy: Laurie I posted this painting about two weeks ago but something did not work between my computer and my blog, so I am posted it again! It is still available. Most have sold off the blog. It is a palette knife painting with thick paint, a young baby boy with a horse trying to get to his bite of apple. Another in my series MY BUDDY AND ME. Did you ever think of God in that manner.... My buddy and me? We are never alone if we have faith. The Father is ever present in the darkest hour and again in the brightest moment. I say darkest hour because those seem the longest to me. The bright moments seem to flash by when I think in actuality we do not give them the credibility they deserve. We have to have dark to have light and the Lord provides this constantly in our days/nights and in our lives. BUT if you have your "buddy" with you, you are never alone in

Yellow Bowl of Roses Flower Art by Laurie Justus Pace 11 x 14 inches on Linen Panel SOLD RAIN RAIN RAIN...and then SNOW SNOW SNOW. Yesterday it was 75 degrees and beautiful for the past three days. Late last night the rain moved in and temps have plummeted to the low forties and still dropping. The storms woke us both about three this morning but we dosed back asleep under the warm blankets until almost nine this morning. What a blessing it was! We are off to Whole Foods, Asel Art and back home to work. I have several commissions to finish up here. The painting I posted today was from an antique yellow vase I have that has to be close to 100 years old. I just repotted things out in the garden room and pulled the use of some of those flowers in the antique bowl. It bring life and light on a rainy day. I did not want to use the word gloomy attached to rainy. When the rain woke us at three I began to pray and meditate. I imagined reaching my arms to heaven up through the rain and

SUN ON THE PATIO Flower Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 24 inches SOLD on Daily Painters! Thanks for Supporting the Self Respresenting Artist! Sunday has dawned with bright sun and warmer temps. They will fall by tomorrow with storms predicted to move in! This is a fast blog this morning as it is late already. I painted this yesterday. Kay was over painting again. Yesterday I painted from five thirty in the morning until seven last night...NON STOP. My feet really hurt this morning. I am pretty tired. I had several commission pieces I was working on as well as paintings for the Galleries in Massachusetts and California. The gift of light is obvious on this painting. The play of shadows and light are exciting to paint and I know they bring excitement to our lives. Our journeys take us into the dark valleys and we must remember that faith in the Father will see us through the darkness. I give thanks today for the light of a new friendship with Kay. She stayed painting yes

Hiding Out with A Friend Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 8 x 10 Gallery Wrap Canvas SOLD From the easel yesterday another MY BUDDY AND ME! The moment of security when you nuzzle underneath in the protection of your best friend. Thick oils applied with a palette knife. Underneath the protection of your best friend...that is easy enough to expand on this morning. My eyes are a bit bleary from not being awake yet. Lately as I have felt overwhelmed by the surmounting cost of the money pit we live in, I remind myself that the Lord brought us to this house and here we are under His protection. We are busy nurturing this house back to life and there is much more to go. Under His protection we can only proceed in faith that He will provide what is needed for us to progress. Receiving two bills yesterday, one for the heater at $4200 and one from the plumber for $2400...I was in a panic. Within second though, I felt a calmness and knew I just had to work a bit harder, paint a bit