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Finding the Light with Texas Artist Laurie Pace

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2023 Caterpillar Photography  by Laurie Pace   Shop other Available Artwork.  Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. The unending summer heat in Texas is dragging us all down. The garden is burned up, the trees have to be deep watered constantly and we are now not mowing because the only way the yard will survive is not mowing low. Terry has been using the deep water probes moving them throughout the yard so no water is lost through evaporation using our sprinkler system.  I am waiting for a reminder letter from our HOA to mow. The endless days of 105-110 degrees (feels like 5-10 degrees higher with the humidity) curtails outdoor activities, including swimming after 2 pm. or even being outside to walk in the evenings at seven when the temps are still 107 outside. The heat and closeness in the house with drapes closed to bar the western sun, makes the day seem unending. I love barefoot in the grass.

Sunning on the side of Despair... where do you lose your happiness?

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2020 Sunning  by Laurie Pace - Available Visit Ellepace.com to see available artwork.   This is a beautiful painting on birch wood with layers of acrylic glazing! It is ready to hang and does not need to be framed. “For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” Ralph Waldo Emerson My father-in-law had a saying.. "You can get glad just like you get mad."  We find ourselves quoting him often. Between the headlines or...wait, the SCARELINES and the current pandemic, who really knows how to react or what to believe.  1. Where did it all start to unravel for many of us?  When did so many stop believing in God?  We like to claim credit for everything we do. "I" is a large part of our outlay to others. God works in all of us, and for 'I' to take credit for it all really is not going the right direction. Now sometimes "I" choses to do something we