Monday, January 20, 2025

The message of the Mandevilla


The Mandevilla has a message 
Photo
Barbara Muir © 2025

I am bona fide not a gardener. But I've had incredible success with some plants
that I have no business having success with.  The Mandevilla plants that we brought
in when the temperatures plummeted, now in our front and back bedrooms, are 
thriving.  This one is climbing to the ceiling and wants to invade the room.  The curtain
is held back to give it light, and the light beside it is on full time in the daytime.

In the summer the plants are covered with beautiful, white blooms.  Last winter the one
in the front bedroom was in my studio and bloomed all winter.  It helped me through
a very hard time when a family member was in hospital.  This year it's just growing
for now, and so is the beauty in the photo.

Today was supposed to be the saddest day of the year.  It was also Martin Luther King
Day.  Although I could have been sad, as I sat writing my journal beside this plant,
it had a message -- "Keep Growing."  So I will.  And I worked on a difficult painting
today, and made it much better -- as it grew.

I hope you had a good day. What?  Yes that's all. Keep growing.

Have a loving your life day.

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I paint and draw on commission and for shows. To commission a portrait, or purchase one of my paintings please contact me at: barbara.muir@sympatico.ca
A major highlight in my career? Drawing Oprah Winfrey live via Skype for her show "Where in the Skype are you? Galleries: Studio Vogue Gallery, Toronto, Canada. The Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, New York City. Gallery at the Porch Door, Kingston, Canada. Your positive comments on this blog mean the world to me. I'd love to hear from you!