Bloom True

This made me think of a whole bunch of waterfall paintings I did once,

although those were all cool blues.

I made this more spring-like, which reminds me of resilience.

In the face of adversity, to bloom true.

Drawing

Sometimes the simplest tools are the most fun!

Stylized botanicals with notepaper and pencil.

'School time'

One of the joys of unschooling is that

there is always time to follow your passion.

We usually do a bit of reading. writing and math in the morning,

and some history and geography is bound to happen

somewhere in the day, along with whatever interests us.

We research what takes our fancy that day.

There's lots of play time, sometimes we cook together.

And there's drawing. Lots and lots of it.

My thought cards for the year

Do you make New Year's resolutions?

I don't. I find it easier to try and be mindful 

on a daily basis, regardless of the calendar.

Does that mean I live mindfully all the time?

Heck, no. Do I want to? Absolutely!

But for me, small steps work better than

big huge lists of stupendous (yup, stupendous)

intentions and resolutions.

And three is a good number to start with :)

What's on your plate this year?