happy holidays

©manon doyle

Today I will walk out, today everything evil will leave me,
I will be as I was before, I will have a cool breeze over my body.
I will have a light body, I will be happy forever,
nothing will hinder me.
I walk with beauty before me. I walk with beauty behind me.
I walk with beauty below me. I walk with beauty above me.
I walk with beauty around me. My words will be beautiful.

In beauty all day long may I walk.
Through the returning seasons, may I walk.
On the trail marked with pollen may I walk.
With dew about my feet, may I walk.

With beauty before me may I walk.
With beauty behind me may I walk.
With beauty below me may I walk.
With beauty above me may I walk.
With beauty all around me may I walk.

In old age wandering on a trail of beauty,
lively, may I walk.
In old age wandering on a trail of beauty,
living again, may I walk.
My words will be beautiful.
~navajo prayer


©manon doyle

I want to wish all of you a wonderful holiday season. Thank you for all your support this past year. I will be back to full time blogging soon. I hope that you will walk in beauty each day.


mixed media journal page
©manon doyle

These things I warmly wish for you.. Someone to love, some work to do, A bit o' sun, a bit o' cheer, And a guardian angel always near.
~irish blessing

fill your heart with art

~manon

three new paintings

9" x 12" mixed media painting on watercolor paper
©manon doyle

Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy
~eskimo saying


9" x 12" mixed media painting on watercolor paper
©manon doyle


6" x 6" mixed media on Gessobord
©manon doyle

I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.
~winston churchill

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! The art challenge ended yesterday and these are my last three paintings. Yay!! I actually had fun but it was definitely challenging ....not so much the painting but keeping up with my blogging. I've decided to take a little break in December. I'll still paint but there's so much to do at this time of year that I'm going to take it easy on blogging for a while.
I will be by to visit ya'll!!

fill your heart with art and challenges

~manon