“If nothing ever changed,
there would be no such things as
butterflies.”
-Wendy Maas, The Candymakers
Embrace the change.
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
Butterfly watercolor inspired by the beautiful artistry of Dean Crouser
“If nothing ever changed,
there would be no such things as
butterflies.”
-Wendy Maas, The Candymakers
Embrace the change.
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
Butterfly watercolor inspired by the beautiful artistry of Dean Crouser
Me and hubbie think this is STUNNING and I love how you’ve teamed it up with such a lovely quote. Hugs to you too!!
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Thanks so much! One thing is certain in life – change! 🙂 The butterfly is a beautiful, inspiring example of that
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Just spectacular, Jodi.
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Thanks Tom – I’d love to see your version of a butterfly – Beyond the Sphere Style! 🙂
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Love this!!
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Thanks Pam – you are certainly in a time of change 🙂
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It is a wonderful time of opportunity, Jodi! I like the butterfly image….
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Beautiful. I have two mugs that I love from this artist – a butterfly and a hummingbird. 🙂 His style suits you perfectly!
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Thanks Kathy!
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Beautiful! ❤
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Thanks Pam!! ❤
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Just beautiful Jodi!
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Thanks PJ!
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Beautiful, Jodi!! 💕
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Thanks Patty!
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Pure and Simple and fully of beauty!
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Ugh! Meant that your words were full of pure and simple truth and the butterfly full of beauty, don’t know how I got “fully”! 🙂
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🙂 I got it! ❤
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Thanks sweet C!
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Yes, change is one thing that we can depend on – beautiful butterfly Jodi! 💙🦋🌈💕
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thanks jill 🙂
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It’s all about adaptation! Things always change. It’s all in how we adapt.
I love the butterfly water color. Beautiful!
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Thanks. Yes indeed
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Wow! Just spectacular.
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Thank you!
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You are incredibly talented Jodi. Thank you for sharing with us!
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Thank you Gabe
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What a beautiful butterfly Jodi. Embrace the change…..how true….absolutely beautiful !!!
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Thanks Lynne ☺️
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Hello Jodie,
This watercolour is beautiful. And the poem about change and butterflies is really lovely. They really do show us we all have to go through some changes to emerge fully as ourselves.
A lovely post, thank you 💐
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Thank you Di
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You’re welcome Jodie 💐
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Excellent! And a very good point I’m going to try to remember the next time I’m feeling out of sorts because my life is changing a bit too fast. The beautiful butterfly perfectly illustrates why we need to stop being so resistant to change. Thanks, Jodi!
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I thought it was a great analogy too!! 👍🦋
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Your butterfly is beautiful and love the quote! Change is inevitable, so why not just embrace it and avoid undue stress when you can. My Gram used to say: “follow the wisdom of the willow tree; bend, so you do not break.” Thank-you for this lovely post!
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That is great grandma wisdom!!
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My Gram was the “Gem” in my life! Any wisdom that I possess came from her, it is my duty to pass it on.
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Agree 😉❤️
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Stunning Jodi! My friend Bonnie just wrote a fabulous post about watching a butterfly in her garden, you must see it Jodi! Here is the link http://www.livingwiththanksgiving.com/2017/08/finally-im-beautiful-butterfly.html
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I will check it out! ThAnks!
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So beautiful, this would be stunning for cards! I love butterflies.:)
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Thank mary. I’ve made it into cards too 😉👍
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Oh. Simply beautiful. Hard to add anything. I love butterflys so im biased as well, but you have totally mastered the beauty of Dean Crouses style. Colors are lovely, do you remember what you used? I’m not so good with change, i think that maybe why I gravitate to butterflies, i need the reminder. Everything will be ok, embrace the opportunities and fly. What a different perspective from being a catterpillar. So when do you paint happy-go-lucky catterpillar in all his fuzzy? Or have you ?
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Thanks Dena. I should have noted so I could remember too. I believe cobalt blue permanent rose yellow ochre and indigo.
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So the purple is a mixture of rose and colbalt?
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Yes 🙂
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Wow… this is fabulous! Love the colors… and soooo sparkly!! Amazing work my friend!! 😍
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Thanks Charlie 🙂
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There is a lot of change going on in my life at the moment. I guess I’m getting ups and downs and sometimes I feel sick of all the changes! I love your butterfly and again I read this post just it time to get inspired to continue with the change!
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Try to focus on the beauty. It always easy.
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What do you mean by that?
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Sorry i meant it is not always easy to focus on the beauty.
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🙂 All I want is changes that bring joy and love 🙂
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That’s a lovely butterfly. I can almost see it’s wings flutter.
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Thanks so much Lisa!
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Beautiful 🙂 you may like my post on impermanence.
https://booksabbreviated.wordpress.com/2017/11/04/impermanence/
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Thanks Jon – very nice!
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Thanks Jodi 🙂
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