A weekend of mandalas, gardening and yoga

Good Monday morning, blog friends.

♥

 

Rinda commented on one of my Instagrams yesterday, saying that my "mandala muse was on fire this weekend." She was right! There's a shift happening in my life and I poured my heart and soul into mandalas over the course of the past few days. And I marveled at how different these recent mandalas appeared to me. I used a little different approach and some new shapes materialized for me. ♥

Big news is that Doug made a big dent in our backyard over the weekend. He removed two old oleander bushes and that was no easy feat. And he started digging up the old sprinkler system, preparing  for new lines to be laid. And he removed a bunch of the old and rotting railroad ties and hauled them to our local dump. Busy, busy weekend for Douglas!

And! And!!! A small patch of dirt was cleared in the back corner where I planted some sunflower and hollyhock seeds. Ah! It felt so good to have my hands in dirt for a little while. Thanks, Doug! I needed that!

I taught my regular two yoga classes on Saturday morning, then attended my monthly yoga teacher training workshop in the afternoon (and on Sunday too). When I wasn't practicing yoga, I was drawing more mandalas...

And this one...

Plus two others that are still in black-and-white stages and not photographed. It was awesome, and I'd give just about anything for another day off work today. I'd sit in chair on our back patio and draw more mandalas, with the dug-up backyard as my backdrop. But now I'm just dreaming...  ~sigh~

Time to hit the yoga mat and adjust my Monday morning attitude. Have a lovely week, my friends! Do something that soothes your soul...

♥