Unfinished Elephants at the Houston Zoo by Sandra Reeves Cutrer

Just the first lay-in. I am spending some much needed time with our grand daughters in Louisiana. Although they go to school all day, I am staying busy helping their dad catch up on chores and things around the house since his heart attack. We had lost so many family members over the years to heart disease, making it really tough for our family. I have been getting out with him to walk an hour each morning, hoping to get him back to his life soon.
I think about these elephants, how family oriented they are, so protective of their young and other young in their herd. Elephants grieve for those that die off in their herd and family, touching and rubbing their dead with their trunks, crying and moaning. It is such a heart wrenching thing to see.
We should all appreciate,love, and spend quality time with our family and friends because we never know when they could be taken from us with out notice.

And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”  Luke 10:27 

Blessings,
Sandra Reeves Cutrer

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Painting Goat

I thought someone might get a kick out of this photo. There are several goats at our nearby Houston Zoo who are now trained to hold a paint brush and paint their hearts desire on a canvas! It gives me hope. Heck, if a goat can do it ( I've also seen a couple of elephants painting on canvases a few years back), then surely we humans can take on the challenge! I have been super busy these last few months. Between summer vacation, traveling to 7 states, major surgery, and working long hours for a few family members, I am exhausted by the end of the day. I think the goat has given me renewed hope that I really can go back to my studio (hopefully soon) and pick up those paint brushes as if no time has elapsed since I last painted. I have several paintings left unfinished, and I hope they will be my best pieces of work yet. If not, I will have to pay a visit to the Houston Zoo and talk to the goats.

Blessings,
Sandra
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