Craftrat Chatter: Alberta skies

For the past two weekends, I have lived the life of Riley. (Correction, I have lived better than the life of Riley....I have lived the life of Carol.) I had the incredible opportunity to spend both weekends stamping and arting with some amazing people as my companions.

I am learning about life's lessons and trying to heed them. The first weekend taught me that being different takes courage. My art is nowhere near as fancy or embellished as what was shown as samples which meant that my courage is orely tested. After of weekend of looking at beautiful projects, I learned that I am not in step with the rest of the band. I am comfortable (finally after many years) with that because I have learned that trying to be the same as everyone else is not my cup of tea and does not make me happy.

The second weekend taught me that I am an ARTIST!!!! albeit a struggling one, but I no longer feel that I have to apologize for what I create.

Thank you to all the wonderful people that created, supported and took part in both workshops. I personally had a great time and enjoyed my weekends.

Now to the skies......Alberta has so much wide open spaces that it is easy to take some spectacular pictures of the sky. Here are some of the pictures that I took while away.