I love Halloween!
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I made this mandala from two images, one of fall leaves, the other of a jack-o-lantern.
It reminded me of a bat right away, and if you click the image until it enlarges full screen, you can actually see many bat shapes… There’s so much in full view in life, but when we choose not to see it, that is when it becomes hidden.
My daughter and I are raising a monarch caterpillar into a butterfly. I took a picture of it today to keep track for our log. I love to make mandalas, and have not done so in a while, so I thought this the perfect media for today.
When you make a digital mandala from a photograph, you choose which part of the photograph will make the kaleidoscope image of your mandala. You can choose to zoom in so much so that no one can tell what you created the image from, or you can zoom out and include much of the picture, so that it is easy to tell what the image is of.
I enjoy doing both, and today I want to make a design with the leaf and the body of the caterpillar and still show that it was a caterpillar.
I did not know there were little yellow aphids all over the milkweed until I took the photo and uploaded it. I decided to leave them in the mandala as well. Some might see them as nasty little bugs, but look at the mandala; there is so much beauty in life that we choose not too see…
There’s so many things hidden too…
Look for the hidden caterpillar heads that are created from the image itself; there are eight large ones (*hint look at the diamond and the square)
Here’s the photo I took:
This mandala created easily and quickly, yet when I look at it, I feel like it is showing me an ancient Aztec or Mayan Hidden Treasure… therefore I named it ‘The Past’… Isn’t this the place we go for answers that let us see Now?
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The Past
This is made of some of my stones and items after a smoke cleansing…
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Ancestors Speak to Me
It was created with this picture….
“Fiesta”, the Parrot Flower
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My first sharing of my hand made mandalas…
Go Within.
Illusionary Veil
I, the Creator
It's not Black and White
Planetary Body
I’ve always loved lunar moths, since the very first one I ever saw visited my back porch one night. That was a decade ago; when my daughter was still a baby. I took a beautiful photo of it. Unfortunately, it was a digital photo and with a computer mess up, it was gone.
Still my little family cherished that moment. We were very careful not to touch any part of his wings. He was so delicate and almost seemed to glow in the moonlight.
Today as I sat down to make a mandala, I thought, “What should I make it from?”. And there Lunar Moth popped into my mind…
Enjoy!
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My most favorite flower (and my daddy’s too) is the morning glory. I have some growing on a plant support in my backyard. Here’s a pic of them:
I took a pic of one of the flowers close up and noticed that the sun’s ray from behind the flower was illuminating the center of the flower, and it just seemed heavenly… Here’s the pic below:
So I just had to make a mandala out of it!
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I think it’s my favorite Ever!
Scroll down for the worlds least fattening donut! 
“Seed Council” – click on image to see larger view:
“Diamond Rind” (used as background in next mandala with 1st Mandala) – click on image for larger view
First two mandalas put together – Click on image for larger view:
“Watermelon Donut” – click image for larger view:
Click the image to see better view of Drink Coaster (Makes you want a watermelon margarita!):
