Tina LeCount Myers

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Beautiful covers all in a row! Thank you to cover artist Jeff Chapman and layout and font artist @stk_kreations I hope to add another one to the line up.

As I work my way through to the green and blue of this world, I let gray fall through my fingers like sand and ash. I see tomorrow as a possibility and I am grateful to rest upon that thought. https://www.instagram.com/tinalecountmyers/p/BvFx2I_nEIh/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1mmge18g162qf

They said that Brigid was as Blind as a Bat. But really, she was looking through the Wrong Lens. 👓 It feels good to be working in my art journal again. I am enjoying the quiet and the colors as I begin to tend to this part of my life. Also a kind thank you to @ginger_and_olives for nudging me to post more of my drawings. This is watercolors, gouache, pen, and markers. I hope you have the right lens. I think I’m finding mine along with Brigid. https://www.instagram.com/p/BsXCbgGHwtR/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1eqrs6w9hrk4t

A while ago I promised the delightful @michelle.genders that I would post some of the Post It art that she inspired me to do on my trip to Finland. I adore the idea of making art on unusual canvases and with interesting materials or constraints. Thanks again Michelle! Go check out her page to see a font of creativity!! https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn91x57nQxH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14m2lu6fdfwpi

“And so with sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald * What I did this summer September Newsletter is on its way to subscribers. This edition features my summer reading list, preview material for Book 2 of The Legacy Of The Heavens series, and a poll for the title of Book 3. If you are interested in subscribing, follow the link in my profile to my website and sign up. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn4hcrgnn-h/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=99icpsiasbuy

Happy Reading on National Read A Book Day, which in my world is every single day! Here’s my bedside bookcase that The Gent assembled from Abstracta shelving. It involved a good deal of calculation and even more cussing. But, now signed copies live beside treasured favorites and soon to be discovered literary infatuations. #amreading #nationalreadabookday https://www.instagram.com/p/BnZeQLXnKII/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1m6tlob310gdn

Thank you to the kind folks at @tamperetalo who sent this lovely gift from the Moomin Museum Store to celebrate the recent reunion of my Tampere family. It was such a lovely day and this is a delightful way to remember it. Kiitos paljon! Hope to visit again on our next trip! #visitfinland #visittampere #moominmuseum https://www.instagram.com/p/BnXCmfBnXao/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=v0zh63x2np51

August was...over too quick. Travel Family Reunions Making new friends Honoring the passing of a kind and engaging soul. Revisiting a childhood home. Book deadlines. Attending WorldCon76 Mourning the loss of another cat. Making room for art and projects. Laundry. And more laundry. Braces (Invisalign). Heatwaves followed by fog days. Catching up with dear friends. This was August. https://www.instagram.com/p/BnM8ms7neG4/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1k57l3ziyzcks

Cat. While I dearly miss my beloved Hello Kitty, I am blessed to have the love and affection of Roo. She has become quite vocal in the absence of her older brother and also very demanding of affection. For 10 years she had HK for companionship. The adjustment has been hard on all of us. #augustbreak2018 #cat

Raw color. The dried gouache paint from today’s art session with Luisa (7), Malin (9), and Jannike (11). Creativity abounds with these young ladies. #augustbreak2018 #raw #colors #gouache

Evening light on Laminsalo island lake Saimaa eastern Finland. I hear the laughter and voices of the boys out on an evening rowing adventure. Inside the cottage, the candle light glows. A day of slow enjoyment has past with each moment savored. #augustbreak2018 #eveninglight

Trying not to crush the raspberries as I pick them. #augustbreak2018 #crush

Bookshelves. A place for treasures. A home for favorite books. A catchall for whatnots. The center of a home. (From my cousin’s home in Pälkäne, Finland built in 1860).#augusbreak2018 #bookshelf

The ground on which we walk, from where come, and where we will go appears to be a constant. #augustbreak2018 #ground

Morning light filtered through the tiny, yellow lakeside flowers. #augustbreak2018 #morninglight