Fortune Cookie Affirmations

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It's been some time since I've made an Art Card, mostly because the lack of motivation to do so has overwhelmed me. That was until I came up with a better idea of prompting myself when I feel like creating one. For a little over a month, maybe longer, we've been saving our fortune cookie messages on a window sill in the kitchen.

Initially, I wanted to save them to use as a background on an Art Card, but that quickly changed. After gathering a handful, I picked one out, and thought, "This is a good message", then thought, "Now, what can I do with it?". Which is why I decided to make an attempt at interpreting the 'fortune'.

Upon reading the message for the first time, I immediately thought, cha-ching!, and dollar signs came to mind. Of course, that's how I would like to be rewarded, with lots of monies!!! But then, I said to myself, come up with something that isn't shallow, and dig a little deeper. So I did.

This is how I interpreted the random fortune I drew from our growing pile of mini messages.



It sort of pairs with the little message I wrote to go along with the last photo I posted in "Window to the World". Holding on to a belief that if you work hard enough, and keep trying, you will get to where you want to be. My aspirations are running wild, and deep, but picking a place to start is the tricky part. Although there are a few things going on right now that I'm excited about, although I'm not yet ready to spill the beans - I don't want to jinx it!

I sincerely hope that you all have a fantastic weekend. And more California vacation adventure posts are in the works, but for now, I am slightly burned out on them so I decided to share something new.
-WW

Window to the World

May your walls know joy; May every room hold laughter and every window open to great possibility.

~Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey~





The prospect of possibility can sometimes be a scary concept.
Unable to fully grasp the idea of what you want, and how to obtain it.
But that spark turns into a step before you even realize that you're climbing.
...:::B E L I E V E:::...

-WW

On a Mission........

California : Carmel-by-the-Sea : Carmel Mission Basilica

After the main highlight of our day, we decided to scurry over to the mission. Our itinerary was jam packed with activities on this particular day, but thankfully we managed to squeeze in an hour to take a self-guided tour of the mission. I didn't get to spend the amount of time I would have liked, to explore, linger, and read into the history of the mission, but we made do with the time at hand.

The Moorish style bell tower holds nine bells.




Just as we pulled into the parking lot, a gigantic charter bus pulled up and began to unload. Determined to stay two steps ahead of the horde, we rushed in past the crowd. The mission was closing at five, so an hour was all we were granted to absorb all the history we possibly could.







Mission Info

• The mission was founded in Monterey on June 3, 1770 by Padre Junipero Serra.
• The location was soon changed to Carmel because of certain issues with the current location.
• Padre Serra also founded eight other missions during his presidency.
• Junipero Serra died on August 28, 1784.
• At his request he was buried beside Padre Crespi before the main altar. *On the right, you'll see Serra's grave.
  

Our tour took us through the Basilica, cemetery, and museum.......throughout the courtyards were many statues, and effigies all weathered by time. To be amongst history of this magnitude was very uplifting.



Each and every detail added to the integrity of the parish. Here I am again talking about the history of our trip. I think that sometimes in my daily life these are the technicalities I tend to overlook. Thinking about where we are and how far we've come, really doesn't mean anything unless we take where we've been into account.......




One of my favorite statues was one that overlooked the cemetery, she was lovely.



*A closer look at her praying hands can be seen in the first photo.


I encourage you to look at some of the other photos belonging to this set so you can see other sights I haven't shown you here.
Carmel Mission Basilica(link)

Extra Details:

• Carmel Mission Basilica Website(link)
  
• This historic Mission has been renovated to it's previous glory as both a Catholic Mission and now a thriving parish and school.
• Info from Wikipedia(link). *Pretty interesting, there's also a photo of the mission circa 1910.
  

Sorry, I couldn't give you more detail myself, but we've had a very busy weekend and I wanted to share this with you sooner rather than later.
-WW