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A front came through today. It now feels even more

A front came through today. It now feels even more like Autumn. I'm still trying to get used to using an iPad. #procreate #amdrawing

Playing with little ghosts and pumpkins in Procrea

Playing with little ghosts and pumpkins in Procreate. Happy Autumn!

Asclepias Tuberosa! Sounds like a magic spell of

Asclepias Tuberosa! Sounds like a magic spell of summoning, doesn't it? It's milkweed! I just recently (like last weekend) jumped on the procreate bandwagon. My parents gave me their old iPad 6. My 11 year old daughter has been using Procreate for a year now on her iPad 2 so has been giving me some tips. I still have quite a bit to learn about using this app! This is great for overcoming my (pathological?) aversion to "wasting paper" and getting back to #amdrawing again!

Checking out the Folger's temporary stage for A Mi

Checking out the Folger's temporary stage for A Midsummer Night's Dream and playing inside @joannakrobson 's illustrations at the Building Museum.

There are two more weeks left to count this year.

There are two more weeks left to count this year. The Omer Project card decks are here! 👇 https://buff.ly/3yPfqPH #contemporaryjudaica #counttheomer #countingtheomer #hebrewart #jewishart #jewishartist #jewishcreativewomen #jewishculture #jewishgift #jewishmagic #jewishmeditation #jewishquotes #kaballah #kabbalah #mussar #meaningfullife #meditationpractice #mindfuljudaism #mystical #mysticism #mysticaljudaism #omer #sefira #sefirot #sefirathaomer #theomerproject

Harmony can only be achieved by the presence of mo

Harmony can only be achieved by the presence of more than one voice. #omarcountcards2022 #theomerproject #harmonyandbalance #harmony #synchronicity #innerguidance #jewishwisdom #kabbalah #meditation

This year we begin counting the Omer on Saturday e

This year we begin counting the Omer on Saturday evening, April 16th Here we go again! Are you ready? Count with me! Join The Omer Project mailing list for updates on ordering the Meditation Card Decks when they become available (which should be around April 21st!) And to have the daily Omer count delivered in email to your inbox http://eepurl.com/ht15Yn Or follow #omercountcards2022 on Instagram More information on The Omer Project on my website https://www.mishkajaeger.com/omer/ (Links also in my bio) #100DaysOfOmer #creativejewishspirituality #kavana #pesach #spiritualgrowth #passover #jewishculture

Happy Spring! My daffodils are in bloom. The garde

Happy Spring! My daffodils are in bloom. The garden is waking up. Looks like I have another bottle to exchange. Meanwhile Sassy Sunshine feels about right. #daffodils @greenheartjuicebar #greenheartjuice #springflowers #happy #happyflowers #springishere #gardenlove

Box prototype from last week! And hard proofs are

Box prototype from last week! And hard proofs are arriving Monday. Getting closer! Links for orders should be up in the next week. #the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer #creativejewishspirituality #intentions #jewishkavana #yiddishkeit #meditation #oraclecards #carddeck

#the100dayproject started weeks ago. I've been wor

#the100dayproject started weeks ago. I've been working but not posting. Too many words but I'll have a more formal update soon. The Omer Project will be going to the printer this week. I aim to get card decks in people's hands by Pesach! #100DaysOfOmer #creativejewishspirituality #kavana #jewishkavana #yiddishkeit #JewishLearning #jewish #cards #kaballah #mussar

A sparkly light has gone out and the world is much

A sparkly light has gone out and the world is much dimmer. I was hoping to meet Paula in person someday. She was so creative, talented, funny, supportive, and kind. Her beautiful picture book about a young Jewish American immigrant with big dreams comes out today. I am joining the CAT Agency artists in their Draw This In Your Style of Shirley in Paula’s honor and because I can almost hear her admonishing me to ditch the impostor syndrome already and just DRAW! I hope you’ll buy a copy of Big Dreams Small Fish and read it to someone small who may also have big dreams! Even if they're not a fan of the fish. #bigdreamssmallfish @levinequerido @paulacohenillustration #immigrant #jewishstories #bigdreamssmallfishDTIYS #bigdreamssmallfish #picturebook #immigrant #jewishstories #jewishbooksarediversebooks #kidlitart #debutpicturebook #gelfitefish #paulacohen #kidlitart #childrensbooks #jewish #immigration #kidsillustration #childrensbookillustration @the_cat_agency

The Jewish calendar months are based on the lunar

The Jewish calendar months are based on the lunar cycle. If you do that math, you'll find that 12 lunar months does not add up to 364.25 days. On some years, the Jewish calendar inserts a 13th month. This is one of those years with a leap month, and tonight is the beginning of that month - the month of Adar I. Our next moon/month will be Adar II , "The month of Joy" which contains the holiday of Purim. So much fun, there can't be just one! But it is Adar I and not Adar II that is the leap month. Adar on a non-leap year is actually Adar II. Not that it really matters. The Babylonian Zodiacal sign for both months of Adar is Pisces. TWO FISH. The joke is that there's one fish for each month. #Adar #RoshChodesh #JewishCalendar #Jewishmonths #JewishLearning #Pisces #Fish #Zodiac #FinallyMakingArtAgain #דגים

I love watching the bees wiggling in and out of th

I love watching the bees wiggling in and out of the beardtongue. Yes, I am busy like the bee. #busybee #penstemon #beardtongue

I'll be back soon. Meanwhile, here's a little peac

I'll be back soon. Meanwhile, here's a little peace for you. Sunrise over the ocean on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, 5:45am #peacefulmoments #rejuvenation #sunriseovertheocean #obx #vacation #calm #breathe #zen #shalom #beautifulmorning #calmyourmind

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 53 🕯 This

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 51 🖥 They'

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 51 🖥 They're starting to look like real cards now. Did some digital finishing and templating to get ready for next week. If you've already been following this project, there won't really be any surprises. But these are still only digital. I need to find a printer. 😄 Today was yet another day that didn't go as planned. Too many interrupting minutiae to mention, making it hard to find unbroken swaths of time to accomplish anything important. I do need to plan my #seder menu though! Why does every week feel like I'm hitting tennis balls against a pitching machine? 🐈 And the cat is sick again. Maybe he ate something that didn't agree with him? We're waiting on test results from the vet. Of course nothing conclusive do far. They gave him pain medication so he's been stoned all evening. He's not eating, drinking, peeing or pooping. I hope this changes by tomorrow, poor kitty. 🌸 #passoveriscoming #jewishholidays #treeoflife #cardmockup #oracledeck #metaphysical #journey #taromer

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 43 🖍 Chode

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 43 🖍 Chodesh tov! Coloring more Netzach backgrounds tonight... 2 more to finish. Another bust day here but nothing really of note. The weather has been very nice. And I still need to do our taxes. Fun 🤣. Ok maybe I'll get to that Tuesday. I have more client deadlines tomorrow. 📺 We finished Cobra Kai a while ago then watched the Samurai documentary. Now I guess we're back to the crown. Any recommendations? 🌙 #newmoon #chodeshtov #ploddingalong #arteveryday #backgroundcolor #meditationpractice

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 31 🔥 A fri

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 31 🔥 A friendly fireball. Started Netzach. Didn't get a whole lot done care of client work and then daughter fighting sleep until midnight. Frustrating. Guess I'll try again tomorrow. 😒 #fireball #netzach #perseverance #persistence #irony #gotheftosleep

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 29 🖊 I loo

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 29 🖊 I looked into custom card printing today. It would seem I'm working slightly smaller than the standard tarot card size. Oops. I didn't exactly think this through when I started the project last year. It was just another illustration challenge. And Chesed is covered in glitter. I'm still contemplating redoing Chesed versus digitally removing the glitter. Hmm. Well... I scanned the first 14 card images today so I guess we will see. Lots of learning experiences on this project! I did color a little bit as well. Mostly the tree in Malchut. 🌧 As for the rest of my day... we had Purim Zoom. Sad that we lost the Purim carnival two years in a row. I had Mussar class and then helped daughter bake brownies. A few more rounds of Rubicks Race, and some family time with the kids. Unfortunately a Zoom Shiva call this evening. 🌙 #liveandlearn #figuringitout #customcards #treeknot #rainysunday

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 20 🌞 Today

#the100dayproject #100DaysOfOmer Day 20 🌞 Today I'd planned to work on this in the afternoon but client meetings and work were relentless and then it was 5pm. So I turned frozen turkey burgers and cans of stuff into taco soup, with spinach and cheese fajitas... and once again I find myself posting accountability at 2am. 📺 To be fair, I have to admit my current obsession with Cobra Kai is also pulling some time and contributing to my continuing failure getting to bed by midnight. Luckily only 9 episodes remain. ☁️ Tonight's work is sponsored by the color, "70% Cool Grey." A lot of it. And one dead blending marker. A long time ago, my brother asked why I do things "the long way." It was in reference to computer coding but processes often apply to other things in life. It probably would be a lot faster to paint the sky but then it would look very different. 🖍 Coloring like this is very meditative (hence the uptick in adult coloring book sales) and I found myself back in 2nd grade where my group for the Halloween play was coloring our craft paper backdrop in black crayon. The others were so cleanly going back and forth. I, of course, scribbled black in crazy circles. I wasn't particularly well liked to begin with and boy, did they let me have it! Well, my lines are pretty even these days, gang. 😆 #reminiscing #coolgrey #coloringnight #cobrakaifan #waxon #crayonjoke

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