CELEBRATING SPRING

Posted on by June 11, 2025

I love springtime! Everything is so fresh, so green, so full of blooming life. And the mosquitos and other annoying bugs aren’t out yet, so I can sit on my doorstep and enjoy the blossoms and scents without getting eaten alive.

It’s spring! Birdies & bugs and two-lipped tulips!

I’m careful about which bugs are good for the garden, and which ones to squish. Even some of the squishable ones can be considered good, since they attract other critters that eat them, and the birdies I love to watch.

A gal I see on facebook posts multiple times a day about the harm lawns do. Harm? Lawns? Yep. They are essentially dead spaces, chock full of the chemical and solutions people spray to keep weeds down and grass greener.

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EVOLUTION / DESTINY

Posted on by June 11, 2025

I wasn’t planning anything of any great importance when I set out to draw this one. It took me by surprise! All I wanted to do was see if I could draw something using steps as a foundational theme.

The natural path of Evolution and Destiny

So I drew a simple set of steps, played around with stripes and angles … and all of a sudden, all these silly people came crawling out of my pen!

The top ones appeared first, and I thought, ooohh, look! I wonder what they’re celebrating! The sun was out, and hundreds of birdies flew all around!

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PLAYING in the FOREST

Posted on by June 9, 2025

I had a dream this morning where all these funny looking folks were out playing in the trees. They were climbing and swinging and diving and flying and just being loud and laughy and silly, being naughty and having way too much fun.

Playing in the Forest with my buddies – © LYON 2025

Why can’t we do that, too – and way more often? We take life so seriously! We focus on making a living, instead of Living our Making.

Of course, if we did that, then people would have to know what their soul’s deepest calling was, so they could be aligned with their Making. I think most people don’t know.

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FEATHERY FENNEL

Posted on by June 5, 2025

I have always liked the feathery leaves of fennel. I’ve painted it a few times, and was never really satisfied with the results. But drawing it this way gives me a look I really like.

Feathery Fennel

I think this image would be great to add to a quilt. I wonder if there are people who make quilts that are based on herbs or healing plants.

This drawing is less refined than my other drawings. I like how wobbly the lines are, and how the blue under-drawing shows through.

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IS ART MINE? AM I ART? WHO AM I, ANYWAY?

Posted on by June 2, 2025

I did an experiment back in the mid-80s. I decided to go on walkabout – or, since I’d be living in my truck, I called it truckabout.

Carving again! Oh my blessed heart!

Because for years, I had had this niggling feeling in the back of my mind that art was only a habit I’d gotten into because when I was a kid, my ma set me down in the corner with paper, pencils and crayons to keep me out of the way.

I had been living in Hawaii. When I turned 40, all of a sudden I was aching to know the truth of it. So I made a vow not to make any art unless I felt from my core that making art was really and truly ‘mine.’

I decided to go on walkabout – or, since I’d be living in my truck, I called it truckabout. I gave up my house, packed the bare minimum of what I needed, and shipped my truck to California.

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KITTY LOVE UNDER the MOON

Posted on by June 1, 2025

A long time ago, I had a friend who had two kitties who loved each other.

We love each other!

She found them soaking wet and freezing in a turned-over garbage bin in back of a store she worked at. She took them home and nurtured them back to health.

These cats ate, slept, went for walks with their human, and did everything together. So sweet. You know how cats get the zoomies? You should have seen them – it was hilarious!

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LITTLE LACEY BITES

Posted on by May 30, 2025

They’re still at it, but now the leaves look like they’re tired.

Little lacey leaves

The leaves, drooping now, look like little boats trying to drain themselves of excess water. The holes are still on the edges – no bites on the surfaces of the leaves.

And fat happy cattypillars, sidling along the edges.

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STILL NIBBLING IN from THE SIDES

Posted on by May 28, 2025

I told you about the way the cattypillars are munching pretty little round holes in the sides of the Red Bud tree leaves, starting at the edges and moving in towards the center.

Munching in from the sides – © LYON 2025

I have been amazed that that hasn’t changed. I fully expected them to start wandering all over the leaf surfaces, leaving little round chewy holes all over the entire leaf.

But nope! They continue to wend their way to the middle of the leaves by only eating the edges! And they don’t even come near the veins!

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CATTYPILLAR HOLES

Posted on by May 27, 2025

This remains a mystery!

They’re eating all around the edges! – © LYON 2025

You know how yesterday I said there are cattypillars chewing pretty little round holes in some of my Red Bud tree leaves?

I noticed something intriguing about them this morning: they only eat around the edges – like a little kid eating the crusts off his sandwich before he dives into the juicy rich middle goodies!

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CATTYPILLARS ON MY RED BUD TREE!

Posted on by May 25, 2025

Sun + leaves = glory and delight!

Who is eating my Red Bud tree?

There are two times each day when the sun filters through the leaves of my Red Bud tree, lighting it up like stained glass. I never get tired of seeing it. The way the leaves shimmer in the slight whiff of breeze, and how the lighter parts of the leaves glow softly.

Today I noticed cattypillars chewing pretty little round holes in some of the leaves. What nerve they have, eating my tree!

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I LEFT MY HEART HOME

Posted on by May 24, 2025

It’s hard for me to to believe, but it’s been almost seven years since I left my home in Hawaii. I miss it terribly. Hawaii is my Heart Home.

Orchids and Palms

It’s taken me forever to get over the shock and trauma that happened right before I left — I still haven’t told the story yet, it upsets me so much. I will, I promise.

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WEAVINGS in the GARDEN

Posted on by May 21, 2025

Being in my garden is always a special treat – even though it’s there, every day, every day, sometimes I forget. Weird, no? How could I???

Weavings in the Garden – © LYON 2025

When I wander in the garden, sweet energies weave and whisp throughout the invisible tapestry of energy of flower, bees, bush and bugs – the elusive suffusive scent of joy saturates every atom of color and green – and even me.

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Arnica Heartleaf

Posted on by May 10, 2025

Arnica promotes healing; is antimicrobial and antiseptic.

Arnica Heartleaf in Reds & Blues – repeat pattern. © LYON 2025

I’ve used Arnica for years – both in salve and homeopathic forms. It works great, especially for some forms of artritis (which I like to call arth-wrong-iss) and carpel tunnel.

Except it doesn’t seem to work for a deep pain in my hip that no one can quite figure out why it hurts, as there is no deterioration of the bone itself. Ah well.

Stumbling around, feeling like I’m being stabbed with every move of that leg is the least of life’s problems right now. Such a tumultuous time – I wish I could slather thick layers of Arnica all over the planet and make it Better.

In any case, here’s what my handy-dandy healing plant book says about it, in case you’re curious:

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WOOLY LAMB’S EAR

Posted on by May 7, 2025

I’m entranced by this design – sometimes my designs captivate me, and this one certainly does. I enlarged it on my screen, and can hardly look away from it.

You may not know this, but I set the intention a long, long time ago that any of my art is to radiate Good, Health and Wholeness, Joy, and Peace.

There is something about this design in particular that makes me take a deep breath and feel Full, somehow. My eyes seem to eat it up.

HEALING PROPERTIES
This plant used to grow out near our barn. I never knew it had so many good properties!

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TIME TO GET HORIZONTAL

Posted on by March 26, 2025

Three goodies for you today!

I have so many designs just sitting in little folders on my desktop, each one begging me to let it come to the light and be seen! So today you get not one, not two, but three!

Bearie Dance

Sometimes ya just hafta relax. Or dance. Or sit by the river and chomp down on your favorite trout dinner, cooked over the campfire. Surrounded with your dearest buddies.

My Forest Buddies

Raccoons Love Fishies

I’ll take it – all of it. Life has been too stressful lately, and I’m thinking of getting horizontal in a minute or two. I’m too young for all this.

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All designs © Angela Treat Lyon 2024
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ARTISTS ARE the RAFTS

Posted on by March 21, 2025

I fully believe that no matter the intensity and depth of the swamp and the mire and the mud and the insanity that we are going through – and probably will go through a lot more of in the coming days – even so, sanity will rise and prevail.

Bring the Light – © LYON 2024

I feel if I don’t have the faith and trust in that, I might as well give up and go dig a hole and crawl in and die. I refuse to do that. I can not, actually – it isn’t within me to give up. Ever. Even when life seems impossible.

I believe that we as artists need to hold the Vision for what is true and just. And even within the suffering, the pain and disillusions, we must hold onto and talk about and make art of and display our own movement within our visions of peace and real prosperity of Spirit and Wholeness.

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ROSES for YOU

Posted on by March 16, 2025

As you know, I’ve been recovering from a two-month ordeal of having been environmentally poisoned.

Roses for You © LYON 2025

Doing the requisite rest everyone tells me to do drives me crazy – seems like it makes the healing take longer than I’d like.

I know, I know, don’t push the damn river! So yesterday I thought I’d give myself some playtime as I made myself sit down and rest.

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I Was Poisoned

Posted on by March 16, 2025

This is why I haven’t written since January.

Sick and tuckered out. © Lyon ‘22

I was physically and mentally incapable of writing at all. For two months.

I awoke on Christmas Day to the stench of something dead in my house. Within an hour, I was so nauseated I felt like I had to vomit. Add a dizzy-migraine on top, and I just climbed back into bed, pulling the sheets over my head. It was one of the very worst Christmas Days I’ve ever been through.

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How Long Are You Going to Continue Being Ruled by Depression and Anxiety?

Posted on by January 6, 2025

What if you could top chewing on your pain? It’s tiring, boring, and it’s just spiraling you deep into exhaustion.

– Vitality –

Right now you’re probably stuck in a closed mental/emotional loop that goes nowhere, and makes you feel bad, badder, and baddest.
You play your woe-is-me scenario over and over in your mind, like gnawing on a persistent hangnail.
You post images on social media of places you used to live that you had to leave.
Or people you used to love.
Or you complain about things that happened in your work.
But you forget that in those places, you were treated badly or almost lost everything.
Or maybe you did lose everything.

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FOXY-LOXY GARDEN TASSEL RUG

Posted on by January 6, 2025

I want to share this with you right quick – I just ordered one of these magnificent rugs for myself!!! I rarely get to keep my own pieces, so I’m excited!

The top image shows a rug made for a bathroom. No tassels, but non-skid bottom, and soft and cushy to walk on!

Above is the one I ordered – it’s tasseled, 59″x24″ – I can’t wait to have it right smack dab in the middle of my house in the hallway – I’ll get to oogle it and drool over how pretty it is every time I walk to the kitchen, or back to my studio!

Want one, too? Let me know – my site sassybeargoodies.com is where you can find some of the new products – it’s near finished!

FOXY-LOXY GARDEN TASSELED RUG
© Angela Treat Lyon 2024

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GENEROSITY

Posted on by December 29, 2024

Over the past few weeks, I have found myself glued to my screen, watching tiktok and FB reels. I come into my studio with a long list of things to do – and every single one of those items promptly slides right on out of my head.

Generosity

Instead of Doing what I Oughta Do, I spend 900 million hours sitting here watching these things. At one point last week, my inner critic was silently berating me harshly for ‘wasting time.’

But in truth, when I looked closer, I was in actuality learning a lot – about the happenings in the world, about how people act under pressure, in love, when they are hungry, at home, in school, or in business.

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YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE

Posted on by December 29, 2024

You do! I value YOU, and every one of the people who show up, view, appreciate and buy my work, make comments, send support dollars – it means the world to me!

I wish you a very happy after-Christmas/holiday-in-between week, and an amazing, incredible, productive, take-care-of-you, fun, loving new year! You’re just the best!

Stay tuned for some new adventures – I’ll be releasing new art and products very soon!

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You Light Up My Life
© Angela Treat Lyon 2024

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THE END of the DARK FORCES

Posted on by December 29, 2024

I had a dream tonight that woke me up and made me come running here into my studio to sit down and write it out.

Stormy Seas

In my dream, all of my light-filled friends and allies in the entire world got together and sent wave after wave of pure love to all the people in thrall to the dark, and all the demons, devils and creatures of the dark forces.

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WHALES EVERYWHERE

Posted on by December 20, 2024

An enormous spout of splashy water came fountaining up – and up – and up –

Every once in a while, the amount I miss the beach almost clobbers me down onto my knees. I miss the sounds, the waves, walking in the sand, the sun, the smell of the ocean, the fishies, the fresh seafood . . .

And I miss seeing the whales jump and dive and splash around like little kids in the backyard pool . . .

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I Wonder Why You Clap but Not Comment on Medium

Posted on by December 13, 2024

I’m almost done with Medium. I’m disgusted.

Bears and Buddies

The other day, I posted that it was my birthday. That post got 18 claps. Really? You supposedly read my post, clapped, but didn’t even have the courtesy to wish me a happy birthday? You couldn’t even do the 50 claps Medium suggests?

Another post that surprised me with zero comments was my post on possibilities. Being a very curious person, I almost always want to know new possibilities – aren’t you interested? Why are you not asking questions? Commenting?

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SILLY TIGER LAUGHS ALL DAY

Posted on by December 8, 2024

Today it’s my birthday – I can hardly believe I have lived this long.

I frankly never thought I’d make it past 26. (We won’t talk about Ms Wild Child in the past, now, will we!?!)

I posted on my FB feed it was my birthday, and so many people commented that I’m blown away – since FB has had me in ‘jail’ for almost a year, there were people I haven’t seen or read posts from in all this time. So nice to see them all!

I’m so grateful for all of you followers and friends! Thank you for making my day much better than it started out!

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SILLY TIGER
© Angela Treat Lyon 2020

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I Had to Block An Attack on My Websites Today

Posted on by December 6, 2024

I have been targeted lately by some chin*se assholes who keep asking me if I have registered some of my websites in ch*na, and that they want to do so, themselves. Even going as far as wanting to register angelatreatlyon.com.

I’m thinking, wtf are they going to do with a website with MY name on it? Steal my content, too?

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BLACK STALLION LOVES BUNNY

Posted on by November 30, 2024

I guess I’m just the typical 79-year-old teenager who never got over loving and fantasizing about having horses. 

Conversation in the Garden

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My parents had a boat we got to sail all summer – they said that was enough! No horses!

I said, ‘But, but, we have a barn! And I’ll keep the tack in good shape, and clean out the stall every day! And …”

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POSSIBILITIES

Posted on by November 28, 2024

There is so much threatening our freedom right now! So – what to DO???

Leaves, love, and light make everything Possible

Happy Thanksgiving Day to all who celebrate, and to all who do not!

I choose this image named Possibilities for today because times are scary right now, and instead of decrying all day what’s wrong, what’s wrong, and whining and crying and tearing our hair out . . . I believe that it’s up to us to focus the best we can ONLY on what we can do to create peace, love, joy, prosperity and generosity on this planet we call home.

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THEY SAID I WAS LYING

Posted on by November 23, 2024

I got all the way to my mid-teens before it suddenly came home to me one day that other people didn’t just suddenly get complete downloads of ideas the way I did.

Inspiration

People asked me, “Where do you get your ideas?” They thought I was lying when I told them. It was then that I was shocked to discover that some people didn’t get any.

Back then, I’d get complete start-to-finish packages. If it was a sculpture, I’d see the stone, uncarved – what kind of stone, what color, what tools to use, the texture – and I’d see all the stages of creation, one at a time, until it got to its final completion.

These visions came fast – lightning visions, I called them. Seared into my inner eyes.

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