MAGIC REALM

Does your life ever just get completely away from you, things get so busy you can't tell which is up and what is down?! I have a little confession to make... We moved into a beautiful new home, I'm very happy but swamped with many "To Do" lists! I'm in the midst of packing and unpacking and going absolutely bonkers... like when the movers came in and told me they couldn't fit our very large bookcase through the front door without removing the door jam...?!*%$#@&... What would you like us to do lady?!! I had to secretly retreat to the closet (which by the way is where my puppy & kitty where temporarily being held to keep them safe & out of harms way) thats where my husband found me sitting on the floor, having a cup of tea and murmuring to the cat and dog about the movers.

But.... I have found that there are moments of utter and true magic in all things! As I unwrapped and began placing items in their new spot, here and there, I casually sat an antique crystal fob down on top of a mirror momentarily while I went to search out some string with which to hang it... upon returning with said string my jaw dropped...

My eyes opened wide in disbelief and wonder at site that lay before me!

Thank you, I whispered to no one - or some one in particular, be it as it may... and ran to dig out my camera!

I guess sometimes all the planets align and magic happens right under our noses! Astonishing beauty and serenity is always there - hidden just slightly out of view - the light hits it just right, it sparkles at you and sings to you in tingles and twinkles and comes to life! Saying ... Hey! Look at me, Do you see me?!

See me! I did see...
Yes, Thank You to the powers that be for not only allowing me to see and experience this magic but to capture it too!

It's beauty was blinding and deafening, brilliantly peaceful & uproariously outrageously loud all at once.

I have somehow mistakenly been allowed to enter a magic realm, yes Thank You... I whispered again.

And so back to reality..... In the weeks and months to come I will be placing up for sale in my Etsy shop lots of wonderful things!

Precious items I have kept in my private collection for may years! You don't realize how much stuff you have until you move!

Fabulous little rarities and obscure curiosities. I feel it is time to pass along for others to enjoy, after all, we are just temporary guardians of these treasures...

Come back and check my ETSY shop for new items! Until next time I bid you Adieu and Whew!

Happy Saint Valentines Day!

Love is light,

Love is easy,

Love is happiness,

Love is sadness,

Love can be tumultuous.

Love makes you feel ookee and

kooky inside sometimes.

Love is tender and

tingly!

Love makes you feel SWIRLY all over!

Happy Saint Valentines Day to one and all!

Hope you feel very SWIRLY today and everyday!

When I Grow Up I Want to be Creative!

As a very young child of three I began to get the idea that I was an artist in wait. My mind was so anxious to grow and learn I could hardly stand it. Dreaming, scheming and planning how it would happen and when it would happen.

Just waiting on that wondrous day when my two small hands not only fully understood what my brain was telling them but that they could also perform upon command!

Then one day it finally happened... I sat down with a crisp, clean sheet of white paper and black ink pen and drew, and I could and it made me the happiest I ever knew I could be to that point in my young life.

From that moment on I was sure, absolutely positive, the life that lay ahead of me was going to be gloriously filled with artistic endeavor and creative adventure. It was certain... set in stone... thats all I really wanted! Well, that and to be totally honest candy!

I hoped that everything I saw and did would be colored with an aesthetically inclined slant. That I would have the courage and it would be ok and allowed... for reality and imagination to happily and cleverly co-mingle.

My wish was that art would define my point of view... especially in the times I knew would inevitably come when I would think it was no longer there. But it was, it was there, it was just waiting for me to catch up!

I discovered my art was always faithful to me, I know my art is honest to me and I will be in turn forever grateful and thank the powers that be for allowing it to be so!

Here's to a Brand New Year of Creating... Exploring our tender hearts and soaring souls and pouring out every little bit of what we encounter right onto a waiting canvas.

Cheers to us, you, me, them, those and the other little bitty ones who yet lie in wait for their creativity to find them too!

2 0 1 1 Here We Come!

Her hair is Harlow gold,

Her lips sweet surprise,

Her hands are never cold...

All the boys think she' a spy,

She's got.... Well.... you know the rest! THANKS FOR JOINING ME FOR ANOTHER YEAR OF FUN AND FOLLY!

Merry, Happy, Cheery, Christmas Seasons Greetings!

.... Just then there came a knock at the door.

It was a small package,

delivered by hand

to the house of Doctor Starbuck.

On the outside was written,

'For the attention of Miss Clara Starbuck'

Clara opened the package

and read the note inside.

This little gift may not excite you,

But remember,

all is not as it seems.

For it has the power

to invite you...

Into the land

of your dreams!

It's... it's a Nutcracker!

What a strange present.

Does it say who it's from? No. How mysterious. Oh, well...

Come on, everyone, there's lots of food and drink in the next room. I'd better put down the nutcracker.

As Clara bent down to put the nutcracker beside the Christmas tree... It seemed to twist in her hand!

Oh my! Sugar Plums, Gum Drops, Lolly Pops and all that is good... I wish to you and yours a very Merry Holidays, some Happy Season's Tidings, a Cheery Christmas Greetings to one and all and a Jolly New Year too! And BTW Congrats to the winner of my Giveaway, Tristan Robin Blakeman! See you all bright and early next year!