Share the Joy Thursday–Cozy At Home Joy

From this week’s Joy List :

Little porcelain boxes that I have decorated and filled with a tiny “shh…” rock and left as anonymous gifts as I went about my errands around town.

Twinkle lights that shine above Little Happy in the studio.

Naps.

An early prezzie from Santa ! Momma got new red Ariat Cowgirl Boots !!! (50 % Off !!!)

Stitching little gifties for loved ones.

New hair do that frames my face and the sweet time I had with my hairdresser, Deb as we made me pretty.

Christmas shopping done. And one gift in particular that I am thrilled with giving to a certain 21 year old niece of mine.

A day for stitching and card writing today.

A day for baking tomorrow.

The anticipation of some sweet family holiday time and Christmas morning with some of my favorite kiddos.

Life definitely has its fair share of joy, even in the face of many sorrows. It is our work here to focus on it and celebrate it !

Enjoy your day, Beautiful Ones !

For more joyous celebrating, visit Meri at Meri’s Musings !

Haiku My Heart–Hibiscus Dance

Hibiscus Dance

Donning your red skirt,

You dance for this one sweet day.

But oh, how you dance !

 

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Let’s put on our red skirts and dance the day away, Brave & Beautiful Ones !

Happy Friday !

For more Haiku my Heart,

visit our Brave and Beautiful hostess,

rebecca at recuerda mi corazon

Warning : Some Joy Ahead

From this week’s JOY List :

David and I visited an awesome place called “Old House Parts” in Kennebunk, Maine on last Sunday.

We were looking for a doorknob to fit the 100 year old fixtures we have in our house.

As you can imagine from the name, this place had some amazing things to peek at and photograph !

like this interestingly placed warning sign…

or this Chick with the amazing hat, hanging out way up on top of an old wooden telephone booth.

But the thing that I saw that thrilled me the most was this guy :

This is Napoleon, and he is one of the most magnificent cats I have ever, ever seen.

He is the size of a full grown Jack Russell terrier but probably heavier.

And what cat have you ever seen that has a heart-shaped nose like this :

and the word “JOY” spelled out on his side !

Napoleon was such a treat ! He is featured on the shop’s website and has free reign over the place. I left him purring on an old ratan recliner, curled up on a Winnie the Pooh blanket.

Loved him !

I have also been getting joyfully getting back to creating and painting,

though slowly for some reason.

Here is what has been popping up in my little “Blob” journal.

I prepped a whole bunch of pages with red ink and a eyedropper so they would be ready to go.

This strange bunny with her flower backpack appeared in this blob. She got a random line for poetry from an old book page. I love how the perfect line just appeared on the page I grabbed to cut up !

I used markers and Twinkle H20 watercolors to fill in the drawing.

The blob on the page next to the bizarre rabbit became

these interesting flowers. Some of my new ProMarkers, some Pitt Artist pens and a Liquid Paper pen brought color to this piece I did in front of the tv.

I love that there are more blobs waiting for me to play with too !

Speaking of waiting, this is a 12X12 inch canvas that I started this week as well.

It is waiting to see where it will go next.

I love Golden Fluid Acrylics !!!

Oh and one more thing that brought me joy this week :

the spring weather that has allowed me to take out the new purple glittery Chucks !

They make my feet and eyes happy !

Don’t you just love “little happies !”

I hope your list of joys is long this week, Beautiful Ones !

Big Love !

For more joy, visit Meri's Musings. It will make you smile !

Haiku My Heart Friday–The Red Tutu

Edited *** A few weeks back, my lovely friend Meri, shared a pic of herself with a beautiful red tutu that she had received from the amazing Deb at Talk at The Table  (not my friend amazing Deb Taylor at Deb Did It  as I originally posted  - Sorry to have gotten my Debs confused but thankful to have discovered Deb C. and her lovely inspiring blog through this !) to celebrate her birthday.

Meri did the sweet deed and then offered to pass the tutu on to someone who had a birthday later in the year.

Guess who jumped on the opportunity to share such a gift ?!

My birthday is on Sunday but I will be away in Canada with my family.

So today seemed like the perfect day top celebrate my Self !

Here I am in my Rock Fairy Uniform, featuring the beautiful, fluffy red tutu hand made by Deb !

David, my best cheerleader, but who I am sure thinks I am just a little nutso, helped me with the photo shoot ! (A little ?)

I even wrote a haiku in celebration of this sweet event :

The Red Tutu came

Full of love, laughter and fun.

My Self wore it well ! 

It was great fun to be silly, to not care about what anyone else thought and to just be me in all my Rock Fairy, Princess in a Tutu, 46 (almost) year old glory !

A funny thing happened too, as I was editing this crazy fun photos.

When I came to this photo, which I love, love, love…

I was instantly reminded of this photo I have blown up and sitting in my studio :

She is still in there, that 5 year old me. Shiny and bright, 41 years later.

Somewhere along the lines, she sure did learn the lesson well.

Use those wings, Beautiful Ones !

And a tutu too, if that works for you !

This is our one, precious life.

Let’s Live It Out LOUD !!!

Big Love !

 

Haiku Lovers, head over to recuerda mi corazon for more lovely word play.

Wordy Wednesday–Be More Fear Less

Art Journal page, May 17th, 2011

Where are you the bravest ?

I am bravest in the pages of my journal.

I am quite fearless there really.

Happy Wednesday, Beautiful Ones !

Sharing the Joy Thursday

Let me share some simple joys in my world today.

Nothing fancy, but oh, so sweet.

Meet Eddie.

He is my new boyfriend.

Yes, David knows about him. He is kind of okay with it, since Eddie is a bit of a bird brain.

Eddie showed up on the April Fool’s Day Snow Storm last week, and has been hanging out at the feeder and in the maple trees around our yard every since.

His serenade makes my heart melt !

And he’s not bad to look at either. I don’t usually go for redheads, but he has changed that !

Azzy really likes Eddie too.

He watches him from his perch in the studio window and makes those hilarious open mouth noises that cats make when they see a bird at the buffet !

I am also joyful that tomorrow and Saturday

I will be gathering with my Arty Friends for some girlfriend time, food, wine, art-making and sleepover !

Though my pal Colleen who introduced me to the gang cannot make it, ;-( ,

I am looking very forward to spending time with the other NH ladies and lovely Linda who is driving in from Long Island for the fun !

I am also excited that next week, He and I :

will be chasing the spring time and the glorious blossoms

and recreating the wonderful trip we had three years ago to Virginia Beach in April.

I know it was three years ago because that is where we were when we heard the news that this Earth Day Baby had arrived :

and this year on Earth Day, April 22nd, we will be celebrating Kate’s third birthday !

Time sure goes fast…

But is so filled with sweet joys to celebrate !

Thinking about all of these joyful things makes me feel so very, very blessed !

Let’s keep the focus on what is good, Beautiful Ones, in order to create more of it !

Much Love and Happy Thursday !

 

For more joy or to share your own joy-filled stuff, head over to Meri’s blog. She is feeling poorly and needs some extra joy sent her way today.