From where I am…

Magical skylines,

marigold mourning,

mysterious mariposa…

and looking for the light…

saved me today.

Big love to you, Beautiful Ones.

Haiku My Heart–Look Within

 

It’s not outside you.

Realize this, then look in.

Watch beauty unfurl.

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This was a message I got today.

Doesn’t it make you feel more powerful,

more hopeful,

more sure,

to know that the answers,

the strength,

the possibilities,

the Spirit,

is in You ?

I am going to go with that today !

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Stay tuned for more about this precious little butterfly book I created while at e.b.’s house. I have some bits to add to it, and then it may just be available for someone purchase for their very own !

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For more haiku loveliness and wonderful hearts,

head over to recuerda mi corazon.

Happy Friday !

Sweet Spring Weekend

Busy weekends sometimes mean no time for hair primping.

That’s when a good hat can be a Queen’s best friend !

Like this great one I ordered for myself recently from a fundraiser that Kal Baretski ([i] love life blog) did for the Live Out Loud Adoption Project. Cute hat, great artist, a word that so works for me on it,  and giving some $$ to a great family and a great cause.

A win win win, right ?

And it means that I can be lazy once in awhile, and cover up bed head, instead of having to blow dry every day!

My fun and busy weekend started on Friday.

I was lucky enough to head over to Ink About It in Westford, MA for a class with my friends Patti and Colleen.

It was a workshop on how to use Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plates ! Fun and messy ! My kind of art !

We had lots of fun with our great teacher, Ursula Smith, slapping paint around, and creating some great background papers with this fun tool !

These are some of the awesome pieces of paper that came home with me. Yummy stuff for the journal !

My favorite technique was the one using stencils and the Gelli plate. It also gave me an excuse to buy a few more new stencils from Crafter’s Workshop that I had been coveting !

I really enjoyed the class. I think my favorite piece was actually my scrap paper used to roll excess paint off of my brayer and the stamps. How cool is this ?

Saturday was spent mostly outside in the back yard. Poop patrol, picking up branches and ball throwing for the sweet pooch filled a lot of the day !

Plus the customary, and so very lovely Saturday afternoon nap with my Honey.

Sunday was unexpectedly beautiful here in NH.

They were calling for rain but it was a sunny, warm day instead.

What could we do but pack up the beach chairs, a bucket for some rocks, stop by and pick up Colleen and head to the beach for the afternoon?

North Beach in Hampton was pretty quiet.

It was Mother’s Day after all and I guess that’s where the people were.

Perfect for the three us !

While walking along the surf, Colleen and I saw quiet a few of these little butterflies struggling in the sand and water.

Strange !

Colleen rescued a couple of them, picking them up and bringing them to the dry, warm rocks to sit in sun and dry out.

I think I am going to have to start calling her “The Butterfly Whisperer.”

All in all, a super nice weekend.

The week ahead is a busy one.

Lots of rock orders to fill, house cleaning and getting ready for my Mom’s visit on Friday., and I am feeling itchy with a few creative ideas in my head that need to be put into action.

And of course, I also want to remember to take the time to enjoy the sweetness of Spring time whenever possible.

Happy Monday, Beautiful Ones !

I hope your week is filled with sweets !

Squeeze ‘em tight !

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

~Henry David Thoreau

I am off being the very best friend I can be for a dear One who needs me.

Friendship is a gift and and honor.

Squeeze your friends tight today and make sure they know how much you love them.

Happy Tuesday, Beautiful Ones !

 

(This photo is one I snapped at The Butterfly Place two years ago, on a magical adventure with my friend Colleen. Love you, Sweetie !)

Simple Woman's Daybook for Monday, May 3, 2010

FOR TODAY

Outside my window... I see a cloudy day with temps. that feel like summer. Everything is in BLOOM !

I am thinking...that Monday isn't feeling too bad this week, especially after having such a nice full weekend.

I am thankful for... the fun, spontaneous adventure that Colleen and I had at the Butterfly Place in Westford, Mass. I felt like a kid, full of wonder at the beauty and colors that Nature has put into this wonderful symbol of transformation and creativity. Butterflies ROCK IT !!!

From the kitchen...half-caff coffee is doing it for me in the morning - just enough caffeine to wake me up but avoid the jitters as long as I stick to one big cup. Looking forward to Tacos a la Carbon (Cooking Light Recipe referred by my pal Sonia) - lime, chili powder, garlic and cilantro - what could be better !

I am wearing... a blue night shirt - posting then going to get dressed !

I am creating...some really exciting pieces for an art assignment for possible publication. Whether they get accepted or not (the last one didn't - but I am over that, really, I am... ;) ), I am in love with what came out and also how the process flowed. Very cool and loose - just like freed up creativity should be !

I am going... to package up some rocks today for delivery to Full Spectrum Wellness, the center where I take my meditation class. The Rock My World rocks will be in their entrance room in a lovely bowl for anyone who wants to enjoy the love and maybe even spread it on...

I am reading...and loving Diana Trout's Journal Spilling - Mixed Media Techniques for Free Expression. It is so colorful and the techniques and prompts are helping me recharge my art journaling and stay loose which I am really appreciating right now.

I am hoping... that the nice juju I am feeling on this Monday continues throughout the week...

I am hearing... the fan whirling in my window (it is 78 degrees here at 10:00 am !) and the sweet birds all around in the maple trees, enjoying the nesting day.

Around the house...white lilacs in full and delicious bloom, tulips huge and ending their show, nicely raked yards (David, you Rock !!!) and the green...

One of my favorite things...Derwent Inktense Pencils ! My new favorite tool. I cannot believe the color that is held withing these pencils and that fills the page with just a bit of water. Just gorgeous ! Found some at Michaels (they are out now!) one day and got to use the 50% off coupon. Not cheap but the best color since Golden I think ! And you can write over them in anything !

A few plans for the rest of the week: finishing up my art assignment, creating a giftie for my Mom's 65th birthday (her party is next Saturday in Montreal - I am beginning to think they should name the highway after me I travel it so much these days !), Meditation Monday, walks with the doggy and hopefully some sweet friend time thrown in there too.

Here are the pictures for thought I am sharing :

A few of the amazing creatures Colleen and I saw at the Butterfly Place

and managed to capture before Colleen's camera batteries died.

The trip was not planned at all that day and I, of course, didn't have my camera. We shared Colleen's which was fun. Next trip, and there will be a next trip asap, I will have my camera plus a back up battery ! What eye-candy !!!!

My latest journal page (click to enlarge) :

I had fun creating these doodle characters out of some roughly stenciled numbers.

"The Score" (purple face, great hair) reminded me of Mike Score, the lead singer of A Flock Of Seagulls.

Which then reminded me of this song and my oldest friend, Tracy and I, rocking our spiked hairdos and dancing and singing along with our teenage hearts full of teenage angst and longing...

Ahhh, the 80's!

Enjoy the flashback ! Happy Monday, Beautiful Ones !