hand in hand

And hand in hand,

on the edge of the sand,

They danced by the light of the moon,

the moon, the moon!

They danced by the light of the moon.

my son Bryan & his beautiful Nita

Happiest Anniversary

oh...thank you

I have to say that I was more than a little surprised to find that I had 3 of these in my mailbox all at once...that's a huge surprise and pretty humbling for me.

I thank you all from the bottom of my heart.

Lately I have been thinking so often of all the special women I have met throughout my life and work and especially those truly wise & wonderful, genuine and giving women that have touched my life in such a way that it changed my life forever.

Some are now long gone, or moved away as their lives changed,

and some are still there every day, a note in my email or a phone call...a letter...all like the fragrance of flowers coming through the window on a soft breeze.

How they have touched my life, whether it was a kind word, holding out their hand in true friendship, just being by your side when you needed to know that someone was there.

You never know whose life you touch as you go about each day.

Every woman deserves to know how very special they are.

and I thank you for this.

This is for all of you.

just the woman for the job

Farmer Boy has called me to the fields...he desparately needs parts from town and it seems that he's the only one that can handle this job....too many odd numbers to relate to the parts man behind the counter or something to that effect... besides the fact that he occasionally needs a break

from running the combine for hours on end...

so...sweet wife that I am...

I've come to "spell him off" for awhile.

now where is he?

there he is "ok honey", says my Farmer Boy.... "just finish up this little dab and I'll be back in no time!"

what a sweet talker he is.... and off I go..... and you thought I sat on the porch sewing a fine seam & playing dollies all summer... to be continued...

finding peace and quiet

in the early morning quiet of my kitchen I have my coffee and enjoy the peacefulness of my little farmhouse.

it's a lovely cool early morning here. the light is amber and the shadows are long. I've been out walking in the orchard in my nightgown, the hem drenched with dew.... and listening to everything waking up. I can feel fall coming in the soles of my bare feet- The doe and twins are down in the trees, ears perked and watching me, blackberries hanging from the branches of the red bud tree, the vines have twined up into it as a make-do trellis.....it's beautiful. the workers are down in the garlic fields, picking and trimming in the cool of the early morning...their straw hats bent...

my little rooster,Winslow, is letting us know the sun is nearly up...

this is where I can breath and find my peaceful self. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

So, in the meantime, I want to assure you,

my Dear Friends,

my quietness does not mean idleness, oh no!

My days are spent working & planning

and getting ready for my

Celebration Event

for all of you to enjoy & be a part of.

I'll be announcing the date very soon!

Please email me if you would like to be added to my mailing list for this

Wonderful Celebration Event!

I hope you all are enjoying these quiet & peaceful late summer days.

something wonderful is coming.......really...it is!

please email me if you would like to be added

to my mailing list for this

Wonderful Event!

such a beautiful girl

isn't it wonderful when lovely things happen for your friends?

I'm so pleased for my friend, Aleta Breese, who -just recently-

was quite notably and honorably awarded

with not just one

but 2

Toby Awards for her sweet bear,

Princess Mirabell & Sophie

Aleta & I had talked about us making a collaboration piece together. I would make wee doll to be with her beautiful Princess Mirabell ...

and so I made little Sophie-seen here with the illustrious Princess M. herself.

Sophie has had the honor of being her traveling companion to all the best soiree's,

award dinners & tea parties.

Not being educated in the bear maker's world,

I soon learned that earning

a Toby Award is very much akin to receiving an Academy Award

and being recognized as one of the best in your field.

TOBY (Teddy Bear of the Year) awards

are presented by Teddy Bear and Friends magazine.

See more about Aleta and her wonderful teddy bears here:

thesillybear

I have oohed and ahhed at seeing their formal portrait together.

Now, I must say that after having actually met

and held the Famous Princess Mirabell this past Friday that I was not prepared for what an absolutely beautiful bear she is in person.

she is indeed quite breathtakingly-

A most beautiful bear girl.

Her eyes speak volumes and she is dressed in such lovely antique clothing, complete with a tiny pale robin's egg blue purse and a sweet little cream silk parasol.

I was a little sad to have to put her back and wave goodbye to them.

I am so very happy and proud for Aleta

and I'm very honored to have been a small part of

her exciting journey into the Wonderful world of a bear maker's "Hall of Fame".

ps.I must apologize, Aleta, for not including our picture together...I'm afraid that whatever was on my camera lens marred our pictures, so if yours are much better, I look forward to seeing us both on your blog!

something wonderful is coming soon.....