work day

i spend the morning with up and coming artists

eclectic builders

work with visionary stylists

forward thinking architects

and happy musicians

all under the age of FIVE!

Preschool Christmas Music Program
this Thursday at 6:30
directed by ELK
consider yourself invited!
It is always standing room only
and quite festive....sometimes stage fright
always a lot of love!

looking up

an e-mail

arrived from a friend

reminding me of support
given a year ago as her 20 year old daughter
dealt with substance abuse as well as
depression among other serious life issues


this time of the year is full of emotions
it is a happy, joyous time

BUT

sometimes
holidays can be challenging

one may be experiencing
the holidays
without someone
for the very first time

job change

OR

just struggling
to make sense
of your daily life
and to-do list

take a breath
AND
take a break

TWO STARS

"You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should."

"MondayMoments" same place, same day each week to encourage
Karen spreads happiness and ask the age old question
54 plus one more has a great quote today as well
the quote in my post taken from a poem by by Max Ehrman

light show

all is calm at my house......

all is bright down the street!



do you like it? I cannot decide...

UNDER COVER

you may remember this tour of my year round garden ...
we do not get freezes that last more than a couple of days
when we do though my sweet helper Sam



and I haul out the garden quilts. It sounds crazy
but just covering up potted plants on the coldest evenings
can save them from damage



we group the pots together
and throw this quilt on the tender blooms
for the evening



there are a couple that are too heavy to move
so they get this warm beauty



these quilts are old and worn
adopted over the years
this blue toned one is an indoor only,
to wrap up in after the garden is protected



I am going to steer away from my yard for a couple of days
and will try to decorate my home for Christmas..it is time right?

have a wonderful weekend!

I paused

standing at pools edge
gazing at the shadows shimmering from the water
listening as the wind blows through the tall oaks
quietly embracing the moment

DOUBLE LOVE

BOOKS & DAUGHTERS WHO READ THEM!

Thank you for the years of very special memories
reading times together
forever etched in my mind and heart

apple and cranberry pie ---- oh my!

yes
I am like the cowardly lion
when pies are needed
my sister-in-law Kath
was the amazing
Thanksgiving
pie creator

the rest of us
had the easy part
and did it with joy!

there's no place like pie...there's no place like pie....

YARD ART

OPEN

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens;
but often we look so long at the closed door
that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”
Helen Keller

this one from a friend