Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine. -- Thomas Jefferson
I’ve been busy setting up a new online boutique through SupaDupa and very pleased with the results. Eye Catchers look beautiful hanging in a sunny window, from the trellis in your garden and even from a chain around your neck. One of a kind, like you. Also make a great gift for that special person who brings joy and light into your life. My Eye Catchers – Family Jewels Hung Well can be found at http://myeyecatcher.com
I watched as this giant green caterpillar traveled across the garden in late September. While it was making its way across a dead branch lying in its path, I went inside for my camera. I found it again at the very top, with nowhere else to go and helped him get safely back on the ground to continue on his journey to become a giant Polyphemus Moth in the spring.
I found some fabulous photos of the metamorphosis of this caterpillar into a Polyphemus Moth here at whatsthatbug.com .
The new Sew What Guild build is done over at Artfire and I’ve been busy as a bee setting up the new pages and creating banners and welcoming the members in the new forum. The new guild home page features a collection that members will need to create displaying other members’ items. So I made the one below. Click on the image to get a closer look at any of the fabulous items available for sale from the Sew What Guild members’ studios.
Did I mention that I am the Guildmaster for this talented and creative group?
“Perchance this cup will show it thee. Would’st thy fortune like to see?” is written around the outside of the cup. In the center of the cup is a sailing ship surrounded by fortune-telling symbols. Saucer is decorated with the signs of the zodiac, a shamrock is in the center. Both the saucer and the cup are in lovely condition. The original 1970s Taltos Fortune Telling Teacup and saucer by Jon Anton Ironstone – Made In England for A.G.D. Reg. No. 947345/6 is still available For Sale in my Artfire Shop at PattyAnn.artfire.com
My husband had accompanied a friend to a tea leaf reader who offered to tell him his fortune too. She told him to take a long walk and he would meet his Queen of Hearts an had he walked out her front door and turned left, he would have walked right past my house. We met in the Deserted Village of Allaire six months later where I worked in the General Store on one of his long walks through the park. It was love at first sight and we’ve been happily married for 35 years. I don’t read tea leaves but I do believe.
“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them. ”
A great quote by George Bernard Shaw
This photo was taken from the jetty on the other side of the inlet in Corona Del Mar. Didn’t catch any fish but the sunset was spectacular.
I am so grateful to SOSDogs.org for rescuing this little Yorkie. He lived behind a convenience store after being beaten and abandoned in the middle of winter last year. Severely matted and frightened, he survived on food left for him by people who cared but would not let anyone near him. After 2 months on his own, a woman and her two daughters, bless their hearts, spent 2 days in the freezing weather trying to coax him near enough to be able to catch him. SOSDogs (save our small dogs) paid for much needed medical attention and then he spent 6 months with a foster mom who taught him how to trust people and what life in a loving home looks like.
When I saw his little face on Pet Finders and read his story, I knew I wanted to adopt him. The process to qualify for a rescue such as this is rather extensive but we made it and Winston is now happily adjusting to life with our family.
Don’t you just love a happy ending?
Like jewelry for your home.
Eye Catchers are made with shells, sea glass, findings, vintage earring components and beads, chandelier prisms and all kinds of shiny, interesting dangling things that will surely catch one’s eye. Hang it in a sunny window, hang it on the Christmas tree or your car mirror. A great gift for that special person who brings joy and light into your life.
Give her the sun, moon and stars. This ornamental eye catcher looks great from any angle. The light shining through the shell paints such a lovely picture as does the sun reflecting through the center amber glass bead. 6 1/2 inches long from the silver metal corkscrewed hanger to the very bottom of the star.
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