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I want to make sure at least one of you will not get pinched on St. Patrick’s Day. I won’t be selling these pins as I think it would be a copyright infringement and I don’t feel right selling someone else’s beautiful art work. I know some of my pins have old artwork, but I see a difference in something over a century old with no trademark or copyright, and something recent from an artist who is actively illustrating and working. Anyway, I often find tattered old books at the thrift stores, but cannot stand to see the lovely illustrations get thrown out just because a book is falling apart. I rescued some Anita Lobel illustrations and made some pins for personal use. She’s got some of the most adorable art work!!
Michaela and I will gather up the names of the commenters on February 28th and I’ll let Michaela draw a winner. So leave a comment! Some lucky person can wear this bit o’ green pin and be sure they don’t get pinched. Lynn Yes, I am done stressing about school for right now because it totally went on the back burner this week. Appointments. Shopping. Family traveling home. Get-togethers. I ask you, how can anyone do school work? It’s time for our winter break here, and I intend to enjoy it.
Is all dead in winter? I don’t think so. The withered rose blooms on my rose bushes look so pretty to me. There’s a sad sort of beauty about them: clearly dead or dying, yet with a touch of summer’s red-pink blush left. Makes me think of our lives. The brevity. The uncertainty. The beauty. The joy. We’d better enjoy one day at a time. Oh yes. Life, I think I said. I pulled a bloom from a rose bush and this little mayfly-looking winged creature came out. I felt bad for disturbing its resting place, but it flew away, hopefully to find another rosebud. There’s life, all the time, when we look for it. On other, less serious note, I’d advise you to visit homemadedollhouse.blogspot.com to read about our beautiful foreign doll and her current endeavor.
It is a worthwhile project, as I feel sure you’ll agree. Around the net: I stumbled across the most beautiful blog with the most adorable header yesterday. Just take a look. I made a screenshot because I figure that after winter this header will be gone.
You’ll have to visit Turkey Feathers yourself to see the snow falling across the header of this beautiful blog. Enjoy this day. Lynn If you’ve tried to visit me today and my site would not come up, or if you are noticing odd characters on my blog, I was hacked today. It’s sad that anyone would do that, but it happens — frequently. This is the first time for me. Good reasons to back up your files. Keep your wordpress and plug-ins updated. And remember to smile. It’s just a thing. Lynn Louise at The Pink Gate tagged me for some fun!
1. What are your nicknames? Hmmm. “Sandra Lynn The Big Fat Hen” comes to mind. I was called that because I was so skinny in elementary school. I loved it. 2. What game show and/or reality show would you like to be on? Well, not having TV, I have no idea! Maybe one where everyone wins a lot of money. 3. What was the first movie you bought in VHS or DVD? Bambi, for the boys when they were little. 4. What is your favorite scent? Easy. Lavender from the garden. 5. If you had a million dollars that you could only spend on yourself, what would you do with it? If it had to be spent on me, a beautiful country house with gardens, the home being decorated in total shabby chic. 6. What one place have you visited that you can’t forget and want to go back to? The Appalachian mountains. 7. Do you trust easily? It depends on the initial feeling I get. 8. Do you think before you act, or act before you think? A little of both, depending on what situation it is and what kind of mood I’m in. 9. Is there anything that has made you unhappy these days? Losing my dear friend, Melissa. 10. Do you have a good body image? Yes, for the most part. 11. What is your favorite fruit? Bananas. 12. What websites do you visit daily? Five In A Row. 13. What have you been seriously addicted to lately? Oh my, you know it’s the thrift store. 14. What kind of person do you think the person who tagged you is? A very sweet person; creative and sensitive; protective of those around her. 15. What’s the last song that got stuck in your head? Gladly, a hymn. 16. What’s your favorite item of clothing? Right now, a teal linen skirt. And a white billowy blouse. 17. Do you think Rice Krispies are yummy? No. 18. What would you do if you saw $100 lying on the ground? Try to get it back to whoever it belonged to. 19. What items could you not go without during the day? Hot tea. My greens and whey drink each morning. 20. What should you be doing right now? Lesson plans! But every teacher needs a mental health break, right?? Lynn How to play: If you’ve been tagged, post your own answers to the questions on your blog. Tag eight other people, and add links to the blogs of the person who tagged you and the people you tagged. If you visit here and want to play, consider yourself tagged…and loved! |
I am a 40-something-year-old mother of four delightful children, have been married for 22 years to my carpenter husband, and live in a 1921 farm-style house. I find the most joy in my garden, growing and harvesting herbs and flowers and caring for our pet rabbits. I have a 21-year-old son, a 19-year-old son, a 16-year-old son, and a bright and bubbly (and very funny) 11-year-old daughter who is homeschooled. I'm a North Carolina girl and I love sharing North Carolina links and information. I'm a book lover, bird lover, gardener and aspiring herbalist. I seek no help for my thrift store addiction. I do medical transcription from home part-time.
To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never. In a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony.
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