Sailing the Globe

If you could do anything in the world, what would it be?

Smooth Sailing

Happy Summer!

Retro Romp Room

An imaginary room, nice and cool.

The Helper

AKA, the Paraclete

There are 12 butterflies hidden in this picture!  See if you can find them all.  Click the title link to see it larger on Flickr.

Magical Deep Sea Aquarium

I made this for some little friends of mine, but I

like it too!  Only in your imagination can you get

a mermaid to live in an aquarium!

Hope Breaks Through

"Courage is not simply one of the virtues,

but the form of every virtue at the testing point. " C. S. Lewis

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/c/c_s_lewis.html

Mother's Day Surprise

Motherhood: the gift that keeps on giving! 

Tea Time

Modern life should never go so far as to give up the classics.

Happy Spring!

The Best Thing in the World

WHAT'S the best thing in the world?

June-rose, by May-dew impearled;

Sweet south-wind, that means no rain;

Truth, not cruel to a friend;

Pleasure, not in haste to end;

Beauty, not self-decked and curled

Till its pride is over-plain;

Love, when, so, you're loved again.

What's the best thing in the world?

--Something out of it, I think.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Rose Crackle Butterfly

This is my own handmade decoupage piece.  I'm having fun learning how to make animated gifs!

Rock Star

You rock!

Wake Up, Spring!

The Lotus Fairy is doing her stretches after waking up from her winter nap.

When In Doubt, Don't

I am SO looking forward to Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland with Johnny Depp!

This is my take on Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.

I grew up reading those books. 

I choose sanity!

Dancing Cherry Tree

Got Spring?

Butterfly Globe

For everyone who is cold, or snowed-in:

Something to cheer you, warm you and remind you that,

yes, Spring will eventually return!

Believing is Seeing

Happy New Year!

Keep the faith, hold on to hope, and walk in ever-increasing love. 

Silent Night, Holy Night

Merry Christmas!

The Bruncheon

An illustration from my new book.  The badge on the right of the blog page will lead you to it.

Storybook Cottage

A place for little lambs to heal. . .

Credits for images used in this composite (the bench and stepping stones are my photos):

Cool old paper grunge abstract texture © Kirill Alperovich

Princess © Aaleksander  
Sheep © Jean Schweitzer  
In the Garden © Joshua Haviv  
Old cover of book isolated on white © Larisa Lofitskaya
Isolated butterflies © Imv  
Green Abstract   © Elena Ray
All images from Dreamstime.com

Princess Banquet

You never know who you might be entertaining. . .

The Fairy Party

Tinkerbell, mid-flutter, welcoming the guests.  Everyone wore sparkly jewelry, sipped on pink punch and nibbled on pieces of a birthday cake with wings (yes, the cake had wings, not the people!  except for the birthday girl, and of course, the fairies).  A fun time was had by all!

Good Morning, Sunshine!

Life is good!

Butterfly Garden #2

Enjoy the last warm days of summer!

See the title link for image credits.

The Magnificent Obsession

"I am my beloved's, And his desire is toward me." Songs 7:10

Garden Jewels

A little impression of summer before summer turns into fall. I'm so grateful for all the rain we're getting in Florida~ it makes everything so green!

Pizza At Lily's Pad

Hope you're hungry!

Tea and Mystery

I thought I'd share a wonderful website I happened upon today~ all about tea, tea parties, etc., with lots of links. I love mystery, but I also like to find great info, and this has a wealth of it! Enjoy! http://teas2dine4.com/

Floating Flower

I wish you the joy that comes from knowing your true identity.

The Emerald Forest

Every once in a while, a picture seems to make itself. This was one of those!

Click on the title link for image credits.

Sitting Room With Pink Stripes

There is something therapeutic about cutting pictures out of magazines, and the colour pink.