Retro Romp Room

An imaginary room, nice and cool.

Mother's Day Surprise

Motherhood: the gift that keeps on giving! 

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

Wake Up, Spring!

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

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!

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.

Pizza At Lily's Pad

Hope you're hungry!

Toccata in C# Minor, First Movement

Some visual music to brighten your day!

Sunrise Tea

A lovely sunrise and some strong tea are a nice way to start the day. I'm having Irish Breakfast today! Hope your day is glorious!!

Bouquet Globe

I like those fancy glass paper weights, but they're too expensive. So I made one out of pixels instead. I guess that's a little more practical for me, since I don't write or draw on paper anymore! Word processors and graphics software rock! Pixel flowers, however, do not beat the real ones.

Sheba's Room

My cat, Sheba, lives outside mostly, but if she lived in the Matrix, this would be a projection of her residual self-image: princess-diva!

Plein Air

This was really fun to make! The pieces of the collage are all photos I took of things around my house. The painting in the background is in the Cummer Museum of Art in Jacksonville, FL. I'll have to go back there soon and get the title and artist's name. I love going there!

Fairy Treats For A Cloudy Afternoon

The handbook for entertaining fairies: "The Girls' Book of Flower Fairies" by Frederick Warne, has the wonderful Nouveau style illustrations by Cicely Mary Barker, which were copyrighted from 1923-1948. My mother shared these same beautiful fairy illustrations with me when I was a girl, and I've loved them ever since. I love sharing it with my granddaughters. Our fairies live among the teapots ;)

Chihuly Water Garden Fantasy #3

Why should a lovely swan soup tureen stay cooped up in a stuffy museum? Now he has a pond as fantastical as he is!

{{Bunny Nest}}

Soooo. . .where DID you think Easter eggs come from??

Irish Medley

Happy St. Patrick's Day!