Rain Rain Go Away...

I know ..I know...I SHOULD want the rain..we here in Cambria are always in need of rain... but I have had enough..I want the sun... I want Spring..I want to work in my garden and have my morning coffee in my yard...I want to be able to paint my furniture ..which I do in my outside patio and when its so humid nothing dries..so my projects just line up...We have 2 storms lining up.. My front yard oak tree looks sad under the rainy gloom ...I heard in the news..tomorrow it will start and go straight thru to next week...sooooo I will
have to clean and organize another closet or dresser..read another book..try a new soup recipe and wait ... wait for the Rain Rain to go away....

Daddy's boy...

My husband decided he was going to help me with the sun room cleanup.. I hate doing the floors there...so off he went with Jujube trailing behind him like he always does
those 2 have become a inseparable pair since we lost our older dog which was my hubby's constant companion..somehow Jujube sensed that he was needed to replace her, while my husband works in his office, does yard work, watches tv ( Jujube loves tv!)
or just about anything..jujube is always there...well I was in my kitchen..listening to the 2 of them..My husband moving furniture, while yelling at Jujube to stop bringing his ball to play..while he worked ....all of a sudden I noticed it was awfully quiet in there.............and here is what I found! My two boys fast asleep.. they didn't even wake when I took their picture...I guess mom will have to finish the floors huh???

A Courageous Start!

I have been trying to organize my Guest/Sewing room for several months now...and its been a VERY slow process.. The room intimidates me..taunts me....scares me to be perfectly honest.....I try ..I really do...to come in and sort thru the fabrics, items for my shop..things that need to be transformed into the image that ran thru my mind..the moment I saw it and "had to have it"..( there are alot of these )..and anything else I hide there..until I have time...
What makes it so hard to organize...is that I do not have enough storage in this room and my walk in closet needed to be purged first to make room for these items that i do want to keep and be able to "find" ..( sound familiar?? ..I hope I am not the only one!!! )....SO I end up closing the door to this room...alot and talk talk talk about what I plan to do there...WELL.... since we have had some rainy weather here...I am happy to say I actually made a small dent.! It is still a long ways to go but I am feeling good at my courageous start!.Check out Patti's Artful Design and see how she organized her space! ..I decided to go ahead and post my progress! I can't wait until I can actually go in sit at my table and be able to work in a peaceful creative environment! Have you organized any new spaces in your house lately??? Doesn't it feel good to start???

My Dream Home....

On my way to my booth every day I pass by this house in the countryside...Its my dream home..
Some people that live here would probably not choose this house because it does not offer any of the wonderful ocean views Cambria has to offer...but this house speaks to me..the Green valley surrounding it...the privacy...the silence...No need for curtains here..because no one can see you for miles...I would have all sorts of animals in my little farm if I lived here ( Oh did I say my husband would not be caught dead there...he likes new homes and he is NOT a farm boy at all , but this is my fantasy home, and in my fantasy he would miraculously change and want to live here ! ) All my animals chickens,cows and pigs would all have names ...no one would ever be killed ! Yes a no kill farm! I would have a section for dogs and cats that I would rescue from the SPCA until I found homes for them...( Oh of course I would be wealthy because I had to maintain all these animals..and of course.. I would have someone come in and clean for me every week..I think of this every time I pass this house...I wonder if the reality of living this life would be just as wonderful as the fantasy??? Do you have anything your dream about????

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Unexpected Visitor.....

We had 3 visitors ...in our side yard...one weekend. A family of three came to rest and sleep under our Oaks ...I was relaxing in our bedroom when I heard the sound outside our bedroom deck of little hooves...going up the steps...as I peeked out the curtains a fawn was investigating my deck its planters and chairs and was trying to peek into my husbands office which also leads into the bedroom deck.. his curtain was open and he was on a business call ..so he was unaware of this little guys spying on him...I did not have my camera..so I did not get that shot..he stood for a long time..looking and listening..his little tail switching back and forth just staring....it was so funny....then bored turned and went down the steps where mom and dad waited......then they all went and laid under our tree by the fence hidden buy the tall hedges we have there.. that's when I got my camera and shot the pictures ... they stayed all day.. ...I was so happy they found a safe harbour there...some people do not like the deer because they eat their plants....I love them...such sweet gentle faces they have...wonderful magical creatures!

A new page to fill ...

I woke up this morning feeling Hopeful!

Like that song says ."A book with an empty page waiting to be filled " ..anything can be written in those pages.!..How you view your world..and events around you will fill those pages..and in turn create your reality.....and that reality is how you create so to speak your inner peace or turmoil.......so many opportunities lie ahead..choices to be made..which in turn shape and direct your life...I for one have decided to fill my pages with positive loved filled words of inspiration, hope, and opportunities...Challenges will be gently looked at as lessons ...meditated upon before placing in my book...and I am hoping I will succeed more than not at looking at the bright side of things...before placing them on that page....I am going to be more thankful for each day I have and make a conscience effort to choose wisely what I write on these pages of my life...these are not resolutions..just new way of viewing my Life from here on......I feel Hopeful..

How are you all feeling this first day of the year????????

Esther My Mother

This weekend was my mother's Birthday.. she is 77 this year. The past several years have been

very difficult for her and her health and our family..Family dynamics change when there is a illness. It has been hard.

Esther my mother is French. Born to Claude and Rafaela Croissier who's parents were french immigrants who moved to Cuba and owned a sugar plantation. I wondered this weekend as I sat on her bed talking to her and going over old photos and thinking of my childhood and hers ...just how certain memories stay with you forever..and how your interpretations of events that happened in the past often take on a life of thier own in each others memories and hearts......what I saw and felt was often viewed and felt differently by my parents....how we all see the world in our own eyes and can never really see through anothers.....We moved like gypsies all thru the U.S due to my fathers job transfers...The excitement of the new adventures ahead..stayed with me and shaped my reaction to change..and adaptabilites to differant people and places..They were good experiences.

We had good times and bad, but we were a family and I knew she always was there for me. My mother and I are very differant..we are not made from the same cloth..but we have gifts we share, that connect us and help us understand each other in some ways more than others ..I wanted to salute my mother today in my blog...and say thank you to her. Esther my beautiful mother that I love.