Put on your Party Dress

Put on your Party Dress
and get ready to dance!
Twirl in the sunshine
Laugh
Sing

Soon the flowers will shine
the sun will come out
Rejoice and be Happy

Do you have hearts hanging from your dress?
Do you have love sitting on your shoulder?
Enjoy each moment and Dance!

Celebrate Feb. 14th

LOVE is in the air
I can feel it everywhere
Just take a peek in any store
For sure you cannot ignore
For valentines, chocolate, and flowers
shine with dazzle before your eyes.
Red is the color of the season.
So dance and celebrate
the LOVE that sings and bubbles up with JOY.

What are you planning for your special Valentines?

Spirit Whispers

One way that I listen is through creating a collage.
Saving meaningful pictures from magazines, including words I see.
Then when the time comes to struggle through a particular issue,
celebrate a new year, set goals, or tell a story; I take all the
pictures and words I have been collecting.
Sorting through the pictures, cutting,
and pasting with a particular goal in mind
opens windows and thoughts I hadn't realized were there.
Some people add their own personal touches with ink, crayons,
or paints to make an art journal.

I am very visual and seeing this creation in front of me
definitely speaks to me in whispers and sometimes load shouts.
Do you use art to help you see more clearly?

Tea Goodies

A light oolong tea sits in my cup today.

Beside the cup sits a Girl Scout chocolate mint cookie.

Different teas call for different goodies.

I love a rich date or fruitcake during the winter holidays

with a rich black tea.

Often an Asian savory, such as a steamed bun

goes wonderfully with a special oolong.

Green teas encourage me to eat a lovely salad of lettuce or fruit.

In my humble opinion a lovely piece of chocolate or

a lemon tart goes well with many teas.

What tea and goodie do you prefer?

What combination makes your mouth say yummm?

Have a warm cozy weekend with a cup of tea

and something special sitting beside the cup.

Trees

Gorgeous Art Quilts at the Oregon Garden on Saturday.

The one just above was constructed of tiny 1/8" pieces of fabric cut

and layered on the fabric, then held in place by a fine netting.

It was quite beautiful.

Bare trees in the garden reminded me of the beauty

in nature reproduced on fabric.

Trees 

I think that I shall never see

A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest

Against the sweet earth's flowing breast.

A tree that looks at God all day,

And lifts her leafy arms to pray,

A tree that may in summer wear

A nest of robins in her hair;

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;

Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me,

But only God can make a tree.

by Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918)

French Crepes

Yes, these are definitely French Crepes.
Why do you ask?
Some years ago we had a French student, Stephane, stay with us for awhile.
He was only 13 years old, but he definitely knew how to make crepes.
I hadn't made them in a long time, but decided to make them recently.
Oh, are they good.  I had forgotten.
It won't be so long the next time.
We filled them with some berries and cream cheese,
with a sprinkle of powdered sugar.
My son put bacon and cheese in his.
Also love fresh squeezed lemon with a sprinkle of powdered sugar.
I think almost anything would be good inside.

Here is Stephane's recipe:
French Crepes

6 eggs
3 tablespoons cooking oil
Almost 1 2/3 cup of flour
Scant teaspoon of salt
2 cups milk
1 cup water

Mix and let rest awhile.
Then cook in crepe pan or rounded side skillet.

Enjoy!

Kaleidoscope

Taken through the small hole of my kaleidoscope.

Kaleidoscopes have always intrigued me.

Do you love looking through the small hole

and seeing all the beautiful colors?

Recently attending a quilt show

I noticed the kaleidoscopes of quilts.

Looking through the small hole of my camera,

the colors said "notice me"

The patterns, oh so beautiful.

It would be lovely to snuggle under

a kaleidoscope of color.