Photo Friday: Breathtaking

FlatRock in April 2010

Lia & Esme brave the chilly water

Wishcasting Wednesday

I am so tired right now, and was just skimming the blogs I have on my reader, not planning to reply to any really, or even take the time to post anything, but I read Jamie's post about Wishcasting Wednesday and it struck a chord with me - as tomorrow is my gift-daughter's Sweet Sixteenth, and I wish her much - so I had to post something small...

She asked: What do you wish for your family?

And to that I reply:

• I wish my gift-daughter Esme a life of joy and laughter, love and happiness, enough to be satisfied but not so much to lose the drive and desire for more: more life, more learning, more exploring.


• I wish my father health and happiness and joy, contentedness in his life and where things are now.
• I wish my mother peace and love and light, and happiness and joy.


• I wish my grandmother health and joy and vitality.


• I wish my Sunshine peace and joy and laughter and love, health and well-being, and a feeling of safety and security.


• And for everyone in my family, whether by blood or history or heart, I wish you enough. (And yes, I am referring to that cheesy, get-the-tissues-out story that you've been forwarded a million times in your email, but in case you haven't seen it, you can read it here.)

TiLT: It's Been a Great Week

♥ My Daddy♥


♥ Zen Picnics by the Lake with Cheeky Chipmunks♥


♥ Radiant Girls and Trees (and in them!) ♥


♥ Rocks and Roots and Sandy Glades ♥


♥ Forest Understories and Rocky Beaches ♥


♥ Esme's Drawings ♥


♥ Dressing up and Special Rocks ♥


♥ Hanging out at Flat Rock ♥


♥ Candy Colored Sailboats on the Lake ♥


♥ Hanging out with these Beach Bums ♥


♥ Home and All Its Surprizes ♥


♥ Honorable Mentions: Hug Your Fat, the new Foamy: Fat Idols, Darwin's Survival Game, Which Scientist Should You Date? (Galileo for me, if you were wondering...), Caramelldansen! And now I can go to bed.... Zzzzzzzzz......

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TiLT: Counting

♥ Five years with Jacqueline ♥


♥ Esme when she wakes up (x4) ♥

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♥ Emma's having a baby! (+1!) ♥


♥ Bubbles and swings and girls in pink on sunny green picnic days... ♥


♥ Honorable Mentions: Fake Cocoa Puffs with Marshmallows, watermelon sherbet, cheap new jewelry, sleek fuzzy cuddly kitties, shiny old jewelry, sunny days, old poems, knowing no matter what everything will be ok...

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TiLT: May is here!

♥ Esme in Decora style... Oh and those gorgeous May flowers!


♥ Antonio's smiles, hugs, humor, style...


♥ Lia's self-portraits


♥ Picnics in fields of gold


♥ JoAnn's timeless beauty


♥ Honorable Mentions: Seven-Layer Dip, lime chips, margarita cake, bird song (particularly the wood thrush, robin, and chipping sparrow), puns and silly, geeky holidays, finding great art on dA, Jonathan Coulton, ridiculous movies, spring peepers...

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SPRING!

Today was a lovely day, and we took advantage of it to run down to Camillus and clean out my dad's frig. (He went to FL before the new year, and there were some ripe things in there...) Then we headed over to the park of my childhood, Shove Park (rhymes with shrove), to play and enjoy the sunshine. Now, I am sitting in the bedroom with both windows and the front door open listening to the cacophony of robins and chickadees and spring peepers! YES! Spring peepers for the first time this year! YAY!

Here are some pics:

The girls attempt to slide down together...


...while Ant hides out with his GBA...


and Da Momma reads.


Even I went down the slide!


Then we visited the old rocking animals...

I am sure my mom has pics of me on those things...
(And why does the Monkees theme song play in my head when I see this pic?)

What is that evil look on Ant's face?


OH NO!


He totally car-jacked Lia... XD


Fun day at Shove Park...

Before I forget...

...because I have a habit of doing that.

We've added some new things to the shop, just some little odds & ends I've been messing about with - and the kids too! Esme has her own section, and JoAnn & Ant will soon too. Hopefully we can get Lia to make some things to add as well...

Faerie Garden Fancies...

Tie-Dye Like Pentacle Pendant


Cornstalk Pin


I Have Your Heart drawing by Esme


Don't forget, everything posted in June is on sale! $2 off the first of the mermaids (only 2 of them left!) and 50% off the rest!

Keep checking back as we post more things nearly daily now, and we'll be adding Mabon items very soon! ^_^