Happy December

and a reminder

that from now on

you can find me on

Instagram 

under the name

Les Dames D'Abord 

Come and share 

in 

the enchantment of winter

 

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 and in 

all 

the seasons

of your life.

It's like Narnia out there 

where I live

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 and on the 

inside

there will always be

a place 

for you.

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Make a Wish From a Simple Life

and 

a bouquet of fragrant moments bloom. 

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Dear readers and friends,

I am back temporarily

to 

announce that I am gathering

all the moments

we've spent together

at 

Castles Crowns and Cottages

into 

a self-published hardback memoir

of

blogging with you.

  

With original photos 

from my studio

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and life as far

as I can reach it

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I hope to offer 

the best blog posts

from 

Castles Crowns and Cottages

revised and edited. 

Copies will be available 

on demand

sometime at the twilight 

of this year.

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The only things missing

will be the music 

and 

the comments we've shared

but when you page through the years

gather 

the fragrance of your life 

and

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My Life

has been beautifully

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slightly disordered

and 

disrupted.

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But as I examine the 

external forces beyond

that have slowed me down lately 

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I treasure

the greater might

within me...

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within 

you. 

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Internal Peace 

is

For All Seasons.

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Wishing you the most beautiful

 

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and 

peace-filled

Easter, Passover afterglow

and all the other

celebrations 

of 

YOUR LIFE.

From Moment to Memory

to the retelling

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a

very special holiday experience

risks becoming 

ordinary

in a rushed attempt to condense it

in these last few days of 

2013.

So I'll just say

that 

I'm back home

at home castles crowns and cottages

 

at home castles crowns and cottages

at home castles crowns and cottages

 

at home castles crowns and cottages

after spending

Christmas

with my cousins

in 

Southern California.

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 I hope to find the right language throughout

2014 

to produce the imagery that celebrates  

the forgotten 

and 

hidden treasures 

of

our lives because

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Thank you dear readers, friends and family

for following. See you in 2014!

 

 

OCTOBER...

a time to acquire 

what's in vogue

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a 

time to hunt

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and  

gather for the table

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and home

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and then to 

indulge.
 

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But October 

is also 

   

The only time 

you can look up and see 

gold 

fall from the sky.

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Whether it's

your latest

 gardening crush

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summer destination

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home improvement plans

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or other personal interests

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to follow.

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I hope you will continue

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getting any updated posts

due to my uncertainty as to

how these changes work

please let me know!

Keep shining everyone.

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