Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend

From verdant paradise
 

 where CASTLES dwell

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to humble COTTAGES floating on the

cusp of perfection

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there is NOTHING that compares to the

Crown

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that we wear

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when we have a

friend near by.

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They say that 

Diamonds are a Girl's 

Best Friend

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 and perhaps that's 

true.

For MY TIARA

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is embedded with the most brilliant 

of 

Rare Finds

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whose facets  

dance like raindrops of hope

and call:

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Put on your diadem

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and add another diamond to

YOUR CROWN

by visiting

my most wonderful friend

Irina

from Witty and Wise
Gypsy in Me
Lovely Reveries


And remember how lucky we ALL are because

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Irina and I have the joy of visiting

regularly and talking

poetry
art
philosophy

and just about anything that makes us happy!

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Technical Difficulties? Take a Break

We all know what it feels like.

 

I have lost my specially dedicated post for the week

to BLOGGER technical difficulties.

Therefore, I will take a break.

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 And I will float OVER my dreams

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in hopes that I will wake up in a magical pumpkin patch

 and find my way back to remember that

Love to you all, my dear and wonderful friends.

 

Let a Bluebird Fly

It all starts with the strike of a key

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and where our fingers land is determined by how

 HIGH our hearts have soared.

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This sacred art of long-distance communication  

gives us the wings to fly

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 and the power 

to kindle a circuitry of life


across the miles

in order to trigger the

CREATIVE CONNECTION.

Last weekend in St. Paul, Minnesota

I finally met her.

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And through her luminous photos that I see every morning

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I guessed pretty accurately that

Koralee's character would be just as

bright

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and beautiful

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as the daily hospitality she dishes up for

 you and me.

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Amongst the passionate hum of a community of

artists, bloggers and business women

there we sat

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laughing


crying


and looking at each other 

in the eyes 

only to have to eventually

let go and say 


good-bye.

You see, you can't hold a beautiful bluebird in your hands

for too long.

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You have to  

open the window of your heart

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and

let a bluebird fly.

Once Upon a Life

Book making

 poetry

 

paper mâché.

Theatres in gold 

  
and shabby-chic gray.....

Through the years 

my childlike curiosity

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and ability to amuse myself 

through the creative processes

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have sheltered me from the darkening skies 

of the adult journey. 

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However, something HAD truly been lost: 

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the faith to

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that my creations could be of real value 

to others.

Then a very special exchange 

occurred one day.

There have been many kind "thank-yous" and 

compliments on my art since I started to

draw again after 40 long years

 

and I've never sent my drawings 

any further 

than to the addresses of 

dear blogger friends 

just for FUN.

But when designer and artist 

Lisa Moran from Bilancia Designs received 

some of my Audrey Hepburn sketches

the handmade treasures she sent me

 
were accompanied by not only 

sincere  gratitude

 

but with specific advice, direction  

and an expertise in the arts

that has actually EMPOWERED me

to dare to

and that is...

to awaken 

the artist in me

to TRUST

and to take my skills to NEW HEIGHTS

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and 

sell my art.

A busy school year requires my full attention

and my writing goals are of the 

utmost importance. 

But if anything, Lisa has 

made me think about 

NOT FORGETTING

the artist I once was as a child

and to develop my abilities as an 

adult.

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Please visit Lisa's beautiful world and 

heart

right HERE to see more.


MERCI MILLE FOIS, Lisa!

All miniature theatres, illustrations of animals and children and Audrey Hepburn by Anita Rivera Castles Crowns and Cottages