Castles Crowns and Cottages

Friday, December 16, 2011

When You Come

They say that 

When You Come

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for what seems to be a 

sacred interlude

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even that which dwells in 

the shadows

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is revealed upon the 

eyelids of your dawn

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 and comes to light.

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Your purity 

as it descends

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accumulates reckless abandon  

of exaltation 
  
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joy

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and play

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 in those 

who witness you fall so gently

from heaven 

to earth.

Your embrace muffles the 

white noise of daily life

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and illumines my path.

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All that has breath  

is waiting

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for 

When You Come.

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Header photos of horses:

Publication: Vogue China
Issue: December 2005

Name: "It's All About Capes and Coats"
Photographer: Sølve Sundsbø
Model: Carmen Kass

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Seeing Red

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or even

yellow

purple

and green

for that matter

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is a question of taking

notice

of what has always been

in front of you

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but seeing it

AGAIN

with new eyes.

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The world takes longer to

adapt

or may never even evolve

AT ALL.

But how we see it

can change

in an instant

if we just stop to

see red

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or any other arresting moment

of

fleeting wonder

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in order to create from our

REBIRTH

a work of art

a poem

or a new life

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that CAN alter how

we

see the world.

Bundle up this season

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and look out your window

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and watch

a miracle unfold.

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Saturday, December 3, 2011

What's Behind It All

on the other side of

this dividing curtain

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that weighs on the stage upon

which we

PREPARE?

If all the world

is truly a stage

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then is every life encounter

a

REHEARSAL

that

shapes our agility

and ability

to produce a certain

magic

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that casts a legacy of grace

on those who watch

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our fairytale unfold?

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THEREFORE 

when OUR stage lights twinkle

and signal to us 

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that the last 

DRESS REHEARSAL

is over

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the warm rays of 

  the spotlight 

will surely flood in

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to announce the 

MAGNUM OPUS 

of 

an eternal life time

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that will pull back the 

curtain to reveal

what's been

Behind It All.

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This post is linked to Doré from

Burlap Luxe

whose handcrafted theatres are a wonder to behold! She can make a theatre out of any anything!

Please visit her here for some Christmas twinkle...

and my small theatres will be available in my Etsy shop after the new year for-

"All The World is a Stage."
-William Shakespeare

Header credits from left to right top photos:

Character Constructions.com

Fête et Fleur

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Friday, November 25, 2011

L'Objet Qui Parle

Quiet holiday reflections

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slow us down long enough to

STOP

LOOK

and LISTEN.

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Gentle murmurs behind this

holiday season's sweet début

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always bring

someone special to mind

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but it's not always easy

to just go in and out

with that special object that

SPEAKS

TO YOU.

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While thinking of beloved ones

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or four-footed companions

this shopping season

STOP

SHOP

and LISTEN...

Which object speaks to you?

Here are some FANTASTIC

websites and Etsy shops that

offer handmade and vintage

items that will surely whisper

gift ideas for that special

someone!

Bilancia Designs