Treasures...

As much as I've been complaining about this weather...

This last storm ended up being my wildly lucky day! I've been hoping for years to come across some nice tree rounds for seating and such things. This crazy weather we've had caused many trees to fall around here... blocking roads and creating havoc... but... it also meant that my wishes were answered!

Yup... tree rounds. A tree fell down the street from us... and the guy whose tree it was said we could have the rounds! YAY! For FREE! I love it when there's something I want so much... and if I'm patient it comes to me as something someone else is trying to give away!!!

I have plans for these beauties... the big one in the above picture is about 2 feet tall and about that in diameter. It took two of us to load it in the back of our van. It's beyond awesome! Anyway, four of them will live at the "directions" of my witch's garden (otherwise known as my circle garden), four will likely find places as seats, and the others are undetermined.

The day we picked up the wood seemed to be the first day of spring... it was cold and POURING rain all morning... then at noon the clouds parted and out came the sun! It's been nice since... and the weather report suggests that it'll be in the high 70's by Thursday. Bring it on, I say!!!

That orb in the sky...

Seriously... what is that bright thing in the sky? It blinds me. The world may be coming to an end. I'm so uncertain...

...for this is my recent memory... I have no others...

It's rained here for 11 straight days... all day... hail... rain... then back again...

The equinox passed with little fanfare here... we have been stuck in a winter rut...
Today some bright thing in the sky casts dark and light spots on the ground... I do not understand...
The weather report shows another 5+ days of rain ahead...
I remember hearing a story like this once... and I think the guy built a boat...
I best get working on that...

Leprechaun hijinks

The kids had great fun making stuff for the leprechauns... they built a pool so that the leprechauns could take a swim... because we all know that leprechauns love swimming???

And lucky for us... the leprechauns came by, leaving glitter, clover leaves, and bits of gold and crystals in return...

And indoors they left the leprechauns a bath station... because we take baths after swimming? I don't get the logic... but this stuff kept them occupied for quite awhile.

Apparently the girls forgot to leave the leprechauns something to dry off with... so they used the roll of toilet paper from across the room!

It was fun... and I realized how important it was to my kids that we acknowledge the leprechauns... because we almost didn't... and they were almost very disappointed.

Full moon

So, the full moon is nearly upon us... and I'm feeling it. Things are coming to fruition... and it's a bit frightening. Things I've wanted are happening... people I've really liked are becoming really good friends, I'm getting opportunities that I asked for, and... over all... things are going pretty smoothly. I'm busy, and tired, but still all is generally well.

It's new space for me to welcome success... my dad used to laughingly say that I never took the easy road. There's some truth to that. But not anymore... things are changing in my world... I am changing. A few months ago I felt a little bit like I couldn't find my reference points. Even those are back now... different... and somewhat new... but most definitely present. I have a new confidence in my own belief system... in my own abilities... and in myself.

I'm really OK... really coming into my own... in all of my 'mosiac-ness'... because I am so many things... improbably put together in the same being... so many potential interests, strengths, and perspectives.

Note: The picture is from the Astronomy Picture of the Day website I mentioned awhile back. It's a composite picture taken by Jean Paul Roux at the Blue Moon Eclipse a little over a year ago. You can find a short explanation here.

Wow!!!

I did it! I talked to my daughter's first grade teacher... and she's going to let me do the No-Fault Classroom Curriculum in her class! I'll be there every week... teaching 27 kids and a teacher how to be truly co-operative! OMG! What have I done???? LOL!

So, next Thursday we start... and lucky you... you'll get to follow me through this process! :)

Up first, creating a classroom agreement that maintains both physical safety and emotional safety in the classroom... 27 kids... a tired teacher... yup... I can do it! Eeek!

Whirlwind...

Last night I got a little inspiration bug or something (maybe because I was looking at Fancilicious Fairylands' blog where she makes a fairy village)... and I got going...

I finished my first project... that I think of as a Garden Fairy Shrine...

And I started AND COMPLETED two houses in my very own version of a fairy village! The first is a forest residence...

And the other is a "beach shack" of sorts...

They're really a fusion of inspiration from Knickertwist's and Fancilicious Fairylands... thanks guys!!!

So, it seems that I'm off and running... at least for now! ;)

It feels good... I feel like I'm expressing something I haven't been able to do before... though I can't quite put my finger on it.

Makin' a Mess...

I've kept at this creative thing (inspired by Kickertwist's Pixie Hill blog)... despite being completely flummoxed by it on more than one occasion...

It's beyond me how I can be bested by a little wooden board and some tiny pieces of paper... but it's taken me a full week to get here... and it's still not done...

Much of this was actually done this morning. I enjoyed the background painting process... and this is what I have to show for THAT fun...

And I have some plain wooden 1 inch x 1 inch blocks that I intend to do something with... I have a divination project in mind for these... we'll see how it turns out...

I also discovered that I have some dried flowers from eons ago... and check out the FOUR LEAF CLOVER!!! How could anyone have one of those and not know it??? SCORE!

So... I'm still on the art thing... trying to let my creativity out and let myself do some unstructured play... I've been so good at the logic/list/learn thing for so long... this really does feel good... although sometimes I have to remind myself to just commit... it almost doesn't matter how it turns out... I just have to FINISH something! This will hopefully balance my "doer" mentality that makes my life feel so frustrating.