She Dreams of the Sea

Jack and Jill

Have a magical, blessed day

 

It seems that I am either in a “deep” and reflective mood or a fun and whimsical mood. When I am in a fun and whimsical mood I feel I should be deep and reflective and when I'm in a deep and reflective mood, I feel I should be more fun and whimsical! But I've learned to ride these waves of my personality. The warm days of Summer had been to “blame” for my light and carefree feeling these past couple months. Some mornings this Summer I would sneak out early with my tea, feel the sun on my face and watch the hummingbirds. I've never seen two hummingbirds at once but this Summer I felt blessed to see a pair. They would float around like beautiful green fairies and I would watch them in awe. I've felt the chill in the air the last few mornings, the leaves are crunching under my feet as I walk, the ravens are calling out to me. And I wonder what Autumn will bring.

Crystal and her crystal ball

 

  Crystal and her crystal ball

 

Crystal is a very magical witch.

I wonder what her crystal ball is showing her?

What do you think she sees?

The Queen

 

The Tale . . .

All day long The Queen pondered . . .

Four hundred and forty four

beautiful luxury castles

overlooking the river

and great dramatic parties are certainly interesting.

But . . . I think . . . I think I'd like to try . . . thinking!

The kingdom rang and moved upward.

Yes, thinking thoughts . . . now that would be really interesting!

The End

 

 

The Process ...

 

This painting is an altered page in my altered book.

(this book was recycled, destined for the landfill)

On a page I circled words that appealed to me.

Then I painted over the rest of the page.

I then paintedThe Queen.

Then I took the words that I didn't paint over

and made up the fun little tale.

 

And that was that!

Thanks for stopping by.

Pink Cottages and Happy Mermaid Days!

Up until four years ago I lived my whole life near the Ocean.

These past four years I've been a landlocked mermaid.

But it's only made me appreciate the Ocean even more.

Although I've been missing her so much.

Well I finally got to visit her.

A while ago I painted this watercolor of a pink beach cottage

and ever since

I've had a wish to stay in a pink beach cottage.

Well I got my wish last week!

I discovered the charming seaside town of Tybee Island in Georgia.

And would you believe I found a place called mermaid cottages!

They have the most adorable little pink beach cottage.

My sweet husband and I stayed here for five days.

It was heavenly.

Old friends came to visit . . .

We laughed,  flew a kite and walked on the beach.

I became renewed, a happy mermaid once again!