happy new year. . at last!

wishing a wonderful happy new year to you all!

(i eventually made it onto my blog)

the snow and the cold has kept us busy

exploring & exclaiming

then the thaw and the greenery uncovered

and more exploring & inspecting to be done

we have cuddled sleepily round pinecone fires

melted the last of the christmas candles

and eaten the last of the festive food

and we have been making plans...

setting new ventures for this new year

i have re-drafted & updated my business plan

and now have projects to finish & targets to reach.

I shall share them here very soon.

i am feeling nervous & apprehensive,

but so excited and raring to go!

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i shall catch up with you when i can x

decembers treats . . .

how wonderful, waking to sparkling snow

the perfect start to our christmas week

a peaceful, stillness settled all around

away from the hustle & bustle

this beautiful countryside

unspoilt and wild

and on closer inspection

tiny forests of frost

and tinkling decoration of icicles
dancing over the rushing streams

for the first time ever i am all ready, "early" for christmas!

as the evening falls, and we settle down in our wee house

for days filled with precious family time

i wish you all a very wonderful, smile filled christmas

x x x

velvet evenings & the magic begins . . .

in the countryside, quiet evenings

of the last month of this old year with the velvet of night time tucked around me

like a cosy & familiar blanket

my thoughts ran to the magic of christmas and i pondered times past, present & future

the giving & the sharing & the meaning. . .

those thoughts stirred others in my mind

i set about making (the 1st time since too long ago).

i have unburied my boxes of treasures

& began beading berry red hearts

and wondering what gifts i could make

with my bundles of richly coloured ribbons

i have brushing glittering gold

onto my christmas card designs

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such enjoyment in the stitching & painting

and making things to give, with love.

and for me, its part of the magic of christmas

x x x

robert kirk . . . elves, faeries & fauns

a trailer for the intriguing, award winning, scottish film "kirk"

about a 17th century reverend, robert kirk, who believed in faeries

he wrote a book "the secret commonwealth of elves, fauns & faeries"

the film was produced by 17yr old michael ferns

where the wild things grow . . .

a world of tiny wonders . . .

(a faerie pup, or a giant mushroom? )

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i am loving our wrapped up, breezy strolls

through woody places, over grassy meadows

watching as autum paints the world with burnished hues

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