Chatterbox



Chatterbox

Actually in my daily life I am not much of a Chatterbox. I don't go around telling everyone my life story over and over again. I tend to keep things close to the belt. I recognize a chatterbox quickly. This is a terrible thing to say but I can only take a chatterbox for a nano second. They tend to make my head swim because rarely do they have anything positive to say. I have become a peace and quiet person. As I get older I seem to have gained more of a male personality in that respect. I see why men tune people out. Blah Blah Blah I just don't want to hear it anymore. Grumpy aren't I? I think I will just be politically correct and say it this way. I don't like taking in other people's negative energy. That sounds better doesn't it?



Inner Imagery

Inner Imagery

I love mermaids. When I was little I would pretend to be a mermaid as  I swam in my neighbors pool. For hours I would sit on the pool step pretending to have a big fancy tail. This of course was a long time ago. Long before mermaids were as popular as they are today.
I guess I was one of the lucky ones that could play for hours on imagination alone. No video games or texting or ever saying "I'm Bored". I don't remember ever being bored as a kid. I would ride my bike around the neighborhood for hours or rollar skate pretending to be in the derby. Now adays you rarely see children out playing. Were did all the children go? Are they all in their air conditioned houses sitting on the couch playing or watching videos? My personal observation is kids don't seem to be as happy. If they are, they hide it pretty well behind the hair over their eyes and the chronic frown they like to wear so well. I hope their chronic frowns are not a chronic condition of our future grownups. I don't know how our future children will grow up, but I am glad I had the chance to play outside and pretend I was a mermaid.

The Map by Colette Baron Reid

Lost in Wishful Thinking

I thought I would be clever and do some oracle cards based on "The Map" only I just discovered that Colette has a beautiful deck coming out in November. I can tell you that from what few cards I have seen on her Facebook page, they are going to be worth the wait. Her new deck is certainly on my wish list. Until then I will keep making up my own.

Admitting my Goblin

Clutter is my Goblin

I have been a bit sporadic the last couple of weeks. All over the place with managing my time. I just will have to admit the fact I have not had much time to create new digital pages. Every day I give myself a de-clutter job when I get home from work.  So I have been outside cleaning up the yard or going through my garage. I don't know about other people, but my garage is the dumping land of guilty purchases. I heard this rumor that the garage used to be a place to put your car! HAHA!! For me, it is a vast land of boxes. Inside these boxes are the "I dont have time to deal with that now crap". Getting ready for a garage sale, getting items ready for listing on Ebay and Etsy and throwing loads of crap out is exhausting! Oh did I mention I am also getting ready to sell my house? One major reason for the de-clutter my life project.  But back to my stuff. Does this stuff multiply like mold on bread or what? How does one acumulate so much stuff? That I can answer for my life. I buy some crafty project thinking I am going to go right home and create a masterpiece. I get home from this hard day of shopping and sit this future masterpiece down to do later. Only later never comes and it never gets done. Then I feel guilty about it and go buy a nice plastic storage container to hide it in so as not to look at my now guilt ridden shopping spree. I then find myself back at the craft store like a moth to the flame buying more stuff for another project thinking maybe just maybe I will complete that project. Which I don't. And when that storage container gets filled up I go buy another container and eventually it all ends up in my garage for a future garage sale. Eventually this project ends up in someone else's cycle of "Oh I will buy that and finish it" which they don't. But at least now it is sitting in their guilt ridden piles not mine.

This digital card was inspired by Colette Baron Reid's latest book "The Map". Reading this book gave me the idea to do corresponding digital cards. Colette is big on The Goblin but I am not sure if this is how she mean't it. This is strictly my interpretation as are all the other cards I plan to share this week from The Map.

It's like.... um

Have you listened to any young people have a conversation lately? It goes something like this "So I was like yeah" and then they were like "Way" and I was like "No way" and she was like "Totally" and I was like "Get out" and at that point you have to check out of listening before you go over and yank each one of their pierced tongues out of their mouths.

 I remember the days when I was in school and the word that drove me nuts was "Um". Someone up in front of the class giving a presentation and every other word was "Um". By the time this student was done you needed a nap!

Most people let their fingers do the talking anymore. I have a confession to make. I have never in my life sent a text!! I have no desire too either. What is rare these days is to actually see two people have a conversation under the age of 20. I wonder if our young will soon forget how to have a face to face conversation when these teens finally do become adults? So totally like um it all rather worries me.

What I know for sure

With everything going on lately, I bet we all wish we had a premonition or two so we could feel more prepared for what is ahead. We would worry either way I guess. Worrying about what is to come or freaking out because we know what is ahead yet there is nothing we can do about it.

The only thing I know for sure is that I wake up every morning (so far) and go forward from there. Everyday is a mystery. I have the choice to either make it a good mystery or a nightmare regardless of what is going on around me.

Eat What?

I wonder where the saying "Eat Crow" came from? I hate it. I love crows. If you have not seen the PBS on Crows it is fantastic! I loved Crows before but after watching this special I had a whole new appreciation and admiration for this amazing bird. What is not to love about a species that is smarter than you are? So I say it again. I hate the phrase "Eat Crow" and "Kill two birds with one stone".

Dreams in Flight

Goddess

Enjoying the Supermoon

This was me Saturday night enjoying the Supermoon. It definately was brighter and it might have seemed a bit bigger. I was hoping for, well I was hoping for a SUPER BIG MOON I guess. One that filled the entire sky. Don't get me wrong I still loved it. I always look up when I go outside at night looking for my moon. I always say a little something to her when I find her. I am a big fan of La Luna.

 So here is a little confession. While viewing the Supermoon, I actually didn't put on a pointy hat and I actually don't have a cat. I happened to be in my PJ's letting the dog out for a weewee. But in my mind, I was this gal. ( I pretended to be her anyway.)

Triple Goddess

In honor of the Super Moon tomorrow. I love this Harlequin fairy and I use her a lot. I am looking forward to seeing this full moon. Hopefully it won't be cloudy. I love the moon anyway and am always going outside and looking up. 

Lenormand Oracle Day II

Lenormand "Woman"

A French woman watching the world go by from her balcony.

Lenormand "Woman"

A bit different from the real woman. This little lady is in a French cemetary. It is interesting how she ended up photographing a different color than the rest of the stone around her. That was not photoshopped. Kind of eerie.

Lenormand "Woman"

Completely done in black and white. It is fun to play around. I could not choose so I am sharing all of them.