Sunday Postcard Challenge - Crackle

It's Sunday so that means another challenge over at Sunday Postcard Art. This week's challenge "crackle". Here's my entry:



And please click the link above to view all the entries for this week.

Thank you!

Full Frost Moon Dreamboard

My sister Melinda is always making beautiful dreamboards and this morning I felt the urge to make one also.


Jamie Ridler at Jamie Ridler Studios asked: "What do you want to bring to life in this final part of the year? Is it time to breathe some fresh energy into your 2009 goals and intentions? Is it time for completion and clearing? Are you already starting to cast forward into 2010? What will you dream of under the Full Frost Moon?"

We are entering my favorite time of year, when the world becomes a little darker and colder and we head inside. It's a time for celebration with family and friends, a time of reflection and a time to give thanks. It's also a time of nurturing.

Since I've recently developed blood clots in my right leg and both lungs, this time will also be a time for healing and regaining health. It will also be a time for me to devote more time for spiritual study and meditation. And with some of the drugs I'm currently on... it might also be a time of hibernation... where the old Angie slows down and sleeps and a new, vibrant Angie will emerge in the Spring.

So... here's my board. It's a small one so I can place in my journal and I incorporated several borders around it to also satisfy the challenge at "Themed Thursdays.

Wellness Wednesday

Today is Wellness Wednesday. I usually don't post my Wellness Wednesday thoughts...but today I wanted to share a new quote I found that really struck a cord with me.

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection." ~The Buddha

So I'm sending some healing vibes out to the Universe and I hope you get that you are worthy of your own love. I know this is a hard concept for me. I'll go out of my way to be nice to someone else, to shower them with love and affection but I never take that same attitude and apply it to me. Guess What?

This body , this me has come a long way in 53 years. And the majority of those years I've spent wishing for things to happen before I would be completely happy. Naturally losing a ton of weight would top that list. If I would lose this amount, then I knew I would be happy and I could then do this, this or this. And when I didn't lose the weight, then I spent all that time knocking myself down and filling my mind with very negative self-talk. I would never do that to a friend. I would always offer encouragement. Why all this self-loathing? Where did that come from?

So today.... I'm forging a new path, a new mindset and giving thanks to this body that has carried me so far and show it the love and attention it deserves.

And to find out more about Wellness Wednesday... please visit the blog of the person who started it several years ago.
Lunar Musings

Sunday Postcard Challenge: Edgar Allen Poe

Today's challenge over at Sunday Postcard Art... is Edgar Allen Poe. A favorite writer of mine.

Here's my entry (okay... the wings extend just a little past the 4 x 6 guidelines.:



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My New Friends...

I went to the doctor on Tuesday, having a severe leg cramp in my right leg. The doctor sent me to the ER immediately. After a brief ultrasound and catscan... I was told I had a blood clot in my leg, and a clot in each lung. Yikes... not exactly what I was expecting.... I was hoping for a muscle relaxer injection in my calf.

Actually on Monday's Dr. Oz show, one of the pains he said you should never ignore is a leg pain because of DVT... and now I have DVT.

So I have a new set of friends..... some that will be around for at least 6 months until I get this clotting factor under control.

The Angels of Woodland Cemetery

When I am dead, my dearest,
Sing no sad songs for me;
Plant thou no roses at my head,
Nor shady cypress tree:



Be the green grass above me
With showers and dewdrops wet;
And if thou wilt, remember,
And if thou wilt, forget.



I shall not see the shadows,
I shall not feel the rain;
I shall not hear the nightingale
Sing on, as if in pain:



And dreaming through the twilight
That doth not rise nor set,
Haply I may remember,
And haply may forget.




Poem: When I am Dead, My Dearest by Christina Georgina Rossetti
Photos: 10/26/09 5:30 PM - Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, OH captured by me

Six Word Saturday

The cloudy sky was so dramatic!

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Halloween Party 2009

From tonight's party..

Just a Sunday

It has been a very busy weekend filled with errand running. I was able to stop by Stubbs Park in Centerville yesterday afternoon and tooks some photos. The leaves are turning and it's so beautiful to see.



Today I was able to visit IKEA in West Chester. I love walking through IKEA and getting ideas and just watching the people trying to make decisions. I really loved the lighting in this room and had to snap a photo.



I fell in love with this material and for only $7.99 a yard, I thought it was a bargain. It's a lovely shade of orange, a color I'm really enjoying lately. I went to purchase some of this mega-wide material... but alas... they only had like 1/2 yard left. So... I didn't purchase it this time...



So now I'm home... with a few new books... and I'm waiting to watch Dexter with Alex, my son. He and I always have a show we watch together. Considering he's 17 I think that's pretty special. Now we are watching Dexter... several months ago is was True Blood... and shortly it will be Lost.

And I'll leave you with a photo of my son, gnawing on a steak.

Sunday Postcard Art: Skulls & Skellies

This week theme over at Sunday Postcard Art was Skulls & Skellies. Isn't this the perfect theme for October? To learn more about Sunday Postcard Art or to participate in the Sunday challenge... please stop by and Visit Them

Below is my entry for this week's challenge. Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek.

Six Word Saturday

Birthday Wishes, buttercream frosting and sparklers!

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Brookville's Firemen Festival

We made the journey to Brookville, Ohio because it was the Firemen's Festival... and they always have the best barbeque chicken. I was surprised that my Mother hadn't reminded me about the event...but I was happy that I found out about it.

Gary and Alex went off to buy the barbeque chicken... but Mom said they weren't grilling it today as they couldn't get enough volunteers to grill. Now considering in the past they would sell out of these fine dinners, it was hard to believe they couldn't find anyone to grill the chicken.

Instead they were placing the chicken in some sort of steamer mechanism. They were going to use the same secret seasoning on it... so how bad could it be?

When the chicken arrived, we popped open the top. It looked almost the same, minus the grill marks. You also received with your half chicken, the unseasoned green beans straight from a can, and applesauce.



Everyone seemed happy when they began to eat their chicken dinner (which by the way was $8.00 a meal).

And we all began eating the breast... which wasn't very juicy and since we had to remove the floppy seasoned skin... needed a lot of salt. But then to our amazement when some of the flesh was peeled back and we started to dig into the chicken... this is what we found:



Now I do enjoy steak tartar from time to time... and a little blood oozing out of beef never really bothered me.... but a bloody chicken sort of made my intestines twitched. And needless to say... Gary and I spent the afternoon... visiting the bathroom.

A Sunflower Sunday

Well.... before heading directly home, I stopped over in Brookville to pick up Miss Audrey as the sunflowers were blooming in Centerville.



A farmer's market in Centerville plants masses of sunflowers and people show up snapping photos.



The sunflower field was also swarming with bees and butterflies.... I guess they also enjoy the sunflowers.



Since Audrey loves "In Search of America's Next Top Model, she was willing to model for me, although she did complain a lot about all the mud.



But she did twirl and jump....



And here she is standing....a broken sunflower in her hand, pretending to be a statute.



And a close up of what she was standing on:



And a few model poses with pumpkins and her little dog Natasha (although her name was Megan before we left Brookville).



And another pose:

Six Word Saturday

Autumn's beauty teases us with color.













Local farmer's market in Centerville always plants sunflowers. They are now in full bloom and families line up for photo opps.

Another Trip to the Farmers Market

Another trip to the Farmer's Market to pick up some more caramel apples. They are getting in gear for their Fall Festival which usually happens at the beginning of October. All sort of pumpkins and gourds were about. And finally their apple cider is being made.

Have a great Sunday.... I'm off to Borders