Gather Wild Flowers, Drink Moonlight, Thank the Stars, Remember to Dream, To Laugh, To Sing and Most of all Pretend you Have Wings.. and Use Them.......Laurel Burch...

Laurel Burch was an awesome artist whom I had the pleasure of meeting at an art show in Westwood, CA back in the 80's. Have followed her work through out the years.
Dec. 31, 1945 - Sept. 13, 2009

I enjoy making many things and one of them is decals on china. I did the rose decals on the first picture and fired them in my kiln, except for the plate. At one time was selling my china in shops but no longer do. I even added the decals to the candle. The second picture I just had to share is of a lovely tea set that my dear mother gave me back in the early 60's and it has a very special place in my heart. Of course mom is no longer here with me but have many wonderful memories of our times together and very often enjoying tea. She loved having tea in the afternoon.

I had not been posting due to the fact that I just got over the shingles, not a happy experience. Before the shingles we took a little trip up north to Los Olivos, in one of their many shops I saw little blue birds like these that I just loved. Well I have a girl friend who does lovely work in ceramics and I asked her to please make me the little blue birds and she did in different sizes, now have them everywhere in my garden. Here are just a few of them. Look at the cute chubby one in the back.

Avon Country Garden

A vintage Avon jar which I have decorated
in pink. A sweet pink glittered bird
sits in its nest on top.

Vintage pink lace, silk roses, ribbon,
a large rose, beads and more.

This is Miss Kitty on her way to shopping.
She is made of muslin with painted face,
paws and shoes...17" long.
Enjoyed making her.
Was delivered to a boutique today.
Sold :)

Sunset at the Beach

I just love the sunsets at the beach. This is Manhattan Beach, CA my daughter has a restaurant here, Old Venice, with Greek and Italian Cuisine. Grandson took this picture and is the chef at the restaurant.
It's perfect right now to be at the beach, we had 102 deg. today inland. Wish I was there right now since it's still very hot here.

Lemons

These beautiful flowers were given to me by my son. Florist called them Lemonade.
Aren't they gorgeous? We had a huge lemon tree taken down because of the roots going
everywhere and shortly thereafter the florist came with these flowers.
Very thoughtful gift, thank you dear son.

I have made many dolls in the past years and just had to make a few ceramic dolls. I took a class to make this sweet ballerina dressed in pink. Made several other dolls and other ballerinas also.
I remember giving my mother a ballerina dressed in blue, that was her favorite color and added a music box to it, oh my did she ever treasure that doll. Have now been making soft little dolls about 9" in size, they certainly have been fun to make and also making soft cat dolls.

"A successful marriage is about falling in love many times...
always with the same person"

~A life with love will have no
thorns but a life without love
will have no roses~

Happy Fathers Day to my dear Daddy, he is no
longer with me but I was the luckiest girl in
the world to have had him as my dad.
I learned so much from him, he was kind and
never would hurt anyone. As a young boy he
raised beautiful pigeons and he always had a
love for cats, guess that's why I love cats too.
Love you Daddy.

We have seen the musical Cats four times and enjoyed it every time, it was marvelous. I feed feral cats and the behavior is just like the cats in the musical. They hide and pop out when you are not expecting them. I made these two cats to remind us of the play.

You know they say that in the garden we don’t count the hours, how true!
We get many birds here in our fountain. It's soothing and peaceful to sit and relax
in our private oasis, watch the birds and listen to the sounds of the water.

We are so fortunate to have nice weather here in So. California, especially cause it's good for working out in the garden. I like the tropical look and that is what I have in my patio. Here is a picture of my oasis.
When I am working outside I just seem to forget about everything else, especially when it's early in the morning when all is so quiet and you can only hear the chirping of the birds.