A Whimsical Bohemian

A peek in to my world.........

As the days go by things are starting to shape up with regard to the backyard projects. All of this takes time and careful planning. There is still much landscaping to be done and decorating the things that have been finished. It's an all emcompassing project because you eat, drink, sleep the entire thing.....constantly making lists, researching, estimate getting, workmen in and out and the whole esthetic.

These are 2 mere previews but they WILL change in terms of decoration and surroundings.

 
This is BohoHandyman's new workshop. From the exterior it looks rather plain and ordinary.....that will change......on the outside and around the outside of it.

 
This is the patio between the house and Garapalooza with the new patio cover. This too looks a bit plain but again, that too will change. Back where the BBQ(coverd) is sitting we are working on a solution that will look pleasing and work to block the wind and create privacy along that side. We still need more furniture out there, putting up the outdoor fan with light and adding some Bohemian touches et al.

These are mere previews as to what's been going on around here. Next we begin Garapalooza so that eventually......FINALLY.....I'll have my new studio space out there. You can't hear me but I let out a big sigh just then because I am not even using my current studio right now. But I am NOT going to go all whiny on you about that. You get it.

Things are fine...........things are great actually. As always I just wish I could twitch ye olde nose and it would all be finished and how I see in my head.

Alas my twitch is on the fritz!

Sending out love and hugs (especially to those who need those most of all...and you know who you are)

Love,

Lisa

XOXOXO

Return of the the Lullaby Fairy and Shameless Self Promotion

You'll find these sweet fairies in my Shoppe....just waiting for a home to slumber in.

 

"A"
 Lullaby Fairy has been found and returned to slumber with all the other Lullaby Fairies in a land called Etsy. (their temporary home). She was no worse for the wear, I so appreciate you all visiting and keeping an eye out for her and the Spell Book (which is in hinding). The Crows and the Witch were apprehended and will be prosecuted. Two people were able to say where she came from thus you will receive a reward. I will contact you soon for your mailing address.

That Lullaby Fairy is not the only one temporarily slumbering in Etsy-land and when they awoke in the night they were concerned THEY may get kidnapped as well. I reassured all of them if they leave Etsy-land it will mean they were adopted to a good home. That made them smile and go back to slumbering.

"B"

"C"

 
"D"

  
"F"

"G"

 

"Dream Keeper and "E"

 Just so you know, a lullaby fairy sleeps all the day and plays in the darkness of night. The Dream Keeper(above) is part of the non- fairies who sleep among them and collect all their dreams for safe keeping. None of them have names, they are summoned with a special sound only they can hear and if someone tries to give them a name they will cry and never stop. Thus letters are used to distinguish who they are but they don't recognize them as a name thus they don't cry if you call them by the letter. In Etsy-land, like anyone else, they need love too.

 

Love,

Lisa

XOXOXOXO

p.s. see you soon with photos of some new things in the back yard!

 

Please help rescue my book and Fairy from the clutches of an evil witch and her crows

REWARD FOR ANYONE WHO RESCUES THE BOOK AND FAIRY!

 
I can't take part in ALL the festivities today because I am on the hunt for the Evil Witch who stole my book of spells and an innocent Lullaby Fairy. The witch and her minion crows were last seen over the Black Sea (as evidenced by the above photo).  If you should encounter them please try and rescue the book and Fairy....BUT...proceed with caution.

Mix together the following and put it all in a slingshot:

Bits of insects, earth worms, heap of compost ingredients, small snakes,rotten eggs and arsenic.

Mix it all  together and make a CAW CAW sound as you catapult the ingredients towards them as they fly by.

They cannot resist this so when the crows go after the mixture they will release the book that has the fairy tied to it. Be prepared to catch them *book and fairy* as you say to the crows:

Swallow thy gruel

Eat thy feast

Open thy jaws

Release thy feet

Give them safely to my arms

Begone all suffering

Give them no harm

As it all happened so quickly I didn't have any ingredients ready to taunt the crows BUT I did manage to grab the witches broom from her. She is now holding on to a crow because of no broom which means she can't use her hands to do witchcraft.When the crows fly after the potion she will most assuredly tumble to the sea as they go after it. They won't listen to her if there is garbage to be had AND we all know what happens to wicked witches when they get wet!

 

 

Hopefully the Lullaby Fairy will not awaken and be frightened - the book will guide you back to me. I have high hopes someone will be able to aid in this rescue. If you do manage to make it all work, wake up the fairy and ask it where it currently lives...........that answer will prove you have done it. Leave it in comments and the rescuer will be announced when and if that happens.

Thank you and in the meantime have fun party hopping today!

 

Upcoming Events

COMING SOON TO BLOGLAND!

You still have time.....just let Vanessa know!

Last year I did a long story with lots of photos, I am not so organized this year. She has quite a list of those participating so there should be lots to see.

(this is coinciding with a special auction as well)

You can read about it on Stephanie's blog. Last year I did a shrine for my Mom and it was a very meaningful project that sits above a cabinet in my living room at all times now. Thanks to Stephanie it will always be something I treasure and was glad I did. Not so sure if I will get a shrine done this year but I hope you do if you haven't before.

 

So these two special events are happening soon......click on each badge to get the whole scoop!

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Thank you to those who commented on my last post and knew I wasn't being a whiny baby......we all go through things like that and if we can't talk amongst one another about it then we tend to feel we are alone, and we're not....I'm not. I think it's important to let things out, mull them over, discuss, digest and soak in it for awhile until your fingers get all pruny. It's a phase and soon it will all start rolling again and then watch out! Of that I am confident!  :)

See you soon!

Love,

Lisa

XOXOXOXO

♥

"Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle." - Lewis Carroll

"...Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece. You cannot be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it.

-Osho

 

 

I am working on the realization of the quote above.

 

 
I've had a cluttered mind lately, an impatient soul and a sagging spirit. I wish I could say it's all because of the long drawn out 'project' but frankly it's not. We are stalled a bit right now but that's not it .I am finding I lost my zest somewhere along the way for everything else. Where is my concentration?? Where is the artist in me? Where is the enthusiasm for everything else? The answers are all within me I know.....they just seem to be rather elusive right now.

 I am not feeling sorry for myself, truly I'm not. What's to feel sorry for.... Life is not bad AT ALL I am loved.. I am not sad. I just seem to have lost my inner spark somewhere and while I've been searching for the answers on how to get it back I've neglected people and connections and my blog and my very being....ART.. That's not like me.. I walk in my tidy studio and walk out again after I have circled the room a few times.That's not like me. I pick up the phone to call a friend and hang it up again before I even dial. That's not like me. Strangely it's this time of year and in Spring when I normally thrive.....the weather is cooler, there's a breeze....blue skies...I love that. But where am I? Curled up inside my head searching the 'the lost and found' department. Maybe it's just a phase - maybe more people than I realize go through this (whatever this is)from time to time. Maybe some just don't talk about it. I don't know. It's a sense of blahness,  I am NOT, however, depressed. I'm not. I just need to ride this wave with my eyes on the shore.

I don't like posting this because my posts are so infrequent as it is and then to post some gobbilty goop that sounds like I'm whining makes my skin crawl.  So many others are dealing with REAL issues and I'm going on about a funk - it's hideous when you think about it. But the truth is I am nothing if I'm not honest .

funny...... in searching for answers I realized something  ........ummm.... "WHAT is the question exactly?"

 
  I may be out of focus right now but I AM working on getting back to a much clearer picture! You can't take a good photograph if all your equipment isn't working right...and right now my inner photos are all a bit blurry.

"Never fear the shadows. They simply mean that there's a light somewhere near by".- Ruth Renkai

So there you go, hopefully I'll be back soon with a bright flash and a clear picture.....and with it will come visits to your blogs and art to show and art to sell and stories to tell and phone calls made and just that general feeling of being connected to myself (and you) again!! And laughing, lots of laughing!

In the meantime I wish you all a tremendous week filled with sparkles and effervescence!

Love,

Lisa

XOXO

(both images are from my home -  the bust and the cameras and binoculars were my parents)