Grateful Thursday and God Bless The US Mail!

This very very sweet package arrived in the mail on Wednesday. I had placed an order at Annie Coe of Blissful Bohemian's ETSY store at www.BlissfulArts.etsy.com. Annie wrapped the order in this pretty package, with delightful handmade cards in pink bubble wrap! Annie makes these very delicate and pretty ceramic art pieces...

I got one for a gift and guess what? I got a gift for me from Annie! Thank you Annie, I am wearing it now and I love it. Xoxo to you too sweet friend.

I hope you will visit Annie's ETSY too.

You will love all the lovies she has there.

Very reasonably priced too!

;-)

I was also happy to get my art supplies that I had my son mail to me from Portland

so I did not have to take them on the plane.

No wonder I am making a large quilt now. All my paints and journal making

supplies are in this box!

And I also received my second Blog Book!

I am self published again. These books are real treasures.

They chronicle, as this one does, the entire year of 2008 of my blog.

So all my art work done that year, all the changes in my garden, my noontime walks,

all our vacations, our family events are there in chronological order

in words and photos!

I love my book. I have two now. And two to go (2009 & 2010)

The company is SharedBook.

They offer a 15% off coupon this month.

Do it!!!

And here is day 3 or 4 of my yam shoots multiplying.

Julie wanted to know how I did it.

Yes, Julie, I just cut off the end of the yam that started to develop "eyes"

and sat the flat part of the cut in this bowl of water so the water covered the tiny

root that was shooting out at the time.

Come to think of it I used to do this with avocado pits too.

I'd stick four toothpicks around the middle of the pit and sit it with the toothpicks

balanced over a glass of water. Half the pit in the water and upper half out of the water.

Roots grew down into the water

and leaves grew up and crawled across a counter top and up the wall

where ever you wanted to guide them to go.

Indoor plants that need little to no care...just keep the water in the bowl or glass. I am grateful today for getting past my artist's slump while making my latest art work:

the quilt. I always seem to get to a place in my creating where I question what I am doing,

if it's any good, where it is going, what more does it need, etc.

I think I am on the other side now with this one and it's almost done.

As soon as I make the last finishing touches, it has to be done by Sunday,

I will show you.

I am back to exercising on my treadmill again and my energy level which

had started to lag has once again picked up and I feel great.

Newly charged! The serotonin in my brain, the endorphins have kicked in

and I am going full speed ahead once more.

;-)

For that I am grateful.

And you?