Potpourri

On this last day in February
 I decided to go to my box of kisses to pick out a vintage postcard.

 

I laugh every time I see this postcard.

No artist or publishing date listed.

It is from a collection of postcards called 

A Box of Kisses published by Chronicle Books:

Charming vintage postcard reproductions of all sorts of smooches.

Mwah!

Thanks to Beth for hosting Postcard Friendship Friday. 

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Outside my window...
It is cloudy today.
The last week has seen summer, winter and spring.
I'm not fond of guessing which season will appear each day
and would really like to enjoy a little spring before the dog days of summer arrive!

I am thankful...
for the nice soaking rain we got this week.
We need the rain. It's so easy to drop back into drought.

I am creating for...
Another postcard swap at June's.

The card on the left is from June and the one on the right is the one I made.
If you like swaps, check out June's blog, A Creative Dream.
She has a swap schedule for the year! 

One of my favorite things...
Is Terri Windling's beautiful blog.
Her name may be familiar to those of you who read fantasy.
Terri is a writer, artist, and book editor interested in myth, folklore, fairy tales, and the ways they are used in contemporary arts.
Myth and Moor is a daily journal for musings about art, myth, books, village life, and the world-wide community of folks who create and love Mythic Arts.
Full of beautiful words, beautiful art -- I could spend days there.

A peek into my day...

I'm missing my tulips.

A trip to Trader Joe's for flowers is in order!

Thank you Nancy for hosting!

Thanks for visiting.

Wishing YOU well and much joy!

Pretty In Red!

For the last tea day in February,

I've pulled out an old favorite, some red transferware.

My Granny called these luncheon plates.

Victorian Trading Company calls them tea and scone sets.

Tea and toast sounds good to me!

Is Spring around the corner?

I hope so! 

The Huffington Post shared an article from the Elephant Journal on Tea and Ritual

that you might be interested in reading.

I'm joining some tea parties today:

Tea Time Tuesday

Teacup Tuesday

Friends Sharing Tea

Tuesday Cuppa Tea

Wishing you well, much joy and a lovely cup of tea!

It's Baby Time!

It's baby time at the Houston Zoo.

This is Baridi, the newest member of the Giraffe herd.

He was 6' 6" tall at birth and weighted in at 165 pounds.

Baridi means cold in Swahili. He was born on a very cold morning.

Meet Duncan, the newest member of the Asian Elephant herd.

He was 6 days old when I visited.

He's with his Mom, Shanti.

Thank you, Misty!

And thank you Eileen at Saturday's Critters.

Wishing YOU well and much joy.

It's Party Time!

Vee's Note Card Party Time!

We get to pick 4 images from our blog that we think would make good note cards.

I think we are all looking forward to spring.

With that in mind, here are my four Note Cards.
The first three are from recent blog posts.

And last, but not least, from a Wednesday Wisdom post in 2013:

A big thank you to Vee for hosting the Note Card Party.

Wishing YOU well and much joy!

I hope the sun is shining on you today! 

My World: Hermann Park Centennial

Hermann Park is undergoing a transformation.

A giant maze constructed from saplings can be seen sprouting out of the ground

near the Japanese Garden. Constructed with over 1000 volunteer hours, it is the first of nine works of art that will grace Hermann Park as part of the park's centennial celebration.The maze was designed and created by artist, Patrick Dougherty.

Fun!  

I'd like to thank the wonderful hosts of My World.

Wishing YOU well and much joy!