Monarch Post

beauty and grace

 

I ran across a great quote the other day-- "beauty will save the world." And I thought well, maybe so... bombs and bullets haven't done much good. Ugliness gets us nowhere fast... I do believe Beauty transforms things-- like bad situations, hard things, hearts. 

The past two weeks I've received (we've received) love from the most exquisitely beautiful hearts. I didn't cook for a week. Friends and neighbors brought the most wonderful meals-- even delivered to us at a ball game one night. Yep, those are our friends and neighbors. We're very lucky. And the emails... from people I've never met, how kind you are.  I am so touched and grateful to all my blog friends. Thank you so much.

And last, but definately not least, the Warner family tribe. I was thinking at my Moms' funeral how happy I'll bet it makes Grandma Warner when she looks down from heaven to see all her kids still taking such good care of each other. All of you know just the right things to say, and do, and cook! Thanks for being so good to my Mom and Dad.

 

Yesterday, while I was doing dishes and watching the birds at their bird feeders, thinking about my Mom and mulling over the last two weeks, I saw a perfect heart made from light and shadows on a branch... Now I've been looking at that tree while I do my dishes for five years, and I've never seen the light configure into a heart. By the time I ran outside to get this photo, the light had started to change, but for a minute, the light formed a perfect-shaped heart. I mean a perfect-shaped heart. I'm going to take that as a really nice message from the universe...

 

Today is our twenty-first wedding anniversay. Yesterday, Mike sent me this gorgeous summery bouquet. The card read, Dear Kelly, I love you dearly, And with all of My Heart. Micheal.

Lotsa grace going on in my life.

Saturday, we'll be celebrating Mikes' parents' 50th wedding anniversary in Ohio. We're going to drive on over to Virginia Beach for a few days after the anniversary party. I'm planning on playing with kids, soaking in the healing energy of the waves, and maybe finding a heart-shaped rock or two.

Be back in a week or so my friends...

Lots and lots of love to you,

Kelly

 

 

My sweet Mom passed on to heaven Tuesday morning. Her funeral will be next Tuesday.

I love you Mom, and I know I have a new guardian angel today.

 

 

sophia fairy in progress...

 

Latest W.I.P... I've just learned that means work in progress. Okay, little slow, but now I feel so much more professional ;) This is Sophia Trueworth. She's a fairy art doll I started making last night. She'll have butterfly wings and white embroidered stars (it's July already!?) embroidered on her red wool dress. I think she needs some Red Mary Jane's.. Made that teeny fairy ring (wreath) on the left, too.

Last night I had plans to go with my girlfriends, The Hot Mamas, (yes, we think we're hilarious-- it's really more like the hot-flash mamas these days..) to Red Butte Garden. But unfortunately, we we're rained out... Decided then to go putter around in my studio, and this is who showed up! She looks like she'd make a great new girlfriend. And she certainly will be hot in a red wool sweater dress in July ;) Hey, I just show up; I'm not in charge of what gets made ;) Anyways, when she tells me how to finish her up, I'll introduce you properly...

***BTW, if you've never worked with Super Sculpey polymer clay, well, you just should... It's amazing what you can do with this stuff. And if you're intimidated, just hand a glob to your kids or grandkids--  they'll get your creativity going!

Happy 4th of July to you! Hope you eat lots, and play hard.

xoxoKelly