*** Dreamy Thoughts ***

Sorry for my absence but summer called to me and I have been in the garden creating and dreaming.

This is but one of a number of inspirations I have gathered from the garden and my dreams. I hope to continue to develop what I imagine and build it into a reality and share with you the fruit of my mind's imagination. So from now and then, probably more then, I will be posting some interesting conceptions that you may like.

At the moment, I ‘m afraid that I have been caught in Summer’s Dream ...





*** Dreamy Thoughts ***

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"The Spirits of the Air
live on the smells Of fruit;
and Joy,
with
pinions
light, roves
round the gardens,
or sits
singing in the trees."

~ William Blake

*** La Mia Amore Maddie ***

Maddie 1985-1998


Maddie was my Old English Sheep dog that I had always dreamed of having one day.
One day my wish became true ,my husband bought her for me for our wedding anniversary. Although she was my baby she took the back seat once I had my two kids....something I will feel terrible forever.
Here she is dressed up like a little Parisian gal but down deep in her heart she was a true Italian gal who loved grapes and pasta.

When we first got her we lived in a rented duplex where the landlord grew grapes on the dividing fence. Somehow she decided that she wanted to try them out but unfortunately she ate the entire basketful that was there. We had to rush her to emergency and thought we were going to loose her but she luckily survived the ordeal. Maddie lived to be twelve years old until she developed cancer losing her right after the Ice Storm of 98 in March.
Maddie will be forever my very first baby dog of my married life.

I decided to write about Maddie because after writing about my ordeal with the mixing of meds I forgot…as usual, to mention that during the time I was ill Grace and Karson sat by my side on the bed for the entire time; they knew I was sick…imagine how precious , gentle and kind God’s creatures are. Never be heartless towards them for they are truly man’s best friend…your best friend!


*** Madonna and Child ***



A little token to wish you all a very HAPPY Easter.....Welcome to use as you wish...in a good way that is.
Quite old but aftertaking it out of the frame it looks like it came from a magazine a very long, long time ago.


Oooh and I became brave enough to share with you all a glimpse of the gal you read and talk to.....Keep in mind this was taken many years ago. Maybe another couple of years before I gather the courage to show you what I look like now.... age, weight and the cane...no big rush ha!!!

*** Risky Business ***

Picture courtesy of Life and Google.


Paying attention to labels of medications is without doubt Risky Business and
Essential in surviving the afflicting ailment and still be a part of this world.
In recent years I’ve become forgetful due to a number of reasons one definitely being stress, needless to say with the forgetfulness I have made some mistakes but not like the one I am about to tell.
Wednesday evening after completing some digital orders I retired to bed earlier than usual, in a sense a premonition that something wasn’t just right. Around 2:45 in the morning I woke up from a pounding headache, not fully awake I made my way to the kitchen and took 2 Advils. I returned to bed but only 2o minutes had lapsed and my headache had intensified and now my leg made it quite unbearable to even lie down. So I grabbed the pills on the night table so I wouldn’t wake my husband and went to the kitchen and this time took two Tylenol 3.
By morning I had not slept a wink from the discomfort of the throbbing leg and headache and again took two more pills but of course these were another kind…Naproxen.

When I had gone to emergency on Monday for a meniscus injury upon leaving the hospital after the examination the doctor came out to see us in the parking lot to make sure that I wouldn’t mix all of the drugs that I was already on. My son than picked up my prescription and informed me that the pharmacist had mentioned to him to make sure to tell me of the precautionary measures to take, which of course he did. But I failed to remember what the doctor had said, what my son had said and failed in reading the paper instructions to the meds! A total idiot! There I said it! I don’t even know where my head was these past few days.

In the past 12 years I have been diagnosed with hypertension, HBP, Ulcers, Rheumatic Arthritis, a slipped disk and Fibroids (that had entwined my intestines and bladder) therefore I eventually had to have a hysterectomy 2 years ago and but of course complications from the H operation produced infinite bladder infections which I still deal with on a day to day basis. So with all of these ailments you quickly get the picture of the drugs I am on, from Celebrex, Nexium, Avilde, Lipitor…which I don’t take any more, and lets not forget the mighty germ fighters Yellow Jackets.. Yes my nickname for them…Macrobid.


So long story short 911 came to the house because I couldn’t get out of bed… I was that sick! One of the paramedics mentioned he had a reaction to the Naproxen just by taking one I had taken 2 in five hours along with the other drugs.
Yes, it was Completely My Fault! And yes seven drugs in my system! I nearly OD taking a quantity of drugs for two days in the span of five hours…what was I thinking!!! I experienced waves of nausea, dizzy spells every 2-4 minutes from 11 in the morning to 7 at night, with tingling feet and hands….I was in complete torture and all because I was messy and irresponsible in taking proper measures with my meds. Thank God it was me that I messed up with and not the children. I know I sound very, very stupid in doing such a thing and I certainly was but the pain over came my thinking.

I decided to write this post not for any sympathies but in showing a lesson was learned that could have easily been preventable. My daughter mentioned when I revived that I “You almost did the same thing Heath Ledger did” accidents do happen very quickly and sometimes quite innocently.

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Working on completing my first web design set for Blog and Etsy.So far I have the Etsy Shop Banner and avatar. Now I'll continue on designing the blog banner. I really like this, but of course you know me, I adore blue. I think after this the moon is going to take a rest for I have a terrible urge to start painting again. I discovered a gal last night that has me swooning over her art work. I bought two prints from her and waiting to see if I can buy another of her prints. I wish I could buy an original from her but first I have to make some sales because all I am doing at the moment is spending....hehe! Anyway I think next post I'll reveal the artist that I fell in luv with....stay tuned.
Hugs Annabelle

*** Lost in Dreams ***

I feel like Lucy in the sky with diamonds…drugs sure help to cope with the pain and make you Dream!
I started this late last night when I couldn’t sleep from the pain and was reading Victorian Trading Co. Catalogue

http://www.victoriantradingco.com/ (click tile "Lost in Dreams " to take you to Victorian Trading Company)


when I came across a beautiful Art Nouveau lidded dish bedside box...I was inspired! Wish I could afford it especially when it is in a style I complelety adore and the sleeeping girl is amist a field of forget-me- nots...in dreamy blues and greens....just so lovely!!!
Just finished it this morning and now I think I will make a matching one for a blog and will post them up on Etsy as soon as I am done. What do you think……Dreamy?

What I can afford are these lovely sweet Velveteen Birds....These I definately will buy.

*** Annabel Lee ***

Self Portrait of The Romantic Artist
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Annabel Lee



Once upon a Time …


…there lived a little girl by the sea who longed to live in a far away land of pastures, forests and sea.
As she grew up her dream never ceased but intensified to an ultimate most for not a day passed that her mind did not think of the secret place hidden from all!
She dreamed of finding a beautiful very old home made of stone with a roof made out of grass and windows that sparkled like diamonds by the light of the candlelight or of the sun ….in their fractured beauty and timeless fashion; they would set the stage for a magical place for her to reflect in the moment.
There in a mossy glen concealed from the eye of the lively crowds, she nestles inside on cold evening nights and reads all of her favorite poetry and learns of the artists she so much enjoys being inspired by in creating her art. By the roaring hearth sunk in a chair three times larger than her with two furry companions, one on her lap and the other by the side of her chair she can’t think of a better place to be on this earth.
From her top bedroom window she rises each morn to the soft song of the wrens and the cooing of morning doves and looks out to the bay of the romantic surfing shore and dreams of a captain or pirate arriving ,whatever her mood ,she so does , for the day, after all is her very own dream. Days spent by the shore collecting seashells, tiny small stars and opaque sea foam glass and maybe a treasure or two lost to someone out there, who knows for each day would bring adventure , intrigue and a breath of supreme happy intuition.. Oh what pleasures this sort of world would be…if only



About a little less then a year ago I discovered a nurturing and inspiring artist group through a gal named SuziBlu. I have wanted to be an artist forever but can’t draw too well and of course I am an incurable romantic at heart. Through Suzi’s class I discovered once again my love for art and that I could actually do a bit of drawing.

Reaching mid life means doing something extravagant and I think mine is art for I am totally drawn to it presently and collect complete pleasure and fulfillment from it. I don’t have the tools or the special creative studio space some enjoy but I am getting there slowly.

I now have an addiction to digital graphics as well as my altered art, photography and stain glass, just to name a few of my art explorations. Art is very therapeutic and great for anyone who so is inclined to try their hand at it. I promise you’ll find some happiness in it for sure.

The little story above is of me of course and it tells of all of the luvs and dreams I have. From Fairytales, poetry, England and the sea to old lace, old stone homes and hearths , big comfy chairs, old books and old tales, spiders and webs….of more than one kind…hehe , captains , ghosts , pirates , treasures, gardens and secrets and an obsession with an old movie entitled “The Collector”…probably the root to my adoring England so much!

This drawing of a girl was my first attempt and although I never finished “Doria”… her hair is not complete nor her face, basically Doria! I gave her another chance and integrated her into my digital collage. In a way the design characterizes the elements of what I stand for and luv…tattered, old, used, unfinished, beauty found in the rough and imperfect world. OOh and the name Annabelle....husband gave it to me when I was 19 years old , he knew I luved Annabel Lee { the poem} and Poe and the sea and my birth name is Anna so he nicknamed me Annabelle.

In the end the vision of the artist you gather is that of one old gal who has an unending passion for the country, the sea, solitude, England and of the long gone past. A gal who finds beauty in the most of unlikely places.
Now you know a little bit more about me……

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I decided for the customer to make the decision....I could not decide and everybody here had a different take;two liked the faded one and two liked the intense color toned one.So whomever wnats to purchase it can decide or even better yet...have two for the price of one.....although I haven't mentioned it on Etsy....ha!




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