hello there {show&tell} friends! today's post is quite lengthy. please read on if you like, with that disclaimer in mind! :)
i have to be honest. monday found me restless & awake early. i usually get up before the crack of dawn anyway...but today my mind was moving in overdrive before my feet even touched the ground. i was dwelling on the tasks @ hand. my to do list was growing from a couple pages to many...w/ overflow falling on post it notes now stuck in & around the kitchen. and try as i might...i am not always the best about keeping it all straight.
so...there i was...wiping the sleep outta my eyes trying to field the last minute inflow of customer requests and kind notes begging for my help in gift matters. prioritizing if you will. mail this. make that. email him. text her. good grief. "my blog"! popped to mind. i have been neglectful here but this of all places isn't where i like to rush things. i can't tell you how many times in the last week i have come up with, what i consider, fun and lively topics. and then tabled them for one reason or another.
then i proclaim..."blog it is". before anything else. {with no one listening i might add}. so. i decided today i would show some holiday touches...i'll save too many details in hopes of maybe sharing yet THIS year. but the short of it was...i needed branches. and evergreen boughs. a big pinecone couldn't hurt either. outside i treked. grabbed the earthy elements. back upstairs i ran. spinning in circles i forgot my phone aka camera.
back downstairs. grabbed phone...back upstairs. pretty sure when i swallowed i could feel my heart in my throat. i have a tendency to get pretty worked up over the small stuff. was just about ready to take a quick picture when i heard something that stopped me in my tracks. the warbling sound of a song bird. oh so faintly thru our bedroom window. why so special you might wonder? well...because...it's northern minnesota and pretty darn cold. and there is little left in terms of song birds. and since there was a song bird...what did he/she deem worthy of singing about this early on a cold minnesota morning?
i walked to the window flinging it up and stood silently...listening. yep. definitely a song bird. and quite a happy one @ that! something happened at that moment. i suddenly had a feeling of calmness. i whistled back to it...and whether it was replying to me or just making a joyful noise...we continued our sing song for a good minute. and then he/she flew right by my head poked out the second story window.
immediately i wanted to tell someone my story. but it was pretty early. i then decided i would reach out to a new "friend" i have become to enjoy the correspondence with via facebook. our paths crossed when she found patinaWHITE's page and was drawn in by some of my creations. anywho...her name is laurie and i clicked away a fast note telling her what happened and how cool i thought it was that god is always expressing himself...whether or not we take the time to stop & listen is up to us.
she promptly sent a thoughtful reply as always + this image {below}. (not laurie's work i might add...but do read on for the source info).
i wasn't familiar w/ this artist, annie, or her works but am sure glad to make that connection now. i encourage you to visit her etsy shoppe / BEsmallSTUDIOS for more beautiful creations by clicking {HERE}.
knowing that when a moment of inspiration hits...i ran with it deciding to draw from that artwork...recalling some stock elements i had in my bauble brigade. i wove them together and came up with this little combination {below}
though this picture {below} was suppose to fall into a decorating post...it seems appropriate now given the story about nature to show it today! i do believe the multiple attempts & running around came together "harmoniously" in my nature inspired vignette.
and really just because i think it's pretty and wanted some more eye candy to throw out there today...here is my usually rusty + trusty window grouping...with the mere addition of a tiny glittered...yep...stag! {below}
hmmm. where was i going with this? well. as random and piecey as my thoughts are today...i did want to check in and tell you hello. and maybe just ramble a little bit in self preservation. now onward i go...there is a post-it or two...likely ten...in my midst that i need to get to. i hope this finds you enjoying some well deserved YOU time amidst the hustle & bustle of the season. and take a moment to listen when {HEAVEN} & nature sings!
and repeat the sounding joy!
