Silke!

      Talent cannot be denied...and Silke Powers has talent! Look at this beautiful print of an Egret (5 x 7 inch PRINT in an 8 x 10 inch Matte) she did! It's an open-edition print of an acrylic painting originally painted in 2009 using mixed media on Ampersand smooth clay board.
      I'm always fascinated at the detail that true artists see...and paint; and how their eye sees the world in completely different ways than us so-called "normal" people. :-) You can check out some of Silke's work in her Etsy shop HERE. She has a "thing" for faces.
    Silke also used her eye when she did something else. She curated a treasury! It's entitled Dragonfly Dreams...

       She included my Dragonfly Button Turquoise Blue Lampwork Necklace!

     I particularly liked a couple of the other dragonfly inspired items she chose. One is this Hand Stamped Personalized Cuff Bracelet by Kellyberkeydesigns.

         I love how the little dragonfly is hovering over the flowers...And you know how much I love a flower! :-))
     Another is this MEOW PURRRR-Personalized Kitty Cat Cup/Vase with lid by loveartworks...

     I probably couldn't own this personally...I'd be watching it all the time, waiting for the cat to take a swipe at the dragonfly and wondering why he didn't...Okay! I've got some issues!! LOL 
    Thank you Silke, for choosing one of my crocheted items for your Treasury, and for your being so supportive of my Wuglyees crochet shop and my blog. :-]
     Speaking of which, Silke lives in Savannah Georgia. Her blog is like visiting home for me. I'm originally from Georgia. I love going over to her blog and seeing photos when she's 'out and about' town. You can check out some of her posts yourself HERE!
     It's so exciting for me seeing how different people, when they're curating treasuries, see your items in different ways. Sometimes they choose an item because of it's color. Sometimes it's because it's shaped a certain way, or the photo has background shading that they like. Sometimes it's a theme...like the dragonflies Silke used. Sometimes it's because of where you happen to be....like on Twitter.
      MaritimeArts used that theme in her Treasury entitled Twitter Friends.

     And she included the Hot Pink Button Scrap-booking Crochet Flowers I added to the shop recently.

     And using the same Hot Pink Scrapbooking Flowers, ritarenata curated a Treasury entitled Crochet Flowers. Simple and to the point. And what's in this Treasury?!....Crocheted flowers, of course! ;-)

        Colorful, all-kinds-of-shaped, flowers! Some in barrettes, some in rings, some in necklaces, and some just as supplies...like mine...I am so thankful to all of these Treasury curators for including me in their creations!
      Now I'm off to get my day started. I've got a friend coming over today! And I'll be on the hunt again too. Not for clothes dryers (It's working great!), or even for washing machines (next week that hunt begins!). Today I'll be looking for and pricing dining room tables.
     Back, last summer, when we had the 'Tag Sale' we sold our huge bulky, wooden dining-room table. We've been saying ever since then that we were going to get a smaller, maybe glass, table to replace it. And we haven't!...What?!....there's only me and the Mister! Who cared if we ate somewhere else besides at the table?!
      Now the weather appears to be turning nicer, and I'm starting to think about having friends over. Maybe a barbecue!...once we get a bigger barbecue grill!.....*Note to self: GET A BARBECUE TOO!!* But where are they going to sit their potato salad and deviled-eggs, watermelon slices and fruit salad?! On the floor?!! ^_^ Good food should not be on the floor! It should be on a table!....maybe a small glass table! :-] So, I have to find one.
     Other than that, I'll be preparing for date night, {hubby said something about the Bahamas this morning! :-)}, and I'll be reading some more of my book (To Kill A Mockingbird), and finishing a new crochet project...something different I was just fiddling around with. I'll show it to you tomorrow...I know you're just sitting on the edge of your seat waiting to see it...aren't you?!!...*Teehee*
      What are your plans this weekend?! Painting, reading a book, crocheting...like me, or something else? Share, will ya?! :-)

Small Town Thomson Georgia

A childhood lived in flashes,
and remembered even more real-
from the tiny run-down shacks,
to a life up on a Hill;

Walking barefoot, down short cuts,
making home-made snow ice cream,
picking peas out in the field;
Leading cheers for the home-town team.

Small town, Thomson Georgia
had all of these things, and more-
like a downtown movie house,
and a "Belk`s Department Store".

Religion also was important-
I even went to Sunday school;
And at "Thomson Elementary"
I learned that my voice could be a tool.

I learned to sing, and not be shy.
(The music teacher taught me well.)
My love of lots of different music
travels with this southern bell.

I had some sporting education.
(A  Junior High School pom pom girl)
carrying all my books to school,
with "Thomson Bulldogs" as my world.

I never got to "Thomson High"-
that school and I would never meet.
We moved, up north to Massachusetts
and left behind "Shank" and "Pine" street.

Small town, Thomson Georgia
held some awesome memories-
like the growing watermelons,
apple, fig and pecan trees.

In a small, small house we lived,
with long dirt roads instead of tar;
And just around most every corner,
was barbecue-the best by far!

There were landmarks everywhere-
and all the town`s  inner quarters;
The small porch Funeral Home",
and catching fish in bass-filled waters.

There was "Culpepper`s Grocery Store,"
and the town`s one bus depot,
the little houses in "Dean`s Alley"-
where the cars would seldom go.

When I was a little girl
you could buy candy at the door,
sold by people from their houses-
(but they don`t do that anymore.)

There`s no more candy for a penny
down at Miss Missy's corner store,
where she sold food, and she lived,
and ran a tab if you were poor.

So, it`s Bye Bye "Chick-n-Taters",
Bye Bye chickens, cows and hay,
Bye Bye home-made country biscuits-
the heading`s north-Thomson High way.