I'ts Time!

Yep!

It's time for me to

RETURN

to

BLOG-LAND

Doesn't that sound like the title for a

BEST SELLER?

Any-hoo ....

I am SO looking forward

to catching up with what

EVERYONE

is doing!!!

So....

look for a comment

from Sammy Girl

coming your way!!

Please leave a comment to let me know about

any "new" blogs you love

or important

changes to your blog

your family or your life ...

(and "new" is relative .....

i have been in a different non-blog universe since

well ... since FOREVER!!)

In the meantime ...

Here are two FABULOUS places

to be in Oregon

this weekend.

First .... a crazy barn

outside Oregon City is home

to our favorite

bohemian gypsy ...

Queen of Tarte!

Her end of summer flea is Saturday.

Check out her blog here

and come by to see her, the Barn Boys

and other special guests ... tomorrow!

I made these little picks for some goodies ...

And a bit farther south

where I'll be hanging out

having fun

MOLLY MO'S

Diane's blog (and directions) here

So many fun and fabulous vendors

will be in Sublimity (outside Salem)

TOMORROW

Martha (Vintage Trifles)

Joy (Auntie Joy)

Guin (Rusty Rabbit)

Sara (Roost Revisited)

and MANY others

will be there!

You should come by to

visit .... laugh ... shop ...

HAVE FUN!

Not in Oregon?  Find yourself a great flea market ... barn sale ... farmer's market and get out and have some fun where YOU are!  (btw ... Gravenstein Apply Days are in Hood River this weekend, too!!)

Hugs!

Sammy Girl 

Guess which princess graduated from Seattle University in June??  yep!  The Pink Princess!

Vintage Valentines!

It is now

Valentine's Day!

Many of those we love

are not

"lovers"

Isn't this a

FANTASTIC

card?

I have two daughters ....

and they are AWESOME!

(We also have a new DIL ...

sweetest thing ever!)

Montana Girl

lives in a small town.

Not as small as Gates, Oregon ....

in 1912 ...

but Miss Minnie

didn't need an address

for her mail to be delivered!

This is the face ...

and reminds me of

the ever-stylish

Pink Princess.

(She's in Seattle)

This cute card is from 1910

Can you
IMAGINE

that heart being

FILLED

with

CHOCOLATE?!?!

Do you have a little cupid

making you a card?

I can imagine

Our Son the Genius

making a handmade card

for Rocket Scientist DIL.

(He's sweet like that!)

Having been gone for
a good long while

helping Montana Girl get ready to become

FLORIDA GIRL ...

Flamingo Gal ?? ...

Gulf Coast Cutie ?? ..

I want to say how much I miss you all!!

Hugs to all my blog Valentines ... and hope to swing by to see you soon!!
SAMMY GIRL

note: caring for kids, cooking, cleaning, new carpet, painting, sorting, new tile, staging, more painting .... YOU know what it's like getting a house ready to sell! We are thankful for the new job for Mr. Montana Girl and adventures that lie around the corner for their sweet family. Here's to great new adventures for ALL of us in 2010 - (and BOY do I look forward to beachcombing for shells in the new locale!!) Hope YOU are dreaming and praying ..... and preparing to HANG ON TIGHT!

White Wednesday .... RELAX to the MAX!

Having a

HECTIC

WEEK ...

MONTH ...

YEAR ...

(all 20 days of it so far!)

*****

Just take a bit of

THIS

Pour

into this ...

After a good long

SOAK

slip into this ...



Nestle

into this ...



Prop up

against these ...

Peruse

this ...

and

this ...

Until you fall asleep

with a smile on your face!

Hugs and here's to finding that special soothing place in the midst of what we call "normal life".

SAMMY GIRL

note: pics from Country Living and Victoria Magazine (and Amazon.com)

Pink Saturday! 2010 Sweet Ride!

Mmmm ....

Lookin' for a sweet

pink ride for

2010!

Tell us, SAMMY GIRL!

WHOA!

Not a VESPA ...

.... but THAT WOULD

meet the

definition of a sweet ride ...

Well, then ..... ??

Sammy Girl

metaphorically

means a sweet ride ...

Something sweet ....

Like

"having a go"

at something.

Trying something new.

Miss Maggie Rose

(isn't she stunning!!)

and I

will be participating in the

4 Friends 4 Sales

show!!

Kinda like jumping off a cliff ...

an adrenaline rush!

But there to cheer us on

the other Friends

Molly Mo

Vintage Trifles

Auntie Joy

NOW

you see why

2010 looks like a sweet ride?

SO MUCH FUN

IS ON IT'S WAY !!

MARCH 13th

Stay tuned for more details

about my fabulous location

lots of PINK treasures

and more!

Happy Pink Saturday and here's to trying something new, exciting, and a little scary in 2010!

SAMMY GIRL

note: please drop by and tell the other friends "hi" and thanks for letting Sammy Girl play with them. Oh, and mark your calendar for a great day of playing, shopping, and having fun! (And please tell me it's okay to jump off this cliff -- even if it's not. Aren't friends SUPPOSED to tell little white lies to make us feel better??) And sorry for the spacing snafus ... this new computer is still a little bit headstrong and not playing well with blogger ... and YES ... that was my secret with the white roses and mercury glass vases (a trial for the table with yummy treats!)

Silver lining ...

They say every cloud has one ...

The CLOUD

Computer #1

fried motherboard

sounds like swearing, but it's not --
well ......

if it's fried there
might be
some swearing!

Anyhooo ...

manuafacturer problem
but off warranty ...

it's beginning to rain

under this cloud!

Computer #2

(the one that speaks
Russian)

a broken monitor screen.

Only 1/4 of screen visible

cannot perform

ANY

functions.

Honestly ..

my touch was as soft as a


I think it had
ISSUES

(like many 6 year olds!)

So now it's

STORMING

under the clouds!

The silver lining?

Mr. Sammy Girl
is taking me

COMPUTER SHOPPING

tonight!

Hugs and may you always see the silver in the storm ....

SAMMY GIRL

ps ... had to use the computer from work to post this!

My Heart Beats for You!

Hello

and

GOOD MORNING

dear heart!

Note to all ...

it is SOOO GOOD

not to be

"speaking"

Hindi

to you today.

Thanks to hotel

business center computer

and pictures on my

camera's SD card!

A few weeks ago

(yes, seems like YEARS!!)

I enrolled in a couple of classes

with

Art and Soul

(link here for 2010)

Awesome!

I love

Lisa Kaus

(her site here)

and took her class

"Be Still My Beating Heart".

An example of her

project and technique

from the class listing.

Everyone was able to

"do their own thing".

What fun!

Of course I didn't finish ...

until two days ago.

My work is very personal

but they say that

risk taking is empowering

whoever they are ... lol!

but here goes ...

Here's My Heart

and it beats for you ...

The piece is worked

on five sides.

key is from London -

there's a

keyhole escutcheon

on the other side

but no pic.

(thinking of changing the ribbon ...)

See the charms on the bottom?? I got them from sweet Laurie

(Laurie's Charming Designs)

it was here 1st time

at Art & Soul, too!

The charms are double sided ...

I like to be able to change things!

The most daring thing I did?

Adding doll arms and a

scripture.

I was always taught

"Don't talk religion or politics"

Louder than talking,

a person's faith

should be transparent ...

a lens that colors everything

you do, see and say.

I know I fall short,

but we keep trying.

The plain paper was

too bright white

As Mr. Sammy Girl says,

I "rustied it up a bit".

I love cloth measuring tapes ...

and this one marks

a beginning ...

Added old music,
papers,
door knob
and a brass from London.

don't you love
finding beauty
in ordinary
funky stuff

And a special touch?

the word
PARIPATETIC
from a dictionary.

It is OUR word ..
Mr. Sammy Girl's and mine.

Two meanings ...
moving or walking around a lot ..
we have moved

a lot!

Other meaning is
teaching by walking around
like Aristotle.

Teaching by
interacting with people ...

We are gypsies at heart
who try to teach
without teaching.

Crazy, huh?

Thanks for
letting me share.

My heart beats for you.

Hugs and know that even when you don't feel it, there are those who love you dearly!

SAMMY GIRL

note: the spacing didn't look right in the preview ... but gotta go and pick up Mr. Sammy girl from his meeting ....

व्हिते वेद्नेस्दय

व्हिते वेद्नेस्दय!!
Welcome to White Wednesday!!
As a famous actor, racecar driver and

salad dressing empresario

once said …

“What we have here is a failure to communicate।”

My standard computer is

fried and the back-up

(once abandoned for talking Russian)

is now only talking to you in Hindi।

सी! थिस इस वहत आईटी दोएस!

I am only able to “talk” to you

by typing in publisher and

copying and pasting to the post।

Way too much work,

but I wanted to have a post to say “hi”

and share some neat stuff।

Alas, the pictures are on the fried computer!

I know many of you have been there and can commiserate।

Guess what I’m wanting to get for an early Christmas present!

Enjoy the images

(print ones are from my collection …

photos were on my नो हिन्दी स्पेअकिंग machine

for couple of years from who knows where … mine??)

Hugs and may all your “failures to communicate” have an element of fun!
Sammy Girl :)
Note: if you read Hindi … let me know if the translation is as funny as Google translate!

फ्रॉम एंड ओल्ड वेद्डिंग सरेमोनी book

केर्तिफ़िकते१८९९

ग्लामौरोउस

हैप्पी व्हिते वेद्नेस्दय!

सम्म्य्गिर्ल

The Problem with Junking ...

... is 

you lose

any sense

of time!

YEP!

bad joke

but 

a dozen

clock carcasses

(cases?)

came home with me.

Maybe 

TIME

wasn't the only thing

I lost while junking?

Hugs and hope all your junking is a really good TIME!  (and maybe this post made you smile!)

SAMMY GIRL

ToDAy Is ....

Talk Like a Pirate Day!

Never heard of it?

Must not be from Oregon ...

I'm just saying

we have a sense of humor around here

AND

this movie was filmed in Oregon.

'Nuff said.

Now, avast ye landlubber

and go plunder some treasure!

Hugs and have a super day .... ARRG!

Sammy Girl

official site

site NTLAPD on Wikipedia

CNN article

Worth Repeating ... or NOT!

Breathless ...

As in takes your breath away.

Speechless ...

As in you have no words.

Some things leave us speechless or breathless that we would like to relive.

A fun evening ... a sunset ... 

Someone we care about looking so 

beautiful

spunky

incredible.

The Pink Princess ...

Lots of fun times worth repeating!

Not EVERYTHING that leaves us

speechless or breathless

needs repeating.

Like great-grandma's

china candy dish

laying broken on the floor.

Holding your breath thinking

I didn't just see that happen ...

Or something worse

that so many experience.

Thinking we'll never breathe again.

You'd think after all these years I would know how to breathe.

In and out.

But sometimes I forget.

Especially when doing something else

like walking

or thinking.

Sometimes I sputter.

Sputter out ...

kinda like a cough.

Or sputter in ...

and swallow spit

the wrong way. 

Today in the shower I was scrubbing my face --

with one of those net kinda things.

To remove the dead skin.

(Doesn't that sound gross?)

To EXFOLIATE ...

To make my face think it's 20 again.

(But I don't think it's buying it....)

Well --

I sputtered.

IN!

A mouth full of soapsuds

Burned into my throat.

Couldn't breathe or talk.

Breathless and speechless

but definitely

NOT worth repeating!

Hugs and hoping that all your breathless moments are ones of sheer delight and that when you are speechless it is because you don't need any words to describe your joy!