These dudes ain't got no body... no body...

Well, welcome little dudettes & dudes to my 2nd 'to the bone' post celebrating Magaly's 4th, yes, May the FORTH be with you... BLOGOVERSARY, actually it's April 8th now, but I love Star Wars so I just chucked that in ;)
Well, I have to ketchup - that's USA talk for tomato sauce by the way (see I'm bi-lingual) yep 'KETCHUP' on so many posts & intend to do that as soon as I finish this post & my glass of wine....
You still here?? Thank goodness I just popped off to get my pics together for a wee show & tell - thanks for waiting :)
Anyway, I didn't really know what to chat to you about today, but hell that's never stopped me before, so this arvo I went through some pics from a (fairly) recent trip I did last Sept/Oct with my precious ones, one of the places we visited was my hubby's homeland (I refer to him as 'the Big F') yep the beautifully historic Edinburgh in Scotland & then drove to Skye Harris & Lewis, some freaking awesome & freezing ancient fairy laden isles close to the North Pole (well it felt like it), which are dotted with Standing Stones erected by people who are now bones... maybe not even that anymore... but 'bones' & skulls was what we seemed to find sculpted in memory of loved ones who once walked the land of Braveheart, and these photos below are some we discovered on our trek which I'm sharing as part of "To the Bone"... 

Next my sweeties a little progression visual of... 'til death we do part' fleshing it up so to speak... not finished, but soon...

Oh yeah & I must have been a little 'in the zone' because I did another 'Skully' not Mulder's X beauty & brains but something a little more literal...

ALSO... another comment here on this post gives you a second chance to win  "Carnival of Bones" my giveaway (see below) but even if you don't want it I decided that this here 'Skully' aceo will be part of the giveaway too, winner gets first choice and Mr Randomiser will pick a runner up for 2nd as well.

Ohh & you have to enter Magaly's other Prize Giveaways, but not the one for MagicLoveCrow's painting featured or Oma's altered book... they are MINE ;) Actually I'm sorry I shared, ALL those Witchy giveaway's in the Blogoversary are coverted by me!! Have a great week & promise I'll come 'round & visit soon!

Sit those tied bones down, and stay a bit... actually 'TIRED' I DEFINITELY meant tired, that other word is too S&M and it's not that sort of post!

It's Pagan Culture's 4th Blogoversary, and Magaly is throwing a wicked party... giveaways, entertainment... & drinks... well at least a milkshake is on the menu... & lot's of things to chew on... crunch & munch, because there is a theme... "to the bone" so you'll be sure to leave satisfied, all that marrow... it's good for you ;)

Well I hope to do a few posts over party time, but this first one had me chewing my fingernails & meditating... bones... Bones.... BONES.... life, death, our indigenous Australians who can "point the bone" with deadly effect & how I have seen revered bones in churches, relics of saints, & last week came across a bush rat's skull in the garden... or maybe it was a possums(?)... my mind was churning & thinking that how incredible, the sum of all, maybe ends in a handful of bones, in a church, in a garden, used in magic, chewed on at dinner...  I felt a little nostalgic... about things past.

It only seems like yesterday when I sat with my big sister & assorted toddler sibling enthralled by Bones...

Not sure what I was thinking as my heart really belonged to Billy Mumy, (actually spoiler alert, just printed my 'Lost in Space' T-Shirt to wear to my next Scifi SupaNova convention - sad but true, anyway I always get lost at those things so it's quite appropriate). Anyway I decided that was as good a place as anywhere to jump from, & jump I will, because now I want to show you the 'bones' of a painting I have started, it's called 'til death we do part'... and as I flesh it out over party time I will update photos...

I have a little give away too... leave a comment & I will randomly draw the winner of this little original painting below... all comments go in the draw over Magaly's party duration 1st-13th April, so if I post again & you leave another comment well you get a second chance... the painting below, it's done on recycled board & it's called 'Carnival of Bones' it was based on my first thought when Magaly announced her Blogoversary theme, a little girl, outside of the 'haunted house' at the Easter Show, a memory of long ago, that child is no more, but the bones still terrify her.

I actually want to share something else but that will have to wait as I am running late like an April Fool, and need to visit the other partiers, so drink up, you have rested your bones long enough ;)

One more thing, NATASHAAA (I am shouting so you hear me LOL & I probably won't get to visit until tomorrow as I have dinner to cook) BUT... You have won your choice of either of my 2 posted Oz creations from my last post & I want to thank you :) and ALL I yahooed with at Oma's Altered OZ party, I had the best time, but somehow, still remain in Oz... lucky me ;)

aLtEReD oZ

aLtEReD oZ...

Today we're off to see what's on the other side of the rainbow, what 'Oz' may have been with slight aLtERations, let's face it that freakin' tornado could have whipped Dorothy & pals off anywhere... so with apologises to L. Frank Baum and thanks to the wise & wonderful Oma Linda for coaxing me out of my bloghole (crap that sounds like a toilet) we will continue to follow the yellow brick road...

OK there's really only one Oz, it's a land of kangas, koalas & 9 outta 10 (or was it 18 out of 20?) of the world's most deadliest creatures... maybe it's better those dudes didn't land in this Oz, looks like they didn't even pack sunscreen!

I have always been a little perplexed about this roving organ challenged (heart & brains anyone?) group of misfits... and as a kid I was sure there was going to be a romance between the Scarecrow & Dorothy (I had no idea she wasn't a 'grown-up' back then she looked it to me... wonder if anyone's done an X-Rated aLtEReD oZ(?) mmm, maybe not... that could be worse than me thinking Charlton Heston & that female ape scientist would make a good couple in 'Planet of the Apes'... being young can make you stupid... sometimes.

Hearing "Somewhere over the rainbow" has always made me sad, l'm not really sure why, but in this 'aLtEReD oZ' post it was the inspiration for my little painting... (that & the fact they were looking for BRAINS)... so here we have...

aLtEReD Dorothy... Sad, Alone (Memphis my daughter was horrified Dorothy may have eaten Toto!) and searching to quench her desire for... well probably not Lemon drops!

I also aLtEReD Dorothy again, made her a Kansas kid, now it seems pretty obvious why oh why she'd never fly 'over the rainbow' like those Bluebirds... (sans wings)... but then it doesn't stop us from dreaming about it :)



Thanks so much for partying with me! There is a HEAP of fun to be had at Oma's Blog Party & to help celebrate please visit the other aLtEReD Participants and one more favour, please (pretty please) leave a comment here to go in my random draw, winner gets to pick one of my 2 original pieces of aLtEReD Oz art posted here...

and now I'm off...

along that yellow brick road, perhaps we can travel together(?) and have a wonderful adventure :)

HALF PRICE - Everything in Store... 24 Hours Only...

Just for anyone who may be interested or had their eye on something in my SunshineShelle Etsy Shop I am having a 24 hour sale this weekend... So please take advantage of the sale if there is some artwork you may like to give a home to by using the Coupon Code... 50PERCENTOFF and the discount will be applied at checkout... and one more thing... have a great weekend :)

An Inspired Splash of 'Scarlett' for PPF!

I looked outside and asked Trinity what day it was... "Wednesday" she called from the bedroom... 'no... no' I said staring into an eerie landscape... 'I mean on the Mayan Calendar'...
It was 7am, the sun that had been hanging in the bright blue morning sky had been blaring through out curtainless windows since before 5am, but now it was semi-dark, the birds weren't chirping and the ocean seemed still...
Next minute my 15 year old Trinity raced out wearing an old pair of 3-D glasses "There's an Eclipse" she said as she raced to the window...
Mmmm... yep, of course I YELLED... DON'T LOOK AT THE SUN!!!! As a matter of fact people within a 10 mile radius probably heard the warning... so here is my COLOUR pic, can you believe it, the sky/ocean all zapped of any colour, the photo I took aiming directly at the sun, ended up a massive lens glare that highlighted our flithy windows... as you can imagine, I would like to keep my reputation as a domestic goddess, so I will NOT be posting that one ;)

Memphis my darling18 year old (did I say darling for Trin? She picks up on those things) is in chilly Scotland at the moment spending time with some of her wonderful extended family before she starts University in the new year... I miss her so much and we Skype most days, on a recent virtual hook up she told me as well as journalling she was going to start to blog a short story every day (or thereabouts) using 'prompts' pulling out a 'name' from one hat & a 'word' from another... when we were chatting she asked me what I thought of a short tale she posted last week called Scarlett and how did I picture her? I loved the quirky story and then I realised I hadn't anything for Paint Party Friday for so long, I took the challenge to accomplish both tasks... so MangaMem I introduce you to Scarlett, my PPF post :)

I took some photos as I progressed...

I hope you enjoy & if you get the time please read the story "Seasons-Scarlett" that inspired this painting :) Thanks for dropping by and a big thanks once again to the lovely Eva & Kristin for being a lot more diligent than I could ever be running this AWESOME Party each week!

Oh! One more thing... The 6 people that commented on my last party post were thrown to Mr Randomiser & MagicLoveCrow, you are the winner of the $15 voucher for my Etsy Shop! Congratulations!! Now get over there & buy something ;)

Have a great weekend all!

Still Celebrating!!!

What's a girl to do(?) I may be running late for the party but Natasha May said just get in your costume, fix your makeup & arrive before Sunday Midnight and I'll save you some treats... one may even be an original Natasha May aceo, but in the least I'll score myself a gut-full of sugary goodness ;)

Well as I was getting dolled up for my 'late' arrival I thought I'd tell you about 'Glamis Castle' we recently visited in Scotland, I am happy it was daylight because it was pretty creepy, and it would be hard to find a better place to wander on Hallow's Eve...

This is the setting for Shakespeare's 'MacBeth', Royalty through the centuries have visited, princesses born, and bodies entombed in chambers that can never be opened, there is a sense of dread which emanates from these secret walled-in rooms, and although stories told, no one is certain of what lies behind the bricked in doorways & windows...

Some say the devil himself visited this Castle, but, I wonder if it was just King Henry the VIII (?) because we saw his short bed where he sleep when he holidayed here between wives centuries ago... The chapel in the bowels of Glamis Castle was eerie, I swear I felt the ghost of the beautiful Lady Campbell sweep by on her way to the back row where she finds solace after being burnt to death on witch charges by James V, her children imprisoned in the dungeons also sentenced to death, until the king died and the innocents were released.

There is also a ghost of a man in armor that has been documented by many visitors over the centuries & the small servant boy, who in afterlife is still on occasion seen sitting on a stone seat just inside the Queen Mother's (who's home it once was) private room, awaiting his next instruction. I feel Halloween may be quite active at Glamis Castle...

I want to share my aceo "Lady Campbell" of Glamis Castle, or as she is better known as she's seen drifting through the Castle grounds... "The White Lady"

Ahhh... OK, makeup on Now let's party... Well I had so much green makeup left over from St Paddy's Day I thought I wouldn't let it go to waste soo... my costume is... Zombie Bridesmaid (just to glam it up a little thought I'd add glitzy earrings)!!!!

OK, Now I'm off to party... but before I leave I have a $15 Etsy voucher for my SunshineShelle Shop for Mr Randomiser to pick someone from the comments section on my party blog (so please do) in (belated celebration of Halloween)... I'll announce next post & one more (well 2 announcements) Oma you won my 'Oz' giveaway from a century ago & Jenny won the aceo of her choice from the 3 I featured in last weeks blog, but actually if you prefer Jenny you can just pick any aceo in my shop instead :) Happy weekend everyone!

I believe in Faeries...

There is magic to be found everyday, there is another dimension that is often overlooked and as life gets further away from the earth elements, as we intellectualise until nothing is real unless there it's accompanied by a formula or statistics to 'prove' it's existence, well we lose something... we lose the magic, the dreamers, the folktales, the faeries... 

I am just back from quite a wonderful journey with my family, and I hope to share some of the highlights of my adventure in the future. I have sadly neglected my precious blog friends (yes I'm missed you!!) but first post back - today - is to celebrate with Magaly at her Annual Blog Party 'The darker side of Faeries' (please check out all the creative party goers posts if you can)... So now... 

As one of our treks took us to the Scottish Isles of Skye, Harris & Lewis, to the lochs, & dense mossy forests to the land of rainbows and pools of deeps dark waters, where faeries were born and their tales still told, I am thrilled to take part in this celebration, because I want to tell you... they do exist... but treat them well, otherwise you may see their 'dark' side...

Faerie Glen near Uig on the Isle of Skye, never was a area more fitting to conjure up images of faeries, complete with waterfalls, toadstools, dripping moss, truly the most picturesque landscape littered with stone pictograms left as gifts for otherworldly entities, I'm sure I glimpsed a doorway, down from the ridge-top that weaved to the highest point in the glen, 'the castle' as this natural formation is named, where the little ones protect the Glen, it is a happy place, this is where everyone believes.

Callanish, stories, including those of faeries are connected with these megaliths from 3,000 BC. Our road trip had taken us to Isle of Lewis on the Outer Hebrides in Scotland where folk still speak of the sprite that came from the sea with salvation when the village had no food back in time unrecorded, and still 'the shining one' who walks up the avenue of stone at dawn of Midsummers Day. Standing here I can feel the energy from the earth & that of the sky, like a conduit I am part of the energy in nature & I see how one believed in the power of unexplained, and I listen to those stories of faerie, and... I believe, in the words of Hamlet touched on when speaking of the Sprite that appeared in Shakespeare's tale "And therefore as a stranger give it welcome.

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy."

OK, now, under the influence (well it is a party & I've been here a while) I checked out the Washerwomen, I had never heard of these creatures until I read Magaly's blog post & I was intrigued, it was considered a foretelling of death if one encountered these stringy white haired pale women who in the rivers washed the shrouds of those about to die... these women did not 'kill' the person they 'foretold' of the event... they weren't evil but some say they may have saved other women from the endless work, laundry & chores that they have to do for eternity... these water sprites go from being ugly hags with boobs down to their knees in Scotland where they have to toss them over their shoulders to continue washing those bloody shrouds to the beautiful Irish banshees that do the same work, but if you HEAR their cries, well just order Moet with that last meal because it's all over red rover... below is the Banshee...

I also did this aceo Banshee below, with her pale face & long white stringy hair she takes on the appearance of a madonna, no evil intended in her deeds,  a female who's fulfilling her role in the darkened waters of the lochs and riversides where she lives forever more...

This, well is birth of a faerie, an aceo, a realisation that fairies are born of believe, and die through neglect...

Oh and sometimes... sometimes I think there are worst things than the boogeyman (aceo below), he that materialises under beds, in cupboards, he that scrapes at the doors and windows of the children's bedrooms... sometimes I wonder if he's just  lonely, needs company, is harmless... but maybe he was banished from the world of fairies & sprites for deeds unspoken... maybe it's right to be afraid, maybe he embodies the 'darker side' of fairies... 

You'd think I'd had long enough to do the randomiser thingy on my last 'giveaway' but I will announce next Friday if not before, and everyone that comments on this post goes into the draw to win one of my 3 new aceos (winner's choice) so I'll announce all winners together, old post & new... 

Now... Off to lock my doors & turn on the lights ;) Thanks for your company & if you hear someone scraping at your doors or windows... don't worry... it'll be me coming by for a long overdue visit ;)

Road to Oz...

Welcome back to my home... yep there's no place like it... & sometimes I find it hard to motivate myself & partake in events outside my nest, but well, when Oma says to come & play, well you just better get off your butt & do it, because no one wants to miss out on a party, ESPECIALLY someone as special & wise (& wonderfully sassy) as Oma is throwing it, so even if I did get a little lost on the way when my GPS told me to turn left at the Haunted signpost (I KNEW I should have followed the yellow brick road)... anyway, I am finally here & going to visit you all & eat your all your Little Boys (or do you call them wieners? cheerios? cocktail frankfurters?) any way I am ravenous & I bought a couple of bottles of wine to share but what I REALLY am wanting to do is devour all the magical tales (is there party pies?), see the sparkles (mmm pass me the tomato sauce, what? you say ketchup?) gaze at the creations (ohh there you go, don't spill it on the shagpile babe) & enjoy (yum is that a plate of sushi someone is passing around?) the friendship of beautiful (no, you are gorgeous you don't need any more lippy) friends... Great to be here, I feel happier already & hang on... “Going so soon? I wouldn't hear of it. Why my little party's just beginning."* I did a big sign (with lot's of yummy layers close up) & some button pins I made as giveaways so please leave a comment & you may end up with a little something from Oz ;) Now... let's Party On!
*Wicked Witch of the West Wizard of Oz

Thanks heaps Anonymous... but I don't need any Viagara

Yep although I haven't had much post action, Anonymous obviously missed me & has been bombarding my comments sections daily with offers of cheap drugs for everything from sexual disfunction to penis enlargements... UGGH... IT GOES STRAIGHT TO SPAM... doofus :/ don't make me buy a gun license & come find you!!!

OK... the winner from my last post (yep I barely remember the event either) of an original canvas "Dolly & Me" is (offer up thanks & chocolate treats to Mr Randomiser) because Carmen Esposito he picked YOU!!!! OK, I'm on hols, so when I get back to Virtual reality I promise to send your prize & haunt your posts again, if anyone has written me in the past 2 weeks I have not been able to access my email accounts (yes I tried everything short of hitting the computer screen with a cricket bat), so I am not ignoring anyone, just access challenged :( I still love you :)

GOOD NEWS!!!!
I have access to a computer this morning & I HAVE to post, WHY, I hear you ask, you haven't freakin' bothered for so long & we basically forgot you existed anyway... well, because I believe in true love, & Magaly sent out a request to join in celebrating our 'other' half, how we met the person who we melded with to form the complete beast that evolved from this cosmic event... :)
Well, it was late 88, and someone who was my complete opposite walked into my life, he wrote (I draw), he surfs (I lounge on a banana chair in the shade), he's blond & tanned, I'm brunette & white, he's outdoors & I'm in, he (yep) slim, I (yep) curvacious ... he had 5 tiny plaits & wore gridiron pants & mid-drift tops, he introduced me to Wrestlemania on our first date and I found out about Ravishing Rick Rude, Macho Man & and Jessie 'the Body' Ventura... I introduced him to Horse Racing, casinos & bad cooking...
This was a drawing I did of us early 89... I believe with Fraser (the 'Big F' as I affectionately call him) I instantly knew he was my partner, others I had dated bored me (do I sound like a wanker saying that?) but it's like there was no 'magic' I was in my mid 20's & the Big F in his early 20's when we met, he was well traveled (2 years living working in Europe) & had been in a long term relationship, I had been as far as Fiji (won a trip in a raffle) and my longest relationship was 3 months (almost), I really knew one day I would meet a person who completed me, and when I met the Big F, I knew this was him, it was electricity, yes, it was 'magic'...

Sometimes I didn't know where he ended & I began...

 

We worked together & danced on tabletops, we loved, fought, and bought 2 beautiful babes into our world, we have evolved from 2 singles into a family, and we still belief in magic.

What Day is it?? What's my name??

Sometimes I get confused, OK, almost always I reek of a little confusion at some point of each day (with a hint of garlic too if I've made a huge slab of lasange for the family the night before)... I sorta feel I watched too much (no... actually it's impossible to watch too much) sci-fi & fantasy as a child & the Twilight Zone is actually a real dimension, because 'time' sometimes, just, disappears... 


I've been much better since I discovered 'calendars' but still every now & then I stuff it... I missed something I really REALLY wanted to be a part of this week, I have already crashed & burnt on Martha's brilliant 29 Faces in May Challenge (which had fantastic talented prolific profilers dishing up tasty facial features on a daily basis)... now I have missed The Butterfly Effect which had my bestie Stacy hosting the theme VAMPIRES... so with lateness and apologies I will still post my offering... 


Stacy had asked what name would we have if we were a vampire? I thought about this for ages before I enlisted the help of my family, they insisted nothing would change, I already wear black, don't go in the sunlight (they exaggerate a little) & didn't change my name when I married my Big F... so I realised why it was so difficult for me to 're-name' myself... Then I realised - I may be Sunshine Shelle... but Midnight Michelle could be my Vampire persona without too much of a change at all ;) So I now embrace my 'after-dark' identity ;) Oh... maybe Sundown Shelle would be better? Uggh, this was harder than I thought :/


Now... These 3 were doodles I did which I ripped out of my sketchbook & evolved into 3 different blood suckers...

Eternal Youth

Scent of Flesh

Ravenous

I also added a aceo... this creature stays in the shadows & shuns the light, hunting in darkness, a silent feeding machine... presenting... the night stalker...

Night Stalker

Creatures like these lurk (as Rod Serling would say) "between the pitt of man's fears & the sunlight of his knowledge"... 

OK my beautiful blogging friends, hoping you all find the time this week to do the things you love most - & thank you for sharing a part of it dropping by my space in the virtual world... 

Holy Moly... Have I got something to show you...

Remember that 12 foot python I told you about? Bravely manoeuvred out of our living room by my Big F? Came through the dog door making itself at home (well a torn piece of insect netting we call the dog door) and last seen disappearing over the edge of the veranda into the lush denseness of the mango tree?
Well... look at this...

It was a momma python (not sure if they have 'bits' or how you can tell & wouldn't wrangle 12 ft of forked tongued muscle to find out) but it must have been... because look what we found on our deck - a baby python :) It had wrapped (& rewrapped) itself in cascading loops around an outdoor potted tree on our deck... those beady eyes watched me as I sat on the swing with a coffee... & I watched it, the awnings, gutters & everything else, while I sipped... wondering where momma snake was now.

OK I am still dragging my tail with the  29 Faces in May Challenge, but Martha is so forgiving she doesn't even make me feel (very) guilty ;) Best of all I could combine 'faces' with The Butterfly Effect another awesome group of supa-dupa talented creatures whose theme this week is 'Patron Saints' oh & NEXT week it's VAMPIRES!!!!!! Hosted by my friend Stacy from MagicLoveCrow... I'm sooo excited & you can write, paint, draw or craft your piece (rules are pretty fluid thank goodness) & then Linky up, just join in... PROMISE IT'S FUN!
Now my Fully Buttered entry for Patron Saints... I did 4 Aceos, Saint Peter I wanted to be hunky, apparently fishermen in those days worked topless or even nude while on the boats (those robes were hot & too awkward to work in) & they were pretty muscular because of heavy labour involved... Next 2 faces ;) St Elizabeth & St John the Baptist who were cousins to Mary & Jesus, St Elizabeth was an older mother when she fell pregnant with child, but that could have just meant in her mid thirties back then!

St Rose & St Rita... very different females, one known for her beauty which she actively destroyed & the other St Rita, Patron Saint of Impossible Causes who had a partial stigmata & had been married & bought up 2 sons before she ever was able to fulfil her personal religious destiny.

Now.... just 2 more I did this week... next 'face' is an aceo & I think I still had AlmaMia on my mind from Magaly's new (yes it's published & $1.99 download on Amazon) book... but this is Daisy

Next is an 8" x 8" mermaid... Ocean Siren, floating in a sea of mixed media...

OK That's it for now & I'm not linking to Paint Party Friday because I STILL have yet to finish visiting those that made the pilgrimage to my blog last week... so take care & remember to hug the ones you love - I'm off for a coffee (hopefully a snake free event) x

Pour me a Tequila & pass me the Guacamole, I'm here to PARTY... so sit down, take off your Doc Martins & relax...

Get ready for the Butterfly Effect, Paint Party Friday, 29 faces in May, - while celebrating the blog party of the Year, Month, well, weekend... All TOgether Now... yes, folks, indeed it is ;)

I really don't know where to start - there's so much partying I think we just better just grab our spew bags & soldier on... If you haven't met Amy well... go visit! She's having an 'open bar' at her "All TOgether Now" Blog party, I'm running late so if you get there before me save me one of those wieners she'll be offering 'round before Chibi the canine polishes the plate off ;) Maybe I'll just take a plate of Vegemite sandwiches, that way I know I'll have something delicious to snack on if snacks run out ;)


OK, part of this party is I show you mine, you show me yours... that is, what talents you have that you can impress people with... HEY!!... button that shirt back up, it's NOT that sort of party! Anyway, I decided that I could wax lyrical about how I get mistaken for Angelina Jolie, or tell you how my home was voted most organised & best furnished in the Queensland Home Beautiful Awards, and of course winning the coveted best Aussie Arse (or is that ass?) in a bikini 7 & a half years in a row... & the 'Domestic Goddess Blue Ribbon & National Sash' for my house cleaning ability while wearing stilettos & not smudging my lippy... but then... I don't want anyone to feel inferior...


OH MY GOD... PLEASE TELL ME YOU DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT CRAPPOLA? I'd be like the perfect total wanker (but pretty awesome too)!!


Truth is, I'm OK at art & pretty good at bull (can I say S#*T?) ;) I'm a dedicated (but faulty) mother, love (& sometimes hate) my Big F... Adore (but argue with) my siblings & have undying (but tardy) devotion to my mother & try to be the best friend (but fail) to those I love... and most will be visiting here today ;) and honest... actually hard to believe, but I really am honest to a fault :)


OK, It's now show & tell... This is my 'Underwater' Ocean goddess, sea siren... or simply - Mermaid... done & entered in this weeks 'Butterfly Effect' theme... my Coral Queen of the deep...

I have been taking part, well Martha may say 'barely' in the 29 faces in May Challenge, man I'm behind but catching up with... 5 (above) and... 6 - Redhead

 7. Blue & Curious (above) & 8. Domestic Goddess (below)

I must have had the smell of frangipannis in my head... 9. Scent of Summer (above) & 10. Beach Daze & Sunburn (below)

and finally a change of pace... 

11. The Hunger 

& not forgetting it's Paint Party Friday yet another reason to put your feet up & celebrate all that is creative with Eva & Kristin because the Party just keeps going...
AND... I have one more thing to say... yep waffling on is a talent too ;) My friend Magaly just had a book published & guess who did the cover????? 

So proud... & there is an OVERLAPPING Party to celebrate too, next stop to celebrate this awesome read is at my besties Stacy's, so grab another dink.. oh oh, 'drink' (damn that last Mojito) & get on over... cancel sports with your kid's, tell hubby you have a headache, & don't turn off your computer, because we have our dancing shoes on & I see some tables that'll take my weight nicely :)

Oh Crap, I forgot about the giveaway... I love this little babe (Tea Party with my Doll), & she needs a home... just leave a comment & you're in the draw, whether you like it or not... actually... hope you do, you awesome dude & & open that bubbly... 'I'm looking forward to catching up & we have a whole weekend to celebrate ;)