Once upon a Christmastime

Once upon a Christmastime


There was a little girl

Shy as could be

With bouncy blond curls.

Her head always in the clouds
Reading stories of fantasy.

With her eyes she walked

The pages of the book

Could she be a female Captain hook?

A Mother to love

Always there to encourage

A warm hug when needed

A shoulder to cry on.

Music and laughter

 All through the house.

A Mother's smile 

Turned into a song.

Whistling  a tune

As she carried on.

Knowing that one day

This little girl would become

Me.

                                                                              

                                                                       Mom and  I
                                                                     (around 1957)

This will be my last post till after the New Year...

 I wanted to thank you all for your kindness and friendship this year.. I am always delighted and inspired by all your imaginative and beautiful posts.. Thanks to you, I can travel any where in the world  and visit such beautiful places...  Enjoying your gorgeous photos in the comfort of my home.

I can also  enjoy the farm life with a click of the keys..( I am a farm girl at heart you know. )  I can visit Fiona and dear Jemima  over at Jeri's  and Mary Ann and Ginger at Beverly's .


Blessings to all... May your Christmas be full of love.
 Wishing you all good health and happiness in the New Year.

Wishing  ~ Peace  ~ throughout the world

Love and blessings,
Penny & Bebe

Come along with Bebe to Nowhere... Ms. Gander is there

Happy Holiday season to all.  Bebe here... 

I am off to Nowhere..  Please come along and meet Ms. Gander... 

But first,  I must make a snowman... 

Note to self.... When you need to transport a large package,  a wheel barrel works great!

Please click the link to Nowhere to meet Ms. Gander... It is located on my sidebar.

Love,

Bebe

Single Rose

The weather has turned...  29 degrees last night.  Roses are sparse.  

Deep in the bush you will find light,  and a single rose.

Blessings to all

see you soon 

Sisters Acrylic on Canvas

Hi There,


It has finally cooled down here.. And I mean cooled down.. Last night low was 32 degrees... Jasper and Zoe make great bed warmers... Jasper always lays against my back, Zoe down by my feet. She will move around during the night, sometimes she lays her head across my neck..

Picked up my acrylics and painted a portrait on canvas this past week.  I used grey tones only. The first one is actually the same painting, but in progress.. I don't know how I managed to get so far off...  I am glad that I took a photo in progress, because now I have sister's ..   I actually prefer the first one.   What do you think?

In progress

Finished

Thank you so much for wandering over... Wishing you all a beautiful weekend.

Blessings,

Penny

Fred and Ethel

Hello dear friends... I am afraid I missed so many great Halloween posts, but I was bit by the flu bug. 

I am feeling better today and thought I would share a few photos of where Fred and Ethel live.

The back yard is visible from my kitchen window.. I love to watch them in the morning as I have my coffee.. 

I cannot remember the botanical name for this bush, but the common name is potato bush..   Beautiful purple flowers..... This is not only their home, it also serves as their meals.. they love the flowers, and Fred will stand on his back two feet and snap a branch off and completely devour it... I does not seem to hurt the bush, so I say, eat hearty!

Can you see them back there to the left of the bush?  At least now, since I fenced off the grassed area

for Jasper and Zoe,  the bun buns stay off the grass

Ethel is in the foreground, Fred in the back.. He is quite large.  

 Wishing you all a beautiful November... See you soon.

~ Ali ~ An Angel mouse

Hello dear friends.... 

I am pleased to introduce you to ~Ali~  A very sweet Angel mouse...  She loves her jeweled metal wings I gave her...  She has been lovingly needle felted, and has wired toes and glass inset eyes. I have mad her a tiny jeweled crown with faux berries.  She stands 3  3/4" tall.

I hope you enjoy viewing her.

As for my last post... I would like to thank everyone for leaving such kind words... I have no idea what happened but that post just vanished! 

Wishing you all a lovely week... The weather here has finally cooled down...  I see so many of you are sharing beautiful photos of the change of season... The trees look so gorgeous!  Thank you all for sharing, as there are no real seasons in my little part of the world... I will try to get back to visiting this evening.

blessings,

Penny

Thank you so much for visiting.

blessings,

Penny

p.s.  I leave you with a photo of a very old painting of mine from the 1990's.  I  came across  it when I was going through all my old artwork..  Oil on canvas, 

The Mouse Peddler " Milo "

Hello dear friends.  

Everyone is getting ready for Halloween, and so is this wee Mouse Peddler, Milo.... He has a wagon full of candy corn, and will be strolling down the road...  

Lovingly needle felted,  he stands 1 3/4" tall.   I created his wagon with toothpicks, glass beads and wool.. The wheels are needled felted... Candy corn was also felted..   

I hope you enjoyed viewing.. 

blessings,

Penny

Completion of ~ Winsome Woods ~

She is finished.. Relaxed with her charming friend she found in the woods.

I hope you enjoyed viewing.

Blessings,

Penny

WIP Winsome Woods

~ Winsome Woods ~

Work in progress...  I should be finished soon.  I hope you will enjoy the completion.

Thank you all so much for your encouraging and kind words.

Wishing you all a beautiful week ahead... 

blessings,

Penny

~Wicked~ pencil sketch

Dear Mea of Mea'sVintage suggested a dark fairy, wild... This is as close as I could get.. Not really sure if I captured  the look, but this is what I imagined. Thank you for the inspiration, Mea!  Hope you enjoy.   See you soon.

Have a great week!

blessings,

Penny

The Princess and the Mouse Pencil sketch

Today I was gazing out the kitchen window while doing dishes... What popped into my head? This image below.. I have no idea why... I was watching the rabbits play, not a mouse in sight. 

So your guess is as good as mine... But I must say it was  enjoyable sketching this.

I hope you enjoy.

Have a wonderful weekend!

blessings, Penny

~Kali~ A pencil portrait

Inspired while listening to The Celtic Woman... I hope you enjoy.

Have a beautiful day.... Blessings, Penny

Adorlee A pencil portrait

Listening to the soundtrack of Julie and Julia  inspired this portrait..  I hope you enjoy.

Wishing you all a joyful day.

Blessings,

Penny

~Camille ~ a pencil sketch

 ~Camille~

I am still working with my pencils..  This particular portrait was  inspired by this song, from the soundtrack of Braveheart.   I hope you enjoyed viewing her.

Wishing you all a peaceful and joyful day.

blessings,

Penny

Pencil sketch

Hello dear friends.. I hope you are enjoying the weekend.  

I have been off the computer for a while, but plan on visiting you soon.

I would like to thank you for all your kind words on my last post.

Wanted to share this pencil sketch with you..  A little out of practice with my portraits, but I plan on continuing for a while.

blessings,

Penny

" Wishing "

Please meet Mittens and Meg

Hello dear friends...  I pulled Mittens out of  the hat box and finished her up.. She had asked for a friend, how could I refuse, so I needle felted her a wee mouse that measures 1 1/2".  Mittens stands 4 1/2 " tall.  Needle felted in beautiful wool fibers..  I painted her glass bead eyes, with the help of my magnifier..  She is available on Ebay..  I hope you enjoyed meeting her and her wee friend.

Wishing you all a beautiful weekend.

blessings,

Penny

What a life

Really!  This is how Jasper spends his time...  Well, when he is not reminding me of lunch time by kicking the trash can... What can I say, he just makes laugh...  Once in while I will find him with his legs straight up in the air. Now that is funny!

What have I been doing?  Drawing, painting, reading, writing and a not so much needle felting..  I started a felted cat named Mittens... Lost interest and put her away for the moment... When it is time I will bring her out and finish..  

It is heating up again, over 100 today.. I am so happy I went out yesterday to tend the roses... Won't venture out today...  Wishing you all a beautiful Sunday.

Jasper ( the King)  and I  thank you for visiting!

Granny's Attic in Temecula

Hello dear friends,
Have been a little under the weather, but am feeling better each day.
Thank you all so much for taking time to visit. The weather here has been just horrid.  Yesterday it hit 112 in the shade... As if water restrictions were not enough, this intense heat has really done a number on my roses... Don't get me wrong, we need water restrictions with the drought,  I just hope they make it through the summer.  They give me such joy.

Thought I would share  a couple of photos I took on my visit to Granny's Attic a last month. It is located behind  front street, in Temecula.. It is much larger inside, than it appears to be from the outside..  Very isle has a street name.  I am thinking this is if you get lost... haaa..  There were so many beautiful antiques, but these two items show below,  I would have loved to have..


I am not sure, but I am thinking  this stove may be a reproduction.. what do you think?

I love this old singer, and the cabinet!  They had about four different models throughout the shop.

This was my favorite.  I should have taken a close up of the machine itself. 

Ok.  Not an antique, but had to take a photo.  This is what Miss B always says to me...  She was with me this day, along with her dear friend... She yelled,  NANA, look at this!

 Have a peaceful Sunday....  Wishing you all a wonderful week ahead

blessings,
Penny

This little piggy

Hello dear friends...

I hope she makes you smile...  Lovingly needle felted in beautiful wool fibers... No armature in this little one..   Four inches tall and  has black glass eyes.  She is available on ebay.

 Link on my sidebar top right side.

 Thank you so much for visiting...  I hope you all are enjoying the summer... I have been keeping myself busy inside, as it is so very hot outside these days...

Make a Felt Flower - Oliart Episode 7 Please have a seat and enjoy

I came across this sweet young lady years ago on the internet. . I have been meaning to share for some time.. I know you will  enjoy...   Her name is Olivia. she is such a joy to watch..
She belongs to Big Red Hat Kids...  The traveling trio. If you wish to watch directly on You Tube, click the bottom right hand corner of the video..  There you will also find many others for her, and the Traveling Trio

Wishing you all a beautiful week.
blessings,
Penny

Miette on stage at the Ballet

Miette has always wanted to dance on stage..  Wearing her pale pink tutu, pink toe shoes and must not forget the white wings.. She tends to be a little top heavy due to her trunk.. So I suggested she wear wings to balance herself..  She is a sweet little elephant,  we would not want her to fall during her performance.. 

She measures 4 inches tall to the tip of her wings.. I hope you enjoyed.

She is currently available on ebay.

Thank you so much for watching her perform.

See you soon

blessings,

Penny 

Summer roses

I have been waiting and waiting for the roses to come into full bloom... I believe this year this will not happen..  So I thought I would share a few blooms with you...  We need rain so badly, and with the water restrictions it is a challenge.. The bushes look so sad, leaves are sparse, and only about 1/4 of what I usually see this time of year...  I was out this morning dead heading the roses and had to come in... By 9am it was over 90, so this is going to be another hot one.

The rose at the top is my Mother of Pearl.  It is a pink rose, but now has changed colors.  Then there is my favorite English rose...  Ingenious Mr. Fairchild.. Last photo.

Wishing you all a beautiful week..  Thank you all so much for your visits and kind words this month.
blessings,
Penny