Saturday, December 19, 2015

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







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  1. Draffin BearsDecember 20, 2015 1:45 AM

    Dear Penny,

    Such a lovely Christmas post thank you - really loved seeing the sweet photo of you and your Mother.
    Sending hugs and love and thanks for your friendship over the past year.
    Merry Christmas and may the new year ahead be wonderful for you.
    Carolyn

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  2. IlonaDecember 20, 2015 1:51 AM

    Dear Penny, thank you for sharing all of your blog posts filled with your art, this beautiful storie and the wonderful picture of you and your Mom :)!
    I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas, a good health and a peaceful and prosperous 2016!!
    Warm hugs, Ilona

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  3. LindaDecember 20, 2015 2:23 AM

    I love your photo from 1957!!! Beautiful! And what a lovely and enchanting sketch!!! Thank you so much for sharing, dear Penny! Merry Christmas! :)

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  4. It's meDecember 20, 2015 2:43 AM

    Merry Merry Christmas my dear Penny....love from me Ria ❤️❤️❤️

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  5. Castles Crowns and CottagesDecember 20, 2015 4:01 AM

    Oh Penny,

    Your poem, YOUR POEM is sensational. The last line, "ME" is strikingly poignant and then, your PHOTO. Do you know that I have a similar photo of me and my parents? I have to dig that up....your mum was just GORGEOUS and glowed from within and sparkled into a woman of great beauty. Look at YOU PENNY! Those clear blue eyes just beaming with hope. Lovely friend, how I love you. Thank YOU for all the laughter and encouragement through the years, and though I no longer blog, I do come back here every time because you have changed my life.

    Aren't cha also glad about having Jeri Landers provide that farmyard fantasy? How I love you all.

    HUGS TO YOU!

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  6. Méa StraußDecember 20, 2015 4:03 AM

    Blessings to you, have a wonderful time, my sweet Penny (SOOOO CUUUUTE on this picture).
    My daughter Faye tells you hello, she is in love with the picture you conjured!
    Have my huuuugs as well, merry x-mas, your friend Méa

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  7. Burlap LuxeDecember 20, 2015 8:36 AM

    Hi Penny,
    It's so wonderful looking back you as a little girl , your Mother glamorous in the late 50's and a tree filled with tinsel....I kind of miss those days when things were much slower, and we so appreciated the goodness, Right?

    Your poem is delightful....child's play with words that take you to a place imaginatively.

    I hope to see some new designs from you this coming year, ones encouraged from all the beauty you have gathered and stored away.

    I wrote a poem in the post before this latest, I so enjoyed showing a part of that side of me in my post that I tend to steer away from.
    I am having a rushed stressed year, I am late on everything, my step father fell and broke it hip and leg, and surgery led him to hip replacement and a rod down his leg 2 weeks ago, so my days have been filled with preparation of all that I have been doing for him, and arranging his home for his mobility.

    I am looking forward to a peaceful Noël and a new year an all it brings, I have also been keeping my nights busy creating new pieces.

    I will look forward my dear to all the beauty we see from you this 2016

    Lots of love,
    Merry Christmas my dear

    Xx
    Dore

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  8. Row homes and CobblestonesDecember 20, 2015 9:28 AM

    Dear Penny,
    As I read your poem I was feeling a connection to your spirit and there it was the photo of you and your Mom. Both of you in beautiful Christmas dresses with warm big smiles and sparkly eyes. I love your poem and I love you.

    I keep a photo out year round of a Christmas tree in the 50's, my Brother Mike (no longer on planet earth) me and our dog sitting on the floor with presents under our Christmas tree that looks like yours. Draped in tinsel that with the slightest movement would sparkle and sway. The precious memories of a more innocent time.
    Wishing you a beautiful Christmas with your daughters and fur kids, may 2016 bless your family with love and health.
    Sending love,
    Vera

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  9. Little Miss TitchDecember 20, 2015 9:53 AM

    that's beautiful,Merry Christmas,xx Rachel and Speedy

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  10. UnknownDecember 20, 2015 6:21 PM

    Oh Dear Sweet Penny,
    I absolutely love your poem!! Your Talent is abounding...the pencil sketch is so beautiful. You have such a beautiful signature style that I can look at your art and know that you created it.
    I hope the new year finds you happy and healthy!! Merry Christmas my Dear Friend!!
    XOXO Dessa Rae

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  11. JeanieDecember 21, 2015 6:26 AM

    Penny, I love this photo almost more than I can say. A mom's bond is so special and your poem says it all. Thank YOU for your visits to the Gypsy, for sharing such beautiful drawings and of course, the life of Bebe and her felted friends. You bring such magic into my world and for that I am grateful.

    Have a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful new year and thank you for your visits in 2015!

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  12. Red Rose AlleyDecember 21, 2015 9:58 AM

    Oh Penny, what a sweet picture of you and your mom, I love it! And the poem you wrote about your mother was so special. It sounds like you had such a wonderful mother and a strong relationship with her. She was so beautiful, and you look so cute standing next to her. You both look very happy with much love for one another.

    Wishing you the Merriest Christmas, Penny. May this special day fill you with love and joy. Thank you for your friendship. It means so much to me.

    love, ~Sheri

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  13. jerilandersDecember 21, 2015 5:57 PM

    Penny, Penny! Lovely tribute to your mother. I am so glad you had your head in a book,it explains your great imagination and creativeness.I have loved that drawing of "you" and the squirrel before. Have a fruitful and satisfying Christmas week. You are a special friend.

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  14. jerilandersDecember 21, 2015 6:06 PM

    Oh, I forgot to mention that photograph, Look at your mothers marvelous smile! And her dress! And YOUR dress! Look at all the tinsel on the tree! I remember wanting to just COVER the tree with tinsel,because there was never enough of it Every year we had to re-use it as it got more and more krinkly and useless.

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  15. AnaDecember 21, 2015 6:41 PM

    My dear and sweet friend Penny. Wishing you a wonderful Christmas. May it be full of love, peace and joy. See you next year❤️

    Hugs,
    ❤️Ana

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  16. Lin from A {tiny} Cottage In The WoodsDecember 23, 2015 10:57 AM

    Love the photo of you and your Mom ~ you are both soooo pretty! I had a dress very similar to yours. :)
    Merry, Merry Christmas dear Penny. Wishing you love and joy,
    Lin

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  17. Down by the seaDecember 23, 2015 1:10 PM

    Wishing you a very Happy Christmas too Penny! That's a lovely picture of you and your mother. Sarah x

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  18. CarolynDecember 23, 2015 4:53 PM

    Hi Penny,thank you for all your lovely comments and to wish you a magical Christmas time full of love, joy and fairy wishes ! Love Carolyn ^_^ xxx

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  19. Deborah NolanDecember 24, 2015 7:47 AM

    Dear Penny what a lovely photo of you and your mom. Wishing you a blessed Christmas and the best new year filled with His peace. Hugs!

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  20. ChristelDecember 24, 2015 3:46 PM

    Dearest friend, Penny, I appreciate your love and support! Ever so encouraging, it means the world to me. You are very important to me, I hope you know this. I wish you love, and light, and Happiness this Christmas, and throughout the New Year! much Love, Christel

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  21. Angelsdoor * PennyDecember 24, 2015 10:55 PM

    Thank you dear friends, may your Christmas be filled with joy and laughter. Your encouragement and kind words have meant so much, and I have enjoyed visiting your little part of world. I have been inspired, encouraged and found such kindness.
    Wishing each and every one of you a wonderful New Year.
    Love and blessings,
    Penny and Bebe

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  22. Draffin BearsDecember 25, 2015 2:36 PM

    Dear Penny,

    Thanks for your kind visit and hope you are having a merry Christmas and happy holidays.
    Love and hugs
    Carolyn

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  23. "Create Beauty"December 26, 2015 5:51 PM

    Hello Penny!
    Your drawing is beautiful, and what a treasure,
    that photo of you and your mother....

    Life got so busy and I put off my next blog post. again and again. oops. I hope to do more this coming year and visit you often,
    ~ Violet

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  24. The BUTT'RY and BOOK'RYDecember 27, 2015 5:54 AM

    Hello Dearest Penny,
    I am late getting around, and I am wishing you a late Merry Christmas, and hoping that yo have had a wonderful Holiday filled with joy! :-)
    Happy New year too!!
    I am just loving your music selection, and am letting it play in the background for a long while!!
    How sweet is this LOVELY picture of darling you and your beautiful mother in front of a loveliest tree with the real (lead) tinsel so delicately draped!!! I still have a little cluster from or saved drapings!! I really loved seeing you in that pretty dress (the kind we loved to wear in those days)You are so pretty!!
    Sending warmth and love!! XX OO Linnie

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  25. Bee Haven BevDecember 28, 2015 1:54 PM

    Penny...that is a wonderful photo of you and your Mom!! in my birth year!! Happy Holidays to you and Bebe!!

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  26. VictoriaDecember 31, 2015 7:14 PM

    Penny, I hope your Christmas was lovely, and I wish for you the very best in 2016.

    Blessings,

    Victoria

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  27. NadaJanuary 02, 2016 1:22 PM

    Your creativity is a pure treasure. It is a joy to follow your comments....May Peace, Joy, Hope and Happiness be yours throughout the New Year.

    Blessings,
    Nada

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  28. la- rêverieJanuary 02, 2016 2:07 PM

    Wishing you a happy new Year Penny.
    Your collective creativity is the pure joy of life...

    Blessings of love and peace,
    Eva

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