My Current "Therapy"

The saddest time

is approaching fast and beyond any care we personally
 can now offer our dear Andrea who is now
 in Palliative Care.

Andrea was able to share some special moments 

in her garden here at home

sitting below this beautiful flowering Cherry Tree, 
listening to the Springtime bird song, 
the humming of the bees in the blossoms
 and taking in the scents on the breezes

whilst eating her favorite home made gingernut biscuits 
and sipping on a chai late

watching the new Springtime growth appearing.

I am still just grateful to be able to sit beside her
 holding her hand with barely any recognition from her now
and fill her with my love -
there is little else that matters!

♥♥♥
I am grateful for the fact that my muse hasn't left me during
these very difficult times because it is in creating
that I am recharged to meet the next
challenge.

I felt it was time to gather all of these beautiful gifted collages,
cards and tags from some lovely blogging friends

and start to assemble them all into one large
"Friendship Collage Lace Book".
What better therapy could I undertake as one of my
dearest friends looks towards her journey's end
with me!

We all go "home" eventually,

our friends and family too
so making each day count as the best
is a wonderful thing to do!

I can't thank you all enough dear friends for the
kindness and care you have shown in supporting me
through this part of my journey.

I have found it very difficult time wise in responding to your 
sweet comments and just know that I will be 
back visiting you all in the near future!

Much love and appreciation!
Suzy xox

Spring is Coming and So is Some New Work

But

Firstly I would love to thank everyone of you who

has posted such heart felt and encouraging
comments over the loss of my

Dad -

and

for entering your name in my

GIVEAWAY   FOR  GRATITUDE

which will be drawn in exactly one week

Friday, 23rd Sept.

So

there is still time if you would like to enter -
Just leave your comment in the post below this one.

As we all know:

(From the Byrd's song)

There is "A time to dance, a time to mourn

To everything (turn turn turn)

There is a season (turn turn turn)

And a time to every purpose under Heaven".

So with the advent of the Spring season here where I live
on the far south coast of Australia

I have turned my muse to a new birth of creativity

in the form of a Nature Journal

which is on my table

ready for assembling.



I was so fortunate that this commission came just at the time

when I was needing the challenge

of a new project

to get back

to the place where I belong - in my studio!!!

Thank you so much Gisele

http://www.supersnooks13.blogspot.com/

for the challenge!

Thank you also to every new follower who has joined my blog
and for the inspiring comments you have left!
It is so appreciated and gives me
a reason to continue
to fulfil my purpose
here!

Have a wonderful upcoming weekend

and

take care of yourselves and everyone around you!

You are all special!

Hugs from

Suzy

xxx