Some New Whites and Greys

It really is a joy creating with vintage cloth, doilies and lace

and from my work table I thought I might share

a little of these - like this tag I created

for a friend from www.paperwhimsy.com

I love how the elements of nature like these beautiful

gum leaves and feathers complement the items

from our past

with vintage potion bottles, pearl buttons and sweet net laces.

I'm linking these images to

 Blissful Whites Wednesday - Timewashed.com

Grey Dey Thursday - Petite Michelle Louise Blog

and

What's It Wednesday - Ivy and Elephants's 100th Party

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Wishing you all a little calmness, steadiness, quietness and

stillness in your busy busy days

for inner peace!

Love Suzy 

Rustic Greys for Grey Dey Thursdey

Whilst walking around our garden lately 

taking some images of our beautiful Spring garden

I realized just how many shades of grey I could see.  

In fact our whole house is constructed of corrigated grey 

iron cladding to begin with.

 

There are several gentle slopes with timber steps that

have changed to a lighter shade of grey with age.

Beautiful grey timbers used as fence posts and railings

with grey wire attached next to a grey wire gate

to fence in our precious goat beauties and, of course,

the large number of trees displaying their beautiful natural

colours.

Ornamental grasses have been planted in and out of

rocks and stones.

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Constant daily visitors like these Grey Shrike Thrushes

perch daily on the kitchen window sill,

especially when feeding their young, as is the

present case

to beg a treat or two!

I'm hoping to share images of our Spring garden soon

including our magnificent display of roses.

I'm linking this post to Michelle

(thanks for hosting this Grey Dey Thursday party Michelle)

although a tad late

at

www.petitemichellelouise.blogspot.com
as well as 
Mosaic Monday at
Little Red House

Thank you dear friends always for your kind visits

 and comments especially on my previous posts.

I so appreciate you all!!!

Have a great weekend and up coming week!

 Suzy♥

Journey's End

Eternal Sleep has finally arrived

for our dear Andrea!

All that is left of her gentle smile, her sweet soft voice

and her strong presence is what we hold in our

memory.

May her spirit dance like fire in the eternal light!

In memory of Andrea and for my own good

I created this collage in these soft shades of grey

also with the idea of linking up with

 Grey Dey Thursdey with
Petite Michelle Louise
and
Timewashed.com with
Blissful Whites Wednesday

as the dark grey days slowly begin to lighten.

Her memory will live on in our hearts.
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Thank you dearest blogging friends for your most wonderful
love and support through my absence in going
through all of this -
there is much to share ahead 
with the dawning
of each 
new precious day of living!

I've found my wings and am now getting ready to fly again!

A warm welcome also to all of my new followers -
I hope you enjoy my creative journey here too!

Love and hugs, Suzy♥

Feelings of Gratitude

Firstly I would like to heartfully thank all of

you wonderful bloggers who have left such supportive

and loving comments and sent emails

 as you stay with me on my journey with Andrea.
As I haven't been able to visit you all personally
I am using this post as a means of expressing my fullest appreciation!
Just "thank you so very very much"!

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It is times like these that all I have to do is look around my studio

 and see just a few of the very beautiful creative gifts

given to me over the last couple of years

 both by dear blogging friends

as well as other wonderful friends from around the world

to remind me just how fortunate I am

and continue to be for having friends like yourselves

and also for the fact that I am gifted with this wonderful life
of creativity and a studio
where I can express my heart's desire!

These are a few embellished boxes

in which I store some goodies with which

to create different works such as these hearts

as well as framed collages

from particular images that I find so appealing. I feel so blessed!

I'm learning how to really appreciate

what the squeeze of a hand, a tiny  

gentle smile or even a change in breathing

with unspoken words really and truly mean!

How to be able to go for a short walk and collect

a few simple seed pods, a feather, a bird's nest, some stones and shells

and favorite bits of wood can bring simple joys -

the joys that mean more than words can express

as I continue to compile and create in my

 Friendship Collage Lace Book

and

to show you just how thoughtful friends can be I

received these most beautiful parcel of doilies this week

from a most generous Australian blogging friend, Judy

who thought I just may like to incorporate them.

Thank you "heaps" Judy - you are just so wonderful!

Some were stitched onto pretty papers

Oh these beautiful blue wrens too!

and so beautifully hand painted.  How gorgeous are these

Superb Blue Wrens

and these dear little Scrub Wrens!

This last piece is another collage I am creating

in the hope of bringing some new inspiration

and positive moments of relief

in lifting our spirits high

as onward we 

travel!

Thank you dear friends for just being there!
It means so much to me!

Much love and hugs,
Suzy ♥