When you wake up from your slumber, do you wake up with your eyes closed, realizing you are back in consciousness? Or, do you promptly open them for a split second, and then close them to groggily acclimate to a new awakening?
Do you realize you have awakened, and grasp at strands of your rapidly vanishing dream, wishing to be taken back into that place... Desperate to return to your dreamscape?
Do you sometimes, think you are somewhere else, like your room in that house you grew up in? Flashes of your dream, sparkling, hanging on for dear life? And then, realize, you are now here. In this bed, in this moment in time?
Do you occassionally have such a deep dream, that you truly think, you were somewhere else in time? It discombobulates your day, feels so real, your heart strings are twisted and turned... When I hear that tune, I think of all my summers in Coronado, California... Our home away from home for years and years... Awaking there, with the moisure of the sea, enveloping my senses... Nostalgia looming... (the movie was played constantly on the hotel channel)
Dreams are a whole other existence for me. Another realm of my being and my life... I studied dreams for two years in school. And, found ways to revisit places I had once visited in that dream state...
When I was around 20 years old, I had a dream so intensly real, I felt like I was there. People and places and names came back with me. A place I could have never been or known of. My mother in that dream, was a famous ballet dancer... Perhaps, reasons why I paint women of dance... Who knows... It is all so interesting...
The one thing I can tell you for certain, is that, I make sure to keep my Dream Keeper happy. So that she can drop me deep back into those places I love to visit, in the wee hours of the night...
As she drops me, I spiral through the dark sky, bouncing from a cloud here or there, until I arrive in my other world...
I pay her in jewels...
She plays a haunting tune, to ensure that I arrive at my night time destination...
She knows all the meanderings of my hearts voyages... She knows all the carpet rides I take... She is the last creature I see when I close my eyes, and the first creature to greet me when I awake...
Have you identified your Dream Keeper?
A Dream Keeper is just what the doctor ordered ;)
Don't even get me started on yummy yummy daydreams...
Speaking of dreams... A few more of my dreams that I captured on canvas, ink, clay and film are now in card form... In my shop...
To get lots more details of the fronts and backs and clearer views, take a peek in the shop...
But for a few snippets in not so great picture taking lighting, we have...
Escape at Twilight -
The Siren Finds her Voice...
Special Day -
Tea Party Sojourn -
Back of Tea Party Sojourn Below (Pink surround is just to show card better)
Lantern Dance-
Back
Tea Tale -
Fluttering Memories-
Super Bake Girl Cupcake -
Back (pink is just to show off card - card has no pink surround)
Elfin Party -
Plus, a new assorted card pack - The Dream Keepers...
I am also working on getting everyone to be rounded cornered, as the postcards look so lovely rounded... I like that upgrade... The two below are now rounded corner guys ;)
Sooooo, that is a bit of what I have been up to... And I best get back to work, as I still have elves and creatures itching to show their faces very very soon ;)
Back to my favorite place I go...
Don't forget about all your dream thoughts... I love dream talk!!
♥
ps: Oooops, I almost forgot!! I made the Tomato Pie!! Thank you sweet Chris!! You get a box of flowering tea ;)
But first, let me say, I can't even begin to thank you for all those recipes... All that typing of recipes for me!! I feel like a spoiled little kid!! You girls are so awesome, I can't even tell you!! Thank you thank you!!!!
And I have no photos to share of Tomato Pie, because it was gobbled up like the wind!!! I also plan on making ALL of the other dishes shared... I can't wait... Tonight I am making the sticky Lemon chicken, or maybe the cranberry one... Then the chicken with French dressing, then the caper chicken, then umm, let's seeeeee, where to begin?? Cauliflower, potatoes with chiles!! I am making them all, that is all there is to it... etc. Oysters, curried seafood bake, the general's chicken... I actually, wanted to make two or three dishes, but I was too lazy to go get all the ingredients on Sat... So the Tomtao pie won for V-day because I had the ingredients... And it was more than good! Oh, and I made my Quiche crust for it...
Annnnd, I made another quiche yesterday... Yumm Yummmmm.... My recipe is here for you...
Okay, must skedaddle - I am talking too much... xoxo
