SeaWashed "Sophie"

Hello Bloglandia......


I  just wanted to share a beauty, a gift I received from a gentle soul, a  Painter of the Sea, Kerrie Sanderson  who sent me the prettiest of paintings, perfect for my sanctuary, my palette and my love of beauty....of flowers, in this case roses.....and of the selection she has, this is truly my favorite :D thank you from my heart of roses, Kerrie!







I don't know if its in ''good taste'' or not to say, but I'm going to anyway because it is what happened and it is so much part of this story......
She gifted me this gentle image in return for something I gifted her with, because one day she commented how she loved the perfectly aqua roses on the plates I had found while thrifting and she said in that way when we see something we love that ''we want it''.... lol . That was enough for me....for what beauty shouldn't be gifted if someone wants it? It was easy enough to do.
I sent a few to her and I received this beauty in return.....I love blogland and the beautiful souls we meet here and the gifts exchanged between women whom we have never met nor even spoken to......the Heart of Women is the Balm of Soul.

I thank Kerrie for her perfect beauty, talent and gift to my Sanctuary of White.
And Kerrie,  Sophie moved around with me as I went from my bedroom to the middle room to sleep for several weeks as we got natural ''organic'' termite treatments, no fumigation for this house and even the termite inspectors advised against tenting because of all the vegetation and even they hated to see it all die with the tenting process, and no way was I going for that...... so while my room was being treated I brought from my room some beloved things to keep me company as I slept in the middle room, and they were my Rachel Ashwell bedding of course, a crystal candleholder which sparkles, both Madonna's and "Sophie" ....yes, Kerrie, I love it that much that it moves around with me when I want that vibe of peace, beauty, gentle touches and gifts of the heart.
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"Sophie" is sitting in my new IKEA wall unit, which replaced one small bamboo one I loved, alas, it had to go. Please do check out Kerrie's paintings, she does beautiful doves too which I think I need one, hopefully a pair of doves in a single painting? : -)







 




This new unit is rather plain, very "ikea" but larger and I will have to dress it up when I feel creative again, but just adding crystal knobs makes a difference, as there were none for these doors have a push to open/press to close feature.....but it needed some bling......
Inside is the little bag of treasures, knobs! lol, I picked up from Home Goods years ago for I knew one day I'd need to change out boring ones and so I bought two little packages of crystal knobs {shabby? Victorian?} in clear and light pink....never knowing when or how I'd use them and now I love that I did that!

I have 4 clear ones which are working perfectly to replace small black ones from a computer desk {below} I also got from IKEA to replace a huge desk which took up a quarter of this whole room and yet had no place for storage. This new desk allows me to sit at a desk, to open up and close when I'm done and to store things using up perfectly good wall space! Will post soon on this.




But here is my wall unit now, storing things I love, not willing to part with.

I have decided that I'm never coming out of my Winter Hiatus of this past year, and that I'm only going to prepare more for what is now my ''Eternal Hiatus'' in better ways. Lest anyone think I'm hiding from the ''real world'' know that I see it differently.....the ''real world'' is horrid and I am not just hiding from it but avoiding it at all costs and living in a world of my own which I create, which is far more beautiful, and peaceful, safe and clean, and anyone who comes {which lately have been mostly blue collar men} has something to say about this place here and its vibe and beauty and some take pictures.....and so I must be doing something right, so My Eternal Hiatus it is!
And since I can only do pictures these days as reading words seem to fry my brain, I thought beautiful books of pictures which numbers in the millions these days would be perfect. And what is also perfect is that I am perfectly in the mood for the Victoria of Old as when Nancy Lindemeyer was editor and in the 80's her magazine was such a needed literary and artistic balm for the Graceful Woman's Soul....she put out a series of books and amazon has all those books now for one penny :D:D:D and I bought for one penny every one I wanted in one day, so as to have a collection of beauty and grace to read and fuel my mind and heart last thing before bed every night. I now go to sleep in the proper frame of mind and heart with images of beauty and grace before me to fuel my creative muse just in case she decides to get up and do something like that  again......I would lovingly suggest everyone get onto amazon and get their collection of such beautyful picture books asap.......

I also picked up a lamp I fell in love with in IKEA, you can see it on the right there below ,  as it is made of the softest cotton shade and I love these tall floor lamps as they give the room a lovely glow.....I have a similar one in the middle room and I love the lighting but when I saw this one covered with white fabric with little scalloped pleating at the bottom with buttons, it was perfect for my room.

Some laundry one day.....busy as a bee and walking in and out doing a hundred different things in a day, and suddenly a vision of beauty and serenity hits one, makes one stop in ones tracks and stops our timeclock....we are frozen within the image of the moment, a long moment.....I loved what I saw with the sun behind it....and the feeling of fresh and clean and sun......and flowers, and all it's promises .......especially when I lay my head down to rest later in the dark evening.

blessings of health, love, beauty and peace to you all.

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