good evening, or whatever time of day it is when you are reading this. :-)

i'm not even sure why i pulled up my page as i can barely keep my eyes open and it is only 7:56pm right now.  but i've been feeling a little alone today so i thought i'd come on and say hi and share a little that i've been up to this month.

i gave myself a couple of challenges for this month, since it is the shortest, but i'm not going to tell you what they are until march 1 so i can see if i keep them. i've had a habit in the past of self-sabotage by talking about something and then failing in it.

i know... the suspense must be killing you, right?  bwaahahaha! :-)

well, to tide you over, here are a few pictures of some things i've done during february.

meet "Sol" 

next we have this lovely.  she gets to me to in a different way.

this is "feel your fire"

and last, for today, but not least is "laura's leo moon"

my art witchery for the full moon. it felt really good since leo is my moon sign. :-)

well, there's some art for you. a few things i've been keeping myself sane with. 

what little magics are you conjuring to save your sanity in an insane world?  i'd love to know.

thanks for sticking around, 

love & kisses & magical wishes...

~*~

since february is the shortest month of the year, i'm trying something new this year.  no shopping/spending during february.  since i couldn't buy my mum flowers this year, i made her some to keep all year round.

the background is really more red than appears in this photo.  i'll try to get a better picture after it's hung.  (and learn to TAKE better photos of my art.)

i thought i'd share this with my one reader here (hi Debra!)

;-)

and say Happy Valentine's Day to one and all.  i hope that your special someone has treated you extra kind today and that you have reciprocated.  and if you don't have that special someone, well...i hope you have treated yourself extra special today. 

thanks for sticking around...

love & kisses & magical wishes

~*~

good evening of day 3,781 of 2025. 

 i know...but it sure does feel like that here in the US.  during my re-organizing and deep clean of my house, i have been looking at a lot of my collections.  i was going to say i realized i was a collector...but i've always known that about myself.  i collect so much that i need a larger home. :-)

i thought i'd share a few of my collections with you.

above is a mixture of treasures found in new mexico, maryland and in the woods where i walk near home. the dish is one i was gifted from Cancun.

i hope to be back in the next day or two with more tales from my not so wild life. 

there are a couple of projects i've going this month that i hope to share.

before i go, 2 things.

1st - in answer to Debra's comment on my last post and a bit more explanation. yes, we insulate our pipes here. unfortunately, when they built this unit 30? years ago, the insulation was placed in the wrong spot at my kitchen wall. i've looked into it and it is ridiculously expensive to have corrected. the sad part is that it took too many years of living here and having to deal with it, before i realized how much water i was wasting and losing. i've had a nice break for the last week or so, as it was warm enough i didn't have to drip and that let me work my way through 10 gallons or so. that changes tonight though as the cold returns.

2nd - for the vast majority of my life, i have kept my mouth closed about politics. it comes from being told from birth that my opinions have no meaning or merit. well, i can't keep quiet any longer. the state of the country i live in is a nightmare of epic proportions. i am disgusted by the betrayal of the democracy we've held so dear. now, i'm not saying this was a great country.  in fact, i disagree with most of our history in the country and how things were done and people were treated. hence...

well...that's it for today. here's to hoping the storm on it's way doesn't leave too much ice out there and the power stays on.

thanks for sticking around...

love & kisses & magical wishes

~*~

just a little way i try to do my part for our environment...

 how i start my mornings... my journal, an oracle deck and on this particular day a lovely cup of peppermint hot chocolate (it's usually a glass of water, but it was reallyyyyyyy cold that morning).

anywho...how are you all fairing during the apocalypse?  i'm keeping my head in my heart as much as i can and doing whatever i can to keep myself from going insane.  

well, that's all for today.  i'm hoping to share some photos of my living area soon (i found a place for the tree! it's going to stay up year-round and be a seasonal tree).  i've rearranged and managed to get my art area set up more to my liking and also in a more useful manner.

thanks for sticking around...

love & kisses & magical wishes...

~*~

the way the light of sunset was hitting these trees when i walked outside a little bit ago was magical.  i wish the beauty came through this picture.

oh well...

i was going to post pictures from last week's snow, but when i went looking i found i hadn't taken any!  what?! i know!!  that is soooo not like me.

the artic cold is on it's way back south and while we won't get any snow we will get temperatures in the 20's during the day and teens at night for most of the week.

anyhoo... i have lots of projects i can work on inside during the cold. 

hope you have had a good week and weekend.  i've been distracted by migraine life and new doctors' visits which require traveling the roads quite a bit. :-(

well...hope you have a good week. 

thanks for stopping in for a read.

love & kisses & magical wishes

~*~

 i'm so cold today.  the system that is moving across the south has made it here and it is snowing! plus the temp hasn't moved above freezing all day.

the forecasters are saying we could get between 3-5 inches of snow.  i hope so.  i love a good snowstorm.

in honor of today's cold weather i stocked up on a few things yesterday and this morning started some pinto beans in the crockpot and later in the am made the one-pot chicken, mushroom, spinach, red pepper pasta.  i'm pretty sure i've shared it here before.

anywho...well the snow is falling and i'd say we've probably received about an inch so far.  

hope you are having a good week.

love & kisses & magical wishes

~*~

but not...

i wasn't going to put up a tree this holiday season.  since last october i've been working on a project of getting things organized and purged out a little bit.  it's super hard for me to do because everything i see is "hmmm...could i use this in my art?" or "how can i repurpose this for something else?"   hahahaha

but i've been cleaning out old (20 year) files and shredding like a fiend.  re-organizing art and crafting supplies that includes paper, fabric, beads, etc...

i wasn't going to decorate for the holidays at all, but then i decided to host the family holiday meals. the old tree is just too big to put up, so i decided to see if i could find something small to use.

i really love this tree. i'm thinking of using it all year and decorating it for each season/holiday.  i haven't decided yet, though.

anyhoo...guess what we had today? 

it was brief, and just dusted things, but...it snowed!

i guess that's all i have to share for now.  hopefully, i'll have something fun to share soon.

thanks for reading...

love & kisses & magical wishes...

~*~