Namaste'

Happy Tuesday!

Love & peace always ~ Kathy

Tiny Flowers by Kathy Hardy:

Tiny flowers I've watched from birth...

until their petals scatter the earth.

One by one for all to see...

what is witnessed today may nevermore be.

Thanks for the *Great* Advice, O.J.!

Can you even believe this! Of course, this book was published years before O.J. Simpson decided his ex-wife & her boyfriend deserved to die @ his hands. And yes, we all know how he "would have done it", if he actually did. And, we all also know that he "actually did". So in case you can't read the quote clearly, it says "The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start to the top" and, is under the "Responsibility" section of this little book. And what's really eerie about it is that on the very next page of this same little book, also in the same position on the page and still in the "Responsibility" section there is a quote from Francis Bacon that says "The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands." – Freaky!!! Indeed!!!

On a happier note, Wayne surprised me by loading up my little turtle vase with these gorgeous flowers from our yard! Of course, you can always get one of these awesome little fellows for yourself from "The Duck Pond Potter" ~ he really does an amazing job @ holding flowers.

Well, I was feeling a little "spiritual" this morning, so I made this awesome little necklace for
the shop. It features a gorgeous brass "Buddha hand" and I named it "Namaste'" – I hope you love it as much as I do…

Off to the store to get sugar for my hummingbird feeders & zucchini for my zucchini bread that I'm making tomorrow for "Music Monday".

Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend!!!

Xxoo & peace always ~ Kathy

"As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is up to us" – Arnold J. Toynbee

The Gashlycrumb Tinies & Buddha Heads :0)

Doesn't quite go together, but oh well. I just had to share my little Buddhas that arrived today. I put them all together, so they would stay happy & smiling. But then I thought, ummm - what if they end up being like some of the mean & nasty people on Etsy and start fighting, or turning into "sock puppets". That would not be good. Here they all are, just as happy as clams {for now}. Let's have some fun and click on the picture. It will take you to my place on "Flickr" and you can pick out a little head to call your own. I already picked the silliest one for me, since I am about as silly as they come:

I just love them.....

And now for "The Gashlycrum Tinies". I just love them.

I found this lunchbox in my closet that I cleaned out yesterday while Etsy was down. A few of the little folks could actually represent some of the mean & nasty Etsiers as of late. I'll let you guess which ones. Now, here goes the whole alphabet ~ I hope you enjoy it.

• A is for Amy, who fell down the stairs
• B is for Basil, assaulted by bears
• C is for Clara, who wasted away
• D is for Desmond, thrown out of a sleigh
• E is for Ernest, who choked on a peach
• F is for Fanny, sucked dry by a leech
• G is for George, smothered under a rug
• H is for Hector, done in by a thug
• I is for Ida, who drowned in a lake
• J is for James, who took lye by mistake
• K is for Kate, who was struck with an axe
• L is for Leo, who swallowed some tacks
• M is for Maud, who was swept out to sea
• N is for Neville, who died of ennui
• O is for Olive, run through with an awl
• P is for Prue, trampled flat in a brawl
• Q is for Quentin, who sank in a mire
• R is for Rhoda, consumed by a fire
• S is for Susan, who perished of fits
• T is for Titus, who flew into bits
• U is for Una, who slipped down a drain
• V is for Victor, squashed under a train
• W is for Winnie, embedded in ice
• X is for Xerxes, devoured by mice
• Y is for Yorick, whose head was knocked in
• Z is for Zillah, who drank to much gin.

I hope you have a wonderful evening. Thanks for reading my ramblings. Oh, and all the new stuff is up in the shop, so please do check it out. xxoo ~ Kathy