Father Christmas hand made by Donna Watson
"Don't think about what can happen in a month. Don't think about what can happen in a year. Just focus on the 24 hours in front of you and do what you can to get closer to where you want to be."
---- Eric Thomas
hand made wrapped boxes by Donna Watson. a few of the boxes were decorated by my good friend Leslie Avon Miller
"A tiny bud of a smile on your lips nourishes awareness and calms you. It returns you to the peace you had lost. A smile is the most basic kind of peace work." -- Thich Nhat Hahn
more hand made boxes with naturals, see the hand made box at top right by Leslie Avon Miller
a bare branch tree in the corner with icicles and red cardinal birds
"Each moment is a chance for us to make peace with the world, to make peace possible for the world, to make happiness possible for the world." --- Thich Nhat Hanh
hand painted balls in front of fire place
"If you're really listening, if you're awake to the poignant beauty of the world, your heart breaks regularly. In fact, your heart is made to break; its purpose is the burst open again and again so that it can hold ever-more wonders." -- Andrew Harvey, The Return of the Mother
hand made birch wrapped candle holder
"The timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness and knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream." -- Kahlil Gibran
"To be creative means to be in love with life. You can be creative only if you love life enough that you want to enhance its beauty, you want to bring a little more music to it, a little more poetry to it, a little more dance to it." -- Osho
"It is in the thousands of days, trying, failing, sitting, thinking, resisting, dreaming, raveling, unraveling that we are at our most engaged, alert, and alive." -- Dani Shapiro
New additions this Christmas, a bird skull Father Christmas with a Rabbit Father Christmas both hand made by
Donna Watson
"I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can." Neil Gaiman
PEACE, HOPE AND WONDER IN 2015
