Valentine's Day....

There will be Red Hearts in every store, jewelry store ads promoting the glittering diamonds...what every lady wants? The endless boxes of chocolates everywhere we go..... Is it romance we are craving, that special touch that causes the little goosebumps and shivers of pure ecstasy? Oh the soft kisses and snuggling, warm fires and a fragrant bottle of wine....candles.....a decadent dinner or perhaps dinner brought in..... Valentine's day is for love...the absolute appreciation that you do indeed love someone... The expression of which is as varied as the person....

I have created a little something special to commemorate the day... Seashell Roses! These can be placed on a dresser, jewelry box, centerpiece, wreath, or with a nautical display.... For those about to propose...a ring placed in the center of a Seashell Rose? Well you can imagine the reaction! Placed on tables at a wedding....Valentine's Day is a wonderful day for one!

As I walk along the beaches searching for the shells for the roses, the sunsets overhead and the waves softly carry them in, scattering them across the sand.

Each "petal" or shell has a shimmering silvery glitter applied by hand. The rim of each one is also rimmed in a high gloss red glitter. The base shell securely holds each "petal" in rows.

Happy Valentines Day! A lovely Rose for a lady to treasure for years!

If you would like one...write me directly at....romysrealm@gmail.com

Rough Waters Ahead....

There will always be bumps in the road, sharp curves, steep grades, plunging cliffs, rough waters, sinking boats and life is full of the ups and downs of uncertainty in all things. Would that predictability govern life, does that make the blessings seem less? To have nothing to compare the good to but good, would not that lose the luster? For all storms, there is calm and for all sunsets, there comes the darkness, perhaps softened by the glistening of stars not unlike our memories carrying our way through the years. There are paths we will take, right or wrong we travel them, but without the assurance that there will not be.....bumps in the road.

The New Year

Where did the time go.....wonder of it all, it did! A year filled with new beginnings, some goodbyes and many memories to last a lifetime. What is around the corner? I never know and my life is always interesting this way! The constant is my haven, the little portion of paradise I lovingly call home may be just borrowed for a time and yet.....coming with a simpler existence, an embrace of all that is beautiful. I have embarked on new paths, always with a nervous excitement. Only to find that the travel was more rewarding than the destination! I have rekindled relationships with friends spanning decades and the most unexpected surprises that have followed. Sometimes I have to sit still to let it all sink in..... A man with the soul of a mariner had said to me...."I know what it is about you!" "You are happy!" He said this with such emotion, a sweet smile and sparkling blue eyes in his rugged face......this touched me with pure honesty. There can be no value placed on a treasure such as this. Yes, in the new year, I am happy......content......at peace and...always in awe of life......