Happy New Year 2010!

Nigel hopes everyone has a wonderful new year. Believe it or not, the New Year holiday used to be a holiday that his mother was not particularly fond...that is the folly of youth. As an older person, Nigel's mother now realizes that to make it completely through a year is quite an accomplishment. Far greater than that, it is a blessed gift to be treasured and thankful! Here is Nigel and his mother celebrating and sending happy thoughts out into the universe for everyone's best year ever!

Ghosts of Christmas

Unlike Scrooge, I do not call mine 'Ghost of Christmas Past'. I call mine the ghosts of Christmas. I have many ghosts that haunt me and not just at Christmas time. So, it stands to reason that at Christmas time, I would just have more ghosts. I have a recurring dream that a ghost lives in my back bedroom. It is a room I rarely go in so pretty much he lives there undisturbed. In my dreams, he is not scarey. He is nice and friendly and just crops up from time to time. Obviously, he is a part of myself as are all of my ghosts even these ghosts depicted here. Rudolph and Frosty are a part of me. Memories of a banana seat bicycle are part of me. The ghost that haunts me most is the aluminum tree. I still vividly remember being with my mom when she bought our aluminum tree with pink ornaments. It was so 60's. I feel perfectly at home with ghosts because I am a ghost myself...the ghost of the woman I always wanted to be. But like I said, I do not mind ghosts.

Blue Christmas

We had some Christmas festivities with friends today. Plus, I finally have some time to post some Christmas projects. This little 4X4 piece depicts an icey cold winter night. Just a few little stars are twinkling and the moonlight is glistening on the new fallen snow. I am pretending some little forest critters came out and decorated this tree like they do in "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer". I like to pretend stuff like that. I think everyone's worlds could benefit from some beautiful fantasies especially at Christmas time.

Merry Christmas!