~Please Meet Miss Cordelia~

~It's a sunny Spring day & Miss Cordelia is preparing to attend her first neighborhood party here in The Hollow. She's been looking forward to going all week however, now that the time has finally arrived, she's nervous. You see....Cordelia is a smidge self-conscious about her tail. Most pig's have short squiggly tails, but Cordelia's is long and squiggly...it just never seemed to stop growing when it was suppose to! In fact, it's so very long that she has taken to holding it for fear of it being stepped on.....~Sweet Little Miss Cordelia is a special order and is finally (thank you Marilyn for your patience) making her way to her new home in Massachusetts. :)I had a lot of fun making this sweet gal. When I was aging her, I turned her face toward me at one point to see if her "spots" were even and there she was....staring up at me with the sweetest little face!!! You know..I do not think I've ever created one of these sweet little moppets that I haven't stopped at some point and looked at them..and they've looked back!!!! I always take a moment and realize how lucky I am to be doing this for a living and how thankful I am for this gift of creating with my hands. (The little moppets always...ALWAYS..receive a hug at this time).
Do any of you do that???

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So..good afternoon to you. It truly is a lovely Spring day here in Vermont. Due to the over abundance of rain we've had over the past couple of weeks everything is so vibrant and lush and growing like crazy. The sun is shining and it's the perfect comfortable temperature.

My flowers seem to be coming up perfectly this year..due, in large part, to the fact that I really got myself out there last year and kept up with my flower beds so that they were not crazy, over grown & out of control and I'm being rewarded now with lovely and neat flowers & herbs growing well and looking wonderful.

By the way..let me apologize for it having been so very long since my last post...these last two weeks seem like they have been absolutely crazy. It was Easter, then I was sick for a few days, my dad had surgery.. my pregnant niece had to have a medical procedure ( a scary and difficult thing due to the fact that she was pregnant and unable to have anesthesia) Thank God..both went well and everything is fine now :) AND..with all of this going on...I decided that I needed to change things a bit here in the house to prepare for Kurt coming home from college, for the summer, on May 10th....so rooms were switched around and Mark and I are now in the biggest bedroom (i have no idea why we were not there all along) and Kurt's room is at the back of the house where he will have his own entrance and can come and go as he pleases, at any hour, without disturbing us (as any 22 year old, home from college should be able to to)..in all of that..I decided I needed to clean closets, wash walls...curtains..rugs... and GET RID OF JUNK..oh my goodness..I must say..it was an overwhelming task once I got into it..(I actually didn't think I was going to make it out alive) but I went through and got rid of everything we had not worn or made use of in the last year..I kept three HUGE totes filled with special memorabilia and they are safely tucked in the basement and this house is clean..organized and clutter free. SUCH A GREAT FEELING..and let me tell you..it's going to stay that way!!!!

My studio has even found a new home. It's funny...I've had my studio in two other rooms of the house and I've never worked in there..I would always end up bringing my things out to the living room or dining room and only go into the studio if I had to use the sewing machine..for some reason I just never felt comfortable in the other rooms....this one is totally different..I just love it..(it's in the front of the house..so perhaps that's part of it) I have it completely to myself...my computer is in here and I come in here at 8:30 or so..shut the door..turn on Pandora and work like crazy....I can not believe all that I've gotten done in the past few days in here..I'm amazed!!! It makes me so happy :)
Cordelia like's it in here too..she's the first moppet to be born in the new space and she gave her approval with a happy little "oink" :)

Wishing you a wonderful evening :)Doreen