My Joyful Pause Moments: Weekly Recap

Posted by Barbara Techel

What a great week it has been! I love the month of July. So while, yes, it is the month I was born in, I must say that I do believe July is my favorite month of the year. Everyone just seems so happy and enjoying life.

sitting in stillness 12After my yoga practice this week one day before sitting in stillness for five minutes, Gidget wandered over to join me. I moved her bed in front of my feet so we could meditate together. Divine. I know it looks like she is sleeping, but really, she is a very good meditater.  😉

rainbootsI think a little fairy carried this colorful flower blossom and set it upon my ceramic rain boots.

mag 12I discovered this publication, “Where Women Create” this week. A beautiful magazine. I may try and see if I can’t get my writing cottage featured in it. That would be fun!

photo 3 12Lunch one day was Dairy Queen Dilly bars I brought to my friend Cassy Tully’s art studio as a treat for her and her framer, Pam. Delicious!

IMG_1095Mini golf day with our friend Cassy. Always a good time!

Fairy Emergency Surgery.

Posted by Barbara Techel

fairyA few weeks ago I shared with you that Francine my resident writing cottage fairy had a little too much to drink after her nightly flight out into the world to fulfill her duties. I found her feet up in my water fountain one morning, glass of almost empty red wine beside her.

fairy-e-1024x609Well yesterday when I came out to my writing cottage, there she was, lying on the floor. But, um, not in one piece. If you are squeamish you may want to read over this next part… but for those of you who can bear it, well, I found her decapitated, as well as, her right wing de-winged. Yes, I know de-winged isn’t a word, but I was at a loss of how to best describe this. 🙂

Seems she’s been hitting that red wine again. So into emergency Elmer’s Glue surgery she went. First to repair that little head of hers. I decided to spare you the sight of that as it was not pretty. But today her head sits pretty upon her shoulders again. Though for the time being she must lay face down after having just completed the 2nd phase of her glue surgery to repair her tiny wing.

She should be good to go to celebrate the 4th of July tomorrow. But I do hope she’s learned her lesson that wine and flying just do not mix. Dare I say to stay tuned?