LC commissioned this painting for me from her artist friend Alfred Alam. I was totally surprised when I got it - love unexpected gifts!

Very cool graphic drawing of a mermaid! My love of mermaids is no secret.


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​​Headed back to the TO Christmas Market this evening to see if I could pick up the wooden seahorse window crystal but they only had the display one left. At the urging of a random stranger I asked if I could buy the display one. The woman in the booth wouldn't sell it to me because it was part of the hanging display and as I see it just didn't ( Read more... )

Monday: Was surprised this am with a gift of a conch shell with hole to blow (.needs sanding tho') from Val my assistant who got it while on vacation in the Bahamas. She rocks all kinds of ways! I've been wanting one for a long while. Apparently the guy who sold the shell to her and cut the whole blew into it and she said it was so loud you could ( Read more... )