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Oprah's Last Show

 

Did you watch Oprah's last show yesterday?  Even though I haven't seen her program for awhile, I did watch yesterday because she is a special woman who has helped others help themselves.  She has opened the door and invited people to take responsibility for their own lives, to grow inside.  Yesterday the thing that stood out most to me during her reflections was this one phase:

Please take responsibility for the energy you bring into this space 

Oprah learned the phrase through Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor who was on the show talking about the book My Stroke of Insight.

I do feel peoples energy, can you?  If you watched the program yesterday, what did you think about the show and what do you think about taking responsibility for your own positive energy?

I wish Oprah all of the very best and thank her for all she has done to help our world become a better place!

Kay and Larry's Crawfish Boil

Kay and Larry invited us out to their house for a  Crawfish Boil yesterday!

They are some of the most fun people I know and some of the best cooks too!

The day was perfect which is so unlike Texas weather in May!  Typically it's already super humid and hot in our neck of the woods.  This is the coolest Spring that I can remember, maybe the coolest on record!

It was relaxing to be with friends outside, especially after not feeling well for awhile.

Here's the fresh crawfish and crab from the Gulf, boiling in seasoning.

Later, the guys unloaded a few large steemers of crawfish, crabs, shrimp, artichokes, corn, sauages and pototes into a mini pirot.

 

I adore crawfish, it's my favorite crustacean by far!

We ate with our fingers on boxes and used lots of  paper towels.

Rex the wonderful watched & YES sampled lots of yummies!

 Meriam and Sandra during dinner~

We even walked down to the lake. It was truly a magical afternoon ......

 

that turned into a delicious dusk. 

Bonus:  We didn't get lost on the way home!!

Rebecca invited me to share a Postcard from Paradise.  For me, yesterday was "it"!

 

Happy Week to All!

xox

Constance

La Confectioner

I met this little lady last August, a Martin Englebrecht illustration from 1735.

She called to me with a delicious array of confections and I couldn't help myself.  This irresistible little maiden standing erect, selling her delights.  I've admired and studied her extensively, the fantastic displays of bonbons and marzipan fruits.  Her dainty wrists grab the weight of a fabulous silver and gold woven basket suspended from red velvet ribbons and she manages to elegantly balance a towering sugar loaf in one hand and a fancy blue delight in the other.  Even her silk ensemble shouts delicious!  Her work is an imaginary job I smile to dream about:  Molding and painting marzipan fruits, making colorful bonbons, getting all dressed to the nines, steping into a metallic basket and then leaving for work. Sounds heavenly, a profession that would make people happy, don't you think?  Who wouldn't be glad to see this lovely maiden approach?  

 

After awhile, she challenged me to create HER and I accepted.

 

La Confectioner took me on a journey.  Sometimes I didn't know where I was going.  Yes, there were battles, but she made it here and she was worth it.   A challenge yes, but in ways that are all good!

Hope you enjoy meeting this little lady and perhaps fascinated to see the process and evolution.  Maybe she will inspire you or make your smile!

 

xox

Constance

 

 

Happy Day!

   
Today was an exceptionally beautiful day,  postcard perfect and it was Jefferson's annual Pilgrimage Parade and Tour of Homes.

(Beautifiul parosol, a gift from Mélanie of Le Petit Cabinet de Curiositiés)

The American Girl Book Club donned their hats for the occasion and rode in the parade.  Last year the girls took second place and I just found out that they won first place this year!

Michele is the mastermind behind this wonderful club.

And her husband is our handsome driver.

his copilot, Betsy!

Our assistants Charmain and Petra helped in every way!

 

Here we are ready to roll~

 

Also lining up for the parade, Dorothy in her Lady Bug Costume.  She sat up in the back during the parade.  Anna chauffeured the Lady Bug in her Beetle, too funny!!!!

It was fun to ride in the parade.  It's the first one of my life.

 

One last thing~

To all you Mother's out there, especially mine:

Thank you for all that you do

For all your secret sacrifices

For love, unconditional.

 

Love,

Constance

 

 

Giffords Circus

Let's run away and join  Giffords Circus in Cirencester, England!

 

  

Giffords Circus ~ Perfection!

Their story: 

Toti and Nell Gifford started Giffords Circus in 2000.  Their vision was of a miniature village green circus, packed, rowdy, glamorous - birds and horses and motorbikes bursting from a fluttering white tent - a show for rural families, farmers and film stars.  Since 2000 the Giffords Circus company of painted wagons has toured the rural Southwest, moving every week, and entertained over 250,000 people.  Giffords Circus has become synonymous for the inspiring musicality that each show is filled with. You can listen to snippets of music from their previous shows by going to their website and linking to The Music Box.

If you want more, watch the fabulous slide show of Giffords Circus at The Guardian. 

(Images above found here)