Another Christmas, For Which I am Blessed

There is light, love, and laughter through the tears for those, who are not with us, but watching over us with love...this I have to believe....

This is my lovely, mother-in-law, Miz Eula, who turned 90 in November...we feted her with a party...such an honor...

We should be as bright, beautiful, and healthy as she when and if we get there...

That Itch to Create

I can't resist...little bowls from Ikea, Pebeo French Paints, and "viola", Life becomes a bowl of you-know-whats

A tree form, some reindeer moss, a tin container (from the Goodwill, no less), stained with my husband's shoe polish...Some paper mache houses from Hobby Lobby, paint, dragees (for the wreath on the larger house, clear glitter, some snow (gesso)and the ribbon from Michael's..

A straw wreath form, an old, worn pair of velvet, Eileen Fisher lounging trousers, ribbon from Michael's, iron-on bonding materials (bond the ribbon to the velvet, and cut out shapes)...hot glue, and a faux, faberge egg...

 Almost forgot....spray glue, and gold glitter...never enough glitter in this world...


Never enough Purple passion...



 And, above all, never stop dreaming; of a better world, even when all seems dark...look for the beauty and the light...

A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever

Beauty, they say, is in the eye of the beholder...

Children are beautiful..

As are roses....

Once upon a time, I was a photographer by profession...

Then, I decided to become an interior designer...As a Gemini, I am allowed to do this...'tis a blessing to be allowed to do what one loves...

As a child, we didn't have alot of money,but my mother, bless her, always made sure we had paper and pencils and a library card...I didn't know we were poor, and I didn't particularly care...There was art, music, nature, and a lovely lady, who had a natural grace about her...

"Above all," she would say "be kind and be honest."  Those words have taken me beyond the sadness and ugliness in this world.

 Finding things that have been cast off, such as an old, silverplate teapot, worn through to the nickel...and honoring it, by making it yet another thing of beauty is important...more important (at least to me) than a brand-spanking new ugly espresso machine (although, I do love an espresso now-and-again.

Age is a state of mind...

In this world that if full of fear, anger, greed, and angst...please, hold on to the beauty, and don't forget to dream.

Some New Some Not So New

For a very long time, I had this flying sheep over my bed.  My first intention was to reproduce him, and have three, flying sheep...Never did - and as they say, "the cobbler's children have no shoes"...I was busy with other's homes. 

      

I decided that since I was a big girl now, a bit of sophistication was called for...I will always love my Country French, pine bed, but I love black-and-white, and I make window treatments, and love color blocking, as you will see.  I also love stripes...and did it ever pop with the fuscia!

I experimented with having white sheers over the bed, and liked it, and my husband was'nt wild about the fuschia, so the experiment continued...(For a designer, this is called "playing")

I decided this "Sophisticated Lady", was more appropriate than "flying sheep". Still, I don't have the heart to get rid of him...I am going to paint him with chalkboard paint, and put him in my office as the "black sheep" of the family.

I think for the holidays, it's time for another look. 
I do love red....

Here's The Thing

There's been so much happening: My business partnership is being dissolved (just didn't work out the way we had hoped)...My cat died...and the whole thing is starting to sound like a poorly-written Country-Western lament.

I am also having issues with Google..who will let me use my identity and password to access my blog, and to moderate comments..just won't accept my answers..no time right now to deal with it...so, please know that I appreciate any comments, and hope you will welcome me "Home"...and no, if you click on that "home", you don't go anywhere...

Here's a few things I've been working on: more later...

Little, Blind Cat Gussie is Gone

There is a tiny, little furry body, wrapped in a towel, resting for the last time on our hearth. We lost our little Gussie during the night. She was sixteen, and had a hard time for many years not being afraid of everyone except me. When she went blind two years ago, a sort of miracle happened. She came out from under the bed, and spent the last two years, being loved and loving.
Rest in Peace our darling girl.

Running Away From Home (Page)

You are probably wondering, "Why is this woman rambling, and why is this entire post backwards, and why the heck is she here anyway....? Just because I learned to love coming here, and although it was started (hence the title - Jessica's Interior's Etc) the Etc. was the fun part. So, now I am a partner in Enlightened Interiors LLC, and am working on building a business in a (in case ya'll have noticed) a terrible economy...too much worry, too many people out-of-work..including my husband - too many angry people...me included...So, I came to just put up my photos..say, "Hey", hey, and go to bed, perchance to dream something more interesting than this blog. (and yes, it is backwards).

I don't know if anyone comes here anymore, but if you do, thanks..


This is Evelyn, loving her roses...You might want to read this post backwards, as that is exactly what it is...as is my life..topsy-turvy, upside-down, ass-backwards....

Why is it that on my "other blog", the photos are in order, the writing is in order, and on this one, I just can't seem to get there....I can't put a HERE, and you click on it, and it takes you wherever...SO, I am too tired to just fight it, and I ran away from facebook for awhile..and am sharing my black-and-white photos... This was our beloved "Lizzie" dog, and our very much missed "Mehetible"...Lizzie was a sweetie, and would share just about anything with anyone...except for "Cow", and this duck...She tried to share, but just couldn't.

They both have been gone for such a long time, but I miss them every day.

I know, I'm supposed to be doing other things; working on my/our other blog, "Enlightened Interiors"...and I do...I also love my design partner, but there is a part of me that needs to be here, as well

Fine, my photos are out-of-order, my thoughts are random, I'm not talking about Interior Design, but then, I have another blog for that

To me, the world has gone mad..just crazy mad.

I went through some of my thousands of black-and-white negatives the other day, and had some printed off, after which, I scanned them in. I miss my darkroom....I know that things are much easier here in computer-land, but there was something about going into my very "rustic", (read, no running water, in the basement, with the spiders, cold, damp, and well...dark), putting some music on (usuallyNPR), and spending hours, standing on my feet on a concrete floor...making magic. Well, I thought it was making magic.

Missing AllY'all....Truly

THIS HAS BEEN MY VERY OWN 'HOME' BLOG

FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AND I MISS IT.

I LOVE MY NEW BUSINESS, AND WE ARE

WORKING HARD AT IT, WITH SOME GOOD THINGS HAPPENING,

THAT SAID, I AM A GEMINI (A DOUBLE GEMINI).

THAT'S THE OTHER ME DOWN THERE ON THE STONE

WALL....I AM WATCHING MYSELF FROM MY

BALCONY AND SAYING, 'SELF, I MISS YOU'

SOOOO, I AM DROPPING IN TO SAY HELLO AND

HOPEFULLY, YOU WILL COME BY AND SAY, "hey"

RIGHT BACK ATCHA.

DO YOU EVER FEEL LIKE YOU ARE ON THE

OUTSIDE OF LIFE LOOKING IN, OR ON THE INSIDE, LOOKING OUT?

TIME RACES BY, AND ONE WONDERS, WHERE HAS

IT GONE, WHAT HAVE I DONE?

THIS IS EMMA; SHE WAS ONE OF MY

"CHILDREN"...I LOVE PHOTOGRAPHING

CHILDREN, AS THEY ARE SO HONEST.

DON'T HER EYES SHOW HOW HONEST AND INNOCENT

SHE IS?

BY NOW, SHE IS A YOUNG WOMAN, AND I HOPE SOME

OF THAT REMAINS.

THIS IS GINA MAE, WHO HAS LONG SINCE OUTGROWN

THE CHERRY BOWL....AGAIN, THE SWEET INNOCENCE

I AM TRYING TO REGAIN THE JOY OF THE LITTLE

THINGS IN LIFE.

SLOWLY.

OUR DAYS ON THIS PLAIN ARE LIMITED...EVEN THOUGH, AS

CHILDREN, WE BELIEVE THEY WILL GO ON FOREVER,

BUT, AS WE GET OLDER THEY WHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOSH BY.

I AM THINKING OF OPENING AN ETSY SHOP (ME AND

THOUSANDS OF OTHERS)...I NEED A PLACE TO

PUT MY "creations"...I AM THINKING OF CALLING IT,

"JESSE ETC."

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

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