more inspiration!

Do you see my hummingbird?  We see her
every morning.  I think it is my mother's spirit
saying "good morning."  She loved hummingbirds.

did you lose this barrette for your hair?  It's here!

Another beautiful walk....so much to see and be grateful for!

My Daily Inspirational Walks

Every morning I take my two Berners for a walk in the park.  It's great for all 3 of us...they love getting out for a walk and I love the time to look at the world around me as the sun rises.  The pictueres here are of Angel, her daughter Lady and Indy (the Golden Retriever who is no longer living).

This morning as Angel, Lady and I walked I looked at some beautiful flowers and brought a stem of them home...hmmmm....for a future Gourd?
We shall see.  At any rate, it is great to get out for an early morning walk...to look, listen, feel the world around me and to count my blessings.
Anybody else like to walk in the early morning?  Take your dogs? What do you see?

Wild Birds Unlimited...Thank You!

Yesterday I brought 4 of our gourd bird feeders into the Wild Birds Unlimited store in Glendale, Az.  I showed them to Victor, the owner of the store and he LOVED them...really praised our artwork and creativity.  He is going to take them into his store on consignment and we are thrilled.
Here are pictures of the bird feeders...

The birds absolutely LOVE our bird feeders too....they just all flock around, above, below and IN the feeders.  So fun to watch!

Monday Morning...almost the end of August!

Almost the end of August!  Maybe it will begin to get cooler, here in Arizona....maybe.

This weekend my husband started working on a new gourd...doing a new technique...He is so good at learning various carving techniques.  I am excited to see this one.  I'll take a peek out in the garage and let you see.....

Hard to know where this is going right now...but you will be amazed and surprised when he's done.  I know I always am!

Have a great day!!

Carolyn

one more...

Rainbow, Baby Lion, and Butterfly Native American

 Here are our latest creations......

Good Morning...

Good Morning..
Lyle and I have almost completed 2 new gourds....pictures this weekend....one is a bird feeder gourd...large and very beautiful with a theme of rainbows.  It was Lyle's idea and we both love the looks of it.

The other is a long gourd that looks like a tree trunk and peeking out of the hole on the trunk is an adorable baby lion.

Wait til you see these...I plan to post them this weekend.
Have a great day!
Carolyn

Pictures, Pictures, Pictures

All of the gourds you see here can be found and purchased at my online store... http://www.chrysalisgodgourds.com

Deco Butterfly Gourd, view 1

Deco Butterfly, view 2

Native Holder

Serenity

Stippled Butterfly Gourd

Under Angel's Wings

Watercolor Flight, view 1

Watercolor Flight, view 2

Watercolor Flight , view 3

Sorry for the problem with this post yesterday.  Must have done something wrong...."Who, ME????"

Lots of pictures coming Sunday of gourds we've completed

Lyle and I have completed a number of new gourds and we are excited to share them with you....will take pictures and post them tomorrow, Sunday.

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Good Friday Morning!
This morning I received an important reminder in my email that perhaps would be meaningful to all of us as we are dealing with our busy lives....


A quote by Charles Richards:  "Don't be fooled by the calendar.  There are only as many days in the year as you make use of."


BUT...."make use of" is not just about everybody else time....also about making use of time for YOURSELF time.


With all our organizers, palm pilots, calendars, personal assistants, sticky notes, etc sometimes we let these things rule our lives.


It's important to create space for our personal time.
We need to make the most of today (for ourselves as well as others) because tomorrow is never guaranteed.