GRANDMA'S APRON.................AND MORE

I WAS LOOKING AT A MAGAZINE THE OTHER DAY, AND THEY HAD AN ARTICLE ON VINTAGE APRONS, TEA TOWELS, POT HOLDERS, AND TABLE CLOTHS. JUST LOOKING AT THEM BROUGHT BACK A LOT OF MEMORIES. I REMEMBER MY MOM, SHE HAD SO MANY APRONS. SOME SHE BOUGHT, AND SOME SHE MADE HERSELF. WHEN HER HOUSE DRESSES WORE OUT SHE WOULD MAKE AN APRON OUT OF THEM. NOTHING WAS WASTED. I BOUGHT A NEW SINGER SEWING MACHINE HAVEN'T USED IT YET. ALWAYS SOMETHING ELSE TO DO. THERE ARE A LOT OF MEMORIES BELOW, I HOPE THEY BRING YOU SOME TOO.

POT HOLDER

HAND EMBROIDERED PILLOW CASES..............................

HAND EMBROIDERED MR & MRS PILLOW CASES.........................

COBBLER APRON

GRANDMA'S APRON...........................

THE PRINCIPLE USE FOR GRANDMA'S APRON WAS TO PROTECT THE DRESS UNDERNEATH, BUT ALONG WITH THAT IT SERVED AS A HOLDER FOR REMOVING HOT PANS FROM THE OVEN. IT WAS WONDERFUL FOR DRYING CHILDREN'S TEARS, AND ON OCCASION WAS EVEN USED FOR CLEANING OUT DIRTY EARS. FROM THE CHICKEN COOP THE APRON WAS USED TO CARRY EGGS, FUSSY CHICKS AND SOMETIMES HALF HATCHED EGGS TO BE FINISHED IN THE WARMING OVEN. WHEN COMPANY CAME, THOSE APRONS WERE IDEAL HIDING PLACES FOR SHY KIDS, AND WHEN THE WEATHER WAS COLD GRANDMA WRAPPED IT AROUND HER ARMS. THOSE BIG OLD APRONS WIPED MANY A PERSPIRING BROW, BENT OVER THE HOT WOOD STOVE. CHIPS AND KINDLING WOOD WERE BROUGHT INTO THE KITCHEN IN THAT APRON. FROM THE GARDEN IT CARRIED ALL SORTS OF VEGETABLES. AFTER THE PEAS HAVE BEEN SHELLED, IT CARRIED OUT THE HULLS. IN THE FALL, THE APRON WAS USED TO BRING IN APPLES THAT HAD FALLEN FROM THE TREES. WHEN UNEXPECTING COMPANY DROVE UP THE ROAD, IT WAS SURPRISING HOW MUCH FURNITURE THAT OLD APRON COULD DUST IN A MATTER OF SECONDS. WHEN DINNER WAS READY, GRANDMA WALKED OUT INTO THE PORCH, WAVED HER APRON, AND THAT IS HOW THE MEN NEW TO COME IN FROM THE FIELDS TO DINNER. IT WILL BE A LONG TIME BEFORE SOMEONE INVENTS SOMETHING THAT WILL REPLACE THAT "OLD-TIME APRON" THAT SERVED SO MANY PURPOSES.



THANKS FOR STOPPING BY...........................................RIZZI

HAPPY HALLOWEEN...........................

HALLOWEEN SPELL..........................
YOU MUST SEARCH THE MEADOWS OVER,
TILL YOU FIND A FOUR LEAF CLOVER,
FORTUNE THEN WILL SMILE ON YOU,
MAKE YOUR DEAREST WISH COME TRUE.



BLACK CATS................................



THE BLACK CAT HAS LONG BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH WITCHES, MANY SUPERSTITIONS HAVE EVOLVED ABOUT CATS. IT WAS BELIEVEWD THAT WITCHES COULD CHANGE INTO A CAT. WITCHES THOUGHT BLACK CATS WERE THE SPIRIT OF THE DEAD.






WHEN BLACK CATS PROWL AND PUMPKINS GLEAM,
MAY LUCK BE YOURS ON HALLOWEEN.

I'LL GO TO THE TOAD THAT LIVES UNDER THE WALL,

I'LL CHARM HIM OUT AND HE'LL COME TO MY CALL.

THE GHOSTS OF ALL THINGS PAST PARADE,

EMERGING FROM THE MIST AND SHADE,

THAT HID THEM FROM OUR GAZE,

AND, FULL OF SONG RINGING MIRTH,

IN ONE OF GLAD MOMENT OF REBIRTH,

AND AGAIN THEY WALK THE WAYS OF EARTH,

AS IN THE ANCIENT DAYS.

WHEN WITCHES GO RIDING, AND BLACK CATS ARE SEEN,

THE MOON LAUGHS AND WHISPERS, TIS NEAR HALLOWEEN.

VAMPIRES ARE MYTHICAL OR FOLKLORIC CREATURES, TYPICALLY HELD TO BE THE RE-ANIMATED CORPES OF HUMAN BEINGS AND SAID TO SUBSIST ON HUMAN AND ANIMAL BLOOD. VAMPIRES.................................

WAITING FOR THE SUNSET,

WAITING FOR THE NIGHT,

WAITING FOR THE DARKNESS,

WAITING FOR THE LIFE,

SO LONG TO WAIT,

SO MUCH TO WAIT FOR,

FINALLY THE DAY ENDS,

THE WORLDS MINE,

NOTHING CAN STOP ME,

I AM THE NIGHT.

A GENTLE BREEZE RUSTLING THE DRY CORNSTALKS,

A SOUND IS HEARD, A GOBLIN WALKS,

A HARVEST MOON SUFFERS A BLACK CATS CRY,

OH' DO THE WITCHES FLY!

BONFIRE CATCHES A PUMPKINS GLEEM,

REJOICE, IT'S HALLOWEEN!

ON HALLOWEEN I'LL WEAR A SHEET,

TO SCARE THE PEOPLE THAT I MEET.

ALL COVERED UP FROM HEAD TO TOE,

EVEN MY FRIENDS WILL NEVER KNOW.

PUMPKIN TIME IS HERE AGAIN,

TIME TO PLAY TRICK OR TREAT.

PUMPKIN TIME IS HERE AGAIN,

OUR SPOOKY FRIENDS WILL MEET.

SEE THE COSTUMES WE HAVE ON,

MONSTERS, GHOST, GOBLINS TOO.

SEE THE COSTUMES WE HAVE ON,

HEAR US ALL SHOUT "BOO."

THE JACK-O-LANTERN CHUCKLED,

THEN WINKED HIS FUNNY EYE,

"I WOULD RATHER BE A PUMPKIN-FACE,

THAN BE A PUMPKIN PIE!"

HOW DOTH THE LOVELY SPIDER,

DESIRE A WEB TO SPIN,

OF PREY TO EAT THEIR FLESH SO SWEET,

HE LIVES TO LURE THEM IN.

DRACULA (VIAD TEPES) WAS BORN IN TRANSYLVANIA, IN A TOWN CALLED SCHASSBURG.

THE GRIM REAPER.....................................

HE IS A WALKING SKELETON WEARING A CLOAK, AND CARRYING A SCYTHE. IT HAS BEEN SAID THE GRIM REAPER IS JUST A NAME THAT MEANS DEATH.

FRANKENSTEIN

PEOPLE ONCE BELIEVED GHOSTS ROAMED THE EARTH AND THAT WITCHES MET WITH THE DEVIL ON HALLOWEEN.

LATER, BLACK MAGIC, THE GRIM REAPER, FRANKENSTEIN, COUNT DRACULA, VAMPIRES, AND WEREWOLVES ALSO BECAME ASSOCIATED WITH HALLOWEEN.

GREEN EYED CATS IN MIDNIGHT GLOOM,

FLY WITH THE WITCH ON HER RAGGED BROOM. I'M THE GHOST OF A FLOWER.............................."YOU'RE WHAT?"

ASKED THE COMMON OR GARDEN SPOOK OF A STRANGER AT MIDNIGHTS HOUR,

AND THE SHADE REPLIED WITH A GRACEFUL GLIDE,

"WHY, I'M THE GHOST OF A FLOWER."

THE GHOST OF A FLOWER?' SAID THE OLD-TIME SPOOK,

"THAT'S A BRAND-NEW ONE ON ME, I NEVER THOUGHT A FLOWER HAD A GHOST,

THOUGH I SEEN THE SHADE OF A TREE."

HAVE A SPOOK-TACULAR HALLOWEEN!

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY............................................RIZZI

MERMAIDS OF THE SEA.......................

A MERMAID IS A MYTHOLOGICAL AQUATIC CREATURE WITH HUMAN HEAD AND TORSO, AND THE TAIL OF AN AQUATIC ANIMAL SUCH AS A FISH.

THERE HAVE BEEN SIGHTINGS OF DEAD AND LIVING MERMAIDS IN JAVA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA. THERE ARE TWO CANADIAN REPORTS FROM THE AREA OF VANCOUVER AND VICTORIA, THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO, THAT HAPPENED BETWEEN 1870 AND 1890, THE OTHER ONE WAS 1967.

IT IS TOLD THAT MERMAIDS WOULD LURE MEN TO THE SEA WITH THEIR SONGS. THE MEN BECOME SO ENCHANTED AND CHARMED THAT THEY NEVER RETURNED TO LAND AGAIN.

MERMAIDS WOULD SIT ON THE ROCKS AND COMB THEIR HAIR, THEY HAVE A TITLE OF "MERMAIDS IN HER VANITY."

THEY LOVE TO SING, AND THEY USE THE SHELLS AND THE CORAL OF THE SEA AS THEIR JEWELRY.

IT WAS SAID, CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS SAW 3 MERMAIDS IN THE OCEAN OF HAITI IN JANUARY, 1493 ON ONE OF HIS VOYAGES. HE SAID "THEY COME QUITE HIGH OUT OF THE WATER, BUT THEY WERE NOT AS BEAUTIFUL AS EVERYONE THOUGHT."

MERMEN..........................

LIKE A MERMAID THE MERMEN HAS A HUMAN HEAD AND TORSO.

HE HAS A FISH TAIL LIKE THE MERMAID.

MERMEN ARE HARDLY EVER SEEN, MERMEN HIDE IN THE DEEP DARK WATERS OF THE OCEAN SO HE WILL NOT GET CAUGHT BY THE MANY TRAPS THAT PEOPLE SET TO CAPTURE THEM. MERMEN ARE MORE SERIOUS AS THEY TAKE RESPONSIBILITIES TO PROTECT THE MEREPEOPLE VERY SERIOUSLY. BOTH MERMAIDS AND MERMEN DON'T HAVE ANY MAGICAL ABILITIES IN THEMSELVES, BUT THE KING CARRIES A TRIDENT THAT IS MAGICAL. THE KING OF THE SEA USES HIS TRIDENT PRIMARILY TO PROTECT THE MERFOLK.

MERMAID AND CHILD ..................................

THE MERMAIDS HAVE THEIR FUN PLAYING AND SWIMMING WITH THE DOLPHINS.

ARE THERE MERMAIDS? I REALLY DON'T KNOW, BUT I LIKE BELIEVING THAT THERE ARE.

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED MY BLOG ABOUT THE MERMAIDS, THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL, AND MYSTIFYING. LIKE I SAID, ARE THERE ANY MERMAIDS OUT IN OUR OCEANS? THERE MIGHT BE, BUT THAT'S UP TO YOU.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY..............................RIZZI

DO YOU BELIEVE IN FAIRIES?

FAIRIES, FAIRIES, EVERYWHERE.................

WHEN THE FIRST BABY LAUGHED FOR THE FIRST TIME,
THE LAUGH BROKE INTO A THOUSAND PIECES, AND THEY ALL WENT SKIPPING ABOUT, AND
THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF FAIRIES.

WHERE MOONBEAMS FALL......................................

FOREVER IS THE SHORTEST THING,
IT'S SHORTER THAN YOU THINK,
IT STARTS AT ANYTIME YOU LIKE, AND
ENDS IN JUST A WINK.

YOU CAN FOREVER BE, RIGHT NOW,
IS JUST AS GOOD AS THEN.
THE MOMENT IS QUITE ALL THERE IS,
NO MATTER WHERE OR WHEN.










KEEP DANCING INTO THE LIGHT,
AROUND THE BEE KEEPERS DREAM,
THE SCENT OF ETERNAL SILENCE,
JEWELLED IN A HONEY TREE,
ALMOND FINGER BLOSSOMS WAVING,
SNOW PETAL FAIRY WINGS,
SENSES A SILVERY PATTERN,
WOVEN FROM A SPIDERY SKEIN,
LIGHTER, LIFTING LIKE A BUBBLE,
FLOATING ON HEAVEN SCENTED NIGHT,
THE WEB IS NOW UNFOLDING,
KEEP DANCING INTO THE LIGHT.

WHEN YOU BELIEVE......................................

I SEE YOU THERE,
WHY CAN'T YOU SEE ME?
I AM STANDING RIGHT HERE,
AMONGST THE MIST AND THE TREES,
I SPEAK OUT TO YOU,
WITH MY VOICE THAT'S SO FAIR,
BUT YOU KEEP ON WALKING,
LIKE YOUR DEAF, OR DON'T CARE,
YOU'VE NOTICED THE FLOWERS, AND
THE BEAUTY OF THE SKY,
SO WHY DON'T YOU NOTICE,
THIS LITTLE BEING THAT FLIES?
BECAUSE I AM SO SMALL, AND
UNSEEN BY MAN,
DOESN'T MEAN I'M NOT HERE,
DWELLING ON THIS LAND,
I SEE YOU THERE,
WHY CAN'T YOU SEE ME?
MAYBE ONE DAY,
WHEN YOU LEARN TO BELIEVE.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A FAIRY, DOES THAT MEAN "I BELIEVE IN FAIRIES, WELL I GUESS I DO, WELL SORT OF". I THINK IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO MEET A FAIRY FLYING AROUND MY FLOWER GARDEN. NOW WHAT WOULD WE TALK ABOUT? COULD I HAVE TEA AND COOKIES WITH A FAIRY? NOW, WOULDN'T THAT BE SOMETHING. I AM THINKING OF WRITING A STORY ABOUT FAIRIES FOR MY GRANDCHILDREN. I LOVE TO DRAW, SO THIS SHOULD BE ENJOYABLE, I HOPE YOU ENJOY THESE PICTURES OF FAIRIES, THEY ARE CUTE, BEAUTIFUL, AND MYSTIFYING.

THE MOST LIKELY PLACE TO FIND FAIRIES...................
LAKE SHORES, ISLANDS, GLADES IN THE FOREST, FENCES AND BORDER HEDGES, STAIRWELLS, HALLWAYS, AND LANDINGS, SO KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN WIDE.............................

THE RED CLOVER FAIRY...................................

MAY YOUR LIFE BE LIKE A WILDFLOWER,

GROWING FREELY IN THE BEAUTY, AND

JOY OF EACH DAY.

THE LITTLE SHOES THAT FAIRIES WEAR ARE VERY SMART INDEED, NO LARGER THAN A VIOLET BUD, AS TINY AS A SEED.

THIS LITTLE FAIRY IS CALLED THE LILAC FAIRY.........................

THE WOODS ARE FILLED WITH FAIRIES,

THE TREES ARE ALL ALIVE,

THE RIVER OVERFLOWS WITH THEM,

SEE HOW THEY DIP AND DIVE.




THE BEST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS IN THE WORLD CANNOT BE SEEN OR EVEN TOUCHED. THEY MUST BE FELT WITH THE HEART....................Helen Keller

CHILDREN BORN OF FAIRY STOCK, NEVER NEED FOR SHIRT OR FROCK, NEVER WANT FOR FOOD OR FIRE, ALWAYS GET THEIR HEARTS DESIRE.

FAIRIES GLEAMING,SUNLIGHT STREAMING,

BRIGHTLY THROUGH THEIR HAIR.

FACES GLOWING, GENTLY BLOWING,

SPARKLES IN THE AIR,

GAILY DANCING, WEIGHTLESS PRANCING,

TINY FEET SO BARE,

SOFTLY FLITTING, LIGHTLY SITTING,

ALL WITHOUT A CARE.

SPELLINGS........FAIRY, FAERY, FAIRIE, AND FAY.

THEY HAVE HISTORICAL ROOTS AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT'S SIMPLY A MATTER OF INDIVIDUAL PREFERENCE.

ALWAYS BELIEVE.......................................

HOW FAR AND WIDE THE FAIRIES FLY ON BRIGHT AND GOLDEN WING, BUT WHEN THEY SETTLE DOWN TO SLEEP A GENTLE SONG THEY SING.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.........................RIZZI