masterpiece monday

i love the blog oh, hello friend and i am always so thrilled to enter her weekly giveaways.  they are so much fun and she gives away fabulous things every week.  this week it is "a sweet coral crochet headband with vintage beads, a pair of heart earrings, and a crochet flower bobbi pin" from Dear Beatrice and a "mini wallet, wristlet, and girl emergency kit" from Polly Danger.  i would so happy to win either one.  so thank you to oh, hello friend for being so generous and to your crafty friends for making us all feel so special.  here is what is being given away.


 i will leave you with some photos of my chiquitita that i took and attempted to enhance in photoshop.  (i use enhance very loosely.)

until next time...

monica

the beginning has wings...

there is a favorite framed picture of mine that sits on our mantle that says  "hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul."  it is a quote by Emily Dickinson and it sings to me.  i can't say why.  maybe its the way it sounds, like some old bit of wisdom found jotted down in a dingy journal left by Jane Austin in an old dingy desk.    i love to look at it.  i love the words, the actual words, not just the meaning.  hope and feathers.  don't they sound beautiful.

this is the beginning.  the beginning of a blog that i'm not sure i will be any good at.  i'm writing with a little bit of hope and a whole lot of faith that i will not bore anyone to tears or make them feel as if i have wasted their oh-so-precious time.  i'm also hoping that someone else besides my momma will read this.  maybe i should introduce myself.  my name is Monica and i am married to a handsome aggie named Kent.  we have one oh-so-beautiful chiquitita named Lilly Faith.  she is our heart and soul.  she is the feathers to my flight.  we also have one brave little hound named Sarge and 2 frisky kitties, Bob and Goose.  our home is a happy home.

well this blogging thing might be kind of fun.  what a fabulous thing this internet is.

until next time...

Monica
p.s. i apologize if the layout/font style/signature changes frequently.  i will be trying on different "blogging outfits" to see which one suites my personal style best.