beach souvenirs
I know I dedicated three days to posting about Corsica. So I wanted to share something from the trip, well a couple things. First off the conversation that took place when we first got off the ferry, just trying to keep it real.
Jason: "Where am I going?"
Katy: "Well just stop for a second, let me figure out where we are" (Jason not stopping car)
Jason: "This way?"
Katy: "Jay, I don't know, I don't know where we are, if you would just stop for a minute." (just to be fair to Jason , I'm requesting that he does this as we are going around a round-about in heavy city traffic)
Jason: "I'm just going to take this road" (At this point I am looking out the window, trying to take a deep breath.)
Jason, again: "Is this the right way?"
Katy, not wanting to respond but doing it anyways: "If you would slow down for a minute, I could make out the signs."
Well of course we made it there and he was going the right way, but could you feel the tension which is now humorous of course.
Secondly, I worked on making some beach souvenirs this weekend for my May giveaway. They are funky! (would anyone expect anything less?) So If you want one of my beach souvenirs with rocks from Corsica, shells from Corsica, the Azores(Portugal) and Tuscany, Italy. Each wrapped with wire and a little bead.
Just leave a comment or email me jandk_keuter@yahoo.com they are numbered 1-10 from left to right. So if there is one that catches your fancy just make sure to write the number. The largest one is #8 (length 10cm & width 7cm) smallest is #3 (length 4cm & width 4cm) all the others fall in-between these measurements. I must add that Jason came in the room when I was making these "Oh making something with your rocks, interesting." yes I do love this man, dare I say it......even when he is driving, now that's true love.







Here are close-ups of each one since the photos are so tiny.



















At each place we stopped I took photo after photo. Jason didn't l know that I was taking this particular photo, he was busy petting a dog that wandered up to him while he was waiting for me to finish taking photos so he could drive us to the next town where I would hop out and take more....I think he was secretly happy when my camera battery ran out.














First up is the first blog that I ever read 




I just needed to add that I realized that this project was a collaborative effort, the people who encouraged me to finish it, my mom, The people who collected the feathers, then dyed them, the rose, whomever it was who made the rose, the color of the paint for the vase, who came up with that color? The ribbons and their colors, my ceramic teacher for firing the pieces, my camera, the people responsible for designing my special little camera.....making something does involve other's creativity and ideas that is the other gift I received by seeing this crazy project through, stepping away from myself and seeing the bigger picture, others, some I will never know and ones that I do, and truly appreciating them all.

I know mine mind is restless, whenever it is I have an urge to make something. I have been painting, not really sure I even like these paintings but that isn't really the point...they relax me.....the circles.....it must been painting the circles that is doing it for me. I also have been pulling over the car and hopping out picking wildflowers and roses from abandoned roses bushes. Arranging bouquets, some are simple and some are showy, it is another standby that relaxes me. I'm still trying to wrap my mind around moving to Japan. "Moving from Italy to Japan, a housewife with three kids, a dog, three guinea pigs and an adventurous husband, stay tuned for more on this story" imagine an official sounding newscaster saying this, what is the real story? Is it even news? When I think of this move, I miss my turn I was supposed to take when I am driving, I forget why I walked into a room, I end up looking lost in the grocery store because, surprise, I forgot my shopping list .....yeah sometimes I just have to stop and paint and pick flowers.


I do look at shop windows and there are some that make me smile or admire who ever it was that came up with the window display. This particular shop had different flying hearts in the windows, each one with something positive written on it "Very Happy Everything" strange wording, strange enough for each word to stand out. I think this was a clever person who came up with this display....who wouldn't feel a little lighter after walking past a shop full of different sweet messages on winged hearts.



















