my JT

i can not describe my love for this man... epitome of cool and artsy... and the hippy i always wanted to be. I don't even consider myself  merely a lifelong superfan, because i feel more like he is my dream dad or uncle, or maybe more - the cool best friend that just 'gets me'.  I feel like i have always 'known' him.

seeing him in concert in November for the first time.

... there will be tears

Day 218

...while on an Artist Retreat in Grand Marais, i declared (to myself alone) that this song was the theme and mantra of my week-long adventure on my own. I will never forget that trip... i learned a little bit about taking a chance on an art form i was too scared to fail at, so never tried... but i learned even more about myself. I still dream, even tho i am content. I feel i have an Artistic-Hippie-Romantic heart, tho ti may not appear so on a daily basis. I have quiet moments... where even tho i am happy, and content... i still dream.

 

Golden Moments- JAMES TAYLOR

Now if all my golden moments
Could be rolled into one
They would shine just like the sun
For a summer day
And after it was over
We could have it back again
With credit to the editor
For striking out the rain (very clean)
And all it really needed
Was the proper point of view
No one’s going to bring me down
No one’s going to stop me now

Now I gathered up my sorrows
And I sold them all for gold
And I gathered up the gold
And I threw it all away
It all went for a good time and a song
The laughter was like music
It did float my soul along for awhile
And all it really needed
Was the proper point of view
No one’s going to reach me here
No one’s going to know I’m gone

You may think I must be crazy
And I guess you must be right
But I know the way I feel today is out of sight
I do not trust my senses to remember your name
Without corrective lenses
Things are never twice the same anyway
And all it really needed
Was the proper point of view

listen here

Day 211 - Dreamin'

Remember that scene where Beast has Belle close her eyes and he leads her into a room and when she opens her eyes, BEHOLD.... he has gifted her a library. I always dreamed of that moment. A library would be amazing...i love love love walls of books and can picture a cushy chair and a lamp table near a fireplace on one end of the room. YESSSSS! don't wake me now!
But another big time dream of mine is to have Beast... i mean, building my own Backyard Studio Cottage facing the grove of trees, bird feeders all around.. I mean i dream of it all the time. It would have running water & an old fashioned white kitchen sink in a recycled white antique cabinet hiding a mini frig. It would have washed out yellow walls and shutters. An Adirondack chair or 2 in pale mossy green sitting on the front porch. Inside would be a work desk in front of a wall of book shelves and organizer bins with metal labels & blue mason jars with paint brushes and buttons, and fabric scraps. A place for my computer and space to spread out my projects, apart from the house. On one side would be a comfy cushy floral loveseat with yellow & baby blue pillows with a reading lamp on a cute little round table next to it. A TV mounted high so i could watch movies from wherever i sit inside, and hidden speakers to listen to James Taylor, Chris Tomlin, and John Denver. On the white trimmed windows, there would be pale yellow and powder blue toille curtains.  An old fashioned Light fixture from someones grandma's house hanging from the ceiling. A little fireplace heater for winter, and an inconspicuous a.c. for the summer. Daisy snuggled up on the loveseat watching me paint and waiting for me to settle into the spot next to her. Then after a day of creating... wandering into the house to cook some supper for my farmboy.... ahhhhhh! You get the idea.

Beast??? where are you?  :)

someday!!??? i can dream!

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ahhhh someday ...

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a quaint little art studio in the grove of trees behind the house!?? ahhhh ♥