This is one of my older designs, and although I haven’t been a coffee drinker for about 2 years, this one still makes me giggle.
If not for me, for all my friends that still love their morning coffee, I do believe Coffee is Happiness!
This time of year most of my neighbors have already taken a day to plant pretty little beds of flowers. I, however, have taken an hour here and an hour there to do various gardening tasks. I still have 3 backs og mulch waiting to be spread. Packets of seeds waiting to be sowed. Most importantly I now have a lovely wagon full of blooms, still waiting to be planted. It never fails… I think i’ll have time, so i run and buy a handful of flowers I can hardly wait to plant and when I get home I realize I have no time left. Lets hope that Friday will be a good weather day.
Today’s featured design is a sunny green Garden Pig. She’s a pretty little piggy inspired to help bring out the beautiful blooming in any day. She’s available on t-shirts and tanks and even a few tiles.. good for garden decor.
Everything is a little more sunshiney with a pretty little piggy near by… don’t you agree?
It seems to me, when there is an opportunity to sit and chat with people that have a single common interest with yourself… there is always an abunance of sharing to be had. Sometimes the conversation goes for a twisty ride and you’ll find yourself discovering topics you didn’t know you had an interest in. other times you’ll find your shared liked experiences are so similar you can’t believe someone else can related on such a close level.
I’ve always enjoyed meeting new people and hanging out with friends. I love finding out what others enjoy and why or where or what they like most. I always gain an appreciation for exploring areas I might not have known of before.
Over the past week I have had a number of opportunities to talk with people face-to-face that I otherwise only spoke with online via email or chat. I’ve strengthened current friendships, gained new friendships, gained new appreciations and understandings for people I hardly new and I’ve enjoyed every bit of it all.
I went to San Francisco over the weekend to meet up with peers and collegues. We talked, we laughed and debated… we listened and learned and brainstormed. I was able to talk one-on-one with a few people whom I only knew of as a screen name. I heard stories of how people got to where they are today and I “talked shop” in chaotic spurts.
The energy level was both invigorating and tiring, but absolutely well worth the trip. It’s a fabulous thing, when one works alone from home, to sit in a room full of like minds. There’s a new found motivation after leaving this type of event.
I returned home Sunday with new ideas and new friends.
Then…
Last night I hosted a little bbq dinner party. There were old and new friends… We ate, we chatted, we talked business. Our kids played together as if they had already been friends for a while and we all enjoyed eachothers company. A few of my guests I only met as they arrived at my door. Other friends I have known for years. We come from different areas of the country, have different backgrounds, but we all have one thing in common as a group… The internet. Each of us has some kind of work related connection to the internet; we’re affiliate marketers, designers and retail merchants and internet sales gurus.
As the night went on, we shared ideas, experiences, swapped stories about all kinds of things - work or not. By 10:30 or so we all began to call it night. I’m pretty sure if the need for sleep after a long day hadn’t kicked in, we would have all stayed up until the wee hours gabbing away.
I had a great time.
It amazes me how diverse our own little worlds are, and I often wonder how anyone can go walking through life without learning as much about people as I do… daily. The creative energy, determination and passion for one’s work that many I’ve met have… it’s truly inspiring. I wonder how I can do more or be better… without passing out from exhaustion first.
I think a great image for today’s thoughts is this scrumptious Banana Split We all bring different yummy flavors to the same fabulously delightful dish.
Oh happy day, it’s Tuesday! Again. That’s one thing that’s nice week after week, the consistency that you can rely on of the same days are going to eventually pop up again and again and again. Instinctively I’d usually say “Ho Hum!”. I’m not a big fan of the mundane. But, today I’ll say HooRay! Because it is the consistency of the little every day things that make it easy to twist in your own creative whims while you can still feel comfortable that the world will continue on if your creativity causes any unexpected chaos. Which, of course, creativity usually results in a wide array of unexpected things — most quiet lovely. (That’s called serendipity ~wink).
I’m sorry for skipping the Tuesday blog last week. I hope you didn’t miss me too badly. The family and I ventured off on a road trip for Memorial Day and returned at 3am Tuesday morning. I cold have blogged about exhaustion, in the midst of my delirium… but I decided it might be smarter to sleep.
This week, there are a ton of interesting topics for the day. Tattoo Day, do you have one? I have two. National Chocolate Macaroon Day - I love chocolate and I love macaroons… so I’m pretty sure I would be in heaven with a chocolate macaroon. Pull your pants up day (more for the hip hop crowd, but I’m sure there are more of you out there in the non-hip hop arena), and it’s also The first day of pet appreciation day.
Growing up, my family had two cats and two dogs. Now, with a family of 5 we have no pets - our last fish died about 6 months ago. Our neighborhood, however, is loaded with rabbits - most of which live in our backyard in a rock retaining wall. So, for today, I will appreciate the lawn eating bunnies.
Share your thoughts for a Tuesday topic… what do you have to say today?
Happy Tuesday!
