....Changes

...too much time has passed since my last post here...I can only apologize for that. Do I have a reason for my absence? Oh, I'm sure there are many, many reasons ~ but mostly it's due to changes in my life...changes in general, in the world around us.

Some of these changes are big, others small...some make us happy, others weigh on us like a dark cloud...~ but whatever happens in our lives, we can only learn from it...embrace the changes, just like the changing seasons, each of them bringing forth a different beauty.

If I needed to say anything at all today, then it is simply this: love each other...put your pain, your hurt and hate in the far corners of your mind...concentrate on the things that are important in life: help a friend, smile at a stranger, create something beautiful...tilt your head back and laugh out loud!! - Always remember that YOU are important in this world...YOU are beautiful...You can make a difference...CHANGE starts in YOU!

...and with these thoughts I wish you the happiest, most beautiful day/evening you could possibly imagine.

xo

~Saskia

Sunny October Morning

...it was a gorgeous, sunny October morning here yesterday! What a glorious time to sit on the patio and catch a few sun-rays with my morning-coffee...
It's peaceful in the early hours of the day...before "life" grabs a hold of you and drags you this way and that... My advice to you? Well, don't always let it drag you around, we need some time for ourselves, to gather our thoughts, get inspired by the smallest of things and simply just letting our "souls dangle" for a tiny moment does absolute wonders for us! :-)

I wish all of you a peaceful week...enjoy this time of year - it's beautiful!

~Saskia

October Dreams

It was such a lovely, cold day here today...such a perfect day for dreaming, for quiet thoughts to reflect on months gone by...so I thought I would go out, take a few pictures and share these moments with you. Hopefully you'll enjoy this little tour through my world. ~Who knows, you just might be a dreamer ....like me. ;-)



~Saskia

Meet Basti

Hello, my name is Basti...actually it's "Sebastian Blackbeard". You see, I'm a regular pirate...I will steal anything that isn't nailed-down. Well, I used to, before I woke up from my nap yesterday and found, I couldn't move my hind legs anymore.

Naturally, my human companions took me to see a doctor, hoping they could help me...but even after seeing two doc's, the diagnosis was bleak...I'm a paraplegic. What IS that? Or more to the point: "How could this happen to me, after all I did, was to take a nap in the sun?"

Don't get me wrong, I'm not sorry for myself, but I wanted to share my thoughts with you, in the hopes that you might have an answer for me. "Will I get better?" ...or will I have to remain like this and completely adjust my life to this burden?

I do get a lot of attention, but then again, I guess I always did. :-) Yeah, it must be my adorable face! Nobody can ever stay angry with me for long....not even after I bury little bits and pieces (or should I say baubles, hahaha).

The thing I miss the most right now, is digging HUGE holes in the yard....I just love the expressions on my human friends faces when I complete my various excavations. :-) ...but they always "destroy" my handiwork, by filling in all the holes....strange.

Well, my friends, I will keep my spirits up and work very hard at getting better! "High 5"

lovingly yours,

Basti

A new love....

Since it worked so well with the video/slideshow yesterday, I put a new one together for you...but this time with my new love in the starring role....Silver Clay!

I adore this medium for various reasons, but the main reason would have to be its versatility...there isn't much you can't create with it...from brushing it on leaves to draping and layering it over cork, as well as sculpting.
So you can see why it is a designers dream.....

Please allow me to share some of my pieces with you. :-)

Beads, beads and more beads...

Since I'm still new to this blogging, I thought "why not post a movie here" :-)

Hopefull this will work out... here it goes


well, what do you know...it actually worked! :-) Now I can only hope you'll enjoy this little "journey" into my world of glass as much as I have loved creating this video for you!

Have a lovely evening and thank you!
~Saskia

Good advice and friendship

This is my first blog-entry EVER! Thanks to my friend, who gave me a good dose of much needed advice this morning. :-) Sometimes we all need the proverbial "kick in the behind" and lucky for me, this one was via chat and didn't hurt at all, hahaha.

I wish all of you out there a friend like this....someone whom you've never met, but who can change your outlook on life and helps you without asking "what's in it for me".

There aren't many people like that in the world, so treasure them when you find them...or when they find you!

...wishing all of a lovely tuesday and a friend like this! :-)

~Saskia