When You Can't Find The Thing...

 Hi friends, 

Do you ever put something in a safe place but then you forget where 

your safe place was?  

The other day I shared one of these saints medals I'd just received and 

while looking through this tiny bowl of them, I held 

 this one and wondered about it's story.  

Notice the date: 1830? 

Hard to fathom it's almost 200 years old.  

Imagine the souls who carried it.  

As I looked at it I remembered that when I got them,

there was an old cross with them.  I had strung it on 

a traveler's notebook I'd made so I went to the cupboard to find it.

I found the tn but the cross I wanted to see was not there and instead there was 

a different one.  ?  What did I do with that cross medal?  

The search began. I looked everywhere and just could not find the thing.  

I started to think maybe I gave it away?  Mayyybe I made something for someone and 

attached it??  That's when the lightbulb flickered and I wondered about my art journals.

??? hmmmm.... 

 Finally I found it attached to a page.  

Safe and secure.  

 It looks really old too but there's no date.  

 Still; I wonder if it's also from the 1800's.  

I tried to find another like it online.. but nothing looks this old.  

Think I'll hunt a few more medals and make a charm bracelet.  

This one is staying right here though.  

You know;... in it's  safe place.  

 Well it's almost been a week since Addie's been gone.  

Francy is really mopin around.  The biggest thing I've noticed is 

he often won't come with me when I go outdoors.  

I hold the door open for him and ask him if he want's to go... and he just

stares at me.  Most of the time I have to just close the door and go without him.  

 Last evening I thought I'd just walk to  the pond, so I got him 

out with me and I stood at the gate; opened it... and called:

and this is was his response.  He wouldn't budge.  

I practically begged him.  

But nope... 

I sure hope he snaps out of it and will be okay.   

For me; it's been one thing missin ole Addie... but 

now I'm missin Francois too.  

This evening I'm on yet another search for something I put up 

for safe keeping.  Good grief huh?  Think I'd lose my head if it 

wasn't attached.  After my friend and mentor Cora passed away;  her sister

sent me her gouache paint.  I used it one time.  They are little tiny tubes 

and yall ... seriously I turned my little art porch upside down today lookin.  

We ended up having a rainy day here and rainy days and art journaling 

go hand in hand--  I so badly wanted to use her gouache today.  

Oh well.. instead I pulled out my other stuff and painted cards to use as tip ins. 

Eyes, flowers and started this gal...

 The whole time I thought of Mary of Bethany so maybe that's 

who she'll become.  If I can just find that gouache huh? 

When my Gram used to lose something she'd walk around the house and say,

"Lord lead me to it!"  

So I think that's what I'll be doin.. 

Alright Yall... it's past my bedtime. 

Sweet dreams... 

<*(((>< 

L.