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lately i have felt a huge shift in my spirit.
not sure exactly what was the cause of this…
maybe its because spring is coming.

i like seeing happy people walking down the street
with surfboards and beach chairs.
i like the smell of coconut coppertone.

maybe it is these lilypad looking leaves
that live in our front yard.

aren’t they joyful and free?

maybe it is getting back into teaching
art…

seeing life through their eyes,

& opening up my own heart in the process…

maybe it is connecting with new friends,
inspiring, lovely, and kind.

maybe it is delilah who was oh so cuddly
for 5 whole minutes yesterday afternoon.

my heaven.

maybe it is my sweet boy renting an office nearby
so i could have lots of space to create and be free
at home.

maybe it is a friendship with my neighbor kira-
beautiful, soulful, alive, kira.

(listening to her music that spills into my cottage
some afternoons is such a sweet perk.)

maybe its the new shells
that i have added to my collection.

or rediscovering my love for polaroid film.

maybe it is this incredible wave painting
that my friend kim gifted me with.
(doesn’t she need an etsy shop??)

it was completely inspired by this photo
by boho girl.

(love the combined energy here)

really,
i think i am just feeling
more like myself.

hi me.
i have missed you.

thank you all for etsy orders
and kind compliments about my new stuff!

i wish to celebrate my
renewed joy with you, kind reader.

tell me what is making
you feel good these days,
and i will add your name to
a contest raffle.

sunday evening
justin will pick one entry
for a goodie package…
full of mermaid magic.

happy weekend
to all you loves!

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and the winner of the contest is:
dandelion seeds!

please send me your address.

i enjoyed reading all of these,
so full of joy and care.
with love
mccabe x

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My crock pot is making me happy right now! A little strange I know, but we’re in the middle of a complete overhaul on our kitchen and without the slow cooker it would be all take out and fast food!

Happiness the last few days has come from the tempertures rising enough to be able to walk barefooted on the hardwood floors…toes sinking into the grooves. And blackberry jam put a smile on my face this morning…and kind words from a friend, and writing in my journal, and listening to Van Morrison while the rain drops fall. Bliss.

Happiness is having a blog network of wonderful friends to dwell in. Life has been bumpy this past week but I feel new inspiration at this bright Saturday morning.
Hugs to all…thanks for being there.

Happiness is these photos, the joy found and shared here on this site and in the blog world in general. Happiness is making new friends this week. Happiness is bright colored shoes. Happiness is going out to dinner with different, interesting people who have so much to teach me. Happiness is today’s rainstorm and having nothing to do but curl up inside and read and write and think. Happiness is thinking about all of the things I have to be grateful for. Happiness is having my kitten curled up in my lap as I write this. Happiness is being here, being not just alive, but living.

Thanks so very much for this!! xoxo

its good to see & hear your j o y mermielove
you deserve it

annnnnnnd it gives me hope . . .

xxoo
nicole

ps i too love p0laRoids!

pps please enter me in your rafFle

Seeing my once-shy kindergarteners read in front of the class is absolutely making my week!

first .. i love when you come back from your bits of quiet and fill these pages with such joy and beauty and heart and spirit ..
today is a day of quiet for me .. the past two weeks were uglee and mean .. I went through the stages of
shock, denial, anger and now I am working on acceptance that this phase was necessary.
today i will not consciously try to process it .. I shall just be
thanks for the beauty and the love maccabe
always

it rained yesterday so at work we took the kids + umbrella’s outside. at one point three of the kids stood with their little umbrella’s underneath the big umbrella i was holding. those kind of gifts is what makes me feel good these days.

xox

what is making me feel good these days are magical friday phone conversations:)

it is very windy and about 65 degrees outside, which makes for clear blue skies on a florida saturday afternoon. gorgeous! this is filling up my sails today after a rough week.

on thursday evening i sat in my living room filled with the light of candles and the smell of incense as the sound of beautiful music floated up from downstairs from my husband and two other musicians and i had this moment of absolute peace and joy, this feeling of gratitude for my life as i looked around at the art on my walls, the beauty created by friends, the sounds of poetry dancing in my ears and i remembered the snow receding to reveal tiny tufts of grass that would soon be green … then i talked on the phone to a friend for hours and danced here to the weekend to your beautiful post while sunlight dances in and your beautiful neighbours music dances up from my laptop and joy fills again. life is beautiful.

your boy’s site looks wonderful ~ wishing him all kinds of success!! xo

Today….Happiness is ~
.reading your words of joy & love
.seeing the photos that are so real
.preparing food & having friends over for a Tarot Party…such fun!
.realizing what each friend brings to my life in such a joyous, enlightening way!
.YOU
xo

walking thru nyc this afternoon, without my camera, and noticing all the color, the small beauty of street art, the captured glimpse of the metal fire escapes, a lovely intricate grid glinting with afternoon light.

the brightest, lightest green buds on the tree outside my kitchen window.

a coffee date tonight at the bookstore.

sprining forward this evening.

these are the happy makers in my world this weekend. xo

we were supposed to travel this weekend, but instead we’re all snowed in. it’s taken me a while to see the good side of another 60cm of snow on top of the ton we already have, but the children are just as happy as when the first snowfall came back in december and for the first time in a very, very long time we have a weekend with absolutely nothing on the calendar…and i do believe it’s exactly what we need.
thank you for this gentle reminder of goodness.
missing you,
xoxoxo

These things are making me happy: a Saturday filled with glitter and paint and giggles, an afternoon so beautiful that we couldn’t close the moon roof on the way home from a birthday party, a great song on the radio, blossoms sprouting up everywhere promising me that we are close to spring, a dinner picnic with my princess, the quiet that has settled over my home and the bubble bath that is waiting for me.

Happiness (bittersweet) is the stray kitty that has decided you have more love than anything in the world and curls in to your arms and purrs loudly.

Hugging my children is making me feel very good these days. It’s been a hectic couple of weeks and taking time to just sit and hug them is the best.

The gorgeous sunshine is also making me feel wonderful

And last but certainly not least, reading your beautiful uplifting posts certainly help me to feel better.

I love that you are helping children to express their magic.

Happiness. Joy. Remembering that Im in control of my life. So its all my choice. Everything. I choose happiness and joy.

nag champa incense recommended by one lovely mermaid.:) the time change. a flirtation with a much shorter (and younger) man (!). my cat june who has so much moxie and a loud voice. words spilling out of every book, every mouth and every corner…

Perhaps too late for the Sunday evening riches, but just the thought of it, the peek of possibility, makes me feel vast and free.

I am excited to hear about YOUR excitement!

It taps into the things that are feeling eXciting to MOI***
~new huge lays-fLat when open skeTCHbook
~planting BULbs + flowering plants that have out.gROWn their miniPOts into larger Pots.
~a BONfire this saturday on our property!
~that eye am knowing hOW to make my own CDs! endless music.
~getting to know sabrina in teensy, delicious bits
~that i feel emPOWERed to Clear OLDDD toxicCrap that never beLonged to me OUT of my body + soul + spirit + mind.
and
seeing the
c l e a r n e s s
that is UNderneath

(cont.)
C L EA R = HEALTH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you have my address ~ but, email me if you don’t.

i’m loving EVERY THING from this post. so happy, alive, and free.

my girls have been sportin’ do-rags all week too, although we’ve been playing pirates a lot. ;-D

I love the little magnets you are making. They are pretty. I’m glad you are in tune with yourself, as I hope to be again soon.

Did you hear they are discontinuing Polaroid film? www.photojojo.com Crazy!

yeah! I just saw this

I sent you a message on etsy-can’t wait!

such beautiful words and imagery my sweet dear one!

beautiful entry. thank you.

things making me happy: polka dots, gerber daisies, the gym, the sun, cherry blossoms, making out, my students, having spring break…

beautiful mermaid, what is making me happy these days may make some people scratch thier heads.you may not rememeber but when you wrote your poem on love i commented that i too was looking for love as i had just split up with my love whom i was suppose to marry on may 17th this year.going from two incomes to one isnt easy. you told me that LOVE was out there on the horizion. i believe you. then I totaled my car on 3/7/08 but the beauty that comes from the ashes is amazing. i am alive. i am alive and reading your blog/journey and cheering you on! i am happy because i have life and i know that someday LOVE, but i am happy in the waiting because i can continue to grow as will my LOVE and we will come together wonderfully. i feel new beginings. a renewed happiness and love for life. for finding treasures in everyday things. for kissing my kids. for hugging my friends or just having coffee, tea or lunch. for just being. i am happy being. it’s incredible. its the littlest things that bring me the most joy…

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