Regarding Mothers

Even though Mother's Day is past, this is Women's History month. A distant cousin sent these two items to me today and being a mother I felt compelled to share them with all you other mother's out there. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.

REAL MOTHERS

Real Mothers don't eat quiche; they don't have time to make it.

Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils are probably in the sandbox.

Real Mothers often have sticky floors, filthy ovens and happy kids.

Real Mothers know that dried play dough doesn't come out of shag carpets.

Real Mothers don't want to know what the vacuum just sucked up.

Real Mothers sometimes ask 'Why me?' and get their answer when a little voice says, 'Because I love you best.'

Real Mothers know that a child ' s growth is not measured by height or years or grade...

It is marked by the progression of Mama to Mom to Mother...

THE IMAGES OF MOTHER

4 YEARS OF AGE - My Mommy can do anything!

8 YEARS OF AGE - My Mom knows a lot! A whole lot!

12 YEARS OF AGE - My Mother doesn't really know quite everything.

14 YEARS OF AGE - Naturally, Mother doesn't know that, either.

16 YEARS OF AGE - Mother? She's hopelessly old-fashioned.

18 YEARS OF AGE - That old woman? She's way out of date!

25 YEARS OF AGE - Well, she might know a little bit about it.

35 YEARS OF AGE - Before we decide, let's get Mom ' s opinion.

45 YEARS OF AGE - Wonder what Mom would have thought about it?

65 YEARS OF AGE - Wish I could talk it over with Mom.

The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair.

The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.

The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, but true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul.

It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows, and the beauty of a woman with passing years only grows!

Have a great week.
Jean

Animals and Me

Last month I asked my husband if I could have a bird feeder since he had said earlier that he didn't like the mess birds made. But he relinquished and let me get one. I knew we had cardinals in the back yard somewhere because I could hear them singing. I had previously worked in a hardware store and knew that cardinals liked safflower seed and squirrels did not. I have been feeding the squirrels corn for several years now and they are such fun to watch but I didn't want them eating the birdseed. So I decided on Safflower seed.

Well, much to my surprised the birds found the feeder almost immediately which is a bit unusual. It generally takes them a while to find it. Now we have cardinals, blue jays, beautiful little burgandy headed house finches and other birds I don't know eating safflower seed. However, I did not know that the squirrels little cousin, the chipmunk likes safflower seed too. I caught him red handed in the act, stuffing his little cheeks as full as he can get them and running home to unload the treasure. One day I caught him taking corn and he had his little cheeks so full that as he ran across the deck he dropped a piece. He stopped and ran back, looked right at me in the window and stuffed the dropped piece back in his mouth and bolted for home. They are such fun and when I'm tired or bored I take a seat at the window and just watch the goings on of the animal kingdom on my back deck.

It baffles me that some people say animals are dumb. They are not dumb. They have relationships and responsibilities just like we do. Sometimes I like to be an invisible occupant in their homes and see firsthand how they talk and relate to each other. I think we are not so far above the animals as we like to think.

Anyway, just had to share my animal stories with you. Hope you enjoyed it.

Etsy

I have started an Etsy account this morning to replace my old Ebay account. It is called of course Ruby Door Designs. I listed some new postcard designs this morning also. Hopefully, Etsy will be much better than Ebay has been to digital designers in recent days. Here is a sample of one of my postcards.

New Items On My Website

Hi,
I just listed a lot of new collage sheets on my website and over the next few days plan to upload a lot more things. I have not been posting here for a while.

I also do Genealogy research for others when asked. I have had my head in Ancestry.com for the past several weeks doing research for a group of folks in Minnesota who are trying to trace the ancestry of the original builders of a small limestone Catholic Church. I am happy to report that I found the information they needed and they were more than thrilled. It's rewarding work but can also be unbelievably frustrating. I could not do it full time.

I have once again begun creating new artsy things. Thanks to Ebay not allowing affordable digital media auctions I will be transferring all of my digital ebay auctions to my website.

Have a great week, ladies.

Poor little thing !

Hi everyone,
Been awhile since I posted. Sorry about that. I've been busy taking care of my sick baby. As you can see from her picture she's a beautiful Maine Coon cat who is three years old and a wonderful friend. Her name is Fancy and she is all that and more. She's developed a nasty infection and can't seem to get rid of it. Been trying for 2 weeks or more. We thought she was getting better but it suddenly got worse and after taking her to the Vet we found out she has a "malformed anatomy" which could be part of the problem. She'll need a special diet and lots of TLC. I think she's going to be a spendy little lady....but oh well, we don't deny health care to our children, I can't deny my "precious" good health care either. At least not until it gets beyond my means. I just hope and pray she gets better soon. I hate to see her so miserable.

I've also been working on a genealogy project for my former sister in law who is trying to get a little vintage Irish Church on the National Register of Historic places. It was built in 1857 by Irish immigrants in eastern Minnesota. She needed to trace several families back to their Irish homeland for the application. Since I've been doing Genealogy research for over 30 years she asked for my expertise. So that has occupied quite a bit of my time the last few weeks.

I really hope to get back to my design work soon. I really miss creating. When I get a moment free I will try to stop by a few more blogs and leave you a note.

Have a great week.

So long to Ebay !

Well, needless to say I am extremely disappointed that Ebay has chosen to bar the sale of digital artistic works. Since Ebay is doing this I will be closing my Ruby Door Design Ebay store on March 31st and will be selling my digital creations exclusively from my Ruby Door Design website - www.rubydoordesigns.com. Special thanks to all my customers on Ebay and I hope to see you at Ruby Door Designs.

New items on Ruby Door Designs

Hello ladies,
Just thought I'd tell all that I posted 12 new collage sheets and one digital art print to my website. Still working on getting more things uploaded. I'm probably slower at this that most of you more experienced gals.

If you have a chance stop by and take a look see.

Have a great week.

Jean