The Dutchess

Its possible..!!!

2012-02-02T15:48:00.001+01:00

This month my youngest daughter will celebrate her 25th birthday...MY YOUNGEST !!!!.
.O MY GOODNESS...then, first week of march the other two follow...27 and...30..wow...And I'm sure that just yesterday I sat beside them...watching them sleep....they grew up overnight !!...I'm not ever ever going to do that...so...now I'm younger then my children...HaHAAA...Its possible...!!

“I've heard that it's possible to grow up - I've just never met anyone who's actually done it. Without parents to defy, we break the rules we make for ourselves. We throw tantrums when things don't go our way, we whisper secrets with our best friends in the dark, we look for comfort where we can find it, and we hope - against all logic, against all experience. Like children, we never give up hope...”
Meredith Grey

February..

2012-02-01T10:02:00.000+01:00

"February is merely as long as is needed to pass the time until March."

- Dr. J. R. Stockton

Take your time...we will get there....:) have fun on the way over...

For a real dutch story..click HERE

Wintry flurries...

2012-01-31T11:30:00.001+01:00

It took some time..but now winter made up his mind...its here...!!!

The perilous highs, and desperate lows, and extravagent flurries of mood are not always symptoms of a broken mind, but signs of a beating heart.

Terri Cheney

xoxo from a wintry Hilltop..

IIIIIts Monday...

2012-01-30T08:48:00.002+01:00

Let the music play....and let me tell you something...It snowed on the Hilltop..!!

.I know what I'm going to do this Monday...just blend in...:)))

Have a good one..!

Goodmorning....

2012-01-27T11:16:00.000+01:00

Marvelous day at the Hilltop...sunshine and frosty air...opening my windows.. to refresh myself and the rooms I live in...Life is good..

Stay warm and stay happy my friend...wishing you a lovely weekend..giving you a little video to help refreshing...(please watch it full screen)....there will be spring..but do enjoy your winter...NOW..

“In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed

.” *****xoxo*****

To pick a card....

2012-01-26T11:02:00.000+01:00

“One of the great joys of life is creativity. Information goes in, gets shuffled about, and comes out in new and interesting ways.”

Peter McWilliams

Art-Victor Marais Milton.

Reflections at the lake..

2012-01-25T13:13:00.001+01:00

A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.

~Henry David Thoreau

A magical creature sat there..staring into the lake...I overheard it talking to the birds...something about the light..and the days getting longer..The birds answered ..softly twittering from under fluffy feathers..Its a cold day at the Hilltop...

Shaken..not stirred..

2012-01-24T13:47:00.001+01:00

“I chose and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken; the choosing was not. You have to move on.”

Stephen Sondheim

Be brave..you only live twice..one for youself..and one for your dreams...

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IIIIIts Monday...

2012-01-23T09:07:00.001+01:00

Monday's are Monday's....even in 1896....don't get stuck in traffic my dear...

Where to start...

2012-01-21T14:05:00.000+01:00

My studio looks something like this....Way to many projects and I love all of them...now...where to start...I think I;m going to wake up Miss Moussie...I left her sleeping in her birdsnest...about three weeks ago!!!!..Or maybe Big bear and Little Mouse.?....And I desperately need to visit Nowhere...my friends are waiting...I'm on my way dear friends..I just don't know what to do first...I'll begin with picking up my pencil...and then the rest will follow...:-)

Snuggle..

2012-01-20T11:21:00.001+01:00

The days are grey on the Hilltop...rain and stormy clouds..so I know what I'm going to do this weekend..Snuggle..meaning..To make oneself comfortable, usually by moving closer to another person or thing. To embrace closely, as to show affection or offer warmth... I;m going to stay close to my hubby when he gets home...wishing you a warm snuggly weekend with your loved ones..!

So..how is the weather....:-)

Art-Eastman Johnson-A Daydream

"I Remember It Well"....

2012-01-19T14:46:00.000+01:00

“When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not.” But my dear reader and friend..I will never forget YOU..

Venture..

2012-01-18T09:22:00.005+01:00

And there she goes......it will be a venture but she is prepared..her building bricks new and colorfull..to build a miracle......the future..

“Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture.”

Picture..a dutchesses granddaughter..

Ice..or no Ice..that;s the question..

2012-01-17T10:21:00.005+01:00

“The hardest part of skating is the ice”

Difficulty quotes.... :-)

Skating on the canals..a typical dutch picture....but we are almost sure that this year....its not going to happen.....?

Art-Henri van Seben.

Its Monday..

2012-01-15T23:48:00.001+01:00

I'm going to spend it with a very cute little girl..my granddaughter....hoping your monday will also be a good one...and I think YOU are very cute TOO..you couldn't be cuter..couldn't be nicer..couldn't be smarter..couldn't be sweeter then you are...:-)

Not much sense..

2012-01-14T16:07:00.010+01:00

We are not making much sense today at the Hilltop..just to tired...we did start with a lot of plans ..but...well..somehow..ZZzzzzzzzzz...

"I don't see much sense in that," said Rabbit.
"No," said Pooh humbly, "there isn't. But there was going to be when I began it. It's just that something happened to it along the way."”

Winnie the Pooh quotes

Wishing you a lovely weekend...:-)

Art-Igor-oleinikov-bunny-with-little-bear.....On the playlist a sweet Musicbox song..

Dreamer..

2012-01-13T09:57:00.011+01:00

I see white rabbits every day..AND they always ask what time it is...Dream time dearest..its always dream time..

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Art-Arthur Rackham.

..Perspective...

2012-01-11T17:41:00.000+01:00

Nothing like a nighttime stroll to give you ideas. ~J.K. Rowling

I love making midnight strolls at the Hiltop...I never was afraid in the dark..So..when I can't sleep you can find me wandering..maybe catching a star..maybe two...one for you....Listening to an owls wise words.. putting daytime trials and tribulations in perspective..
So..if you are worried..not seeing the forest for the trees..stumbling on straws..want to be strong to attack any crisis..take my hand..everything will be alright..

Tada tada ta yum pom pom

2012-01-11T17:25:00.002+01:00

Last week I heard more then one's a waltz from Strauss....a classic way to open the new year...So lets honor this tradition...:-)

In the little video the weather is better then on the Hilltop today...
By the way..I wanted to ask you..did it snow in your part of the world..? In our garden we are still waiting and the birds are thinking ..SPRING..!

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Checking in...

2012-01-10T09:46:00.013+01:00

Darlings..I'm home...back from a musical journey...but home is where the heart is.. give me some time to check in and I promisse this years Dutchess blog will be GREAT..Follow me...you are the wind beneath my wings..together we can create what ever we need..xoxo

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All dressed up..

2012-01-02T16:35:00.018+01:00

Snowflakes

The fairies called snowflakes all dressed up in white,
They went to the dance, and were dancing all night.

And now they lie tired, where sleep chanced to o'ertake them.
Step lightly, speak softly, take care not to wake them!

Holidays are over...got to go and follow the music again..lots of new years festivities to attend to,(all dressed up)...I;m leaving you in good company...see..the fairies are welcoming you....all dressed up too..enjoy yourself when I;m gone..come as you are...no dresscode on the Hilltop...!..Stay warm and stay happy..(Its storming today at the Hilltop...there hasn't been any snow yet..only on this blog..:)

I'll be back.....xoxo

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IIIITS MONDAY...

2012-01-02T11:46:00.008+01:00

Took a long shower...starting this first monday in 2012 with passion..I'm gonna dance..I'm gonna fly...

I Wish ...

2012-01-01T18:00:00.003+01:00

Wishing you a magical year....my little wish lantern is traveling..

At the Top..

2011-12-29T10:29:00.010+01:00

And there you are..almost at the top...you did it..
Now..stand still...enjoy the view..place your hand on your heart...and hold it..its beating just for you..

Wishing you a wonderful beginning of a wonderful New Year..see you there..in 2012..!!

With love from The Hilltop
T.D and Company.

Resolute resolutions...

2011-12-28T20:15:00.018+01:00

A resolution...
1. the act or an instance of resolving
2. the condition or quality of being resolute; firmness or determination
3. something resolved or determined; decision

Are you making a list of New Year resolutions too....

“One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: "To rise above little things”

And put on top of your list....TO BE HAPPY...

Art-Johannes Vermeer.

To the end of a year....

2011-12-28T13:08:00.021+01:00

Lets travel calmy and strong to the year's end..even when the winds are fierce....because the new year will be a wonderful place to enter...

It is not down in any map; true places never are...

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Caress the ocean

Touch the ocean gently
Carry a bird so light
Returning from places covered in snow
Fleeting air of winter
Far away your echo is leaving
Castle in the air
Turn with the wind, swirl around, use your wings
In the grey dawn of the rising sun
Find your way towards the rainbow
Spring will unfold

Touch the ocean gently
Put down the bird so light
On a stone on an island inundated
Fleeting air of winter
Finally your breath is leaving
Far away into the mountains
Turn with the wind, swirl around, use your wings
In the grey dawn of the rising sun
Find your way towards the rainbow
Spring will unfold

***

Back to the North Pole..

2011-12-27T10:10:00.003+01:00

Well...we shipped Santa back to the North Pole...

But there's still an Elf wandering the Hilltop..check your bathrooms...

A quiet day..

2011-12-26T16:20:00.008+01:00

I didn;t do very much today...just sat there...talked to the birdies...telling them all about my wonderful Christmas day's..,

“To speak robin to a robin is like speaking French to a Frenchman”

- Frances Hodgson Burnett , The Secret Garden ―

Merry Christmas..!!!

2011-12-24T12:33:00.000+01:00

Merry Christmas....and thank you very very much for being there.....Stay warm and stay happy..with love from all of us..T.D and Company..

Appelflappen

2011-12-23T18:13:00.000+01:00

When you open this post my dear reader and friend I am baking **appelflappen**....In a few ours our house will be filled with family....together we are going to celebrate Christmas...so,in these few quiet minutes before the fun begins let me wish you a wonderful wonderful Christmas...God bless us, everyone.....

Art-Appledumplings-George Dunlop Leslie

Home for Christmas...

2011-12-22T17:42:00.003+01:00

Its getting very busy on the Hilltop...al the fairies are coming home for Christmas...

And lets not forget the Gnome;s...now you see them.....

Then you don't....!

As long as we know in our hearts what Christmas ought to be, Christmas is..

Please watch this little video full screen..its adorable...especially the chicken..:-)

*To yourself...

2011-12-21T12:22:00.000+01:00

*To yourself...a very important note on your Christmas- to do- list....

*I'm not going to drive myself crazy in this Christmas rush...because I;m going to have myself a merry little christmas...starting now...*

All is white..

2011-12-20T18:08:00.004+01:00

All is white..it snowed overnight...

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IIIts Monday...

2011-12-19T18:21:00.000+01:00

I'm sure Monday didn't become Monday on purpose but just by accident..

Have yourself a good one..

Where the music is...

2011-12-13T10:58:00.010+01:00

Well....everyone needs to be somewhere,and I need to be where the music is the next couple of days...Following the Nutcracker and visiting the Mouse king...
Have a merry time dear readers and friends..I'll be home for Christmas..xoxox

Its Monday...

2011-12-12T02:21:00.001+01:00

Ups downs..Highs lows..any way the wind blows....Its Monday...

Voila....

2011-12-10T22:35:00.011+01:00

There it is.... a tree hiding in the lights....but I do believe there's something else hiding inthere too......on the Hilltop we have to be alert ..and watch out for the Christmas Gnome..

In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary. ~Aaron Rose

Santa Claus Land...

2011-12-09T21:08:00.010+01:00

Long long time ago..I visited Santa Claus land..to make sure Santa got my wish list...

To Santa Claus

Dear Santa Claus, I'll let you know
The few things that I need,
And if you'll bring them to me
I'll be much obliged indeed.

I want a horse and wagon,
And a boat that's painted red,
An elephant, a jumping-jack—
You need not bring a sled,

For I have one very pretty;
But I want a trotting-horse,
A man who wheels a wheel-barrow,
And candy, too, of course.

Now, Santa dear, you'll not forget.
I wish you'd write them down,
And leave them all at my house
When you journey through the town.

by Jennie D. Moore

I'm sure santa is on his way..It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air....

Wishing you a wonderful weekend.....

Windows....

2011-12-09T11:48:00.019+01:00

This is the most wonderful time to go window shopping...Isn't this one magical...

And when you live in Amsterdam....go see this one...Bookshop Athenaeum...

Want to know where these mouse come from...click HERE..

And now..lets go vintage window shopping..

Art-Christmas window display at bergdorf goodman

Trust....

2011-12-08T12:11:00.009+01:00

You can't compare appels with pears....so trust me this time..and take it...

-“You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.”
Richard Bach

Clutter...

2011-12-07T11:27:00.009+01:00

Today ..(and tomorrow)..I will be busy cleaning my studio...

“I've been getting rid of some clutter — anything that doesn't serve a positive purpose in my life — and making room for things that feel happy to me. Because I get to make my life whatever I want it to be. I get to make the room feel however I want it to feel. I get to make the closet as full or as spacious as I want it. And, if I have more clutter to get rid of after Christmas, I'm not going to wait a year, or two or three to do it.”

Jan Denise

So...let me think ..what do I really need in my little birdsnest...

Art-Henry Meynell Rheam.

Wild...

2011-12-06T17:49:00.019+01:00

Do you remember..from when you were just a little person..I do...WILD was my middle name...And now..in my mind..I still run free...dare to do a little running with me....? Off we go..dashing through the snow...

“All good things are wild, and free.”

Henry David Thoreau

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Art:The Wild Girl..Christofer Wormell

Its Monday..

2011-12-04T23:00:00.000+01:00

Gotta go to work...Goodbye...

Life..a short love story..

2011-12-04T12:14:00.001+01:00

Wishing you a beautiful Sunday..

From shore to shore...

2011-12-03T21:12:00.000+01:00

Its a stormy day....I am going to make a long walk...to clear my mind..just staring at the waves..finding a new horizon..

Beyond the water, there is always land.

Even the sea binds...
And if one cannot always see the shore,
The shore is always there.

So it is with emotion:
Every kindness, every fleeting thought of love--
And every hatred too--
Will reach its shore.
Even if one cannot always see,

The shore is always there.

Leslie P. Garcia

About a book..

2011-12-01T21:14:00.013+01:00

I'm of to a party my friends...My hubby's book party...He did it..his book has made it to the bookshop's and library's..I think I;m going to ask him for an autograph..

“It is all very well to be able to write books, but can you waggle your ears?”
James Matthew Barrie

Happy weekend my dear readers and friends...

December-

2011-12-01T09:10:00.001+01:00

Yeeee..the time has come...have fun my dears...

"Each Christmas I remember
The ones of long ago;
I see our mantelpiece adorned
With stockings in a row.

Each Christmas finds me dreaming
Of days that used to be,
When we hid presents here and there,
For all the family.

Each Christmas I remember
The fragrance in the air,
Of roasting turkey and mince pies
And cookies everywhere.

Each Christmas finds me longing
For Christmases now past,
And I am back in childhood
As long as memories last."
- Carice Williams, Christmas Past

Its December....enjoy...!!!

Cold colder coldest..

2011-11-30T19:08:00.003+01:00

No..it isn't snowing yet..we are having the warmest November since ages...

...Visit the Hilltop darlings..if you are impatient like me...and when you come back..sit by the fire and warm your frozen tootsies...

Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you. So in like manner you must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs...

leonardo da Vinci.

A Winter's Tale...

2011-11-28T22:24:00.006+01:00

It won't be long now before a new winter's tale will be told to us..I hope there will be snow on the Hilltop...soon..?

IIIIts Monday..

2011-11-26T17:38:00.013+01:00

So sorry for the delay....I had some trouble landing....but I'm here...

I was traveling this monday morning returning home..trafic was terrible..I took a train..Sitting there ..looking out of the window..I saw the most beautiful deer walking through a wintry landscape..in the early morning mist......Not a bad way to start my Monday..

Again the sun rises on this last Monday in November...wishing you a day filled with moments to remember..

Leftovers.....

2011-11-25T09:09:00.006+01:00

And what to do with all these left over pumpkins...

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are... You'll never know where a pumpkin can take you...

Wishing you a wonderful weekend..

Art-Edmund Dulac.

Little lights...

2011-11-23T14:09:00.015+01:00

Its a dark but also magical night...

On the Hilltop we are celebrating the wonderful season we now enter..the season of light...the creatures on the Hilltop may be small...but together we can make this season bright.....

I'm always amazed what comes crawling out of the undergrowth...

We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own...let your light shine..

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Art-Little Lights by Any_s_Kil.

The translation of fog...

2011-11-22T08:34:00.007+01:00

Our garden today loooks like something out of a fairytale...Fog and Frost made magic together...

Poetry is what gets lost in translation. ~Robert Frost

Its MONDAY....

2011-11-21T10:39:00.010+01:00

And I hereby declare the Holiday season for opened....Doesn't this message make you feel just ..FINE...Now...lets start by making a list..

The inner spirit..

2011-11-19T11:08:00.001+01:00

“In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.”
Albert Schweitzer

We...from Hilltop Forest wish you a wonderful weekend...

Art-Myron Barlow.

Story time..

2011-11-18T08:52:00.013+01:00

Wonder what we will find in this wintry forest..follow me ..what better time then these winter months for story telling..

The first frost...

2011-11-15T11:10:00.002+01:00

Today I found the first frost on my window....I'm ready for winter..lets ride out together to meet him...

Away from the world..

2011-11-14T11:12:00.007+01:00

“Away from the world and its toils and its cares,
I've a snug little kingdom up four pair of stairs.”

William Makepeace Thackeray

Now winter comes near....but never fear..you will always find some shelter here....

Art-Pierre Charles Comte.

IIIITs MoNdAY.....

2011-11-14T10:38:00.005+01:00

So true...but I believe the lion is asleep on Monday's..

Put on your sunday clothes ..

2011-11-13T10:03:00.003+01:00

That Sunday shine is a certain sign
That you feel as fine as you look...

Intriguing..

2011-11-11T08:57:00.018+01:00

Intriguing how the mind works..What ever could she be thinking..? Maybe she just read something funny..or something what could change her life....?

“Whatever you hold in your mind will tend to occur in your life. If you continue to believe as you have always believed, you will continue to act as you have always acted. If you continue to act as you have always acted, you will continue to get what you have always gotten. If you want different results in your life or your work, all you have to do is change your mind.”

In my mind this girl in the painting just cooked up a brilliant adventure..and she is now going to tell her friends about it so they can come with her...
Wishing you a wonderful weekend full of magical adventures of the mind....but mind you..only explorers get in there..!

I so love this movie...My husband is very much like this little boy..:))))

Art-Pietro Antonio Rotari.

Where are my gloves...

2011-11-10T10:01:00.008+01:00

“Cold hands warm heart”

My dear friends..for some reason blogger doesn't let me leave comments on your wonderful blogs...hope this will be solved soon...I did pop in...just couldn't say HI..Big Hug from all of us..T.D and Company.

Art-Woman wearing gloves- Berthe Morisot

Smackerel ...

2011-11-08T19:54:00.015+01:00

Hilltop Hall is very famous for his candlelight diners...we are so happy for these long winter evenings to come so we can dine and sit for ours at our table..

“When having a smackerel of something with a friend, don't eat so much that you get stuck in the doorway trying to get out.”
Winnie the Pooh

Art-Inga Moore.

Hearth...

2011-11-08T10:02:00.009+01:00

The house is old, the trees are bare,
And moonless bends the misty dome,
But what on earth is half so dear,
So longed for as the hearth of home?

The mute bird sitting on the stone,
The dank moss dripping from the wall,
The garden walk with weeds o'ergrown,
I love them--how I love them all!

Anne Bronte.

Art-Carlton Alfred Smith-The Three Sisters.

IIIts Monday...

2011-11-07T10:30:00.009+01:00

-Any minute now...
-What...?
-It can jump on you...!
-What...?
-The Monday Mood...
-O dear..ddddear dear..We could always do the jitterbug..to scare it away..
-....What kind of bug...

And how are you doing this fine monday morning...?

Formidable..

2011-11-06T13:15:00.013+01:00

“People always make the wolf more formidable than he is.”
French Proverb

I've always been fascinated by these animals..and I would
like you to meet a beautiful lady who's actually living with wolves...I know her through the amazingly magical way she plays the piano..She is Formidable..

.Have a happy day...

Glimmering lights..

2011-11-05T12:54:00.008+01:00

November..now is the time of early dusk..glimmering lights and mysterieus nights..Story goes..there's something spooky wandering the Hilltop grounds..tell me do you believe in ghosts..?

The Will-o'-the-Wisp is out on the marsh,
And all alone he goes;
There's not a sight of his glimmering light
From break of day to close;
But all night long, from dusk till dawn,
He drifts where the night wind blows.

Annie Campbell Huestis

Art-Arthur Hughes.

About cups and dust....

2011-11-04T10:51:00.007+01:00

Today I must attend to my house...after being away a lot of dust gathered in my cups...and I don't like my tea dusty...

“We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.”
Ray Bradbury

Art-The Blue Cup-Joseph De Camp.

And what did I see...exactly.?

2011-11-03T10:19:00.017+01:00

The belief that one's own view of reality is the only reality is the most dangerous of all delusions”
Paul Watzlawick

The view on Rome was ...a view on history..and a view of the future all in one..I could share it with you but it would be a better idea if you just go and see for yourself..I give you a few places I visited...enjoy...

http://www.galleriaborghese.it/borghese/en/edefault.htm
http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/MV_Home.html
http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/CSN/CSN_Main.html

There was also an opening of the exibition.. Audrey in Rome..!

What I did do and need to share..I did light a lot of candles in Rome in different churches..for all of you out there..

And I ended my trip by throwing a coin in the fountain..(no I didn;t dive in...:))

Art-View on Rome from the artist window-Constant Moyaux 1863.

Its me...

2011-11-01T10:22:00.013+01:00

Geppetto: Who's there?
Pinocchio: It's me.
Geppetto: [relieved] Oh, it's me.

Last week I did spend a lot of time sitting on benches watching the world go by...It had been a few years since I visited Rome...but it felt like I was there only yesterday..In a way it was a relieve to just BE...see people go by..getting in and out a bus..walking in the park..live their lives.....like they did for centuries in this city...and this will go on and on..the world will keep turning and people will be people..

So ..are you there?...I;m back..Its me....so happy to see you..there we go again..notting can hold me back..I've got no strings..
To hold me down
To make me fret
Or make me frown
I had strings

But now I'm free
There are no strings on me
Hi o the merio, that's
the only way to be!
I want the world to know
notin' ever worries me....have a wonderful day out there on the globe..stay warm and stay happy..

Until we meet again..

2011-10-20T10:25:00.020+02:00

Like I was telling my dear Hilltop friends yesterday...its time for a break...
Time for a little time out...

Time to say goodbye to my kitchen for a while...no cooking for about ten days...:))

I;ve been reading about this wonderful place I'm going to visit..and can't wait to get there..

Meanwhile...would you take care of my humble home...please visit as often as you like..There's lots and lots of food in the fridge..make yourself a hot cocoa..and put on some music...There are more then a hundred songs for you on the playlist..Enjoy!
I leave you now...with warm wishes for a wonderful time to come...Let your imagination run wilde..
I will be back from my adventure in about 12 days with new stories to tell......until we meet again...XXX

P.S..the key is under the mat...I believe the gatekeeper is fast asleep...

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Home..

2011-10-19T10:08:00.015+02:00

There ought to be a way to combine "autumn" and "morning" into one word, the combination of the two is special enough to be its own entity..

The days on The Hilltop grow short...the dawn's misty and cold...but inside the house..there's warmth....A shelter from the first frost..come in dearest..and warm yourself by the fire..you are home..

Art-/1John-atkinson-grimshaw-Autumn-/2-Eastman Johnson.

Memory Lane...

2011-10-18T11:28:00.007+02:00

I,m very busy today finding things back which in first place I can't recall putting away at all...

The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time. ~Friedrich Nietzsche

IIIIts Monday...

2011-10-17T09:52:00.007+02:00

Just wake me up when Monday is over....

Come on...pick yourself up..dust yourself off....and be on your way... a little monday music always helps..

...

On a day like this..

2011-10-14T11:14:00.005+02:00

There are days...and today is such a day at the Hilltop...there are days when you wake up and the world looks just perfect..Now..upsy daisy...Im going to plant some violets...

Art-Jill Barklem.

...Like the first Autumn...

2011-10-12T10:59:00.021+02:00

Its not my first Autumn on this planet....but it is the one I'm living today..now ..at this very minute...Who knows what I will find playing with leaves..

picking berries...gathering jewels...

On the motionless branches of some trees, autumn berries hung like clusters of coral beads,as in those fabled orchards where the fruits were jewels . . .”

- Charles Dickens

I'm following an Autumn trail...Its always magical..like the first Autumn ever...

Come follow me....

Art-Picking Berries- Winslow Homer
-Autumn..a Wood Path -Sanford Robinson Gifford.

A Breezes Kiss..

2011-10-11T09:52:00.012+02:00

Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.

I love to make long walks with my head in the autumn wind..it always clears my mind..I need being alone from time to time as much as being with my loves ones..When there is no one at my side...when there's no one to take care for.. my spirit can run free..but after a while its asking me..ísn't it time to go home now..and see if everybody is OK..:))

I'm Happiest When Most Away

I'm happiest when most away

I can bear my soul from its home of clay

On a windy night when the moon is bright

And the eye can wander through worlds of light—

When I am not and none beside—

Nor earth nor sea nor cloudless sky—

But only spirit wandering wide

Through infinite immensity.

by
Emily Brontë

(I love these old movies..:)

Art-Breezes Kiss-Lionel Percy Smyth.

Its Monday

2011-10-10T10:59:00.011+02:00

And dear Sister...don't forget to Rock and Roll...its good for your soul..now..you and me together...

Promise me something..

2011-10-08T13:36:00.007+02:00

Read this and believe it....

"Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.”

Look what I'm doing today..well...I know my feathered friends are doing the flying but I'm afraid of hights...!!!

Happy Oasis..

2011-10-07T17:19:00.002+02:00

Thank god its Friday..wishing you a wonderful time in your very own happy oasis...

Cosy...with tea..

2011-10-06T22:56:00.008+02:00

“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.”
J.R.R. Tolkien

Art-Omar Ryan-Teatime.
On the playlist a song for a dragon.....

Tonight the Wind changed..

2011-10-05T08:30:00.012+02:00

Time for a coat and an umbrella..the little ones are preparing themselves..

“I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”

See-Saw....

2011-10-04T09:31:00.016+02:00

“For I dipped into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be”
Alfred, Lord Tennyson

On the playlist this beautiful song..It will leave no heart undone..and I do believe there's enough wonder and magic for everyone..

Art-See-Saw~~Jean Honore Fragonard.

IIITS MONDAY...

2011-10-01T21:21:00.003+02:00

Rubity Scrubity Sweepity....LETS GO...

I'm smiling ...

2011-09-30T21:35:00.000+02:00

Would you believe ...Its NOT raining on the Hilltop..and it didn't for a whole week or so and now maybe even more....How strange nature works...in my part of the world rain comes down in buckets but there are places where one single raindrop is a miracle..If only we could change a smile into a raindrop and send it to where its needed most...“smiles don't have to be saved for a rainy day... it's good to waste them.”

Wishing you a wonderful weekend...smile..

Art-Woman watering young scrub-Berthe Morisot.

I carry your heart..

2011-09-29T16:33:00.023+02:00

Does this sound familiar..walking a forest trail and feeling there's someone walking beside you ..you feel safe..you can almost touch the gentle soul that's watching over you..I know my guardian angel well...

“Here is the deepest secret nobody knows.
Here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
And the sky of the sky of a tree called life;
Which grows higher than soul can hope or mind can hide.
And this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart.
I carry your heart.
I carry it in my heart.”

E. E. Cummings

Art-Vasili Dimitriviech Polenov.

Hammock days...

2011-09-29T14:32:00.005+02:00

Grandma sent the hammock,
The good lord sent the breeze.
I'm here to do the swinging--
Now,who's gonna move the trees?

Shel Silverstein

A warm wonderful day in September....this is where I would love to be....how about you..

Art-Winslow Homer.

Born in 1647..

2011-09-25T18:21:00.020+02:00

There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it.

Today I visited THIS PLACE...very very old monumental trees...amazing..imagine living for more then 400 years...

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Art_Van Gogh_Trees.

IIIIIIIIIIITS MONDAY..............

2011-09-24T10:14:00.005+02:00

Its Monday....and I'm starting the day with a song..“Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.”

There's something about giving out with a song,,

Makes you belong,

Helps you to find a peace of mindful day.

Indian Summer

2011-09-24T09:49:00.007+02:00

"I cannot endure to waste anything as precious as autumn sunshine by staying in the house.
So I spend almost all the daylight hours in the open air.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne

Glorious weather on the Hilltop...I'll send you some shine...wishing you a lovely weekend out there on the globe..

Art-Indian Summer-Alexi Zaitsev.

PROUD....

2011-09-22T11:57:00.009+02:00

“What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing; it also depends on what kind of a person you are”
C.S. Lewis

And I'm so happy to be here..to be able to see my daughters stepping out into the world..and to see my granddaughter standing..ready to take her first steps on her own...how time flies..but how proud can you get.....

Missing you...

2011-09-20T10:30:00.009+02:00

-I wil miss you, said the sad squirrel to the little Fairy..
-Missing someone gets easier every day because even though it's one day further from the last time we saw each other, it's one day closer to the next time we will...and we will meet again..Im sure..answered the little fairy with a reassuring smile on her face..

Just one more day..and then the fairies will leave the garden...searching for a warmer climate...The little ones are saying their goodbyes..

Well..not all of them are leaving..what would we do without this one....

Art - Helen Jacobs.

ITS MONDAY...

2011-09-19T11:14:00.000+02:00

Its all about posture...take a deep breath..put on your happy face..and go for it..

If You Believe

2011-09-18T15:15:00.003+02:00

Don;t forget...“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
Take charge..and believe...

Breakfast...

2011-09-17T12:51:00.010+02:00

Breakfast..a very important moment on The Hilltop...sometimes on Sundays it can take all day...

“It frequently breakfasts at five-o'clock tea, And dines on the following day”
Lewis Carroll

Happy breakfast out there on the globe... :)

Art-In The Breakfast Room-Edmund Charles Tarbell

Honored..

2011-09-14T23:15:00.009+02:00

All through the summer birds visited me in my garden...there seem to be more each day...I am so honored that they come visit me..and I'm so looking forward to a next season of birdwatching..

"I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn."
- Henry David Thoreau

Art William Affleck-Feeding the Birds.

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The last..

2011-09-13T21:03:00.008+02:00

I rushed out into the garden today to pick the last rose of summer and offer it to you..together with this song...
A single rose can be my garden...a single friend, my world.”

Music Playlist at MixPod.com

Art-Annie French.

Its Monday...

2011-09-12T16:09:00.003+02:00

And sometimes a monday just needs a womans touch..have fun today..:)

One safe place...

2011-09-10T11:53:00.011+02:00

“There is no feeling more comforting and consoling than knowing you are right next to the one you love.”

Wishing you a lovely weekend with your loved ones...safe into the arms of understanding..

September Grass..

2011-09-09T11:06:00.005+02:00

"Well, the sun’s not so hot in the sky today
And you know I can see summertime slipping on away
A few more geese are gone, a few more leaves turning red
But the grass is as soft as a feather in a featherbed
So I’ll be king and you’ll be queen
Our kingdom’s gonna be this little patch of green
Won’t you lie down here right now
In this September grass
Won’t you lie down with me now
September grass."
- James Taylor

The most magical season of the year is about to begin....take a little stroll with me...and lets step into...Autumn..

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The Dutchess

Its possible..!!!

February..

Wintry flurries...

IIIIIts Monday...

Goodmorning....

To pick a card....

Reflections at the lake..

Shaken..not stirred..

IIIIIts Monday...

Where to start...

Snuggle..

"I Remember It Well"....

Venture..

Ice..or no Ice..that;s the question..

Its Monday..

Not much sense..

Dreamer..

..Perspective...

Tada tada ta yum pom pom

Checking in...

All dressed up..

IIIITS MONDAY...

I Wish ...

At the Top..

Resolute resolutions...

To the end of a year....

Back to the North Pole..

A quiet day..

Merry Christmas..!!!

**Appelflappen**

Home for Christmas...

*To yourself...

All is white..

IIIts Monday...

Where the music is...

Its Monday...

Voila....

Santa Claus Land...

Windows....

Trust....

Clutter...

Wild...

Its Monday..

Life..a short love story..

From shore to shore...

About a book..

December-

Cold colder coldest..

A Winter's Tale...

IIIIts Monday..

Leftovers.....

Little lights...

The translation of fog...

Its MONDAY....

The inner spirit..

Story time..

The first frost...

Away from the world..

IIIITs MoNdAY.....

Put on your sunday clothes ..

Intriguing..

Where are my gloves...

Smackerel ...

Hearth...

IIIts Monday...

Formidable..

Glimmering lights..

About cups and dust....

And what did I see...exactly.?

Its me...

Until we meet again..

Home..

Memory Lane...

IIIIts Monday...

On a day like this..

...Like the first Autumn...

A Breezes Kiss..

Its Monday

Promise me something..

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