Happy New Year!!!!

I am wishing all my Blog Friends a happy and prosperous New year filled with Strength, Joy and courage. may you all be Happy, Safe, Peaceful, Healthy, at Ease and free from Suffering.

Sale at the Baggaraggs!!!!

After Christmas SALE now in Progress at the Baggaraggs. Type in after25 in the coupon code and recieve a 20% discount. Thanks and hope you had a groovy Christmas. Robin.
PS here is a LINK: Baggaraggs

Christmas oh SO SOFTly

I don't ever remember a time when I have been so unprepared for Christmas. I think even the Elves are working later than usual at this time of the year.

My Buddy Albert

Hey everyone. I wanted to share with you a photo of Albert and me taken recently by Fallbrook Studios and a very Talented Young ARTIST, Vincent Czyzewski. It means so much to me to have a great photo of Albert, and Vincent did a fabulous job. He and his wife Tara are Great people, professionals and SO very talented. They are based in Yuma, But if I was getting Married I would FLY them to my WEDDING to Photo the event!

Albert is struggling, we have had some bad days here lately. Still don't know what the problem is.
Anyway...wanted you all to see. wanted to share.
Be well.
Robin

APOLOGIES

I have been away in my head, struggling to try to keep up and am so sorry to have neglected my Blog. I have folks to thank for sending me beautiful pieces of work and things to share. I promise I will. In the meantime I have been caring for my sick dog...This has been going on for months now and I am near crazy...not sleeping and looking like there is a squirrel loose in my Brain.
So, I will update here in the next few days. Don't give up on me.
Hugs, Robin

The Trim Your Tree with The OLD FARMHOUSE GATHERING GIVEAWAY

HEY YOU GUYS!!!I WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF A GIVEAWAY SPONSORED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE OLD FARMHOUSE GATHERING.Its another briliant treasury giveaway, actually there are two. all kinds of handmade ornies for your Christamas decorating or to give as gifts. I think because I am a selfish person I would keep them all for myself! HAH! Anyway, I wanted to provide you with the link to the treasuries so you can SIGN up. http://www.etsy.com/treasury/NTYwOTAxN3w5ODkyMTg2ODg/win-half-of-this-treasury-trim-your-tree?index=0

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/NTYwOTAxN3w5ODMwMzIxODU/win-half-this-treasury-trim-your-tree?index=1

HALLOWEEN SALE

I AM HAVING A hALLOWEEN SALE ON MY ETSY SITE: http://www.etsy.com/shop/Baggaraggs?ref=ss_profile
jUST PUT IN THE CODE Oct31 for a 30% off coupon for Halloween items. Come on over and have a look. And have a spooky Halloween

Bird Therapy

My Mother use to say that she hated to see the spring come. We lived in the woods and for some reason I found all the Baby birds that had fallen from their nests. It was like I had a baby bird magnet installed right over my heart that drew me to them. I would of course pick them up, and bring them home. Not a single one survived, and I am sure that the diet of crackers and milk may have had something to do with it. I've never really gotten over it. Scarred for life.
This little Bird inside a fabric case is a handy remedy for anyone wishing to overcome these tragic memories.
He handily fits in the black net pocket for storage when you need him to. I think that he is a cheerful reminder that many birds have actually survived the spring without my ministering to them.
This handy dandy fabric case ties in the back over a vintage button. The bird cage on the front has been free sewn with my trusty Thread Pusher. (That's Baggaraggs talk for sewing Machine.) Off hand I do not have the dimensions, if that's important to you, I'd be happy to provide you with the details.
PS. This is not for a child, just a Childlike adult.

New Friend

I have a new friend I would like you to meet. It never ceases to amaze me the TALENT that some people possess. Please meet Dorthe of Den Lille Lade, a very Talented Doll artist. We met at Etsy, where she bought a bird from me and a doll...or two...
We soon discovered that we like the same kind of things, VINTAGE EVERYTHING!!!!

I love Dorthe's WORK. Fabulous!!!

Dorthe Lives in Denmark. (On an Island that I believe to be in the Baltic Sea.) She makes fairies, and has a shop also called Den Lille Lade. She also makes collages and and I love they way her blog looks...Beautiful.

Don't you love getting to know other folks in this world of ours. So many sweet and special people.
Thank you Dorthe.

my real "job"

Here I am at my Real job. I work with some fantastic people, who are for the most part patient, caring and kind. I have been a nurse for a long time but as you can see, I am thinking of the Land of Baggaraggs, even at "work."

The Tombs

And so my thoughts are creeping towards the fall.I begin to long for cooler weather, with the brush of cobwebs on my bare neck at night when I walk Albert. I think of closing my door on the dark, imagining that I am turning the dead-bolt just in time to keep out the stealthy thing that was following me up the walk. I long for the smell of cinnamon, apples and pumpkins baking in my oven.That aroma makes its way like an Autumn fog to the studio.

Potions

Potions looks out over the line of Folks that waits outside her Cottage, wanting a Potion. Some have a spotted fever, some an unsightly wart or maybe a black fungus emerging from their ear, BUT most want a little something called LOVE. So desperate are they for LOVE in their lives that they are willing to stand in the pouring rain without a bumbershoot to pay the last coin in their purse for IT. The Elusive IT: LOVE.
It is tiring work, but this little witch knows its Power, knows that LOVE heals, that LOVE endures.
She is made of painted muslin, coffee dyed, baked and stitched upon. She has a tiny watch vial about her neck, that may be opened if you desire. She is about 14.3 inches tall.
May you be Happy.

The Ghost Bird

There was a toad in the pool this morning. It was clinging to the pool sweep over by the drain, and when it saw me coming to rescue him, jumped into the water and swam away for dear life. It obviously did not recognize me as a form of HELP.
I patiently waited for him to come to the surface and watched as he chambered up onto the hose of the pool sweep, quite exhausted by the effort.
I was able to fish him out and was rewarded by finding another tiny companion, swimming listlessly in the outlet as well.
I had a thought about it all, besides the one where my kids chide me for picking up toads with my bare hands...
and wondered how many times I too have turned away from HELP, being unable to over come my FEAR, and walk the Path toward that which would HELP me and my situation.
I have been bossed around by Fear much of my life. I am ashamed to admit this cowardice, however it is none the less true.
I think I have mostly been afraid to succeed, as failure is what I am comfortable with, it is the familiar  water of my Pool.
So. May I have sense enough to NOT turn away from that which would help me, teach me, GUIDE me, and May I not resist the urge to Succeed. may I attend to the thoughts that inspire me, and NOT dismiss them. May I act on them, actualize them and Recognize their source as being inspired.
May I have the good sense to appreciate the Prayers that are answered.
And may I have courage enough to act, TO ACT, TO ACT, even when I am Afraid to do so.
May you also.

Summer struggles.

Good Morning from the Land of the Baggaraggs. Arrggggh ( Pie-rat talk)  but its humid and hot. Mowed the grass yesterday and midway through got in to the pool to cool myself off. We lovingly refer to the Pool as the Polar Icecap, as its always COLD...being under the trees.
I am grateful to have a Polar Icecap Pool to dip myself into, and a Lawn to mow.
although I am slow in sales, I would like to openly thank God for an Etsy shop, and My gift of Creativity.
There are many things that have happened in the course of this summer that have been a weight on me, and my heart has at times been filled with anxiety. My daughter has been injured, my dog is sick, and ...I need a surgery myself.
We struggle don't we? I have little energy at times to PUSH Back against this encroachment to my contentment. I become immobilized. Worry freezes me. I loose my Emotional Balance. 
Here is what I think really helps...

Find another person who will bow their head with you and Hear your Prayer. Pray out loud with them.( I did in the medication room the other evening at work, and I feel BETTER)
try to eat something GOOD everyday.
try hard to help some one else...it makes your own burden lighter.
Like Winston Churchill said NEVER GIVE UP. NEVER.
Push back against your physical limitations, Push back against the thoughts that LIMIT you.
I promise I will too. I Promise I will try my Hardest every day. and I will remember to be grateful for everything and to say THANKS.
May you be Happy and Free from suffering. Robin 

A little Night Work

Working nights can be hard on folks. Flying off 5 nights a week to St. Stygians Asylum to care for the depressed and psychotic can have an effect on a Witch. Maude keeps her chin up though and flies on, carries on and administers her Potions with tender, loving care.
Maude is 18 inches long and made of muslin that has been dyed in coffee and baked. She has also been painted and sewn upon. Maude is one of a kind. She has a hook for hanging and would enjoy a break from her nightly duties at the St. Stygian Asylum.