BuffyW

BuffyW
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JANUARY 14, 2013 4:08PM

A Cautionary Foray

Today I had no trouble accessing OS.  I'm not even sure why I tried, since so many times before it has led to frustration and ultimately loads of error notices.

 Yet, here I am.  Perhaps the world is ending afterall, I mean if I don't see this page load as a… Read full post »

OCTOBER 1, 2012 2:24PM

A Peek at Handmade Houses

 

This past March the long awaited book (which included photos of my house) was published by Rizzoli International Press with author  Richard Olsen.  It turned out beautifully, and I have been given permission to share some of the photos with you.

The book is available on Amazon and ot… Read full post »

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012 1:38PM

"Cant Get Used To Losing You".

I just read a blog saying goodbye to Andy Williams.  ANDY WILLIAMS?? The first record I bought with my own money was Andy Williams, "Can't Get Used To Losing You".

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hFXy7nc-P8&feature=colike

This just breaks my heart.   Read full post »

AUGUST 28, 2012 1:59PM

Another Year ...Another Life.


Some days you wake up knowing what day it is. This is one of them for me.
 
A lifetime ago (three years really) I woke up and realized I was alone and my husband was still in the hospital battling for his life.  As had become my custom for… Read full post »
AUGUST 7, 2012 2:20PM

Travel Art


I know I promised to put up more honeymoon photos...but I'm thinking it would be more fun to put in some of the art I did while on our honeymoon.  I've missed doing my art, but I felt good enough on the trip to amass a small trove of them.… Read full post »
AUGUST 6, 2012 2:03PM

A Path Unknown.

I am embarking on a new path this week.  It is a scary one to be sure.  I'm fortunate to have a partner in life who will provide the wind beneath my wings as I try to soar.

 As I mentioned before, I have Rheumatoid Arthritis.  Each day is filled with… Read full post »

MAY 5, 2012 10:14PM

A Year of Us.

 

 

Feet

Yesterday was our first anniversary.  A year ago on an equally beautiful day you drove from Los Angeles and I from Ojai to meet in Ventura for a 4 p.m. appointment.  Our wedding.  I remember the day as if it were yesterday, and in the scheme of things… Read full post »

APRIL 13, 2012 5:53PM

More than a Daydream

Long time no see!  I have been on my honeymoon, and have put about 9,000+ miles under my belt while doing so.  (Not to mention some incredible meals and unbelievable honeymoon activities.)
 
We took a cruise to the South Pacific.  To be exact we travelled to the Hawaiian Islands f… Read full post »
FEBRUARY 8, 2012 11:55AM

Ain't Life Grand!

 

 

Boom 

 

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JANUARY 24, 2012 12:40PM

The Circle of Life

 

Circle of Life Me at age 7 in Athens, Greece. 

Being unemployed.  These words resonate with me…not like they did when I was a young woman, when life lay before you and jobs were plentiful, especially when you had youth, beauty and common sense to count as skills. Ironically the… Read full post »

JANUARY 12, 2012 11:15AM

Happy Birthday FusunA!

 
 
Sunflower
Sunflower drawing by Sheila©
 
 
Happy Birthday FusunA!!!  Read full post »
JANUARY 10, 2012 3:35PM

A View of January

 
This January I am not returning from a holiday cruise like so many years previously.  I actually stuck it out at home...and made some wonderful discoveries! 
 
  
Hope
 Hope. 
 
I named the little tree Hope.  Hardly original, but there in the mid… Read full post »
DECEMBER 20, 2011 10:35AM

May the Bluebird of Happiness .....

 

... land on you and yours for Christmas and the New Year!

Frosty

Sheila 2011  Read full post »

DECEMBER 10, 2011 2:04PM

Imagine....

What if we imagine our lives as one candle, lit only when we are born, then sheltered from the winds of life until one day the flame just goes out?

 Trying to make sense of life and to not waste the one thing we do have, time, is a most difficult… Read full post »

OCTOBER 13, 2011 9:29AM

A Vulture Is Always Lurking.

  

vulture

 

I was putting up some curtains when I happen to look out of the bay window.

Seeing a disturbance in my spa, I strained leaning closer to the window for a better look. Water was moving and yet the waterfall spilling over from the spa had stoppedRead full post »

OCTOBER 5, 2011 9:54AM

When you have a vacancy...

 

 

Do you find throughout your life the emotional side often is left with a big "vacancy"?  Are you sometimes feeling like a motel, renting out your heart and/or body to the person who seem to show up at your neediest and you are content to have the vacancy filled… Read full post »

AUGUST 29, 2011 4:55PM

After 710 Sunsets...

After all these sunsets I find:

 

1.  Life does go on without you. 

2.  It's harder to care for yourself than someone else. 

3.  Your mother forgot what day it was.

4.  It is possible to love and be loved.

5.  Love means always saying you're sorry...and meaning… Read full post »


As I have mentioned, things have been a little rough on me lately.  Okay, very rough is more accurate.  The whole pain, hand issue was perpetuating some negative feelings for longer than I would care to admit.  I tried to find out what was wrong but finally, when I had… Read full post »

Watching the whole debt ceiling fiasco has been painful.  Not that I watched it much, but have been dealing with some health issues and thought I could use television to distract me from the pain and worry. (In retrospect maybe “The Real Housewives of…” might have been more sRead full post »
JULY 26, 2011 10:07AM

Come Fly With Me...and Sail too!

 
 
There are few things like going to visit Mom, and when my husband said it was time to visit his I was ready.  I had already met his mother over Mother's Day weekend last year and remember the lack surprise at how similar she and my mother's decorating style… Read full post »
JUNE 30, 2011 10:36AM

To the Rescue

 

 Coming to the rescue

To the rescue.  ©Sheila 2010 

 

 

You left suddenly

I was left behind alone

He loves leftovers.  Read full post »

JUNE 15, 2011 12:39PM

To Love and Be Loved...again.


 
Engagement 
 Our Engagement Night on June 25, 2010
 
~~~~~ 
 
 
Wedding Cartoon 

May 4, 2011

 

My darling husband Paul,

 

On this our wedding day I wish to give you a small present I feel is symbolic of many things about you, about us.

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MAY 11, 2011 11:50AM

The First Dance

 

Fred and Ginger 

Photo by Mel Traxel – © 1978 Mel Traxel

Many of you know the last dance I had on a ship turned out to be the last dance I ever had with my husband.  He died some eight months later. I wrote about it here, Save the Last Dance. It/Read full post »

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APRIL 26, 2011 11:13AM

A Two-Day Road Trip!


I left last Wednesday to fly to Jackson Hole, WY.  I was going to meet Paul and visit one of his sons and not-so-coincidentally meet the two year old grandson.  All went really well, including the on again, off again snow.  (Ok there was a bit of drama with

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APRIL 20, 2011 8:52AM

Part 3--The Conclusion.


After Costa Rica came the only time in many years I took a tour, actually it was just the bus to the bustling town of Puerto Chiapas, Mexico.  Boasting a University for Technology I was taken aback by the size of the city.  Although I was not on aRead full post »