almost wordless wednesday - Ross Castle

Nicki and I were really looking forward to seeing some castles in Ireland. We went to Killarney to visit Ross Castle and Muckross House. Mom and I walked to the castle while BB and Nicki rode bicycles.

Little Lost Bear and his colorful dreams

The Little Bear, lost

On the island, dreamed of close
Friends and family.

Little Bear's dreams are in vivid color! Luckily, he make friends with a sea turtle, and they're building a raft this minute!

This necklace and earrings set (which should stay together {:-D) combine Mother of Pearl heishe beads and lapis Zuni bear fetishes. The length of the necklace, 26½", is long enough to put over your head without opening and closing the barrel clasp. Matching French wire earrings are ½" long, with one bear each.

Etsybloggers Carnival - July 17, 2009

I didn’t think I had anything to share for this carnival, but I was wrong. Here's what happened:

I started to look at my options:
1. Christmas in July-do you celebrate? Do anything in your shop?
I didn't even realize Christmas in July was happening until a few days ago, so this topic was dead in the water!
2. July is National Hot Dog month! write about anything related to hot dogs.
I'm not a hotdog person either. Don't have fond memories of a favorite hotdog stand or cooking hotdogs on the grill. But I do remember when I was young, being jealous of people stopping at the vendors in New York, grabbing a hotdog on the run. Always wanted to eat one of those...

So I decided to give you some NYC hotdog vendor photographs:

Not sure if this is a hotdog stand, but it was photographed by Otilius,
one of my favorite bloggers at New York Nitty-Gritty

Do you remember when hot dogs were called frankfurters.
Historic photography (1942) by Charles Cushman, seen on flickr page,
What Makes The Pie Shops Tick?

Shot with an Ultra Wide Angle lens.
Photograph by Kevin (ktnl)

Times Square. Forgot the stands were out day AND night.

Photograph by Erik van der Zwet Slotenmaker

Thanks, Cindy, for reminding me of the beauty of hotdogs!

Crouching Tiger - gemstone set

Remember the tiger eye beads I bought (they are in a previous post, top right)... Now they're part of this new gemstone set called "Crouching Tiger":

Tiger crouched behind
As the dainty lady rinsed
Her toes in the stream.

I don’t know yet if this tiger is spying on our dainty lady or just relaxing in the shade. But the two near the water seemed right, considering how hot it is today.



The gemstone set is over at 1000Markets and Etsy, for description and more views!

Another photo tag

I received a second tag from HotRocksGlassJewels for photo searching. I don't mind playing tag, if there's not a lot of running around involved.

Oh yes, explain: this photo search is for the 6th photo in your 6th file.

This time, it's not jewelry, but it will be! I recently went on a beaded shopping spree, and here are some of my purchases: two large picture jasper ovals, and a bunch of hearts. I had some jasper Zuni bear fetishes at home, so when I saw these, I pounced.

HotRocks is an EC dropper like myself, so I thought I'd choose another six droppers to tag (play along if you wish - otherwise, be as you were) :
1. Theresa's Treasures
2. Joyana Knitbblog
3. Unique Commodities
4. Nothinglikeit
5. Islandgirl's Insight
6. What I Made Today