Imaginary Friends and Friends with Imagination

"My, but that's a large egg you've laid, Mrs. Rabbit," the fairy said.

Mrs. Rabbit wiggled her nose and crossed her ears.
"Yes, yes. It's that time of year again. The egg laying is a bit rough and something I prefer to leave to the chickens, but ... well, it's just once a year, and besides, I do love decorating the eggs. I'm thinking of painting some pink roses on this one. Don't you agree? Pink roses?"
"Oh, pink roses indeed! A perfectly natural choice," the fairy said and then instantly vanished in that annoying, mystical, woo-woo way of fairies.
"Humph," Mrs. Rabbit said, twitching her ears again. "I hate it when they do that without even a good-bye. I wanted to ask her opinion on what shade of pink. Pink, yes, but there are so many shades of pink ...."

Mes amies, my prose may fall short, but I do hope that this week's freebies transport you to that 'in-between' world, where art and magic dwell. The above version is closer to my original with a little added help from Jerry (aka Skeletal Mass on Flickr) with my favorite vintage overlay of his that I love to use. I love the shabbily chic look, aged and vintage as much as the next person. But I don't like dirty:) When a postcard has been hanging around for 106 years, it can indeed acquire a little grime. So a little extra layer of paint on the background and Jerry's overlay created the look I wanted. I hope you like it:) And below is the same image but tweaked with that dreamy effect I get from Pixlr.

You will notice that I have put my FrenchKissed copyright on each download. If you print this scan and cut that copyright line off, you're going straight to hell.
OK, OK, just joking:)
No, that little line of text isn't like those annoying tags hanging on pillows and mattresses that we spent decades in mortal fear of removing lest the FBI show up at our door....
There are several reasons I'm going back to adding my business name to the front of my scans. And to be honest, I don't want to delve into that right now and ruin my good mood!ha! But I will say that if you cut off the FrenchKissed name or paint over it, no problem. One reason I put it on the edge as inconspicuously as possible is so that it won't interfere with the image and your beautiful finished art project.
But if you cut off, remove, cover up my name AND resell this image as your own, I'm gonna be like the fly on the toilet lid: Pissed Off.
Enough of that for now.

We have had a cold, cloudy, gray and dark miserable winter and finally, finally we've got snow that's sticking to the ground. We are in a winter wonderland and I'm enjoying it. I walked to the post office earlier with huge flakes falling down in my face. A car drove by and snow slush sprayed out 6 feet. I was laughing and jumping out of the way as fast as I could. I succeeded -- almost:) My failure made me laugh even more.


I feel good, dammit! After all the ranting I've done of late, it feels good to feel good. There are many reasons I feel good right now, but again, I don't have time to go into that. Sometimes with menopause and getting older, you don't even bother to search for the "why" behind why you feel good. You just accept it and relish it and be grateful.
However, I'll say this: one reason I feel good is you:) Your comments, your caring, your commiserating -- your inspiration, too! There is a lot lacking in 'social media' but for some of us who live in isolated, out of the way places, who have small families, who live far way from friends made long ago in past lives that never merge on the same path anymore -- Well,for some us, if it weren't for our online friends, we'd be stuck with imaginary friends like Mrs. Rabbit and that annoying fairy who disappears without a word..... My online friends may be invisible. They may be virtual. But they're real. And so darn talented, to boot!