From My Travels

It is said that the things that costs the least, at times give the most pleasure and so it is with some of the things I brought home with me from my recent travels.

A bag of sand of the Baltic Sea.


I'm sure that some of you will think I'm nuts to bring home sand, but there was a good reason. It was were my mother came from, a place she loved with a passion and spoke about frequently. It is also were we were meant to travel together and because of her illness and death, never happened. Today I did two things, I went to the cemetery and spread a little sand on her grave and cried a little and I put together a little memorial for myself the things from her favourite place.

Some shells and sea glass.

And some stones from Ruegen called Huehner Gott which roughly translated means Chicken God, go figure! I have absolutely no idea how that name came to be but these chalky stones develop natural holes and when you fine one it is meant to bring you luck. As you can see, I found a few and they now hang in my window. I need all the luck I can get after the recent financial meltdown and the current state of the world.

And finally I put it all together...


These things will bring me joy...