P.S. Note the crown on the top of the lampshade. My granddaughter, Ava, and I made it at our last Grammy Camp. Fun, fun stuff! Click on the link for instructions to make your own crown. ->Grammy Camp- Crowns Abound
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March 26, 2019
More Decorating with Jewelry
P.S. Note the crown on the top of the lampshade. My granddaughter, Ava, and I made it at our last Grammy Camp. Fun, fun stuff! Click on the link for instructions to make your own crown. ->Grammy Camp- Crowns Abound
March 19, 2019
Spring's Frying Pan
As you may know, I seasonally change what I hang on the gate of our Stately Martha (Bear) Manor.* While some hang flowers or seaside verses, I say, "Off with the shamrock and up with the frying pan!" The paint has chipped a bit, here and there, but it has endured the brutal Florida sunshine and not faded too much. The best part for me is visitors recognize my tall decorative sticks as the palm trees they are supposed to be!
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Martha Bear (who sees with her heart because she has no eyes), Captain Fancy Patch, himself, and Swiney, his piggy companion |
*Martha Bear is a featured player in my Goodbye Lie historical romance series set in the late 1800s in Fernandina on Amelia Island, Florida. She makes cameo appearances in the books and is also the star of The Great Amelia Island Sniff Off, a 15 minute story read by Captain Fancy Patch of the Rosie Freckle, anchored off the northern tip of the island. Click on the link to enjoy the family friendly silly story!
March 16, 2019
The Irish Dunnigans Approve
The Dunnigan family in my Goodbye Lie series highly approves of me sharing with readers a photo of my very own Saint Patrick statue, actually made from peat*! (I have to brag that we got it in Dublin, Ireland! What a treat of a trip that was for us.) Michael Dunnigan, the patriarch in the novels, is second generation Irish, so Saint Paddy's day is one of his favorite holidays.
*Peat- I had heard the word peat, but didn't know exactly what it was. Wikipedia says: Peat, also known as turf, is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs. It is often cut out and dried for use as fuel and in gardening.
Many an Irish cottage burns peat in the fireplace. I was given incense-like cones made of peat to light. They made our own seaside cottage smell with the realism of an Irish home. Very, very cozy.
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label on the bottom of the statue |
*Peat- I had heard the word peat, but didn't know exactly what it was. Wikipedia says: Peat, also known as turf, is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs. It is often cut out and dried for use as fuel and in gardening.
Many an Irish cottage burns peat in the fireplace. I was given incense-like cones made of peat to light. They made our own seaside cottage smell with the realism of an Irish home. Very, very cozy.
March 12, 2019
God Never Fails to Impress plus Goodbye Lie Diaries - Peeper
Dancing Girls
(Impatiens Bequaertii)

Laughing Bumble Bee Orchid
(Ophrysbbomyblifora)

Swaddled Babies
(AnguloaUniflora)

Parrot Flower
(Impatiens Psittacina)

Flying Duck Orchid
(Caleana Major)

An orchid that looks remarkably
like a tiger

Happy Alien
(Calceolaria Uniflora)

And his friends…

Angel Orchid
(Habenaria Grandifloriformis )

Dove Orchid Or Holy Ghost Orchid
(Peristeria Elata)

White Egret Orchid
(Habenaria Radiata)

The Darth Vader
(Aristolochia Salvadorensis)

An Orchid That Looks Like A Ballerina

Monkey Face Orchid
(Dracula Simia)

Hooker’s Lips
(Psychotria Elata)

Moth Orchid
(Phalaenopsis)

What a wonderful world!
A friend sent these beautiful photos to me by email and I had to share. If anyone knows who created this email, please tell me at graciousjanemarie@yahoo
and I will happilycredit them. 👍
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A friend sent these beautiful photos to me by email and I had to share. If anyone knows who created this email, please tell me at graciousjanemarie@yahoo
and I will happilycredit them. 👍
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The Goodbye Lie Diaries
Peeper |
Late 1800s
Fernandina on Amelia Island
Florida
Grandmother Peeper writes: Them is some perty flowers there, Jane Marie. I hope whoever made them pictures steps forward sos they get the high praise they deserve. Aunt Noreena, next door, keeps ordering them orchid flowers from somewheres about once ta year and once ta year she kills 'em dead. She needs ta stick to plantin' weeds. They will grow - even fur her.
(Peeper and Aunt Noreen, aka Noreena to Peeper, are recurring characters in my Goodbye Lie series. Their constant, and often funny, squabbling has gone on for so long, nobody can remember who began the fussing. -jmm
March 5, 2019
Hollywood Hearts - Groucho Marx Quotes
If you don't know, I love clever things. Here are some quotations from the great slapstick comic, Groucho Marx. Thank you, Groucho
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
Those are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others.
From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend reading it.
I must confess, I was born at a very early age.
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
March 1, 2019
Amelia Island Book Festival 2019
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