SOME VERY SPECIAL mAGIC...

"October's the month

When the smallest breeze

Gives us a showering

Of autumn leaves.

Bonfires and pumpkins

Leaves sailing down -

October is red and golden and brown."

Author Unknown

We are going to depart a bit today

 from the mOONLIGHT

 and concentrate on the mAGIC.

 The magic of family

 and their never ending support and love

 and the magic of friendship 

that is felt everyday

 since I started writing this blog.

 I have made so many friends

 who are all willing to share

 of themselves with me, and everyone,

 their good times and their bad,

 whether they are happy or they are sad.

  I appreciate you all so much 

and hope that I deserve

 a fraction

 of that magic

 in return.

The Captain and Bride. Sorry for the quality of the picture. It is an antique, after all.

On Thursday last,

 the Captain and I 

celebrated 55 years of marriage,

 and you have to admit

 that there must be

 some kind of magic involved 

to keep us going that long.

The newest member of our family

 gave us a beautiful little nosegay

 in celebration.

It is tucked here

 into a vintage 

Seven Up Plug Cut Tobacco can.

Thank you, Kai,

 for bringing magic 

into our lives again.

The kids sent another gorgeous bouquet,

 as they do every year. 

 It sits on the parlor mantle

as though reflecting 

in touches of moonlight.

We are so blessed 

to have our children in our lives. 

 The thoughtfulness and caring

 that they give to us everyday 

is the stuff

that magic is made of.

Thank you always,

 Tim, Tami and Jake.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Last week,

 I received a package in the mail

 from a dear friend, 

Barbara at 21 Rosemary Lane.

 The blogging community is so lucky

 to have her in our midst. 

 She shares her wonderful blog 

with all of us

 along with her sweet and caring nature,

and not to mention

 her talent and creativity.

The box contained

 vines of bittersweet

 from a bush in her New Jersey garden. 

 I have arranged 

the beautiful berries 

in my old spongeware pitcher

 against a backdrop 

of my great-grandmother's quilt piece.

To me,

 bittersweet is the quintessential

 sign of autumn 

and I am so pleased

 and thankful

 that Barbara thought of me.

The very next morning 

this is how the berries looked.

 If this isn't magic,

 I don't know what is.

 Thank you so much, Barbara,

 I really appreciate

 your friendship.

Maybe all of my blessings

 aren't really magic

 in the true sense

 of the word but...

...they are all

 certainly magical

 and

 very dear

 to my 

heart..

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

It was brought to my attention 

the other day

 that my "follow me on Pinterest" gadget

 was not working.

(You can find it

 in the upper right corner of the blog,

 right under the header picture)

. 

 I LOVE Pinterest, 

you might say it is an obsession,

 and I think I have pinned 

some really pretty things.

 I have over 9,000 pins,

 but only one board! 

 I realize that is not the norm

 and, I admit,

 it is sometimes hard

 when looking for a specific pin, 

but it is relaxing for me 

just to leisurely scroll 

through it all. 

 Anyway, I think there will be 

something of interest

 for each and everyone of you on my board,

 as my interests are varied,

 and I hope you will now

 follow me,

 as I have fixed it,

 and because

 it is all a part of technology...

believe me,

 when I say, 

that is pure magic!

...Judy...

The Cottage Witch

October, 2015

Be sure to come back 

next week

 for the continuation

 of what is

 bETWEEN tHE mOONLIGHT aND tHE mAGIC.

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