The cup of Knowledge.......reading tea leaves....... lovely, simply lovely......

A few of my favorite things-

big shout out to my girl Barbara

 at http://www.etsy.com/shop/BeJoyfulVintage

check her shop out she has got some amazing things

Smooches caitie

zodiac clip art ........ free great for halloween projects

Lovely clip art-

left click on mouse- go to save pictuew as... and viola it is in your pictures ready to use and resize

smooches caitie

the fortune teller Frédéric Bazille 1841-1870

Frédéric Bazille 1841-1870

The Fortune Teller

no date

oil on canvas 61x46cm

Private Collection

Fortune teller free clip art

Free clip art

Odd little piece of fortune telling history

Part of an antique postcard-- great for collages, odd ephemera pieces, halloween

smooches .......caitie

she didnt like her fortune................ free clip art

She was depressed about what the fortune teller had told her. She was told she would never find a lover unless she waxed her moustache. Death to all she cried, those who do not love a fine moustashe-ieo,,,,,,,,,,, and dribbles of plum jam left over from lunch

Stories, like people and butterflies and songbirds' eggs..........

"Stories, like people and butterflies and songbirds' eggs and human hearts and dreams, are also fragile things, made up of nothing stronger or more lasting than twenty-six letters and a handful of punctuation marks. Or they are words on the air, composed of sounds and ideas-abstract, invisible, gone once they've been spoken-and what could be more frail than that? But some stories, small, simple ones about setting out on adventures or people doing wonders, tales of miracles and monsters, have outlasted all the people who told them, and some of them have outlasted the lands in which they were created."

— Neil Gaiman (Fragile Things)

Tom Robbins- still life with woodpecker-- my favorite Tom Robbins book

"Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is to sign on as its accomplice. Instead of vowing to honor and obey, maybe we should swear to aid and abet. That would mean that security is out of the question. The words "make" and "stay" become inappropriate. My love for you has no strings attached. I love you for free."

— Tom Robbins (Still Life with Woodpecker)

 

My favorite- caitie the redheaded cowgirl

Fortune telling gypsy clip art ...

I love this scene- the sewing/advertising aspect-  but the mysterious gypsy woman, hidden in her red shawl--- what does the future hold in store for the sweet gentlewoman, a handsome lover, travel to exotic lands, womens lib.