To insanity and beyond ...: All you need is love ....

My Space .... setting up for our Christmas Crafty Evening on Sunday!

It wasn’t MY body I dragged up to to the viewsite on Monday morning ... mine was at home in bed ... still sleeping.

Wishful thinking!

It’s been another hectic but productive week ... successful too.

It still begs the question though of why life has to be so frenetic.

Frenetic is an apt word to use. According to Google, the arbiter of all things inane, the definition of frenetic is "Fast and energetic in a rather wild and uncontrolled way"

A most apt definition!

Our bay was a hive of activity on Monday Morning. A film crew was setting up on the beach for the
filming of a Miller's Beer commercial.

I don’t know if I’m coming or going ... if I’m Arthur or Martha, or Peter or Paul. I need HELP .... with my sanity obviously .... as the busyness of my days is self-induced! I LOVE working at the shop, I LOVE my family .... and my hound ..... and the fur-ball ..... and I LOVE developing my business. Maybe I’m trying to wear too many hats and not always filling any of them adequately. Food for thought.

Slowly but surely though I’m selling more canvas prints. It’s a magical feeling! I love knowing that my photos are being displayed on someone’s wall for their enjoyment. It means someone, somewhere sees something special in my little works of art.

On to LOVE and it’s impact on my life.

The little rescued fur-ball has opened my eyes to the need we all have to be loved AND touched .... to the benefits to our well-being of having someone to hug us or, as in the fur-ball’s case, of being stroked and tickled. I could have just housed and fed her and she would have survived. Still feral maybe ... but she would have survived.

In addition to the housing and feeding though, we’ve given her lots of love .... and TOUCH ... and she’s not only survived, she’s THRIVED.

Catching up with Maggie!

All you need is love .... it brings to mind the song written by John Lennon and sung by the Beatles .... it’s one of my favourites. The lyrics in the song don’t have it quite right though, love ISN’T all you need ... you need that loving touch too.

Impromptu feast at Waiatarua ... even Indy tried to get in on the action.

When Yvonne first bought the fur-ball to me two weeks ago, she left me with a message from the Vet “Tell them it’s not their fault if she doesn’t survive. She’s the runt of the litter, she’s malnourished, under-weight and might not make it.” She weighed less than 400g. If Yvonne had taken her to the SPCA they would have euthanised her as her chances of survival were negligible.

I don't care how bad everybody says these birds are, they're still one of my favourites.

This little fur-ball’s a SURVIVOR though .... she’s not only thriving, she’s doubled her weight and, in the words of a song sung by Bonnie Tyler, given me a total eclipse of the heart.

Who would have expected it.

Even the Sparrows came to join in the feast.

Love DOES indeed make the world go round. We all NEED love AND, whether animal or human, we all NEED that loving TOUCH.

Just another of the hat’s I’m wearing but this one I think I’m doing ok with ... YAY!

On Friday, after the tornado that hit Auckland, the grassed areas at Waiatarua were like lakes ... there was so
much water! Even the ducks were swimming on them.