Hope springs eternal, today and always!  What a wonderful day so far.  The weather is perfect and all the little plants and seeds are growing.  Oh how being off work today would top it all off.  But off to earn my keep...

Hopefully after work I get to have these same energies!!!  Because there are things to do around here...a big list of goals and tasks.

Here is a sampling of more engravings I will be putting into the Etsy shop.  Very exciting stuff.  Old and beautiful engravings...

Cheers...

yes...

I cried...tears of joy while watching President Obama being sworn into office this afternoon! How could you not? How fortunate am I to have been able to watch the entire Inauguration on TV. And how fortunate we are as a country to have such a brave leader. We are at this time blessed. For some strange reason there is a feeling of camaraderie in the air...is it just me? Or has our new President stirred in each of us who believe in him, a sense of renewed purpose in life? And a new sense of urgency to be better human beings. The hard work has begun!