i love surprise gifts. (who doesn’t?) so imagine my delight when i received a small, heavy box in the mail last week that contained this beautiful, robin’s egg blue glassybaby from a dear friend accompanied by a very thoughtful note. it’s a vase! it’s a candleholder! it’s a drinking glass! i’m leaning towards the last option because i like the way it feels in my hand so much, but i might have to try that candle idea to see how nicely it glows when lit from the inside.
the next gift was slightly less of a surprise since i’d seen the beginnings of the design a few weeks ago, but i didn’t know that the artist would finish it so quickly. i just love it! i mean, look at this great painting!
she titled it “grenadine’s balloon” and confessed to me that her favorite part was the finely detailed fingers. aren’t they cute?
since she is the friend who convinced me that i could ride a bicycle 400 miles in 6 days in 2004 to raise funds and awareness for aids (even though i’d never done anything remotely athletic before in my life), the bicycle wheel that grenadine is riding is especially appropriate. (and aren’t those squiggly red-orange lines amidst the blue fantastic?)
peek-a-boo!
i am so lucky to have such wonderful, generous friends. thank you both so very, very much!
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