this land...

in this land of not-bohemia, a land that honors the bohemian spirit, a land of intricate wrought-iron...

where even the bugs wear their most gorgeous colors...

and the friendly faces have a slightly exotic flavor...

and palm tree fronds dance in the soft evening sunset...

where stars cover the floor of teal green seas...

and coral washes to the shore in the shape of hearts...

this land that has been home yet not home for the bohemian for the last two months...
this land has embedded itself deep within her bohemian heart, and shall forever remain,  a land of her dreams.  and land of riotous colors, a thousand shade of greens, and a family so dear to her heart.  and yet, she has missed her sweet fairie grandchildren immensely!  so home she must fly...               home-sweet-home wishes to you and yours today.  don't forget to play!

she went to the beach...

...the beach where the waves were wild and strong.  she didn't brave the water, she's not much of a swimmer.... a mermaid in imagination only...

so she spent her time creating one of her beach collages, this one made of seashells and bits of coral...

right, bottom corner of collage...

and then she took her markers, and drew a fine picture:

this was "the post that did not want to be"...  the bohemian fought the computer to download these pictures.  she is fresh out of patience, so this is all you get today.  p.s. thanks to her lovely editors, C.J. and Faith Wisdom, you got at least THIS much!!   "may waves of patience flow over you today"... (thanks, Faith, for the quote).  the bohemian will be back another, perhaps less challenging, day.

It was an art thing...

First there was gelato from the little Italian neighborhood...

Then there were these incredibly detailed tiny works of art flowering along the path...

Then there was this public building with its detailed mosaic beautifying its outside...

The leaves on the tree were handprints of children...

Some of the mosaic bits were mirror pieces so that the whole thing glittered in the sunlight!!

And this mosaic floated between the building and the sky above it...

The bohemian hopes you'll take your bits and pieces and create something beautiful with them today...

greetings from Costa Rica...

view from the bohemian's ocean bobbing station...

She's still in the far-off land.... taking in the exotic sights of wonder and richness...

the Volcan Arenal

She has created fairly little art but this beach collage was dedicated to the adorable little girl with the sunshine smile, who's life was lost in a tragic car wreck, just recently.






She's wishing you ocean breezes and palm trees swaying, if only in your imagination.  As  she recently read: "Worry is a waste of your imagination."  Don't waste it!!  Use it to make some art and go out and play in this big, beautiful world we live in...

Hola!! from Costa Rica...

the bohemian has been off gallivanting around in Costa Rica.  she and her hubby were team leaders for a 20 person mission team that went to a small village of mostly Nicaraguans, where they worked on a church building, did children's programs, a ministry day to the women in which the team painted fingernails and toenails, washed their feet, performed a drama, gave them snacks and did a craft with them. 

can you tell the team came from Washington state?

this was a sign one of the team members carved and the whole team signed. it went up in the church building.

another carved sign, on beautiful Costa Rican wood...

the boemian is so enthralled with all the flowers here!! the bougainvillea, the hibiscus, the house plants on steroids...

the team's fashionable and appropriate footwear for rainy season in a red dirt village...  the team members all took painty pens to their boots to tell them apart (20 pairs of boots in the entryway!).  of course, the bohemian had bubbles on hers!!

The team got to go on a jungle walk to see howler monkeys, those small monkeys that set the jungle arumble with their grande howls...

and the rain came down, and down, and down.... but in between the downpours, the team got their projects done and a wonderfull time in the little village of Llano Verde... the Green Plain, with the startling red dirt.  Summer wishes to you all, may it never rain on your parade, but rain just enough to send you rainbows!!!
check out the bohemians travel blog for more pictures of her journey... www.weidetravels.blogspot.com

In the Bohemian dicctionary...

if you looked under "hidden", you might find this:

If you looked under "contentment", there might be a picture like this:

can you hear me purring?

Under "what honey tastes like", you would smell these:

Under "the aroma of purple", it would show these:

And if you wondered about the definition of "pink leopard spots", you would find this:

wishing you the passion of pink all around your world. go forth and sniff and smell!  sending you joyful thoughts...

if you look in the bohemian dictionary,

under "majestic" you will find:

the beloved mountains

under "Rock Star" you would find:

the fairy grandchild

if you look  under "sunshine" you would find:

under "DANCE!!" you would find:

beloved sea shore

under "color pot" you would find:

Mothers' Day gifting

sending wishes that are the very definition of bohemian joy!!! hope you have time to play today...

"i have need of the sky..."

"I have need of the sky, I have business with the grass,

I will up and get me away where the hawk is wheeling
Lone and high,

And the slow clouds go by.
I will get me away to the waters that glass
The clouds as they pass.  - Richard Hovey

"...trailing clouds of glory, do we come,
From God, who is our home...  -Wordsworth
sweet, wonderful glory-of-the-clouds wishes to you! have a brim-full-of-nature week....

a gratitude fling...

the weather here in bohemia is mercurial... the bohemian is sure she has mentioned that before. once or twice. per season, even. possibly...

but she never tires of her mountains, at the feet of which she is so thankful to be able to dwell...

and although the wind tried to destroy her camellia bush by blowing half of it over, still it blooms into glorious profusion, to her deep delight...

exchange group challenge: purple and yellow

she is so thankful for time. and resources. and the ability to create...

thankful for PAINT!  and such variety of colors! yummy...

and she's thankful for her tiny magnolia tree, blossoming in fragile white star blossoms the season of its second year of life.

and she is so thankful for her quiet place. a bower beneath the fruit trees, where she can read and think and listen to nature around her... and remember how deeply blessed she is. wishing you deep blessings and refuges full of sweet nature with its riotous colors! go out and take a look....

this one's for the birds...

here the bohemian presents for your visual and imaginative pleasure...

her cards created for the challenge: "Put a bird on it..."  Favorite things in these two (above):  gorgeous, rich pillows; and cut flower bouquets...

favorites things in these two:  that lime green settee! and that wonderfully dramatic staircase railing...

favorites: blue hydrangeas; and a full bookcase...

favorites: the golden chandelier; and that black and white tile hallway...

favorites: roses growing up over the door (yes, please!); and the cut glass window in that door...

favorites: the drama of the colors of blue, red, and green...; and of course, that green again!!  the bohemian would love to hear your favorites...   The weather her in bohemia is absolutely stunning right now! hope it is in your corner of the land, also!!  Go out and play in it!  garden green wishes to all...