Not Everyday BUT........

   Happy New Year of possibilities.
   What goes up must come down, spinning wheels round and round, I am so trying to put a positive spin on things.
    Yesterday while watching the Rose Bowl, I decided that not everyday BUT....most days, I would like to ride on a float!! Yes, ride in the Rose Bowl Parade, at least once a week. Any float, just waving and smiling among the flowers!! Add that to my wish list, some call it Bucket list, Dreams, Vision Board, ( I love capital letters) RIDE ON A FLOAT, goes near the top. Another thing I have decided, in this year of positive thinking, I would like to also make a float in the Rose Bowl Parade. Sit for hours, glue gun in hand, putting on petal after petal, bean after bean. I think that would be like flower mediation. Cutting roses and sticking them in Styrofoam, I just get giddy thinking about it!! Maybe I will not use the glue gun, just some special glue that would not burn me, yes they must have special fairy glue!! Marigold after Marigold, Aster after Aster, Lilies and Calla Lilies, tree bark, and coffee beans, all of this fascinates me!! Its going on my list, I think these people, the glue people, are all volunteers, that is do-able !!!! Not everyday but....
  I also want to wash an elephant, our zoo teaches you how to do that, its always in summer, maybe they could bathe in the morning before I begin to wilt!! I want to touch and commune with an elephant. On the list.

  I would like to go see a friend in Montana, that is going to happen. Sue and I need a visit, Deb, after the snow. My horse whisperer skills will come in handy, I just want to see you (of course) and the area.
 I would also like to sit for hours in the Tuileries Gardens in Paris, by the big fountain, near the Louvre. On a sunny day, reading a book, with not a care in the world. I love this spot. The hubs and I sat there many times in a day, chilly and busy with life all around us. It is magic, I want to go back. On my to do list, which I would like to do daily!!

Hold a baby for a little while each day. They have a volunteer program in some of our hospitals, a granny program, to hold babies that have to stay in the hospital for so long. Long after the parents have to go home, and rest. I think holding a baby, may be the best thing in the world. Something to look into.

I would like to paint all day, everyday but the hum of the house calls me. But...that is my goal, to just paint, in a studio with the perfect light, with no washer or dryer noise , no telephones, silence, letting the colors speak. Working on that one.

I read about three books every two weeks, so I just want that to continue. So I wish for writers near and far, to write and write some more. I miss Pat Conroy( just thinking out loud)

I have everything that I want and need, but always have more plans.....Keep moving and loving, and caring for people. Occasionally, just a float, to keep me sweet!!
    Happy New Year, Dream Big!!
          -B-