September National Honey Month

Assalamou Alykoum

Islamic Greeting

means peace be upon you

September is National Honey Month

Hooray for the humble bee!!

illustration of Roman beekeepers

So, does anyone know why this design of honey dipper works? It really does reduce the drips and strings of honey - but why?

Here is a Swedish one-page paperdoll:

A Big Congrats to Miss Angola.

Her response to the question in Miss Universe 2011 was perfect.

"If you could change one thing about your body, what would it be?"

"I would change nothing. I have inner beauty, and that's what counts."

I've paraphrased, so google Miss Universe 2011 and you can read more in depth.

Oh yes, and she won the title Miss Universe 2011!!

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"If you want to gather honey,

don't kick over the beehive."

- Dale Carnegie

"Nothing but Money

is sweeter than honey."

- Benjamin Franklin

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a favorite cereal!

"No bees, no honey;

no work, no money."

- Proverb quote

found at http://thinkexist.com

Here is another bear paper doll.

I love the illustrations with this one.

1960's vintage honey pot for sale at

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"When you shoot an arrow of truth,

dip its point in honey."

- Arab Proverb

"We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne."

- Marcus Aurelius

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vintage illustration

"We're all busy little bees, full of stings,

making honey day and night,

aren't we honey?"

- Bette Davis

found at www.honeything.com

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www.PhylsFinds.etsy.com

another one of my favorite ways to eat honey!

"The pedigree of honey

Does not concern the bee;

A clover, any time, to him

Is aristocracy."

- Emily Dickinson

found at www.benefits-of-honey.com/bee-quotes.html

c.1906

I have enjoyed finding honey/bee quotes for today.

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vintage salt and pepper shakers, www.cybersenora.etsy.com

This next bee molds are just so perfect!

They are meant for cookies, I believe,

but you can also use soap, clay and other materials.

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You should go hug your honey today!

and please, please, please

leave the bees alone, and they will leave you alone.

Bees are an important part of our eco-system.

:0)

p.s. it would make a little cute bear pretty happy too

inkspired

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dominoes@myinkspired.com

Mermaid Musings

Hello!

Let's have some Mermaid musings today!

So what is my fascination with mermaids?

I suppose I would like the ability to swim in the ocean -

the freedom -

the ocean life -

the seashells -

the beauty of all things that surround mermaids.

I really don't like it when movies portray mermaids as ugly, or cannibalistic or revengeful.

That destroys the fantasy of it all!

Besides, mermaids get to play with pearls,

and sunken treasures,

and pretty fish,

and beautiful seashells,

and all sorts of wonderful things!

Miss Universe competition, Miss Dominican Republic

Today's blog is for fun and fantasy!

vintage illustration

Oh yes, and as for all that

'luring men to their death' business,

you just have to remember:

Mermaids just wanna' have fun!

Ned Land, singing in '20,000 Leagues Under The Sea':

"Got a whale of a tale to tell ya lads,

a whale of a tale or two,

'bout floppin' fish and the girls I've loved

on nights like this with the moon above.

A whale of a tale and it's all true,

swear by my tattoo.

There was Mermaid Minnie;

met her down in Madagascar.

She would kiss me anytime that I would ask her.

Then one evening her flame of love blew out-

Blow me down and pick me up,

she swapped me for a trout!"

1950's pin up mermaid!

I know I have posted Ned's song before,

but I enjoy it so much!

Did you sing along as you read the words?

I always do!

I apologize for not having credits for many of my mermaid clip and art. I gathered these before I realized about giving credit, etc.

I am always very willing to give credit for any art that shows up on my blog. Just e-mail me with the info, and I will post.

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"The free

Mighty, music-haunted sea."

- Anna Katharine Green

'Mirabilia' Mermaid Queen xstitch

'Sea Fire' mermaid sconce

'Water Goddess' figurine

Fishing Lure Mermaid

"When a person knows who she really is,

once she understands her true wild oceanic self,

she discovers her

Old Mermaid self."

- Myla Alvaraz,

from 'Church of the Old Mermaids'

Some mermaid coloring pages:

Disney's Ariel, 'Little Mermaid'

vintage clip

Dover, from a stained glass mermaid book

The Mermaid

Who would be a mermaid fair,

Singing alone, combing her hair,

Under the sea,

In a golden curl

With a comb of pearl,

On a throne?

I would be a mermaid fair;

I would sing to myself the whole of the day;

with a comb of pearl I would comb my hair;

And still as I comb'd I would sing and say,

"Who is it loves me?

Who loves me not?...

-Sir Alfred Lord Tennyson

by Warwick Goble

unknown artist

A Japanese advertisement

This next mermaid is found in Costa Rica.

She disappears at high tide.

This mermaid (girl in a wetsuit) is Vancouver, Canada's version

of Copenhagen's Little Mermaid.

Here is a mermaid statue in Warsaw, Poland:



Here is a couple of my mermaid Collage Art Dolls.

You can find more for sale in my etsy store:

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Well, that is it for today.

I so enjoyed visiting mermaids today!

Have a fantastical day!

inkspired

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dominoes@myinkspired.com

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