The Stone Diaries: Part V

Already a new installment you ask? Yes absolutely and this one is in three amazing parts. The first parcel came from Oregon and is from the very talented seamstress 

Abby and is the first time I have received stones from one person twice. I ordered a beautiful skirt/top from her wonderful etsy shop and she included two little gifts and an absolutely beautiful dark grey egg shaped stone. I think I will hold this one for a while before deciding how to cloak it. I had no idea why the kitties in the household were acting so strange with this parcel while it sat unopened on the dining room table until I unwrapped it and discovered three little gifts of handmade catnip toys for them. The wonderful herb filled fish is all mine :) Her wrapping was so beautiful I actually opened the packages at the bottom so as to not disturb the buttons.

The second parcel is from Denmark from Julie who celebrated her birthday yesterday. Happy birthday Julie.  Exciting news for her is that she just recently opened up an etsy shop with some marvelous items for sale. The stones she sent me are really unlike anything I have ever seen before. They come from an area in Denmark known as Mon's Klint with it's spectacular white chalk cliff and beach. Included in these stones are fossilized squid parts, a sea urchin and a wonderful almost heart shaped stone with a well in it. She also included a little bit of sweden in the package with the brick stone from an area that used to have a brick factory in days gone by.

I think these squid fossils are going to make amazing merfish and maybe a cuttle fish or two. 

Here we are at the last part of this installment. First I recommend you go grab a hankie before proceeding. This last parcel came from my very dear friend Rane and her darling family.  The children all helped sew , make and choose such wonderfu little gifts for me and my family. They even included special fabric for the merfish so they can pretend they are swimming. Leo handpicked some stones from his collection for me and I think he did a really amazing job. I love them all but most of all I love the amethyst crystal because that was my father's favorite stone and it was the first and only piece of jewelry he bought for me. 

I adore the mushrooms that Rane made and I really love the stickers she made of her little mushroom sketch. She is very talented in so many ways. She can juggle caring for 6 young children and still have time and energy to sew or draw. I saved the most special part for last.  

The little boy that became a tree felt so cosy, warm and so very loved under that magical little quilt. You can read about him here if you have stopped crying long enough to click with your mouse. Just writing this post has got me going again.

Off to find another hankie.

Thank you so much the Ueda family, Julie and Abby. As long as there are people like you in the world I know everything will be alright.

Comments

[abby]

...and also, people like you.
Well I had not quite started crying until I read about your little tree boy. Thank you for all that you share Margie and for bringing together so many beautiful people.

[joanie]

Margie so much inspiration and beauty in one post! I love following these diaries and reading about the meaning behind your little parcels. Also, I'd never read about tree boy and yes there were tears. Have a lovely week :)

[Sonia]

Oooh Margie, what wonderful parcels full of love you received once again. They were very special each in their own way. And yes, there were tears over here too.
Thanks so much for sharing all this with us, dear. Have a great week ahead !

[The 6 O'Clock Stitch]

So many wonderful gifts at once? What a blessing. Hope your Monday is wonderful.

p.s. If you have any suggestions for the Spring Swap, I'd love to hear them!

[Mathyld / encore petite]

Oh, Margie ...
How sweet that little Leah can be ... ?
So very moving and touching ...
A hankie is needed this side of the seas, too ...
x x x
___mathyld___

[Rane]

I hope that you enjoy everything
and Leah is so happy to see
your pine baby boy is no longer
sleeping while standing up, he
looks oh so happy. She sends her
love to you all. Leo is beside
himself that you love his gifted
stones and such. I would have
posted sooner but my computer
died and I had to format it!!
So I lost everything because the
computer refused my back up disk!!
Grrrr... oh well. Anyway I hope
you all have a lovely week!
Love,
Rane and kids.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~

[rebekah]

that is all soooo sooo lovely, it makes me smile. i heard someone else actually say a similar thing today. it was a convict that came in to speak for my class who is doing time for robbery and drug offences and such, and he said that over the years as he has been rehabilitated he has gotten rather depressed about the state of the world because he sees so many young kids getting into trouble and such, but at the end he said that coming to talk to us, getting to see the river (the last time he had even stepped out of the jail was five years ago) and all our "bright young faces" made him certain that everything is going to be alright :) he was actually very heartwarming and left me feeling quite optimistic.