A Secret Admirer

Ms. Muse and I have been so very busy in the studio these past few weeks as we are preparing for upcoming art shows. However, Ms. Muse just received a package from a secert admirer. So we have taken a break, grabbed a glass of milk and dug in. Oh la la, rich dark chocolate, three layers with raspberry buttercream . . . hmm and a hint of liquor. Yummy. I have to say it, when Ms. Muse gets someones attention, there is no telling what fun things show up!

The Three Little Kittens

Ms. Muse came upon Dexter, Gilbert, Dorothy and Mother who were singing:

The three little kittens,

They found their mittens,

And they began to cry,

Oh, mother dear,

See here, see here,

Our mittens we have found.

What! Found your mittens,

You darling kittens!

Then you shall have some pie.

Mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow.

You shall have some pie.

Ms. Muse admired Mother’s cherry pie and got her recipe. She scolded Gilbert for teasing Harvey the Mouse. Gilbert hung his head in shame and let go of Harvey's tail. Pretty soon Harvey was racing off over the hill trying to catch-up to his friends when lo’ and behold he found them stealing The Three Little Kitten’s Mittens!

The Gang's All Here

At the Holiday Party, Ms. Muse sang with the others. She was slightly off key and slurring her words considerably:

Roll out the barrel,

We'll have a barrel of fun

Roll out the barrel,

we've got the blues on the run

Zing Boom Terrara

Join in a glass of good cheer

Now it's time to roll the barrel

For the gang's all here

A good time was had by all and Buddy the Elf got her back home before the sun rose the next morning. Of course she did not get out of bed until 1:00 P.M. with a big hangover and was completely worthless as an inspiration for me!

A Holiday Ride

Ms. Muse’s car would not start and she was late for her Christmas party. She had on her best holiday party clothes, her hostess gift was wrapped with a pretty green bow and her “dish to pass” was packaged tightly against spillage. “Oh what was she going to do?” she thought.

Quickly she dialed up the host and asked him if he could send someone over to fetch her and in a blink of an eye, she opened her front door to find Buddy the Elf ready to zip her away on Santa’s sleigh. And off they went into the night without a minute to lose.

Ticket to Anywhere

We got together to create after she had been gone for a few days. While brainstorming for new ideas, Ms. Muse kept singing the lyrics to the Tracy Chapman song, “you got a fast car and I want a ticket to anywhere, maybe we can make a deal, maybe together we can get somewhere.”

Naturally Ms. Muse won out as usual and we created a Ferrari.

She got her fast car!

Thank You

I asked Ms. Muse if she was ever thankful. She stated that required someone to whom she could say thank you. I asked her if she was happy. She thought about it for a minute and she stated that required examining her thoughts and she didn't have time. I asked Ms. Muse if she felted joy? "Constantly," was her reply. But then she stated she understood failure, incompleteness and disappointment also.

"Well then, if you can feel all those emotions, you could probably feel thankfulness."

"Hmm," she thought about it, looked me straight in the eyes and said, "thank you!"

This time, for all her stinginess, I felt rather smug and it was not what I was expecting.

A Trick

Colleen was busy stealing flower colors when Ms. Muse came upon her in the flower shop. Colleen is a mischievous leprechaun and was playing tricks on the human inhabitants who owned the delightful shop.

Ms. Muse asked her what she was planning on doing with all the lovely colors and Colleen opened her bag slowly to let Ms. Muse peak in. Putting here finger to her lips, “Shh, she whispered. The shop keeper is coming.” Colleen grabbed Ms. Muse’s arm and pulled her outdoors laughing hysterically because she was not caught.

“I’m coloring the rainbow, of course” she stated to Ms. Muse.

Ms. Muse was quite impressed and even liked the all white rose spray she had seen in the shop. And so, she went back inside to purchase it.