Monday, December 31, 2007

LADY LYNDY SORCERESS OF LIGHT

BRIGHT BLESSINGS & HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!!!


Spooktacular Altered Art Lady Lyndy Gift Photo was created by my talented friend JODI CREAGER

*LADY LYNDY SORCERESS OF LIGHT*
*WHEN LIGHTNING STRUCK ON ONE HALLOWEEN NIGHT*
*DEAR ABBY & ELVIRA BECAME ONE WITH THE LIGHT*
*HAUNTINGLY YOURS, LADY LYNDY*

Each of the Four Sacred Seasons: Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice, Autumnal Equinox & Winter Solstice, Dear Lady Lyndy will present for your viewing pleasure answers to your questions received through blogging comments &/or email.

The Winter Solstice has brought forth the celebration of Holiday Magic. With Winter in full swing it's time for Lady Lyndy's next seasonal Topic:
HALLOWEEN OOAK ART WORK & THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERNET BLOG LINKING

DEAR LADY LYNDY,
What is LINKING?
STACY FROM BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS

DEAR STACY FROM BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS,
LINKING is an act of love or friendship, of peace & understanding & of genuine compassion for ourselves & others. In the Blogging World, LINKING is adding someone's Blogsite or Website with URL attachments. Basically for the same reasons being an act of friendship & kindness to help promote one another. LINKS can also be helpful for reference, ads & PR placements.

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DEAR LADY LYNDY,
Is it a good idea to just add LINKS or is it better to trade LINKS?
ANOTHER MARTHA

DEAR ANOTHER MARTHA,
Personally, I believe it is better to trade links. If you're just adding links with zero LINK BACKS & you're an entrepreneur I see zero benefits for your business. The importance of LINKING, is the reciprocal LINK exchange. A LINK for a LINK means a revolving PROMOTIONAL DOOR for both parties.

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DEAR LADY LYNDY,
Do you think URL LINKING has any social benefits?
BARB TALLAHASSEE FL

DEAR BARB TALLAHASSEE FL,
Yes, URL LINKING is a great social networking tool. Many people look forward to meeting & greeting friends on their Blogsites. Especially when various private group communications are either closed or have excessive rules for communications. I have met wonderful International friends because of my open Blogsite. I hope to LINK many new friends & artists this New Year.

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DEAR LADY LYNDY,
How does LINKING help sell my art work especially when LINKING helps to promote others?
TONY THE TIGER

DEAR TONY THE TIGER,
That's the whole point! Unlike auction or private online groups, LINKING on Blogsites are indexed because of search engines like Google. MEANING your LINK for a LINK has provided the search engines with a multitude of way's for your art work to be seen by millions. Not just one on one. So in actuality a LINK for a LINK is creating endless way's for everyone LINKED to your Blogsite &/or Website to be seen by the world. Which in turn provides new & returning friends & clients/customers. It's a definite WIN ~ WIN!!!

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DEAR LADY LYNDY,
I have two beautiful black cats Cleopatra & Morticia. How can I find LINKS to Blogsites that cater solely to the black cat lover & that would be me.
JENNY KAYE

DEAR JENNY KAYE,
Glad your feeling better & looking for fun Black Cat Blogsites. That's a very good question! That's why Blogsites should trade LINKS for LINKS. So many wonderful people like Jenny can than find the fun Black Cat Blogsites or Magical Sites through the revolving door LINKS. Jenny, just keep touring through the wonderful LINKS I've provided & you'll be amazed at the fun Blogsites with Black Cats that will cross your path. Give your black cat beauties Cleopatra & Morticia a big kiss from me.

REMEMBER THE WORLD IS JUST A LINK AWAY!!!

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>^..^< MAY THE SPIRITS OF LIGHT BE WITH YOU FOREVERMORE, LADY LYNDY >^..^<

Looking forward to the Spring Equinox & your questions received through blogging comments &/or email.

LADY LYNDY SORCERESS OF LIGHT is an advice column on COLLECTING HALLOWEEN OOAK ART WORK.
DEAR LADY LYNDY is written by Lyndy Rae Ward

HAPPY NEW YEAR, BELIEVE IN MAGIC AND

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MAY ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE


WITH BRIGHT BLESSINGS TO YOU, LYNDY


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Sunday, December 30, 2007

Creative musings.....


Being creative.......is a beautiful aspect of the feminine, somthing we should cherish.... and whether our creativity comes from being a mother, cooking a great cake, growing herbs and flowers, crafts, or writings, it is as essential to our lives as breathing.
But as you all know we need our space, and we need time, this is why I so love January. This is the month I surround myself with catalogues, this is my quiet time, to plan what I will grow this year, or make, new places I may visit......... there is less demand on my time for home duties, so after work, I cook tea, do the least housework I can, then ....... I muse, I make paper roses, and embroider cloths, I stay in bed on a Saturday morning till 10am sometimes, just day dreaming, I do not go shopping (I do the supermarket as food has to be bought) as I am frightened by crowds, and I truly don't need any more clothes just yet, so the sales do not excite me!!
This way I make a small space in my life to play, no it would not suit us all , but that is the wonderful beauty that is magical in all of us, it is that we are individuals, and I am glad of it, because you all brighten and add wonderful aspects of your creativity to my life, and that is fabulous, and I thank you for it. xx
Sweet Dreaming

Thursday, December 27, 2007

Comic Fun

Some pages out of my comic







New song

My new song Ive been making since the solstice here in Ireland.. Called "witch" is at this link:


www.myspace.com/thepaganthunder

Show in Ireland

Here are a couple of pics from my show last night in Heaven Dublin.

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Was really well recieved and its a great club to perform in. Good height and lights.

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Tuesday, December 25, 2007

HAPPY HOLIDAYS & HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD

*MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE*
While adding our finishing touches for a wonderful festive celebration of a beautiful holiday, I realized that the television playing in the background had nothing but boring reruns. What happened to the holiday specials? One of the TV stations even had a fireplace with logs burning while playing Christmas carols. I remember that sort of programing a couple of decades ago... What happened to the fun joyous specials of yesteryear? Ahhhhhhhh, must be the writers strike! The networks should rerun the fun programs or favorite classic movies of all time.

Will thank goodness for a couple of my dear friends & fellow artist's CHRISTOPHER KLINGLER & CAROLEE CLARK. They have tagged me to share MY FAVE 25 MOVIES OF ALL TIME. Perfect timing because these make great DVD Christmas & New Year stocking stuffer gifts too. AND now with the holiday music playing through our home we also have fabulous movies for everyone.

I could share my top 100 favorite movies but I'll keep to the 25 by only adding my favorite all time classic movies. With all the celebrations, it's like a great big hug from those that cannot be here for the holidays. But most of all it's wonderful memories of sharing laughter & tears with those I love & hold so dear past & present.

Just click your ruby red slippers together three times & say 'There's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home'...

MY FAVE 25 CLASSIC MOVIES OF ALL TIME:
*CLASSIC HOLIDAY MOVIES*
* THE WIZARD OF OZ
1939 ~ Directed by Victor Fleming
Judy Garland, Frank Morgan & Ray Bolger

* IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
1947 ~ Directed by Frank Capra
James Stewart & Donna Reed

* MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET
1947 ~ Directed by George Seaton
Maureen O'Hara, John Payne & Natalie Wood

* THE BISHOP'S WIFE
1948 ~ Directed by Henry Koster
Cary Grant & Loretta Young

* CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT
1945 ~ Directed by Peter Godfrey
Barbara Stanwyck & Dennis Morgan

*CLASSIC EPIC MOVIES*
* GONE WITH THE WIND
1939 ~ Directed by George Cukor & Sam Wood
Vivien Leigh & Clark Gable

* CITIZEN KANE
1941 ~ Directed by Orson Welles
Orson Welles & Joseph Cotten

* BEN HUR
1959 ~ Directed by William Wyler
Charlton Heston & Jack Hawkin

* OUT OF AFRICA
1985 ~ Directed by Sydney Pollack
Meryl Streep & Robert Redford

* TITANIC
1997 ~ Directed by James Cameron
Leonardo DiCaprio & Kate Winslet

*CLASSIC ROMANTIC MOVIES*
* CASABLANCA
1942 ~ Director: Michael Curtiz
Humphrey Bogart & Ingrid Bergman

* THE QUIET MAN
1952 ~ Directed by John Ford
John Wayne & Maureen O’Hara

* AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER
1957 ~ Directed by Leo McCarey
Cary Grant & Deborah Kerr

* DOCTOR ZHIVAGO
1965 ~ Directed by David Lean
Omar Sharif & Julie Christie

* LOVE STORY
1970 ~ Directed by Arthur Hiller
Ali MacGraw & Ryan O'Neal

*CLASSIC ROMANTIC MYSTERY MOVIES*
* CHARADE
1963 ~ Directed by Stanley Donen
Cary Grant & Audrey Hepburn

* REBECCA
1940 ~ Directed by Sir Alfred Hitchcock
Laurence Olivier & Joan Fontaine

* NOTORIOUS
1946 Directed by Sir Alfred Hitchcock
Cary Grant & Ingrid Bergman

* MARNIE
1964 ~ Directed by Sir Alfred Hitchcock
Sean Connery & Tippi Hedren

* ROMANCING THE STONE
1984 ~ Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Michael Douglas & Kathleen Turner

*CLASSIC ROMANTIC COMEDY MOVIES*
* SOME LIKE IT HOT
1959 ~ Director Billie Wilder
Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis & Jack Lemmon

*IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
1934 ~ Directed by Frank Capra
Clark Gable & Claudette Colbert

*BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S
1961 ~ Directed by Blake Edwards
Audrey Hepburn & George Peppard

*HATARI
1962 ~ Directed by Howard Hawks
John Wayne, Hardy Krüger & Elsa Martinelli

*THAT TOUCH OF MINK
1962 ~ Director by Delbert Mann
Doris Day & Cary Grant

OK, I had to add my:
*TOP TEN CLASSIC MOVIE SERIES*
*PINK PANTHER
1962 ~ Present
Directed by Black Edwards
David Niven & Peter Sellers my fave leads!
Composer Henry Mancini my fave composer!

*THE THIN MAN
1934 ~ Directed by W.S. Van Dyke
William Powell & Myrna Loy

*JAMES BOND 007
1962 ~ Present
Many Directors/Ian Fleming Author
Sean Connery & Pierce Brosnan my fave 007's

*STAR TREK
1979 ~ Present
Many Directors/Gene Roddenberry Author
William Shatner & Leonard Nimoy

*STAR WARS
1977 ~ Present
Directed by George Lucas
Harrison Ford & Mark Hamill my fave leads

*PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
2003 ~ Present
Directed by Gore Verbinski
Johnny Depp & Orlando Bloom

*INDIANA JONES
1981 ~ Present
Directed by George Lucas & Steven Spielberg
Harrison Ford & Sean Connery

*BACK TO THE FUTURE
1985 ~ Present
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Michael J. Fox & Christopher Lloyd

*HARRY POTTER
2001 ~ Present
Many Directors/J.K. Rowlings Author
Daniel Radcliffe & Emma Watson

*NATIONAL TREASURE
2004 ~ Present
Directed by Jon Turteltaub
Nicolas Cage & Jon Voight
2007 Sequel:
National Treasure Book of Secrets

*STAR WARS FILM TRIVA ABOUT 'THE FORCE' WHICH WAS ACTUALLY BASED ON REAL LIFE FORCE & SORCERY*
The Force is one of the most recognizable elements of the Star Wars series. It is described by Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars film as, "An energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us, penetrates us & binds the galaxy together." Those who can use the Force, such as the Jedi, can perform feats of telepathy, psychokinesis, prescience, clairvoyance & mental control. In addition, they can use the force to amplify certain traits, for example: amplifying their reflexes enough to use a lightsaber to bounce lasers back at the target that fired them. The light side of the Force is the facet aligned with good, benevolence & healing. The dark side of the Force is aligned with fear, hatred, aggression & malevolence.

MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU, ALWAYS!

AND PLAY IT AGAIN SAM OR SHOULD I SAY SANTA:
BECKY FEDERICO
SUZANNE URBAN
JODI CREAGER
*CHRISTMAS MAGIC*
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world,
AND BEHOLD, everything is softer & more beautiful.
NORMAN VINCENT PEALE1898-1993


MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL, LYNDY

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Saturday, December 22, 2007

Welcome to the child of promise........YULE is here


Before I retire quietly and happy to my bed, I would like to recall this evening, which was truly magical.......the nearly full moon was high and snow white in a clear turquoise sky, reflecting in the river below amongst the shades of the setting sun. Across the whole of the countryside before us, a low white mist swirled magically around bare charcoal fields, fingers of misty dreams, wrapped around the trees and frosty sugar glittered on every branch. The whole place felt magical, festive, and very still as if it was just waiting, in silence for that special moment. Our breath was like dragon fire, and we had hot mulled wine, and warm chesnuts, moon cookies, and chocolate logs. Sticky fingers, cold noses, good friends, and happy hearts.

So here are a few words close to my heart this season of joy;

Before all I was, beyond all I am,
I have no nature and no name
I have been from the beginning,
I have seen all manner of things;
I have dwelt in the womb of the Goddess:
I the divine child of the mother.
In the region of the summer stars I find my beginning;
In the pattern of creation I seek my source
In the turning spheres I continue my story.
Born of the Oak Wood, mistletoe wreathed,
Sprung to life as the Goddess breathed.
May I wish you one and all,
peace, joy, and love and hope.
Brightest Blessings
Lynn xxx