Julanne's Village Jewels

                                                                         WHITE BLEEDING HEART SUBSTITUTES SUBSTITUTES is a word I'm sure we're all familiar with! We all do it at one time or another. This concept can apply to cooking, baking, sewing, painting, writing, destinations, agreements, literature, movies,  closed facilities, on and on it goes! When we don't have the ingredient, part of a whole, answer, or whatever we want we are forced to SUBSTITUTE or go without, and few of us want to go without . . . I'm becoming very familiar with the art of SUBSTITUTIONS in a great many things! During any kind of shopping, I find myself having to choose  something different  than I had in mind. Sometimes to a immense surprise, I like it better!  For instance, when I moved into my apartment, I was not able to have carpet on my floors. I really  liked my carpet in my other apartment but much to my amazement, I love my vinyl (wooded) floors very much! They are beautiful and eas

                                                                                                       BEES SYMBOLS OH BOY! It's been 11 days since I moved into my apartment! It feels even longer ago since I'm so well adjusted here! I'm loving everything about it, especially the view! I'm also getting used to the light switches being on the opposite side! About the 5th day after getting settled, I looked outside and my eye caught on a shape in  a tree on the other side of the lake. It was fascinating and I immediately saw it was in the shape of a Deer standing tall and looking straight at me. It was indeed a SYMBOL! I knew it was LOOKING OUT for me, night and day! It was a palpable feeling of PROTECTION! DEER SYMBOLIZE GENTLENESS in the MEDICINE CARDS book I have. GENTLENESS is one of my 'themes' in my life of an AWARENESS I always hope to emulate, Every day, usually several times a day, I look out my window and there he stands, tall and proud and diligent! It i

                                                                                                                  BIRDS NEST NESTING That is just how I feel, NESTING! The move went ever so smoothly and I am settling in to my new home. It feels surreal to me, seeing my belongings in their rightful places and I didn't move them! Virtually everything ready to be used and enjoyed! I LOVE settling in .. . One of my favorite things to do! (I'm beginning to 'get' that I actually live  here now!) I was offered a guest room for the moving day which I gratefully accepted and a friend and I enjoyed a leisurely afternoon waiting for the huge unveiling! It was so restful and enjoyable, no worries, no pressure! I was so happy coming home  to a new space. It has been a good feeling although I'm still getting used to 'the mirror image' of everything! I wonder if I'll ever reach for the light switch where it actually is,  instead of on the 'other side' of the doo