Hi everyone, Winnie here.
When I sat down to think about writing this post I had trouble figuring out what my subject would be. I have lots of favorite things-family, friends, a good seafood boil, chocolate chip cookies right from the oven, road trips with friends, and so much more.
But I decided to simplify and go with something whimsical – my love of dragonflies. I’ve always been entranced by them – I can remember when I was a little girl playing in the backyard and watching them dart here and there. They were so colorful and so fast I just thought they were wonderfully magical.
Back then we called them mosquito hawks, mainly because that seemed to be what they fed on. I don’t know if that’s a regional thing, because when I moved away from the small South Louisiana town where I grew up and said mosquito hawk, nobody knew and I was talking about.
Over the years I’ve collected many items with a dragonfly theme, from teacups to trinket boxes to jewelry and everything in between. I thought I’d show you a bit of my collection today, so here are a some photographs.
Here are some teapots, tea cups and saucers – these marry my love of all things tea with dragonflies 🙂
Here are some pitchers, both big and small!
I also have some platters, tidbit tray and a decorative spoon
Here are a few of my trinket boxes and candles
And of course I couldn’t resist adding some dragonfly bling to my jewelry box
Here is a miscellaneous collection of dragonfly collectibles, a wall hook and some items from my crafting days
Some tote bags and coin purses
I’ve managed to slip dragonfly images on some of the logoed giveaways I’ve purchased in the past…
And also some bookmarks I’ve saved in my ‘giveaway closet’ to put in reader baskets
I have other items but I think I’ll stop there 🙂
So tell me about something whimsical that you have a fondness for. I’ll draw a name from all of my commenters and that person will win their choice of one of my books and any item from the last two pictures – my logoed giveaways or one of the dragonfly bookmarks
