I shall follow

Winter is not becoming, though a blanket does it lay,
to brighten the landscape and protect the memories of yesterday.

The winds do not whisper, they roar with a mighty rage, to tell
the story of the darkness and tales of gray.

The willow no longer weeps, the sky no longer dim, for just one
thought of your love and I removed from this earthly sin.

My heart I have given, my soul it knows so very well that
each day with you is heaven and I see know signs of hell.

If shades of sadness should wander and my spirit lost
in the fog of the day, all I need but close my eyes and
allow your love to lead the way.

Snowflakes fallen from my dreams...

Snowflakes are falling on the hemlock green and my heart calling to you from a dream. Late Autumn dressed in a winter shade, blankets the hills for just one day. I succommed to the moment of breathless desire as my heart in flames melts the snow with fire. Replacing the scene of a winter day your smile brings the sunshine my way.

Ready and not to move forward for the day, worked on some really cool products. From our homegrown rose toner, to our conditioning and exfoliating scrubs. The past week has gone quickly and I had lost focus for the moment, trying to bring it all together. The season is filled with many of our usual stops and we have added quite a few new ones. I won't be able to attend each one, but autumn's will be represented and still bringing you fine quality products.
Working on a list for the season now through Decemberand hope to bring that to you soon.
We have a fresh new looking coming to autumnboutique.com, which will hopeful have you surfing through the site and finding the products you want with more ease. With that in mind I hope you stop by soon to find a perfect gift or to treat yourself.
Updating on http://www.2onacloud.com/, I realize that many of use poetry as gifts and so complimenting our products this year with packaging that is sure to please. If you don't find what your looking for allow us to help create the one of a kind gifts that will surely please, everything from mugs, to t- shirts etc we will test the market with cafepress.com to extend our line of products to fit all your gift giving needs.

The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)

It has been said that infatuation blinds and love reveals. "The closer I get to you, the more I understand. "

Tiny overlooked treasures

The magnitude of love is pure joy in the sharing of hearts.

mason dixon park

Mason Dixon of Greene County for a wonderful piece of heaven... come on outWe will be at 2 events on the 19 th I personally will be in Cheswick at the Springs fling Arts and crafts... Sponsored by the East Union Presbyterians. for more info Contact 412 767- 5750We will also be in Greene County Pennsylvania for our local Ramp Festival for those looking to get a book signed I will be attend the festival on the 20 th but do stop by on the 1 9 for great music and wonderful products from our full line of skin care to wonderful poetry... exclusively written for you.Gates will be open each day from 10 am to 5 pmLive Music - Antique Engine Display - Full Spring Tonic MenuRamp Wine and Ramp Cheese TastingDoor Prizes - your favorite poet and her wonderful skin care line.... hope to see you there.If by chance you can't make the event, be sure to look online, kimblake available at http://www.amazon.com/, http://www.autumnsboutique.com/ and come to you at fine stores everywhere.http://www.2onacloud.com/

June 7 th 2008 On the Mon.

Celebration of monongahela valley history and arts. The event draws people from all over the united states, rain or shine a great event. We will have on display poetry, gift items and our very own skincare line grown and manufactured right here in the hills of Pennsylvania. We look forward to seeing as many as possible. If you can't make it look up our sites www.2onacloud.com for unique gift items and www.autumnsboutique.com for lingerie and our signature series of organic and herbal skincare products.

10am - 4pm Chess Park & City Streets Car Cruise at Aquatorium - 3pm - 6pmFMI: 724-258-5919 Arts and Crafts 10 am - 4pm Fleatique on the Monongahela.

One of the large street events we have done, miles of festivies food and fun.

Have Faith

I have to say that over the years I have done what I thought was right. Master at sweeping the negativity under the carpet. It was just easier to smooth a rocky path then to stumble and fall and then have to worry about how to get up. Unfortunately I remained distant from myself, losing bit my bit a dimension of my inner being. It wasn't the cliche or old adage" of finding oneself" it became more about accepting oneself, defending oneself, believing in one self and loving oneself. Many times I believed the hollow contained trees that were the barriers to the outside world, when I later realized that the barriers are only set in place by our own weakness, our self made limitations. Today's preview of spring wakened something inside, like a removal of winters curtain. I felt the renewal encourage life, bringing faith and hope to the forefront.
It took years to erode away at independence and it is taking years to mend and instill confidence to achieve at the highest levels of success. No particular measurement can be placed on the road to success, but when all becomes clear and the path is not filled with indecisiveness then I will find the enlightment of strength that creates the ultimate in freedom.

Fear builds walls, faith takes them down.

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When I think of all the gifts I have been given, my personal satisfaction is in the gift to write. To see love brings such beauty, to touch love reaches deep in my heart, to share love exudes from my soul the warmth of a thousand suns. Alone the words are wonderful, together with your love they are magnifcent.

May 26th 2008

May 26th 2008
Here we are in the middle of winter dreaming of spring. Everything is completely covered in the hollow with a white blanket of snow and flurries are in the air. Temperatures are brrrr cold. Positive thinking as racing to the month of May. On May 26 th it is confirmed that i'll be at the Historic Boalsburg pennsylvania memorial day celebration. Event is from 9 to 5 and we are hoping for a sun shining day but will be there rain or shine... prefers shine. lolIf you have not ever been to pennsylvania you will find the state college area to be one of the most beautiful. Breath taking hills and the beauty of spring in full session. There are many things to enjoy in the area , rich in culture, mountains resorts, musuems filled with rich historical charm of pa area. Gift shops and of course special events like the one I will be attending. For more information Check out the site at.http://boalsburgheritagemuseum.org/

April 6th

Clarion Hotel in New Ken... information to be posted soon.For more information contact Melissa 412-965-6480

April 19 th 2008

April 19 I'll will at the Think Spring Arts and Crafts event at East Union Church in Cheswick. Attending by special invite I look forward to meeting up with old acquaintances and the making of new ones. This is not be mass produced products shipping into the states. You will find unique and one of kind items created for wonderful gift giving ideas. The event is from 10 to 3 and looks to be a pleasant day... hope to see as many attend as possible. 724- 265-1481 for directions and more information..

Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love - 45 rpm

My Gratitude

Looking foward to the 2008 events and the sounds and smells of spring. A schedule will be posted the later part of February. Will update frequently as engagements are secured.
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There are times that you wish you knew what tomorrow will bring and then not. It could possibly be partly the season and the dark days of winter. I look ahead to the possibilities and all that we are capable of performing in the months ahead.

I cannot move ahead without giving my gratitude for all those who have made it possible for me to continue on with the endeavors of reaching out and meeting and enjoying the many new faces. Though one person has remained loyal, filled with compassion and encouragement and though I would love to shout his praise, I think it is better that he just know I am thankful and appreciate and hope that I can fill his expectations of me. At times I am flustered to what direction this journey is taking and why. It started on many levels, capability, love, survival and has reached even further then expected. At first it was about my own existence and leaving behind a message, some would say a legacy. I had thought that there were many avenues I could have taken, but I chose love or was it love that chose me?

On my so called journey I met with many people, each revealed personal stories, triumps, losses, illness, heartbreak. It became evident to me, the titles of the stories different and a wide range of characters but the movement was in the emotions stirred. There were only so many emotions and they bring us together as human beings. I wanted to touch mostly on those that encouraged good thoughts and love, but I found more then enough times poeple wanted words that helped to over come a time of grief.

Sometimes the hills of Greene celebrate so in silence and other times it echo's loudly, I can't explain the unsettlingness of it all. I do know that life and the simplest moments are magnificent when shared. For without the love of another it all would be empty and cold. An embrace that holds close both day and night energizes the spirit to encourage the soul to strive for more as it reaches beyond barriers set by both time and space.

Careless whisper Kenny G Brian Mc Knight

Staircase...that I fell in love with you

Arts and crafts and trade shows.

We are scheduling our 2008 events and are preparing for an exciting year. We will attend some old favorites that have become regulars on the schedule and we are looking forward to attending a few new events. A partial list will be posted in February, we are looking into art festivals and trade shows and one of my favorites the American Pow wow's where you get a back to earth experience with wondereful people and great food and one of the most beautiful displays of cultural music and dance.
If you can't be there at the events this year look for our products online at www.autumnsboutique.com and www.2onacloud.com . We enjoy spending time creating unique items for your gift giving needs.

Gently

A string of stars embrace the night sky,
a song of sorrow sings to the soul.
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A shelf of memories gather dust
rainbows, shadows and marigolds.
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Gently

Gently held your memory,

tucked it in my heart.

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Kissed you in a dream,

on a northern star.

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Whispered your name in the

dark of night, heard it echo

back to me from the morning

sky.

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Danced each morning in your

warm embrace,surreal as could

be, until you began to fade.

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Laughs, cries, smiles, denies.

A heart woven of embroidered lace

stitches the many dreams of one soul.

Why such emptiness and darkness whispered the wind to surrounding mountain of trees? Why do your branches weep with the heaviness of a loss of a thousand multiplied by three? We heard it in the morning her heart silent as the day but becoming louder as the waves of an early storm hits against the rocks at sea. We saw it in her face as the smile began to fade and all that remained were the tears of yesterday. We felt it in the loss of her free spirited soul, as it remained entrapped by dark and dreary days of old.

Kelly Clarkson-You Found Me

Love is...

I don' t believe love can conform to the walls of reality and the visuals of fantasy without first reviewing the essential ingredients. The assumption of what is acceptable is unexplainable beyond the realms in a spiritual sense. Love can be attained by defining through a synopsis of life. In a quick summary love is time without limitation, place without structure and emotions without a predestined cap. Finely blended with an equal balance of trust and respect love is that which pulls at the heart to teach the soul to soar depths incomparable by any measure.

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Love is neither a game nor a need, it is in consive terms that which needs no forgiveness nor feels no ache for it is our being that walks in the shadow of desire.

Please love me forever