PROFILES IN PIRATTITUDE

Ahoy Mates-

 It ain't often that Foxmorton be humbled to her knees. Get thee to a bookery and get yerself a copy of the latest PIRATES MAGAZINE #14 and read Cap'n Slappy's 'Profiles in Pirattitude' all about yours truly or, better yet, subscribe at http://www.piratesmagazine.com/ so you won't be missin' anything else!  ;)

It's good to be a pirate.

 xoxoxo
~Fox

TOOTING MY OWN HORN......

Just think, you might be missing something really, really cool over at my
COLLAGE PIRATE blog  http://collagepirate.blogspot.com/

Just sayin'.............

;)

RAINY DAY TREASURES

Just popping up a few more treasures that by fortune came my way.
The first is a marvelous old tea pot/cup set for which I paid $1.49
I absolutely love the flowers painted inside the tea cup.

Next is an antique tea strainer that was gifted to me by one of my favorite seniors when I was in my Mad Hatter phase and adorning myself with old tea-like things.

And lastly, gifted some years ago by the same favorite senior (who knows and appreciates my love of old things) is an antique wooden butter stamp.

We had happened to be making lavender shortbread with the embossed stoneware and she thought of this piece she had which was used to stamp the homemade butter.

I love that the Universe sees fit to send so many lovely things my way.

I promise, with my whole heart, to always look after them.

Thanks for letting me share.

~Mimi

I hope Shawna grows up to love old things......

I know Yellow Dog does........!

PIRATES for AUTISM AWARENESS! Plus, we'll probably bring the goat.

GO, TEAM PIRATE for Autism Awareness
Join us and WALK LIKE A PIRATE to raise Autism Awareness!



SATURDAY APRIL 30, 2011

5th ANNUAL AUTISM AWARENESS WALK


sponsored by the Oswego County Autism Task Force

at Leighton School & Wilber Field & Track

Oswego, NY 13126


The event will run from 11am to 2pm


*If you are unable to walk the track please don your FUN & HAPPY pirate garb....bring a deck chair and cheer us on!


*Pirates- We respectfully request that pirate garb be fun, happy & kid-friendly.

ABSOLUTELY NO WEAPONS-NO ALCOHOL

Please, NO doubloons to be given out.

Beads ok.

Thank you.


*Participate in the 3 mile walk on Wilber Track


*Learn more about Autism and resources in and near Oswego County


*Enjoy refreshments


*Let the kids engage in face painting, jump and play in the AIR HOP inflatable house and slide.


*Enjoy balloon animals, dance shows, bubble play and more!


*Win door prizes.




*Show your support for local kids and families affected by the Autism Spectrum Disorder.


Call 349-3510 or email us at oswegoautism@yahoo.com


Any PIRATE ONLY questions contact Foxmorton at cclancy@townofclay.org


Bring a dish to pass pirate family BBQ following.

Alcohol free.

Contact Foxmorton for specific details.

Walkers Only!


Hope to see you there!



PIRATES OF CHAOS:

DOING THEIR PART TO RAISE AWARENESS!

TREASURE YER ENVIRONMENT

YE CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT CLEAN WATER......

THINK ABOUT IT......

PICK UP YER TRASH.....


KEEP THE WATERWAYS CLEAN FOR THE NIPPERKINS.....

YE NEVER KNOW WHAT TREASURE YE'LL FIND....

PICK UP YER TRASH......

IT WON'T KILL YE

OR WE'LL MAKE YE WALK THE PLANK!

HAPPY EARTH DAY

TREASURE YER ENVIRONMENT

QUIXOTIC TREASURE

Ok, there is a much deeper significance to this treasure find than you could possibly imagine.

On April first of this year I was having my monthly Sacred Space Gypsy luncheon with my kindred friend Ron when the topic of Don Quixote came up. (it may have sprang from a discussion on donkeys though I don't quite remember)

At any rate, one of us threw out the question: What was the name of Don Quixote's imagined lover?

Brain Freeze.

For the life of us we could not recall it. Frustrating, eh?

So, we started asking everyone that walked by our table.
And they didn't know either. But, with one huge, shattering (to us) difference: No one....and we do mean no one knew who Don Quixote was.

It started when we asked our waitress if she knew who Don Quixote's girlfriend was. And she replied: Is she here?

It was kind of sad that she wasn't because then we could have asked her her name but it went on in this vein until we realized that no one in the restaurant knew who DQ was. Sigh.

Now, we never expected they knew the intricacies, could quote chapter and verse or could track the epic journey from start to finish but it amazed us that not a soul could admit to knowing him at all. Not even the windmill part.

And trust me, we asked everyone.

Gypsy Ron henceforth declared every April 1st to be Don Quixote Awareness Day. And, as the Universe provides, last evening in the thrift store I unearthed the above booty. Seriously.

And still, no one knows who it is. (Though I will say "famous pirates" is a frequent guess.)

I'm a little sad that Don Quixote is being forgotten. And poor Sancho and his dear, old donkey. Without Quixote, who is to be our knight errant? Our quixotic lover? Our dreamer of dreams?

And if we have even one friend like Sancho to stand by us as we slay our dragons, one friend who, without fail, will support our madness, then we can be said to be truly blessed.

Don Quixote is the book I want to be buried with (Amy-it's on my dresser.)
as I'm sure there will be time to read in the afterlife. Or my afterlife, anyway. (Egad. I hope I don't end up in the non-reading section.)

At any rate, I wonder who it is who thought to carve my Don and Sancho so carefully and painstakingly from wood? I'd like to thank them. And Cervantes, too. It was his dream, afterall.

And, by the by, her name is Dulcinea.

Keep Dreaming the Impossible.
~Mimi
4/26/11

FOUND TREASURE

Today's piece of found treasure was discovered in the best of all ways: In a box by the side of the road labeled FREE!

I was driving through the country one day and there it was. Free.

I netted some other finery, unused lace, bows and old trim. A hurricane lamp, an ancient wooden magazine rack. But the vintage purse, little used, was a true find.

And I still can't help but wonder; who throws this stuff away?

Dolly, my doll to the left, was made by me from the found lace and trim.
One of my beloved characters, Violet Moorfields, a raving Bedlamite, carries her to explain her escape from the assylum.

While they continue to search Vioet for the cell key they are positive she must possess they uh, never quite find it...........

Hmm.

I can't imagine my life without junque and treasure and old things that other people have touched. I like to think that their energy makes me who I am.

~MF