IN THE CLOSET

Many people tell me that they have run out of room to hang any more paintings or other wall art.

I do understand that.  I don't have any room left, either.  Not because I have so much art hanging in my house but because I'm pretty much a minimalist when it comes to decorating.  I just don't like a lot of 'stuff' around.  I prefer having a good bit of empty space....including on my walls. 

There is one rather odd place I do have some 'stuff' besides what you would imagine you'd find there. 

It's in my closet!

There's a painting I did many years ago which is very special to me.  It's a very bad painting of a very good memory...my grandparent's yard in Portales, New Mexico.

I really wanted it where I could see it often, but had no desire for it to be displayed for everyone else to see. 

So.....

I plopped it on one of the shelves in my small walk-in closet.  I get to see it daily...unless , of course, it's an 'all day in my jammies' kind of a day. 

The other goodies hanging on my closet wall are these....

The collection of photos were all chosen to be reminders of times when I felt happy from the top of my head to the tips of my toes.

One is a picture of the chapel at De Grazia's Gallery because it had much to do with my healing process during a very difficult time in my life.

One is a picture of my cat, Callie.  She was one of a kind. 

There's a picture of the Black Mesa home of my Navajo 'family.'  My first visit there remains one of the highlights of my entire life.

There's also a picture I took from the outhouse at 'The Mesa.'  I couldn't help myself!  The view was spectacular!

The ballerina is, of course, me.  My mom made the costume.  I danced to 'Moonlight and Roses."  And I felt like a beautiful princess that night!

There's a picture of my late brother in Texas Canyon, which is where we scattered his ashes and where I often imagine him happily roaming those magnificent rocks!

There's one of me, at age 41, in a bikini...and I look hot!  Now that's a memory I enjoy!

There's one of me in the ocean...feeling the incredible joy I always feel when I'm lucky enough to visit any seashore.

And finally, one of my very own footprints on a beach during a vist to the Bahamas.  I never imagined myself getting to go to such an exotic place and the fact that I actually got there, still amazes me!  A friend won a trip for two...and took me as her guest!

I found the small ceramic head in a dried-out pond in a small town that was very special to me.

I made the shelf many years ago.

A dear friend gave me the fairy 'sky dancer'  It says:

"Stars got tangled in her hair whenever she played in the sky."

Laini's Ladies

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The wooden necklace was my mom's and since she loved it and wore it often, it is special to me.

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I don't have many clothes...don't need 'em.

So, I'm fortunate to have a little space to have my own private little gallery in my closet.

Looking at these pictures again, I realize there's a couple of other 'special' things.

There's a bag of potpourri made by a very special friend.

There's a couple of ratty old quilts made my my grandmother.

I love my closet.

I'm grateful for my little private gallery.