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ODDS and ENDS: As I said I love antiques and especially the art nouveau style. I'm a romantic at heart-anything with fringe,beading and feathers especially peacock feathers. collecting perfume bottles and vintage concert t-shirts-gardening-antique roses-ivys and ferns-garage sales- flea markets-chihuahuas-collecting vintage teddy bears namely Steiff and oak baskets- rock hounding for heart shaped rocks-treasure hunts- opals(my birthstone)-Harley trips-yummy food including southern style cooking-enchiladas-giant breakfasts(my favorite meal)-pistachios-bananas-avocados-lemon custard ice cream & fresh black cherries. Fuzzy Navels & Shiner Bock Beer. The blues,zydeco,bluegrass,polka,reggae,swing,salsa,cojunta and even some dixieland jazz. I was a Brownie and a Girl Scout (very important). I am an Oilfield Widow!! Give me an ax and I'll clear some brush and then have a HUGE bonfire. Target practice is fun (and I'm a pretty good shot I might add). Deep sea fishing and wade fishing is a blast. We used to go to Retriever Dog Field Trials(our Lab Zach is retired)& most of all spending time with my family especially my Grandson Bryce! He's a hoot like him Grandma!ODD JOBS: house painting, carpet cleaning, flower shop delivery(in a great old station wagon-woo hoo) jewelry shop sales, one hour photo store(yeah I saw it all!) Small Town Newspaper-wrote ads-stories-sold ads-photography-production-drove paper 30 miles to get it printed in a bright yellow ford truck we called the BananaBoat, brought it back and put it in the paper racks and collected the money. I did it all in old school style! Cable TV Station: write, film, edit and voice over commercials for cable channels (fun job) Correctional Nursing at Texas Youth Commission(I've heard it ALL) and now Antique Shop proprietor.TRAVELS: Europe: Amsterdam,Germany,Switzerland Austria, Italy and Czechoslovakia (during communism) Would love to go back! Seen at least half of the United States along for the ride in an 18 wheeler. Most recently: Colorado and Arizona Dream Destination: Costa Rica
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I'd like to meet:



People out there with similar interests...poetry, music, antiques, grandchildren, anything! Famous people I got a chance to meet: Sam Elliot - filmimg Gone to Texas in Round Top,Tx Virginia Madsen - filming Hot Spot in Austin,Tx Jerry Jeff Walker - concert in Schulenburg,Tx Robert Earl Keen - benefit concert in Austin,Tx WAR - on a plane somewhere above Austin after they played at a Grateful Dead concert which I was at.

Music:



Oo la la..What don't I like? I've grown up with my ear stuck to the side of a giant wooden console stereo,(which actually sounded quite good)listening to Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs, Wooly Bully, Groovy Grubworm.(My Dad's influence) to Al Green & Elvis (my friend Della's favs) to Jimi Hendrix, Jethro Tull & Cream (My brother Randys' pics).
On my own I found Lynyrd Skynyrd, Dr John, Joe Cocker,Van Morrison, Bad Company, Steve Miller, Foghat & Grand Funk Railroad.
My daughter turned me on to Dave Matthews, Pearl Jam, John Mayer & Jack Johnson to name a few.Then there are the local yocals of Texas music: Janis,Willie,Lyle & Stevie. The Blues are my favorite, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bonnie Raitt, Delbert McClinton & Susan Tedeschi...to start. My newest favorites are Mofro and Marc Broussard... As you can see Music is a BIG part of my life...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIEeOHe0bmw

Al Green - Funny How Time Slips Away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzb5BFqTGIo

Music video by Al Green performing Funny How Time Slips Away (C) 1994 Geffen Records

Movies:


Any Tearjerker!! Some of my FAVORITES are: Gone with the Wind ~~ Where the Lilies Bloom ~~ Cross Creek ~~ The Dollmaker ~~ Out of Africa ~~ Shy People ~~ Jeremiah Johnson ~~ Legend ~~ Ladyhawke ~~ The Hitcher ~~ Hope Floats ~~ Swept from the Sea ~~ The Big Easy ~~ Far & Away ~~ Stealing Beauty ~~ The Color Purple ~~ Driving Miss Daisy ~~ Places in the Heart ~~ Nadine ~~ Passion Fish ~~ Schultze Gets the Blues ~~ Mask ~~ The Rose ~~ Trip to Bountiful ~~ Where the Heart Is ~~ Terms of Endearment ~~ Legends of the Fall ~~ Slingblade ~~ Chocolat ~~ Fantastic Voyage ~~ Almost Famous ~~ Alien ~~ Predator ~~ Cat People ~~ Bram Stokers Dracula ~~ The Exorcist ~~ Jaws ~~ O' Brother Where Art Thou? ~~ A Fish called Wanda ~~ Dances with Wolves ~~ Last of the Mohicans ~~ Two Moon Junction ~~ 9 1/2 Weeks ~~ Henry and June ~~ The Piano ~~ Black Snake Moan ~~ Lonesome Dove ~~ Wizard of Oz ~~ & more commercially all Star Wars ~~ Lord of the Rings ~~ & Pirates of the Carribean.

Television:

I love all reality TV especially Survivor, Big Brother, Amazing Race, Rockstar, Idol, Wifeswap..Also love House, ER, Greys Anatomy, Men in Trees, Desperate Housewives, OC Housewives, Miami & LA Ink, Big Love, American Chopper, Cash & Treasures. Any Discovery or A & E channel stuff. I love Nigella! I luved Six Feet Under, Carnivale and Nothern Exposure. Miss them terribly...

Books:



Love Ayla & the Mammouth Hunters - Jean Auel, Colleen McCullough, Stephen Kings'crazy stuff, Anne Rices' Vampires & Witches, Barbara Kingsolver, Jimmy Buffet, Larry Mcmurtry, Leon Hale & so many more...

Heroes:

Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call for sure! All the brave people who I see on TV who have done something so selfless for someone else in crisis...I applaud them.
Anyone out there who has done an act of kindness..My Mom and Dad... Blessings to all the heroes especially in Iraq. We thank you and your families. Godspeed.

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My Blog

Ocean Blue

      Ocean Blue   The wind unwinds herself and rises up to kiss the jagged sienna smeared cliffs jutting high Their coarse union collides soft onto hard mist onto rock No breakin...
Posted by Nouveau Gypsy on Mon, 05 May 2008 10:31:00 PST

wrong way

  inspirational void slants my view karma cuts my world into this sloth-like trance i’m in steals my dance so even my heart goes numb years of being sat on for too long perhaps? so throw m...
Posted by Nouveau Gypsy on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:43:00 PST

Passion Ration

    It frames the doorway this lusty, rustling yearn I hang here dangling starved and stranded primed to go past the point of no return Smoldering, yet not sparked enough to burn I am ready...
Posted by Nouveau Gypsy on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:11:00 PST

Ricochet

                Ricochet     Do I bounce off of your hard veneer Or are you able to soften a little&. enough to let me in? Won’t you let some r...
Posted by Nouveau Gypsy on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:27:00 PST

Springtime in Texas slideshow

Hi everyone!  Just a little something I wanted to share with my friends. I recently had the opportunity to visit my parents at their country home in central Texas. I thoroughly enjoyed myself as I too...
Posted by Nouveau Gypsy on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:22:00 PST

Gossamer Dream

Gossamer Dream   I run through a dream in a gossamer gown trailing like a comet tail behind me Catching in its gauze, wishes made on stars as a few loosen and fall to the ground in flames M...
Posted by Nouveau Gypsy on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:03:00 PST

As promised.. the Chihuahua Puppies now

As promised I give you the chihuahua puppies slideshow!      If you remember in early January the  six pups were born and I posted newborn shots of them.  Now they are  a little over 7 weeks old. We h...
Posted by Nouveau Gypsy on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:29:00 PST

Salt and Water

    The smile formed on my lips like the curling of the wake from the ship My mind awake with the cry of natures singing its soft dewy kiss upon the starry morning My heart, the pearl the v...
Posted by Nouveau Gypsy on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 06:12:00 PST

Happy Anniversary Baby!

Happy Anniversary     Crackling fire Shows what can transpire When all the right elements Are there You and I Have these things We are Friends Lovers Confidantes We are Chained toget...
Posted by Nouveau Gypsy on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:04:00 PST

Stasis

            STASIS   In the matters and make up of her heart so delicate indeed, there upon her solid gold, ripe organ lies attached, felt covered feet Her heart s...
Posted by Nouveau Gypsy on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 05:09:00 PST