A NEW CHALLENGE & ROBA VIII

[Lydia Hildebrandt aka Kenning Stone]

First, some exciting news:
A NEW CHALLENGE

I love doing and visiting as many Challenge Theme Blogs as I can...in fact I've been having so much fun I've decided to host my own Challenge Blog. So today I'm introducing LYDIA'S REVEAL. This Art Challenge Blog will be open to anyone who feels they are creating and being artistic. Any medium you like: art cards, painting, fiber-art, cross-stitching, sculpture, jewellery, photography, whatever.The cycle is only twice a month, on the 1st and the 16th of the month. So you'll have plenty of time to come up with something fabulous. I know this Theme Challenge thing is usually for Altered Artists, art cards, etc. but I would really like to encourage all artists to join so that we can all share ideas and skills and encouragement. There will be a winner for each cycle (1/2 a month) who will be chosen by the participants/readers/viewers and there is a virtual AWARD for the winner. So if you are interested please go to LYDIA'S REVEAL for more details.

Now here is ROBA VIII:

This is Baba Yaga's Charmed little house: “The hat is only a hat my dear, Roba”…the old lady smiled. Roba looked into the face of Baba Yaga: “But….I..saw you…every time you put on the hat something wonderful happens. When it is raining and you put on your hat, the sun shines. If you are hungry…you go into the forest with your hat on…and you come back with the sweetest nuts and ripest berries. When you wear your hat the creatures tell you secrets….” . “Oh dear…I can see that you have confused some things, Roba…but then I do wear the hat a lot and I can understand how you come to believe such a thing. But, truthfully my dear…the hat is only a hat. The wonderful things you have witnessed are all on account of my wonderful friends as I have told you.” said Baba Yaga.
Again, Roba looked directly at the old woman: “But what friends do you speak of?…I have been here for several days. I have seen no one and yet all of your needs are taken care of. Your little home is comfortable and although I should think you would be very lonely out here…you seem to be very happy. It seems a magical place.” Roba was very dumbfounded…why had she walked all this way, had given up the hat after it was in her hands, and now she had to walk all the way back with no hat, no way to change her life, no magic to save her. “You look very disappointed my love” said Baba Yaga. “But I will tell you this: “If you make friends with your life all the rest will be magical. All the creatures of these woods, the sky above, the wind and the earth are all my friends, I tell them every morning and as often as I can that I love them, for are they not lovely indeed? And always they share with me and so I have shared with you.” She smiled. Roba felt even more disappointed. “This poor wonderful little lady was really a little daft. I wonder that she is able to take care of herself out here“ thought Roba. "Perhaps someone comes every once in awhile to check on her." In any case it was time to go back to Kenning Stone.
Brightest Blessings for now……Thank you for reading my Story and looking at my Pics.

[Kim Newberg Caneh Admin]

Ohhh you always leave me wanting more on this story.
Now I must wait another week!!!!! Can I just have my copy of the book and I promise not to tell anyone what is going on before you do?

The REveal looks very fun, I am already thinking of what I am going to create for this challenge. Thank-you Lydia for the inspiration!

((((hugs))))
kim