As I turned onto my street Saturday afternoon I looked up and saw a bunch of balloons snagged in the branches of a giant tree. I thought it was a sad fate they got caught so close to the top, just out of reach of floating away untethered. I started filling in the back story as I drove past; maybe some busy lady hurrying into the mansion earlier that afternoon with her arms full of cupcakes and other packages for a birthday party had accidentally let them slip through her fingers as she juggled everything inside...
I find myself caught up in the middle of stories like this all the time, explaining the scenes that fly by my window that I'll never have the ending for. Not that I want to know the real story anyway. I read in a book somewhere once that our reality is made by how we tell our story. Isn't that so true? I like mine with lots of surprise twists. In the end I think some daring squirrels will unleash those balloons and go for a joy ride.
Very fitting then that my Market Monday feature is an Etsy shop aptly named,
Between the Lines, selling sweet bookmarks with lots of charm 'for books and their lovers'. I first came across her shop after reading her blog,
a serenade for solitude, mistaking an image of one of her bookmarks for jewelry because it was so delicately detailed. You should definitely go check them out!
Cassie has been kind enough to give one of you a
bookmark today. To enter to win, leave me a comment by midnight tonight with the title of your favorite book {It can be an all time favorite, or your right now favorite.} I'll announce a winner tomorrow morning.
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! xoxo
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