I never really gave much thought to March.
I realized this just a few days ago, on a beautiful March 1st.
March used to be that odd month before it got dreadfully hot, and the mild beautiful Arizona winter would be gone…
But this year, this year I realized, March is crucial.
March is the month I frantically plant summer vegetable seeds.
March is the month my tomatoes growing indoors get stronger, preparing to go outside.
March is the month that all the seeds and bulbs planted in November + perennials, begin to flourish like mad.
Rose bushes and hydrangeas are covered in tiny bits of growth.
Plum, apricot, quince and peach tree blossoms are filling empty winter branches.
And –
carnations are blooming profusely…
But also, the strangest thing happened, on the 2nd of March.
You see, I rarely lose anything. I know where every last ball of lint is hiding. I am the only one who touches my things, so everything is right where I put it. If something is ever missing you will hear me whine about it for certain.
Missing things drive me insane, you?
Oh and yes, I did eventually find the missing Victorian gown.
And, yes, our stolen wooden antique sign was found and returned to us in a wild tale.
But, there was one other thing I was still missing.
And missing it I was, quite terribly.
You see…
Several years ago Mister Lovee had a business trip in New Orleans. He is known for gifting wonderfully thoughtful treasures. So, in a lovely antique shop in the French Quarter, he found a beautiful antique coral rose 18k gold stick pin for me. It was an unexpected gift, and looking back, I suppose I didn't appreciate it as much as I really should have, even though I did love it.
That was, until it was lost…
As the years have drifted by, and I have changed in my sentiments ever so much, the missing pin began to bother me to the depth of myself.
I can't describe why it drove me so insane.
Year after year I took my whole house apart looking for it, as it was missing from the box I kept it in.
I thought maybe I accidentally dropped it and vacuumed it up?
Or, maybe it fell off of my winter coat.
About 3 years ago, I started thinking about it every day.
Always hoping and wondering if I would find it.
Every time I cleaned out a drawer, or looked in a jar of pens, I thought I would find the pin. Even though I had already searched in that place.
The other night I was plagued by a desire to find the pin. I was so sad that I had lost such a precious heart felt gift from he man I love so.
I went to bed, and dreamed myself praying to find it.
Then, in my dream, a voice from the heavens handed it to me, and I saw myself holding it.
In this dream I told the voice that I was aware this was a dream, and that I knew the pin would not be with me in the morning.
Then the voice said, "you will have it back now, because now you really value it."
Dun dun dun….
The next day, I woke up, opened my secretary desk and opened an empty drawer that I had looked in, searching for the pin many many times over, year after year.
Sitting there, in the drawer, was my pin!
What???
I was completely speechless, stunned, gobsmacked.
Mister Lovee was beyond touched as well.
I can't believe it.
My mom always taught me to never give up looking if you lose something.
And, I never gave up.
For years I searched.
Years.
It is still unbelievable to me.
So, this March finds things lost.
What a gift!
March –
March is full of so much life…
But then, everyday is.
Isn't it?
Paper thin ranunculus aren't too shabby either 😉
And then, there is the winter bounty, time for harvesting…
Lettuce to share in baskets full…
Gathering bundles for those I know will appreciate the veggies…
I love sharing.
Sharing makes everything even better…
Sharing gives me such a kick of joy.
Brussels sprout plant tops -
The center cabbage like creature, ready to be roasted or steamed…
Filling up the basket…
And happily marching down the lane…
Delivering healthy edible treats.
Brussels sprouts, lettuce, broccoli, flat leaf parsley and spinach.
Oh March.
I am so sorry I took you for granted.
And, as I run up for a snack, I spy two of my beloveds out the window -
Miles and Lovee, sitting on the porch, sharing oatmeal and reading the paper. They canoodle every morning for breakfast, those two. All the while, the other furry child is on patrol down the driveway at the front gate. Ready to fight danger…
(my vintage effects make the window look filthy, haha)
March, March is good.
March is lovely.
A March day, like everyday, holds as much magic as we are willing to reach for and believe in…
And that's for certain…
Love, V
ps: Are you missing anything that you have been looking for, forever? Hoping to find? Maybe we can create a collective verbal hope chest? And bring some of our lost heart love treasures back. What do you say?
As a matter of fact! I was missing something until yesterday! I knew I had the movie Roman holiday! But I couldn’t find it! Hubby accidentally found it….it was a 2 movie DVD and it was with Sabrina! We watched Sabrina last night and tonight we’ll finally get to watch Roman Holiday! 🖤
Your story is oh so lovely. I have many things that I have lost in the house and still haven’t found them. As you said that your mom said” Don’t give up looking” I won’t. Amazing vegetables..Oh I wish spring would come…
Thank you for sharing.
Well, I got a Pandora bracelet for Christmas. I know where the bracelet is but the one and only charm is missing. I’ve looked high and low. Maybe it will turn up someday like your fabulous pin did.
March I’m not so sure about. We’ve had tornadoes in our area again (in the Chattanooga area), many houses leveled, thankfully no loss of life here. But there is still so much beauty around-the Bradford Pears are in glorious bloom and the sun was brilliant today.
Your gardening looks so wonderful. I keep telling hubby we need to get busy on ours.
What a magical day to find your coral stick pin! Your dream was amazing!
Did I ever tell you that when I am frustrated and looking for something I usually won’t find it? …but when I relax and remember to pray that little prayer I am almost always 100% of the time reaching into a drawer and finding what it is I am looking for… Amazing! Even when I was trying to open a stuck lock on a door the other day with a key and it just wouldn’t budge… I think my frustration kept it locked and when I remembered to pray…bingo! the prayer made it open. And your mother is seriously right on with ‘Don’t give up looking’. Sometimes I pray for the littlest things.
Angels we are unaware of at times, I do believe are helping us~
I am so happy for you that you found your Victorian gown, and that you also got your wooden sign back too. Astounding!
Spring and fall are my most favorite seasons~
Have a glorious week planting, creating, reading, and enjoying your wonderful life!
XOXO
Miss Teresa
<3
I’m not missing anything right now BUT I have my St. Anthony statue handy just in case.
So happy you found your lovely pin. Well, I do this ALL the time. In fact, I just found a watch I had been looking for (along with jewelry) still in a suitcase from a trip to NYC at Christmas! These things drive me crazy too! (Oh, a prayer to St. Anthony is almost a sure way of finding things!)
I love that you found all your things.Weirdly I thought about your missing sign last week, good to hear it is home again. I need some of your juju, I am looking for my secondary jewelry smithing tools(I knew where they were before I cleaned!).
I have taken March for granted too. It was the month right before Easter, just a marker for spring break. But I realize now that it is so important. Coincidentally, I was reading Frosted Petunias, a blog that I found and love, (www.frostedpetunias.blogspot.com) and she expressed her love for March as well. Its usually still a little frosty, with surprising little blooms blossoming–the start of spring. A time for rebirth. A time for finding lost things. For eating cupcakes.
I love this month too. I have to say that I have lost a strand of pearls recently…perhaps I will find it this month?
Fingers crossed 🙂 I am glad that you rediscovered something that you have been searching for and missing for so long. It is a beautiful pin indeed. I always remember this saying–you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone. I find that it holds true for so many aspects of life.
I hope your March is fantastic!
xoxo Jess
What a serendipitous tale! Being from New Orleans I understand how things from here can be touched by a certain kind of “magic”.
~Andrea~
Oh my Vanessa,
What a grand story of finding your lost treasure! I too have a story of my own. One year for my Birthday, My hubby gave me the most beautiful bracelet. He gifted it to me while we were at the Opera. I will never forget the moment! It was a silver bracelet with diamonds in the xoxo pattern. So breathtaking! I brought it home and put it on my dresser. It was there forever until one day, we were moving and I could not find it. Perhaps I had put it in a drawer…not sure. To this day(five years later) I have still to find the bracelet. It breaks my heart. Like you, there have been things that have disappeared that I have eventually found. Dreaming about them until one day they have returned. I wish to be able to find my lovely bracelet one day..I will continue to dream until it resurfaces from the world it is in now.
~~Hugs,
Dena
My fiance bought me a ring for our 6 month anniversary that I treasured and one day while we were out shopping I looked down and my ring was gone, ironically we were going to go have it cleaned. I cried and cried but we never found the ring as hard as we searched. Fast forward a year and I am sitting at my computer playing online. I noticed this bag sitting on my monitor and picked it up to see what was in there. Something fell out of the corner and it was my ring. I cried again and called my fiance at work to tell him the magic of my ring coming back. Sometimes lost things just return, and make your life happier.
A great story. A lovely story!!
I love ranunculus, and their soft silky sharp-looking edges and they have a thousand bowls.
Yes, for the past 5 years I’ve been looking for the last portrait taken of my mother. I used it in making my family scrapbooks, and since they were gifted and I put all the photos away, I have not been able to find it. I have not-quite-like-real copies of it, but I have looked and looked for that photo. I so wish I had it. I am almost positive I didn’t leave it in the imagining machine. Almost completely positive.
Your story made me start to cry with the poignancy of sweet possessions mislaid. I’m very glad you found it!!
The older I get, the more I want to let go of feeling too strongly about my possessions (and I do love beautiful things). If I lose something, I return it to the universe and if its meant to come back, it usually does. And isn’t it usually the cheapo earrings that find their way back?!
My husband gave me one of my most favorite necklaces and I thought it fell off me in Las Vegas. When I told him I lost it, he said something I’ll never, ever forget. “At least you lost it while you were enjoying it.”
But when I found it, I was with my friend in Taco Time (of all places!) It was in the pocket of a purse I never use – I squealed out LOUD in front of everyone…..
Vanessa….that basket of vegetables is a work of art……and Mr. Lovee has quite beautiful hair if I say so myself!
you were meant to get your gift back…. St Anthony helps every time I loose something, whatever it may be. So you think if I pray hard St Anthony will help me find a life???!!! ha ha. Wear your brooch with love and remember, it came with love. Olive xxx
I am so happy you finally found your pin, I know you had been searching high and low! what a gift indeed!
Years ago one of my brothers gave me a Mont Blanc fountain pen – burgandy with real gold trim. I have been a fountain pen user since the first time I ever saw one and this was the ultimate. Well the pen went missing…like you I had the case but no pen. I have searched everywhere. When we went through garagapalooza I looked in every bin, box, bag. I still hold out hope I missed it in some strange box or hidden among some bits and bobs. I will always keep searching. Hopefully I will be gifted with finding it as you did with your lovely pin.
XO
What an amazingly beautiful post.Your miracle dream ! AAAHHH-so wonderful and the mysteries of March.I loved the whole post.We can all tell you love to share,you share with us all the time.I wish you were on My Google connect blog roll.Because I couldn’t get you there, a long time ago I just put you on My regular favorite’s list:) Hugs Denise
For four years I’ve been looking for a particular letter my grandmother wrote to me. I’ve looked through all of my old letters, gone thru every scrap of paper (for four years now!) but haven’t found this particular one. I know I wouldn’t have thrown it out. I’m hoping it turns up again one day!
Congrats on finding your stick pin!
Love the rununculus! Simply divine!!
Ah Vanessa, our treasures go missing so we can be re-delighted when we find them again, although it can be frustrating in the meantime 😛
I’m glad you didn’t give up looking for such a beautiful gift.
I’m often guilty of not appreciating March too; but I’m enjoying this one for sure!
Nikki xx
You were gifted with not only finding that lovely pin but given divine confirmation on why you lost it.
I am missing two precious things: pictures of a dear friend who has passed on and a lovely citrine crystal.Hopefully, they will reappear like your pin someday.
What a wonderful dream event!!! WOW I guess sometimes we have to loose for awhile in order to truly appreciate. The coral stick pin is such a lovely Mr. Lovee love gift. So glad it came back home to you. I lost my grandmother’s opal bracelet for a period of a year… very sad loss but one day while I was seaching and packing to head in a new life direction… poof… in the dresser drawer there is was.
Your garden is producing the most yummyiest looking veggies…. I’m a veggie-a-holic at heart :o) Enjoy the bounty!
Have a great day.
Always, Queenie
That’s so weird because just an hour ago I found a jar of Mentholatum that had been missing for many months. Mentholatum? What’s so special about that? Well, my gramma rubbed it on anything that was hurt, bruised, or broken–and I loved my gram. Also, it was an original jar. The new one is white (can you imagine?) rather than the lovely green of old. Anyhow, I found it while searching for my son-in-law’s missing keys which he thought might have fallen between the couch cushions. No keys…but the beloved Mentholatum which I must sniff every day to feel whole! Oh, how I rejoiced!
Teresa, I love love looooooove Mentholatum!!! OHHH! A sniff is worth
gold 🙂
My jars are the old green, I had no idea they were white now. Oh, I
must go cherish mine more now!! 😉
Hoooooray for Mentholatum!! tee hee 😉
Oh you did find the Victorian gown! That’s splendid! And the sign! I;d always wondered about those two items. In fact, whenever someone comes on our property, or violates my personal space, I think of when you lost that sign. What a yucky feeling 🙁
That’s such a beautiful story of your pin. I think things really do get lost for a reason sometimes. And then they turn up in the most magical of ways. I think it might be the fairies playing tricks on us.
I’m missing one hand knitted mitten, and a necklace with a star on it… Just one mitten. I have the other. I don’t think either will find their way back to me though…
Oh! I am sooo glad you found it! the all of it. The sun, the realizations, the pin. I am so happy for you. I know what I wish I could find… two things… a scarab from Egypt from a teacher during my childhood and the little antique book of so many of my four leaf clovers I had found all my life. I still find four leaf clovers each year, I am grateful, it’s not that I need them. It is that little narrow book which was fragile and had poetry about four leaf clovers that I stored them in, pressed them. In March, of course, with St. Patty’s Day, it pricks me all year that loss. Both were lost at different moving times from one place to another. Sigh. I just want to say that I send you love and the little happy motes you see in the sunbeam. Take care kindred friend. Blessings.
Miss Amy, I soooo hope you find your treasures!!!! Oh, it feels so
strange and pit in the stomach weird to lose something. You will never
guess what happened? In writing that last blog post – it came to mind that
I had not seen my jelly belly insect pin in its glass case. And sure
enough – when i went to look, it was not there. These things are so
ridiculously strange, as I never touch it or wear it. So, the question is,
did I forget thati touched it and misplaced it? Which is not likely
the case. Or, did elves steal it by night, which is more likely the case
😉 But in all seriousness……. how do some of these things go
missing. I am baffled. I looked for it for hours last night – so, I
am giving up – and if it comes back to me, yay. This is my usual m.o. —
give up and hope to find it one day– but sometimes, the thought gets the best
of me and I have to look high and low.
This is the oddest thing ever. Locked in a case, and it is
gone. Strange.
Maybe I hid it so well, that I cant find it? Although, i dont
recall hiding it. Maybe I am going mad???? ;)))
Here is to collective wishes and hopes. Just when I thought I wasnt
missing anything!! haha!!
I have been cleaning lately and it’s funny how you totally forget about something that you own until you stumble upon it one day
. Oh the joy of finding things ( sometimes things that weren’t lost in the first place)! And your pin is gorgeous thank goddness you found it. Prayer is powerful and it’s funny because I pray a lot in my dreams too especially in nightmares and when I’m done praying I usually wake up. I have this little book that has the cutest craft tutorials in it and I am always loseing it, last time I lost it it was in the wood work of my bed frame! Haha
I love your blog and your artwork. I have you to thank for my newly found love of painting. I was always in love wit drawing but never enjoyed painting until I stumbled upon your blog looking for a craft for mother’s day ( and she loves her coarsage) that I started admireing your work and hearing a big voice in my head beckoning me to paint. Thank you sooooooooo much!!!!! Keep on bein’ fancy girl!!!!!!! We need more people like you in the world!!!!!!! Sorry for the extremely long comment…….xoxoxo a teen artist
P.S I love the twilight zone episode about the place where lost things go. Me thinks it is called Wong’s lost things emporium or something along those lines. You should totally watch it on netflix ( if netflix even has the twilight zone episodes)!!!!!
P.S.s I noticed the same thing, I never really gave a thought about march besides St patties day but this year I really appreciate the cool breeze before the hot weather approaches
Have a lovely day, it is very breezy today where I live but unfortunately I’m stuck inside fighting a nasty cold. :p Hope you are not sniffely too !!!!
Oh lovely! A magical tale indeed of your missing pin! I too hate losing things…..our wee one dropped one of her hats while we were grocery shopping, and I looked up and down every isle…to no avail. It was just an ordinary little baby hat, but it irked me ever so! And once, in college, I lost a watercolor that I did of Ophelia drowning (or about to drown) on the banks of her proverbial stream. I thought for years that it must be hiding in one of my older portfolios from college, but alas….it is still lost in the ethers. I think it might have been left behind in one of the classrooms or dropped in my wakings to and fro across campus. A mystery for the ages, non? tee hee! Happy March to theeeeeeee!
I’m so happy you found your pin! I’m glad the other things turned up too. Normally, when I’ve lost something I get in such a state…and that doesn’t help. I then remember to ask the angels to help me and I usually always find it then. I have not been this successful with a ring my mother left me ~ if you would send “finding” mojo my way, it would be so appreciated!
We’ve had a very mild winter and spring is definitely here. I hope your days are happy and blessed.
xo
Pat
Ohh how wonderful that you found your pin! I would love to put my little wish in the lost items chest. I lost some precious pictures, and I have not been able to find them for a long time. I am so disappointed as they are my dad’s pictures of his childhood. I just cannot believe my self. I am hoping I find them one day before he is gone 🙁
Dear Vanessa! What a truly magical tale!!!! I cannot believe that dream and that the morning you woke you found your pin. It is amazing how little things we receive are sometimes taken for granted until they are no longer with us. I lost a sweater a few years ago. Yes, a sweater. I loved that sweater – how it felt and the bright red color. It was my favorite. I have no idea what happened to it. You know – I can just imagine you skipping down the lane with your basket of fresh garden delights. We are in the process of collecting seeds so we can begin the planting process. Oh the joys of March!!!! 🙂 xoxo
I, of course, am stumbling upon this months late. It’s kind of my thing though, managing to find things long after I ought to have. I too have lost things, but have not had the grand fortune of finding them. I moved from a house about 3 years ago and in the midst of moving chaos, all of my oldest son’s baby photos were lost. This was of course before digital photos were really popular so I had no copies. I was heartbroken and devastated, those are moments that can never be recaptured. But we’ve made new memories and new (digital) pictures (safely stored offsite).
P.S. I adore Legend and that song is wonderful!