Leap...

...and the net will appear!

This seems entirely natural for me.

Jumping in both feet that is, always trusting that things will work out.
(see more about this favourite subject of mine here)

Not leaping out of trees, I assure you.

Especially not this one!

I had just climbed up it in my special PINK
painting/tree climbing sneakers to put my
twinkly Christmas lights up.

Christmas wouldn't be quite as much fun if I couldn't climb my favourite tree to put my lights up.

Skippy, my much loved plank supplier, has nick-named me Tarzan...

Fitting - some days.

But, unlike Tarzan, I need my special pink shoes to do it.

Last year around this time I nearly ruined a really expensive pair of chocolate brown, soft leather boots in my hasty enthusiasm...

That took a bit of the shine off Christmas for Beaker - given that they were my Christmas presents from the year before...

So pink Converse sneakers and a happy tree-climbing-mummy-artist it has to be.

Spontaneity can be organised and still be spontaneous afterall
n'est-ce pas?

No reason to leap then! But Miss Magpie has inspired me, so...

Tomorrow I shall take the leap.

A real one! Well, literally speaking.

With my heart in my mouth.

If you want to find out why...

I invite you to come back then...

In the mean time, have a very adventurous Pink Saturday!

And seeing as I managed to finish another Positive-Plank, in spite of looking after my poorly, littlest messmonster all week, I can add to 'Art Everyday Month' with Leah as well! It's not very pink looking but I'm counting on my sneakers to sneak me in...

Does it pass inspection Miss Magpie?

A little Magpie told me ...

... to "leap and the net will appear"... Ah miss magpie, if only you knew! 


I am big on leaping.


I even once conquered my fear of heights by bungee jumping off an old roman viaduct during an adventure race in Normandie! Conquered it so well that I did the race again the following year and jumped for TV to inspire other people to conquer their own fears! 


Sometimes you get pushed! Like, when our house burnt down 3 years ago (no sympathy please, we were in Australia sipping champagne on a beach and watching dolphins, no one was hurt!)
With nothing much left by way of furniture, and home wares and personal effects etc however, there was a HUGE hole to jump into! Suddenly, as if by magic, this gigantic net of friendship appeared out of nowhere, enveloped us and led the family into adventures that would never had existed, had we not had that hand encouraging the next leap forward...


Not to mention the fact that my recycling ideas really paid off during that period ;-) Nothing like having a crooked insurance company and a few burnt pickings to teach you how to be creative with what you've got! 


To the honorable Monsieur Lagerfeld and Coco, who are surely turning in their graves at these words (bless 'em), through my own experience I offer this humble thought, "Comfort Kills Creativity." 


I dedicate my next plank to you Miss Magpie (you definitely have a talent for seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary), and offer you this in return:


" Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps!! 

Speaking of leaps of faith: here is today's plank. ECCE FIAT MAGNIFICAT
Eternal gratitude to SkippY for fixing his roof and bestowing me with the condemned planks...