Creativity and travel. . . . . . . .

What do you think of this little painted and decoupaged box?

 I used to enjoy decorating these ready made boxes with their metal covers,

 I also decoupaged terracotta flower pots. It was after my first visit to Italy,
 an amazingly beautiful country. After two glorious weeks in the hill towns of
 Tuscany, and the cities of Florence, Sienna, Rome etc. my creative juices 
were flowing and, although not an artist, I could take all the lovely bits and
 pieces of paper I'd collected along the way and stick them on something
rather than hide them away in a box. 

Creative pursuits such as these kept me busy back in the day when I seemed
 to spend many more hours at home. That was the time between retirement from
 full time employment and becoming a world traveler of sorts.

I do enjoy seeing the world and learning more about the people, however

I have a feeling this may be my last really busy overseas travel year. 

More travels back to places here in the United States and Canada may be
 filling our calendar. We have visited all the states and much of Canada,
 but there are still lots of specific places we may have not spent enough time
 in, or missed completely and, thanks to blogging, lots of very special people
 we've yet to catch up with hopefully.

We'll let you know if we are coming your way dear friends.