Willow
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Michelle Willow's Online Adventure
What a strange selection for a name, you may think! Well, as many of you know by now, I'm from Croatia and Willow is my last name translated in English.
Other than that, I really like willows... They are quite mystical, quiet and resistant. There are many myths and legends that give strange powers to willows. There is always some willow in horror movie whose leaves whisper in the night!
Bending tenderly with the wind, the willow is symbolic of feminine energy and loving kindness.
Picture in the intro is designed by A Little Black
Other than that, I really like willows... They are quite mystical, quiet and resistant. There are many myths and legends that give strange powers to willows. There is always some willow in horror movie whose leaves whisper in the night!
Bending tenderly with the wind, the willow is symbolic of feminine energy and loving kindness.
Picture in the intro is designed by A Little Black
- Willow Poem by William Carlos Williams
- Croatia - My Motherland
- I am Mother
- This and that about kids...
- We Love to Play With Dolls!
- Work Related...
- Love to Reuse Stuff
- Be Crafty, Be Green!
- Books I like to Read
- Music I Like
- Holidays - Who Doesn't Like Them???
- Cooking for Holidays - My favorite recipes
- My Way to Give Back Kindness...
- Something Different....
- What to do on Squidoo Willow?
- I Zazzle! Do You?
- Share a Little Hope!
- Journey of Little Croatian Squid
- Tell me...
- Spotlighting The Best of Squidoo!
- Grandma's Willow Tree
- Follow me on Twitter
Willow Poem by William Carlos Williams
Croatia - My Motherland
They always say: "There is no place like home!" Although I am not kind of person that is suffering from home sickness, Croatia is still country where I love to live! It's warmhearted and open people, it's diverse culture and social life, it's beauty makes Croatia unique!
More about Croatian culture and history
All the promotion of my beautiful motherland!
Wisdom of the Willow Tree...
...is an Osage Nation story in which a young man seeks answers from a Willow tree, addressing the tree in conversation as 'Grandfather'.
I am Mother
I have baby girl - cutest little creature that has celebrated her 1st birthday in August! She is so cute when she wants to cuddle! She is crawling now... and can be found in all strange places!
Toys and books by age: 0 - 4 years
We love cartoons!
This and that about kids...
Blog for mommies and kids
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byWe Love to Play With Dolls!
And these Moxie Girlz are realy cool!
A Moxie Girl is full of energy and self-confidence. She's a loyal friend who faces challenges with courage, vigor, and poise. She's unique, bright, empowered, brave and stylish. Moxie Girlz can do anything!
Green Willow...
...is a Japanese ghost story in which a young samurai falls in love with a woman called Green Willow who has a close spiritual connection with a willow tree.
Work Related...
I work in firm dealing and producing food as supply manager. Most of my job goes into negotiating prices, quality and other conditions in buying raw materials for our production...
Harry Potter...
...and the Chamber of Secrets, and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, there is an ancient tree on the school grounds of Hogwarts called the "Whomping Willow".
Love to Reuse Stuff
for Craft Projects especially
Since my husband is a teacher to kids in 1st - 4th grade, I often give him a hand when he prepares some project for kids in school. I love crafting so it's not really problem for me!
I also run a group here at Squidoo for stuff that is made of reused items: Reuse it all! If you have some related lens - come and join in!
My newest project:
Be Crafty, Be Green!
Reuse different stuff for craft projects!
Hans Christian Andersen...
...wrote a story called Under The Willow Tree (1853) in which children ask questions of a tree they call 'willow-father', paired with another entity called 'elder-mother'.
Books I like to Read
Music I Like
In English folklore...
...a willow tree is believed to be quite sinister, capable of uprooting itself and stalking travellers.
Holidays - Who Doesn't Like Them???
Halloween
In Croatia, we don't have Halloween. We celebrate our ancestors on October, 1st - it's tradition to go to deceased relative grave, bring flowers, light a candle and say a prayer for his soul.
We have masquerades in February. Still love Halloween tradition!
We have masquerades in February. Still love Halloween tradition!
I have really mixed feelings about Valentine's day!!!
Christmas
Time of joy and giving!
Cooking for Holidays - My favorite recipes
Name Day! - Turning every single day into celebration?!
This is a story of celebrating a Name Day tradition - not birthday but close... And you can find out in a list I've provided on which day your Name Day is and maybe you can start celebrate your own Name Day!
My Way to Give Back Kindness...
I received upon joining Squidoo
There has been group for Fresh Squids which was made as effort to pay back all good I received! Learn more here:
And blog just for Fresh Squids!
Fetching RSS feed... please stand bySomething Different....
.... I can't categorize with anything else here!
This lens just has been transferred to wonderful friend as an early birthday present! :) Hope she'll have fun with it!
What to do on Squidoo Willow?
My Squidoo diary blog
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byI Zazzle! Do You?
Share a Little Hope!
A Day of Hope is a program of the CSU, Stanislaus Foundation that delivers baskets of food and turkeys to needy families in Stanislaus County for Thanksgiving.
Journey of Little Croatian Squid
Before we come to the end, I would like to thank all of you for following me on my Squidoo journey! You made it much easier and fun!
Tell me...
What's you opinion on willows? Like them?
Me?
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lasertek
Apr 13, 2011 @ 9:17 pm | delete
- I like this lens a lot. The topic & content is unique. Great job!
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deyani
Nov 23, 2010 @ 4:31 pm | delete
- I love Willow for a name, my friend named her baby girl "Willow" and I love it ever since. I didn't realize that the ancient tree in the Harry Potter movie is called "whomping willow". This is a great lens and you have great collection of lenses too.
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Nov 21, 2010 @ 8:37 pm | delete
- I have a special fondness for the willow tree. I'd feel very blessed if my name meant willow. Really nice lens.
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drs2biz
Jul 25, 2010 @ 9:24 pm | delete
- I have spent many years enjoying watching the English game of cricket. When I lived in Australia, I used to travel to the Melbourne Cricket Ground every Boxing Day (Dec 26th) to watch the test match. I loved the sound of the leather ball on the willow bat!
A great lens, Michelle. Thumbs up, a favourite and lensrolled to my lensography.
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LoKackl
Apr 25, 2010 @ 4:24 pm | delete
- Ever since I was nine years old and there was a weeping willow tree just outside my bedroom window, I have adored willow trees. Now, there are scads of weeping willows all around me in Western Mass., where Colonialists in Boston called settlers here "swamp yankees." Kind of tells you why willows would be prevalent. SquidAngel Blessed. Creative lensography!
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Airinka
Apr 10, 2010 @ 12:08 pm | delete
- Original lens!
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callinsky
Mar 23, 2010 @ 1:54 pm | delete
- I do love Willows. I always have. As soon as I bought my house I planted a Corkscrew Willow in my back yard so I could see it out of my kitchen window. There is something about them that I have always loved. Great lens!
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Evelyn_Saenz
Feb 13, 2010 @ 3:49 pm | delete
- What a wonderful collection of lenses. Thank you for all the work you do here on Squidoo and all the help you provide to people. Happy Birthday!
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Spook
Jan 28, 2010 @ 3:29 am | delete
- I have to take my hat off to you. Where are on Earth do you find all the time?
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Sheebajean
Jan 8, 2010 @ 9:39 am | delete
- Thanks willow for the help on my lens and I love yours...willows are also a favorite of mine.
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julcal
Jan 1, 2010 @ 8:23 pm | delete
- Gorgeous lens! And fun! As always! 5*, Fav and a tweet!
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Knowlen_Wanderer Nov 29, 2009 @ 2:31 pm | delete
- Good lens Willow, a fresh look and a nice article.
5 Stars for you my sweet :D
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poutine
Oct 28, 2009 @ 6:10 pm | delete
- Love this lens about willows and I love willow too.
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drifter0658
Oct 21, 2009 @ 10:05 pm | delete
- My favorite little squid with the biggest heart. I always like visiting here and just looking at the willow.
Smell the smoke of a burn-out blessing?
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BarbRad
Oct 21, 2009 @ 3:27 am | delete
- It took me a bit to discover tis was a lensography. Great job. There's a lot I will want to read since my husband's mother was Croatian. His dad was a Serb, so you can see what an uphill battle my-mother-in law had with her in-laws, LOL, except it wasn't always funny.
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Grandma's Willow Tree
Author/Written By: Marilyn Ferguson
Looking back and reminiscing
The way things used to be
I recall a little girl of nine
Climbing Grandma's willow tree.
Back into the country
Some quarter century ago
Running barefoot across the yard
Into the tree I'd go.
Its branches held a sweet retreat
I'd ascend when in dismay
Oh, the hours I spent in the tree
To lose myself in play.
The tree was close to perfect
Its willows touched the ground
Greenery hung like a curtain
And completely draped around.
The days I spent under its beckoning boughs
And moments it saw me through
Cherished times in a young girl's life
That years cannot undo.
What I'd give to go back again
To those untarnished years in time
To the fancies of a pigtailed girl
And the tree she left behind.
To be that little tomboy
With jeans rolled to the knee
To dream the dreams that she once dreamed
In Grandma's willow tree.
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In Weeping Solitude - Greeting Card by annielanefolkart
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Favorite Willow Tree Figurines
Willow Tree Angel of Mine Figurine, Susan Lordi 26124
Amazon Price: $17.99 (as of 02/13/2012)
Beautiful and sentimental - perfect gift for 1st or any Mother's day.
Willow Tree Our Gift, New Parents Figurine, Susan Lordi 26181
Amazon Price: $23.99 (as of 02/13/2012)
All the love of new parents is shown in this cute willow tree figurine.
Willow Tree Guardian Angel Figurine, Susan Lordi 26034
Amazon Price: $12.23 (as of 02/13/2012)
Beautiful guardian angel to look after a child.
