little altars everywhere

If there is a windowsill in my house, it is usually littered with my "treasures."  Especially in my studio, and the kitchen window.  I love items from nature - rocks, shells, feathers, acorns, etc.  But I cannot stay away from little items with magical charms - small icons, Marys, angels, goddesses, Buddhas, art, fish, snakes, dogs, and on and on.  A couple of years ago I started making shrines - little box assemblages - to "use up" some of my treasured junks.  (I'll post some photos of those next time...)  But, today, I was in my studio doing some collage work in my next journal, and the sun was hitting some of the doo-dads on the windowsill, and I realized that I do have these Little Altars Everywhere.  By the way, that book - by Rebecca Wells - who also wrote The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood - was excellent.