It is with great sadness that I write this post.  Almost one full year ago I traveled to Vermont and met up with some of my internet Kindred Spirits  We are all Tasha fans. A gathering was planned as well as a tour of her garden.  It was the trip of a lifetime for me and I made some forever friends on that trip.  We are bound by one common thread,  that is Tasha.  My friend, Linda, who was my roomie on the trip, called me today with the news.  She knew I'd be away from the computer this afternoon and she happened to be online with the message came to her.  I was sad, but at 92 she has had a good, long life.  We can't all live forever and the reality of her passing is something we discussed as a group.  We knew the time was not far off.  So now the day has come for Tasha to leave this earthly world.  How fitting for our beloved Tasha to pass under a full, strawberry moon. I shall connect the two always and forever more. Some of you may recall her last birthday was a full moon as well.
Though my heart is heavy with her leaving this earthly world, I am doing just as she suggested.  I am taking joy.  Joy in a life well-lived, joy in a very unique woman, joy in the simple things that Tasha brought to my life and more so, joy for all the friends I've made through discovering her and becoming a fan.  She has influenced so many lives.  Mine is but a drop in the ocean.

Bless you Tasha. God Speed.

I am going to go play dolls with Annabelle.