red silhouette from Olsons :: Teeny Tiny Gnome Tomes were my Grandma Eva's :: wooden treasure box from Annie :: bearded gnome from Liz-e :: brother and sister gnomes from Chrissy
The Swedish gal in me loves these little people.
My grandma Eva introduced gnome stories to me
when I was just a little girl.
I used to look for Hilde Gnome
in every hollow tree and little rock cave I ever found
in the woods or by the lake . . .
thinking maybe, just maybe, I would surprise her one day . . .
I have never seen her,
but you never know -
maybe Maddie and I will find her one day
in a mossy little cave, in a tangle of cedar roots
by the shore of Lake Superior . . .
you never know!
Hello from Southeastern Montana!
I am Elizabeth Patten. I spent the first 34 years of my life in Minnesota. In 2015, I moved with my husband and two children to the western-most part of South Dakota and then into Montana. Now, I live, work, write, play, and breathe under the big, big Montana sky. I began this blog in September of 2008 to make note of the sunshine that can (almost) always be found.