Hello all!

I am new to this group, but not new to Windstone Editions. I first saw the beautiful statues in my step-mother’s home. I have always been a big fan of fantasy and mythology, and I would just love looking at how she had arranged little scenes with her various sculptures. The ones that stick out most in my mind are the family of dragons; there was one for Dad (Male Dragon in Brown), one for her (Mother Dragon in Brown), one for my step-brother (Young Dragon in Emerald) and when my half-sister came along there was a Hatching Dragon in Emerald. She had the Hatching Pegasus too.

I fell in love with them, but I was young enough to see having any of my own as an impossible dream. I would pick up the brochures in stores that carried them (Solvang was a favorite location) but never thought I could get one of my own.

Fast forward several years to my current adult state where I have a job and I actually have money! I had forgotten about these beautiful statues to some degree because I had become so inured to seeing them around the house, they didn’t register, and the shop in Solvang is no longer there, and I somehow never thought to look online. Well, earlier this month (May) we went on a family vacation to Lake Arrowhead, and on a visit to the Village, entered a shop that carried SO MANY WINDSTONE STATUES!! I thought my heart would melt from excitement! I perused all the ones she had (the Gryphon families in several colors I had never seen, a few Dragons, FLAPCATS!) and couldn’t decide. My half-sister (in her 20s now) purchased a Gryphon chick for a Mother’s Day gift. I had to mull over my decision for a while and we walked around the Village. I ducked back into The Wishing Well just before we left, and came out with my very own first Windstone Edition to put up in my new home! I got the Leaf Cat Sconce (http://windstoneeditions.com/products/leaf-cat-sconce) and I am looking for the purrrfect place to put her up.

Then I found the online community and Facebook… Anyway, thanks for letting me share my story here. I am very happy to be a part of this group and share my love of Melody’s art with like minded enthusiasts. I look forward to being the proud owner of many more statues to come..