Special Thanks to: Moon's Designs, EKNP Fonts, and DaFonts: Celtic Dings for the Celtic brushes, dings, and fonts used to create the background set graphics .... Set was made in Paint Shop Pro 7.04, using both the Ulead Art Texture and the PSP Texturizer plugins for special effects.


Special Thanks to: Ronni at Prestigious Dames for the stone castle tutorial I used to create my Celtic Castle, which graces the top of this page .... In the castle scene, I also offer thanks to Glorianon's Tube Resources for Graphic Buds for the beautiful Celtic lady, and Anne Gerdes Victorian PSP Tubes for the redhaired Faery frolicking on the rocks .... All other tubes used to create the castle scene are courtesy of Paint Shop Pro Picture Tubes.


Special thanks to the artists and photographers at StockStash.com for allowing their royalty-free images to be used on non-commercial websites .... Very special thanks to one of their artists named Lucie Grenier, for creating the enchanting "Gywnhefar" 3-D Poser graphic which graces a corner of my opening page.


Special thanks to Nightshadow for creating the Dragonfly Jewels tutorial I used to create the red dragonfly which graces another corner of my opening page.


Special thanks to Shannon Hutcheson and The Cattery Index for the adorable Kitty stats counter used on my opening page :-)


Special thanks to Nic Wolfe for creating the javascript popup window which is used throughout this website, and to Kenneth Preston for creating the website update script used on several pages of this site .... Both scripts are courtesy of The Javascript Source.


Special thanks to: my friend, James Binegar and Graphics by James for the beautiful Castle he made for me in 2002 -- Click here to view -- Thank you, James, for creating such a beautiful castle for me! .... and please visit James' graphics site, as he is a very talented & creative artist, with many wonderful graphics to share !


Special thanks to: my friend, Denny Lancaster of Lancaster's Laughing Place for the beautiful poems written especially for The Celtic Castle, which can be found on the Main Page .... Denny is a talented Celtic writer & poet who not only believes in the Wee Folk, but who is also a champion of disABLED people everywhere !


Special Thanks to: Cari Buziak and AON Celtic Art & Illumination for the Celtic claddaghs, crosses, shamrocks, trees-of-life, and hearts used throughout this web site. Cari graciously allows her artwork to be used on non-commercial web sites, and I am pleased to be able to showcase some of her work here at the Celtic Castle ! ....


Special thanks to: Larry & Kari Bumeder and the staff at The Zone for all their technical support, web site & domain name hosting, and for allowing all us "computer folks" to be a part of the absolute best server on the Net ! -- they even made "moving" to a new server an awesome experience, and I am forever grateful for all their help .... Larry and Kari are two of the nicest people I've worked with, and I appreciate their continued support of my web site !


And finally: More thanks than I can ever give to my late Mother and Father, for all they taught me in Life ....

Daddy, you gave me a great love and appreciation for our Celtic/Irish heritage, beautiful art, books, the written word, love & tolerance for our Fellow Man (you knew Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was right all along, didn't you?), all things furry/fluffy/feathered (animals!), Shakespeare/Dickens/Keats & Frost, leprechauns & faeries, SEC football, King Arthur & the Knights of the Round Table, good movies, beautiful roses, coffee, history, poetry, philosophy, sitting on the front porch during a thunderstorm, and red cars!

Mom, you gave me great love and appreciation for God & Christ, going to church, "being good", the importance of family (and again, our Celtic/Irish heritage), classical music, interior design, cooking, singing the old church hymns, antiques & beautiful furniture, long talks with wonderful friends, the art of "primping" (getting your hair and makeup "just right"), pretty clothes & matching accessories, taking care of other people (guess that's why I'm an RN!), cold rainy days, warm kitchens, afghans, and all the virtues of being a "Southern Belle"!