Special Thanks to: Moon's Designs, EKNP Fonts, and DaFonts: Celtic Dings for the brushes, dingbats and fonts used to create the background set graphics .... Set was made in Paint Shop Pro 8.10, using the PSP Texturizer plugin, along with the "Fine Leather" texture effect, to create the weathered background.


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 (she is my *ideal* self, Lady Dorothea), and to Anne Gerdes Victorian PSP Tubes for the redhaired Faery frolicking on the rocks (and she is my alter ego, Arianna RainStar Faery) .... 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 "Gwynhefar" 3-D Poser graphic which graces a corner of my opening page (Another "cyber photo" of my ideal self, Lady Dorothea).


Special thanks to fantasy artist Josephine Wall for creating the mesmerizing "Magpie Faery" painting, which graces the other corner of my opening page (this silly little fey, who collects all kinds of discarded items which she then hangs on herself, further represents my alter ego, Arianna RainStar Faery, as an impish & curious little girl) .... If you have never experienced Ms. Wall's work, you simply MUST visit her site -- she is a master of fantasy artwork !


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 late friend, James Binegar, who passed away in November, 2005 following a lifelong battle with Cystic Fibrosis .... James made a beautiful Castle for me in 2002 -- Click here to view -- Thank you, James, for not only creating such a beautiful castle for me, but for your loving, giving, gentle spirit, and for encouraging me to walk with Jesus everyday -- I will cherish you and our friendship forever, and I will miss you always .... You were truly a "prince among men" -- May God rest your beautiful soul !!


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, music of all kinds, 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"!