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A Knock at the Door 2009 Wall Calendar

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In 2004, Duirwaigh president Angi Sullins set a special poem to gorgeous paintings and lovely music, forming an online video. If you're like me, you may have not only saw this internet sensation, but also derived great pleasure from it--passing along the like to friends and family all over the world.

In Spring of 2008, publisher Amber Lotus published a book based on this short film, and it now has another incarnation: the 2009 Knock at the Door wall calendar.

With lush imagery from eight different artists, including Sullins' partner Silas Toball, this otherworldly calendar is both beautiful and functional. In fact, it's the first wall calendar that I've ever seen that lists Pagan/Wiccan holidays throughout the year.

Each breathtaking painting measures about 9 x 9 inches, with a subdued yet attractive dark green textured patterned border. (With the border, the entire top image is about one foot square). Two uplifting sayings are printed above and below each colorful painting, written in white flowing script.

For example, a golden haired robed woman holding a wand graces a wintry, but warm scene for the month of March. The sayings accompanying the picture are "When was the last time you consulted your faerie godmother?" at top, and "At the edges of your vision, beyond the bend of your awareness, the faeries wait, eager to give your wishes wings" at the bottom.

The date part of the 2009 Knock at the Door calendar looks almost like a smooth, sand-colored stone with unobtrusive yet elegant design around the edges. The moon cycles are noted throughout each month, as well as significant international holidays (including Bastille Day and World AIDS Day), as well as religious holidays from the Christian, Hindu, Muslim, Jewish and Pagan traditions.

The Blue Moon is noted as is the Buddhist Wesak Moon, as well as notification of Mercury Retrograde periods (how cool is that?) American Federal holidays are also given their due, as well as lesser known celebrations and dates (e.g. the Dalai Lama's birthday and Random Acts of Kindness Week).

For the environmentally conscious, you'll be pleased to know that the interior pages of the 2009 Knock at the Door wall calendar are created from 100% recycled paper (54% post-consumer). In addition, the interior pages are printed using soy-based ink. Kudos to Amber Lotus being a member of the Green Press Initiative!

If you're looking for an utterly gorgeous calendar to hang on your wall or give as a gift, I highly recommend the 2009 Knock at the Door Calendar. Providing contemplative sayings and calm reflection amid these busy times, this calendar will not only remind you of important dates and personal appointments, but also provide ethereal art to decorate your personal space throughout the year.

What amazing artwork. It's hard to understand why this stuff is on a calendar because I'd imagine that some people would pay very well to have a copy of these paintings in nice frames in their favorite room for decoration and artwork.

The opening design is particularly delightful. Buy this calendar and enjoy such beauty for an entire year!

The imagery in this calender is amazing! Beautiful art for the eyes to behold all year! My favorite month is April. Animee Stewart has a gift! BUY IT!

Aimee Stewart is one of the best digital artists working today. Her artwork is lush and enchanting, so much so that I feel my heart singing with every new turn of the page. I bought this calendar not with tracking days in mind. I bought it strictly to take apart and hang each month's masterpiece in frames on my wall. I know I'll be buying many prints from her website in the years to come to bring light to a sometimes drab world.

I purchased this calendar so that I'd have something eye-catching on my wall while I tracked various appointments, events, etc. The calendar looks great down to the fonts and background chosen for the calendar area, let alone the stunning artwork.

I found this calendar last year for the first time in a store. I went searching for it online and found it here at Amazon. I wasn't disappointed. The pictures are beautiful and I like the sayings.I hope to buy one next year as well and because the pictures are so beautiful I am tempted to buy old ones as well. They are really collectibles.

It's big and pretty. The paper is of decent quality, I think when the year is up I'll cut out the pictures and frame them. It lists lots of Holidays. I really enjoy this calendar and I'm glad I got it.

The wonderful inspired movie touched me and all I have shared it with. It has stunning imagery, the wonderful hardingfiddle and lovely text that you never want to end. Even the most hard boiled personality has found it quite simply beautiful. The companion 2009 Calendar is a delight to have on the wall. Unlike most calendars that you look at the picture the first day you open it, with this one you want to come back to again and again and you will always find something new to see. If you like this kind of art work I think this calendar is the best in it's class. It makes my heart smile every time I look at it. Also as mentioned by someone else it has a great deal of additional information including the lesser know holidays and the moon cycles which can be very helpful. I truly hope they will make another calendar for 2010. A simple heads up is don't use gel pens if you want to keep the pictures because they may bleed through :)

This calendar is gorgeous. Full of rich, colorful, detailed pictures that will take you right back to your favorite fairy tale daydreams from when you were a kid.

Magical artisty, captivating imagery... it transports you to another world.

It truly is beautiful, I love it!