it’s true

designing something…i may use later for delivering to preschools for art classes. Just playing for now.

free antidepressant

I grew up in Vermont. My parents will tell you it was six months of winter. I remember it as, “this is life & what else is there?” My parents had lived in other places & disliked the length of Vermont winters. When my mother was feeling blue from winter, she would take us to…

a string of holidays

behind us. before they took over our everyday lives, did they bring joy? Or stress?

a. Saab’s SAAB story

rear ended by GMC Yucon on Wednesday. This SAAB is a bloody tank. The SUV hit the bumper then the steel cage & pushed me (because the roads were wet from rain) into a black NEW BMW, he did swerve, but I did clip him. The BMW pulled over like the WONDERFUL man who hit…

wonderful gift idea for Grandparents…or anyone

I wrote these words on card stock & gave them to the children to color.  I gave ‘We’ to my youngest because it has the fewest letters, therefor less effort required.  My oldest daughter, she had to color both, ‘Grandpa & Bubbe’ & ‘Nana & Giddy’ for both sets of grandparents (Bubbe is for a…

Sir Henry

We got home from school @ 3:45. Henry & I made the sword & shield out of matt board. He painted the shield, I did the sword. My daughter found the ‘&’ dragon on the internet & cut it out from photo paper. Outlined everything in jumbo sharpie. My silver shirt on backwards, my brown…

she has wings

she is bolted to the earth. she can feel the wind against her face as though she is in flight, but she remains grounded. a bit like life then.

pun intended

 Mums the word I’ve got balls I’ve been pieced togetherI’m tired These pix were taken on an overcast, blah day & taken within a few minutes of each other, not far from my neighborhood.  I’ve just started driving again & the feeling of freedom was so intense, I felt as though i were flying.  I had only…

weathered art

This is pressure treated lumber, placed deep in Perdido Bay ground. this place where fresh water meets the ocean. ocean winds sometimes pushes rain water against it. sometimes the Gulf of Mexico sends hurricane wind & water beat it relentlessly. this wood receives light reflected from the water below it & some seasons the wood…