quote inside the origami box

My very creative mother loves making origami boxes & she sells them at the Four Seasons store in Homewood, Alabama. Inside the boxes is always a surprise. Sometimes inside the box is a photograph, or a toy depending on the closest holiday. That is what I found in mine. Peace.

Peace, love & Blue

I saw the three symbols together somewhere in my wanderings. & thought it would be perfect for Blue. I blasted him so that the words would stand out a bit. Because he is so overexposed looking, he is almost ghost like. I know that when he left us, he loved us all.

i decided to make him into different forms and images of art

Because I’ve heard ART HEALS, bring it on. That is an old issue of The New York Times. After reading it, I used it as a drop cloth. I thought it funny that it was the Children’s picture book best seller list. Because if i wrote a story about this dog and i paint him…

Oops, my brother, Jason took this one

I signed it without thinking. Only thinking of claiming the child/woman that belongs to me. My twin took the photograph, which is amazing. If you don’t want this child around, just whip out a camera. Gone without a trace. ;( So I was very happy to get this one.

i can’t help it.

I mean, really~look at those dimples. & yes he got his hair cut the next day.

two hearts

My son found a heart shaped rock & I asked him to show it me. He said, “This is how I feel about you, Mom.” Girls are born to go, they learn fast. Boys hold on tight to their mothers & learn very, very slowly. Boys come bouncing into the room like Tigger, with their…

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I never liked the game. Whether I went to hide or I had to find. I was always worried if i hid myself away, the seeker would go inside & watch t.v. & I would never be found, or no one would bother. If I was the seeker, I thought the hiders would turn into…