Like a firework…

The red is first thing I noticed. But there is lime green & yellow in it’s center. Fine white fur, like a peach, stands on the green stem. Gerber Daisies remind me of fireworks~they are stunning & they were not made to last. I always ooh & ah (awe?) at a firework’s explosion, while I…

Details matter

Some of downtown Birmingham’s buildings shine, even though time should have dulled them. It’s because the details stand out. Someone cared enough to put a face in stone on a border that stands six stories high, just because they could. Now to have a building built…quick & cheap is more important then making a lasting…

My extraordinary day.

My mother came to spend the day with me.  One of my very best friends, Stephanie (I love you) came to visit for a while, too.  We spent the time we had together on the bed, where I’ve been since June 27th.  Broken Pelvis, bone infections, picc lines, home health nurse, fusions, stitches & lots…

Wild Hydrangea

Although, we can buy it in our nurseries. I bought two for our front yard. I love them.

Most Americans came from somewhere…

Almost all of us are descended from immigrants. The people who believe themselves entitled to this country & have nothing to prove to anyone, are the people who make us fall behind the rest of the world, in education, health, pride in making our stuff.  People have always been wary of strangers, every generation hated…

Art is Magic…

This was an idea I had for of the days of Creation. Sun & Moon. I have it wrong however, because the Moon is female & the Sun is male…forgive me. I started with the Sun, we used a coffee can top as the template for the circle. We used black oil pastel for the…

My artwork covers a Siddur

This is my second book that has my artwork in/on it. I am very proud to have this one. The students filled the pages with their art work too. I feel very, very blessed & humbled to have been commissioned twice for Siddur art work.

To see ourselves as others see us

based on Robert Burns poem.  this image I took a couple of years ago.  she felt beautiful at that moment & I was blessed to have caught it.