a fun way of seeing your child grow…

The jump from 11 years old to 12 is astonishing. Puberty does a number on our children.  i would recommend to all parents…enjoy them (even when they are annoying us with babble about a video game or something)  before puberty makes them no longer yours. I mean, they would prefer hanging out with friends to…

how to freeze wishes for future use…

the childhood impulse to blow these dandelion seeds to the four winds still lives within me. I’m grateful for that. I like the feeling of hope showings it’s shining face. I picked these at their peek & sprayed them with high gloss varnish. i let their stems dry in the sun, on my windowsill.  I…

Art cats & their creators…

The girls are my Friday Afternoon art class. This is the completion of their amazing drawings of their cats. Doodle cats W/color

sometimes the best parking spot…

has little to do with distance. i parked my black car next to a blue building with a colorful mural. When i got out of the car to photograph the building, i saw a better view in the reflections on my car.

what boys say…

always sometimes make me smile. My art class boys arrive at my studio before i do. The boys decide to play basketball while they wait. I park in the garage & go to the front door to let them in, as i do, i notice that i have a WHITE POPPY! “Oh, gosh boys, isn’t it…

standing out orange

the first photo has stunningly orange flowers. the second photo is of orange blossoms…someday soon, with luck & love, they too, will be orange.

color outshines detail

So i removed the color, to view their form. seeing flowers this way, i can just image them unfolding in real time. weird?