a plea

what is happening to june?
so far
it has been just cruddy weather.
my flowers are blooming
and my garden is growing,
but,
i am not able to get outside
and enjoy them.
please send me some sunshine!

 

 

a drink

 

i am not at all particular about my starbucks.

sometimes,

i think the person taking my order,

and all the people

in line behind me -
are inwardly rolling their eyes.
sorry!

a class

since artfest
i have fallen in love
with the plexiglass portraits.
so far i have done four -
and i would do more -
if my husband would hurry up
and cut my new plexiglass for me.
i also
helped teach the techniques
to a high school art class.
it was really fun,
and i think most of the kids enjoyed it too,
and they did a really great job.
here is some of our work.

 

 

 

a may

i've finally had time to sit and write.
i realized that i haven't been on here
for the WHOLE month of may.
so here is what i have been up to...
formed some new good habits,
visited devin at uni for a long weekend,
helped dawson register and choose classes for uni in the fall,
watched koen play at a steel drum festival,
read the '7 habits of a highly effective people' - love it,
discussed the possibility of small business partnership -
with my sweet sissy,
helped teach a high school art class, and
went to the art gallery for a workshop with said class,
planted a garden - and weeded that garden,
organized and planned for our church's vbs,
helped heather (sissy) -
make 170 mother's day sunflower cupcakes -
to raise money for cancer research,
we nursed a very sick, baby goat
for almost 2 weeks -
before he finally died.

june is here-
and it's chilly.
i am waiting -
in anticipation -
for my boy
to come home for the summer.
only one more sleep!

sunflower cupcakes

visit with devin @ wwu

stella putting the love on buddy the goat

a smell

it smells like spring.

 

an apron

i started using this apron
at the art retreat.

i think it helps me to focus -
and keep on task.
it makes me feel
like art
is something that i really do.
it makes me feel all creative-ish.
yes, the apron helps.
the apron
and of course
chocolate.
chocolate helps too.

a retreat

russ's aunt sometimes jokes -
'why are these people always retreating -
shouldn't they be moving forward?'
i spent last weekend
at artfest -
an art retreat.
it was a really good time.
and i feel
like i moved forward.
i learned new techniques,
and i tried new things -
i actually had the most fun,
doing things i didn't think i'd like.
there was quite a lot of people there -
and a little overwhelming
for little introverted me,
but i did manage
to chat up a few others.
i did 3 workshops -
watercolor butterflies,
plexiglass portraits,
& whimsical wings.
here is some of what i created...

(class shot - i did not create these)

a man

who says
you can't
jump on the trampoline
in the snow?

we just got a light dusting
last weekend.
it came hard and fast
and we really thought
it would amount to something.
but no,
it stopped
just as quickly as it started.
he had fun while it lasted.
speaking of him having fun.
this week,
he wanted to walk to the corner store -
by himself.
i was screaming on the inside -
but i let him go.
he ran all the way there -
and all the way back.
he thought he'd seen a man
with a chloroform cloth,
but he was just wiping his nose
in the end.
(too much tin-tin).
he wasn't scared -
he was pumped.
he said so -
"i am so pumped! -
i feel like a man!",
it's so hard to let them go,
but so satisfying.