Monday, September 26, 2011

Monday Haiku



Monday Haiku

ROSE OF SHARON BLOOMS
USHERING IN THE END OF
SULTRY SUMMER DAYS


Sunday, September 25, 2011

Painting



Untitled
I am taking "Let's Face It" an online class by Jodi Ohl at Creative Workshops.
The class is described as a creative discovery of ourselves using paint, collage, portraits, and journal writing as forms of expression. The class takes you through a series of lessons using a board book as your canvas. I branched out and did my first painting on a 12 x 12 canvas to donate to a fund raiser for the arts in Hartford. The photos show my progress as I worked on my painting. I now plan to go back and complete the lessons in order in my board book.





Fairy House



Fairy House
And as the seasons come and go, here's something you might like to know. There are fairies everywhere: under bushes, in the air, playing games just like you play, singing through their busy day. So listen, touch, and look around - in the air and on the ground. And if you watch all nature's things, you might just see a fairy's wing. ~Author Unknown


Hand in hand, with fairy grace,
Will we sing, and bless this place.
~William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream

I got together with a few friends last week for an afternoon of creating.
Some of us made fairy houses. In the garden, mine awaits it's new residents.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Monday Haiku



Monday Haiku

DEAR SISTER DON'T FRET
VISITORS COME TO SEE YOU
THEY WON'T NOTICE DUST


BEFORE

AFTER

Monday, September 12, 2011

Monday Haiku



Monday Haiku

DRY LEATHERY SKIN
WITH SHORT LEGS AND WART LIKE GLANDS
MY PRINCE IN DISGUISE


Monday, September 5, 2011

Monday Haiku

MONDAY HAIKU

POWER HAS RETURNED
GENERATORS CEASE TO HUM
BIRD'S SONGS CAN BE HEARD


Monday, August 22, 2011

Monday Haiku





Monday Haiku


MAKING ELLA'S BED
ALL THREE WORKING TOGETHER
A LABOR OF LOVE

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Monday Haiku on Tuesday



Monday Haiku


THE SUMMER RAIN FALLS
PROVIDING TRANQUILITY
QUENCHING MANY THIRSTS

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Monday Haiku on Tuesday



Monday Haiku

NORTH COUNTRY SUMMER
THE CLOUDS HANG ON THE MOUNTAINS
BECKONING US ON.

Monday, August 1, 2011

Monday Haiku



Monday Haiku

HOT SUMMER SUN SHINES
BRIGHT DAFFODILS HAVE FADED
AND THE GRASS IS BROWN


Sunday, July 24, 2011

Monday Haiku



Monday Haiku


THE ARTIST WITHIN
CONTEMPLATING HER CANVAS
CREATES PURPLE BALL.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Monday Haiku


LONG THE SUMMER DAY
PATTERNS ON THE OCEAN SAND
OUR IDLE FOOTPRINTS
Shiki

Monday, July 11, 2011

Party At The Carousel



Granddaughter's Birthday Party at the Carousel in Bushnell Park in Hartford.

A 24-sided pavilion houses a vintage 1914 Carousel with 48 hand-carved wooden horses and two lovers' chariots that swirl around a booming Wurlitzer band organ.







It was fun afternoon for everyone!

Monday Haiku




SWALLOW IN THE DUSK...
SPARE MY LITTLER BUZZING FRIENDS
AMONG THE FLOWERS
Basho

Grampi's Birthday



A Great Birthday Card From A 5 Girl
Two Ducks and a Fish


From right to left - Grammy, Grampi with a cane and beard,
an easel with a painting of the sky, a rainbow and a dog,
balls, Bailey, Cami kicking the balls, and Chase.