oN A rOaD

Were on a road

to nowhere...la la la

no actually

I'm just so grateful

for my friends

the angels

that I sometimes

forget are there

it's been so good

to have had them

the last few days

when my road was

obliviated by the idiocy

of another.

Thank you kind angels

my health will return

as will my heart.

love you.

: )

FreAkiSh

Some people just behave

in very weird ways.

this sometimes

interferes with our happiness,

but only if we let it.

And then maybe there

is another side to their

life that we just don't see.

And maybe, most likely

they don't see it either!!!

check out this link to see what I mean...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfeXxkbgCVE

ya gotta love others.

bOOtsY

BurLap BootS

Wouldn't get ya

very far.

Mama says

wear sensible

shoes.

Or not.

: )

RuStY

Rusty Rooster heart

sculpture

StaRRy EyE

intimacy-

in-to-me-see

love

xx

KaRmiC ShiFt

the eye of the storm

clarity is key

vision needs to be clear

go within

speak your truth

honour yourself

trust yourself

love

mAgiC

Today I would like to be in this building

(the Chrysler Building, NYC)

to look out at all the twinkling lights

(it's my fav)

the city vibe

(professional people)

the energy

(dreams)

the possibilities...

(hold on)

Today my day sucked

(soul drain)

trying to fly like an eagle

(walking the walk)

lately surrounded by turkeys.

(gobble gobble)

There's a major karmic shift

(swirl)

rumbling

(bump bump)

and I'm almost done with this...

(whosh)

One day...

(freedom)

I'm grateful for my angels

(love)

and puzzled by those I

(love betrayed)

thought were friends.

(truth)

Grateful for the wisdom

(owl)

to know

(who who)

the difference.

(b & w)

Love those that you like

(hold them tight)

and try to love

(really try to love)

the rest.

Thank you universe.

Namaste

xx

FuR rOsEs

These are roses made out of fur

I didn't make 'em

but they're cool

beautiful

I saw 'em at

Grand Central Station

NYC

at a Christmas Sale.

I have a box of recycled fur...

hmmm.

They're wintery.

I started putting away

my winter clothes today

and taking out my spring & summer

clothes.

How nice, it's still May.

Last year I didn't get my winter stuff put away

till July.

A sign of better things to come?

I hope 'cause I had one heck

of a lousy day today.

You know one of those days when

the jerks seem to be around you.

I was good. I got away from them!!

whew.

xx

MiSS PiGGy & FiSh FaCe

sometime opposites attract

AND

love can come

in some pretty

weird desguises!

I found MiSS PiGGy

in a ditch

and my brother

fished it out for me

when we were on

a walk.

: )

DiRtPiLe

This is a pile of dirt,

it's in my front yard,

and one day,

it will become something,

--beautiful.

: )

PaThWaYs

create pathways

to places you want to go

then love the journey

xx

NuRtuRe LoVe

Sometimes

the moments go by and

they don't come back

treasure and nurture

your love

: )

GaRdeN DeSiGn

Design and creativity come thru

in many areas of my life...

: )

LoVe BuTToNs

my second mosaic

: )

SunRise

My first mosaic

: )

iF YoU cOuLd SeE mE nOw

This is the side of my yard...or should I say this is what the side of my yard USED TO look like!!

OMG, it looks completely different now!

I'm a landscape architect!

Who knew!

Yikes!

What a LoT of WORK

I am ready to get over a ToN

of reclaimed concrete

curb and cutter,

to be used for

benches,

lifted onto a prepared

raised area

(the high area)

that has been carefully

carved ito

the slope.

There are new gardens

and there will be

a crazy patch patio

of reclamed concrete

sidewalk.

And there's a view of

the snow capped

Mt. Arrowsmith.

: )

(the concrete saga continues!!)

oNe BluE eYe

I made this funny face with the last of some cement I was pouring one day...

I don't know why I love concrete

but I do

My stepfather had a cement mixer

I think I was fascinated by it

but he never used it

and I never learned anything about it

Right now I am cooking up a project

in my gardens

and it involves about a ton

of concrete

as soon as I can upload some pics

I will post more on the

concrete story

: )

FuNkY mEsH hOw-tO

Take some plastic mesh onion bags...

tear some leftover fabric from a prom dress into strips...

find the hole you ripped to get the onion out...

thread some beads on some crochet cotton...

crochet a design with beads

inside the hole to look like a spider's web

or an ankh cross...

thread a length of the torn fabric strips into a bodkin

and stitch around the hole with it...

thread lengths of torn fabric strips into a bodkin...

many times...

and weave and stitch through the mesh...

until you have something you like...

then love it.

MoTheRhOOd

I know this pic is outa focus, but unfortunately it was sent off in trade somewhere in the wild world, and I didn't get a better pic of it...

These ATC cards are more of the Womyn's Work series I did:

The serpant symbolism is considered to be associated with fertility.

I don't know why it resonated with me to use the snake for this series,

but I found the little plastic snake,

and I liked it with the text, and within the series.

For me, it worked.

This card below is about the pain a woman feels

when she cannot have babies.

I am so grateful for my baby.

I had a wonderful Mother's Day yesterday!

: )

I had two guys come over for 4 hours in the morning and we move a

TON of reclaimed broken concrete

that I am going to use to make planters and patios in my yard.

I was soooo happy to get in moved out of the entrance to my backyard!!

I received many little gifts and a homemade card with hearts from my son,

and I went out to lunch and out to dinner,

AND got to go to a home show.

Then I got to watch the third installment of the Cranford on PBS.

I was asleep by 11:15.

WOW!

gotta love it.

WoMyn'S WoRk

I made these cards for an Artist Trading Cards show as part of

Mayworks Celebration two years ago.

My theme was womyn's work.

Domestic work.

The work of keeping oneself looking "beautiful", the work of cleaning and sewing in the home, etc.

I cut up books for the first time in my life.

Boy, it was hard at first!

For he card above I used text from an Erma Bombeck humour book, I think, and pics from various magazines.

This card shows two womyn. One is sweeping, and the other is scrubbing the floor.

I included a label from a garment that said "laundry" and a piece of lace in the shape of a heart for LOVE, and an X out of red beads for KISSES.

The LOVE & KISSES are for the womyn.

I used the spelling of womyn without the MAN in it in honour of women, while being cognizant of the fact that... well, let's just put it this way, it's a feminist act.

Now men, you don't have to be offended because if you love womyn and want the best for them, then you are a feminist too. : )

Peace be blessed ones.

xx

FaShiOn ILLuStrAtioN

this is a fashion illustration I did a while ago that was published in the newspaper. I like to draw, and paint with watercolor. This one was done with marker tho. : )

FeeD tHe SoUL

i guess i'm on a food theme. Well I love good, healthy food. My mama was a health food nut, and she wasn't even a hippie. ; o ) Rare for the sixties...

I eat organic food whenever possible, and this year I hope to be growing some of my own food in my garden. I am digging and digging... the plants I have already growing to go in the garden are: chives, kale, marjarom, sage, lavendar (yes, you can eat it : ), tomatoes, mint, spinach, leeks. I have purchased some asparagus roots and I want to get some artichoke.

I also have TONS of perrenials that I have been collecting/propagating for years. It's fun.

I love my home.

sOniC tHe hEdGeHOg

This is a costume my son and I made together for Halloween. It was his idea, he picked out the fabric, and he stuffed all the spikes, I did all the sewing and patternwork. : )

heArT toAsT

I made this breakfast for my lovely little son. It could have been Valentine's Day, but it wasn't. IT was completely OUT OF THE BLUE. I was inspired to make something special for him, and then wake him up and surprise him. : ) I think he had to be somewhere that morning, so I made a hearty breakfast. mAn I love him!!

cReAtiOn-cinco de mayo

this is my first post on this new blog...

I am going to try to create something everyday.

It may be fibre-ish or it may be something else artistic- even food.

Sometimes I love the food I create.

Anyway, I want to focus on my creativity.

Recently, I was writing to someone, and I wrote "creativity is my life".

I had to think about that for a while.

The meaning of it runs deep with me, the roots of my creativity, and the encouragement of it began when I was a child.

Interestingly, it was something my mother really pointed out to me- that it was a strength of mine.

Funny, it only took me 40 years to realize it! : )

Funny how life works, and how things come around to be relevant to our consciousness.

I made this cake for my friend Arthur's 88th birthday.