Friday, August 27, 2010

back to school...





The first week of school is almost over. Everything went smoothly. One was happy to go back, the other three would never admit such a thing. I was a bit sad at first, it's always sad to see summer end. But the hours of undisrupted quiet are so...lovely. So here I am, reveling in the peace and creating away to my heart's content. I really love my life...


Wednesday, August 25, 2010

change...


If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies...

Friday, August 20, 2010

miracles...






From one of my favorite books ever...Charlotte's Web..."Do you understand how there could be any writing in a spider's web?" "Oh, no," said Dr. Dorian. "I don't understand it. But for that matter I don't understand how a spider learned to spin a web in the first place. When the words appeared, everyone said they were a miracle. But nobody pointed out that the web itself is a miracle."


Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

small creations...


small creations...stolen moments out of a busy day...because that's all I have time for right now...

Thursday, August 12, 2010

nature's small gifts...





...a magical door leading to the fairy realm; a soft, pale moth's wing; a papery bee's nest with it's mysterious nooks; a glittering, irridescent dragonfly wing; a tiny, tiny perfectly formed pink sea shell...these are nature's gifts to us...bits of hope in our wide, wide world...



Saturday, August 7, 2010

happy birthday Cassidy...




Where, oh where, did the last fifteen years go? They slipped by almost as fast as the sand in this tiny hourglass. Wishing a happy birthday to our dear, sweet Cassidy who turns fifteen today!

Monday, August 2, 2010

breathtakingly beautiful...


For whatever we lose (like a you or a me), it's always our self we find in the sea.
-e.e. cummings-