an illustration for last weeks theme at illustration friday, which was song.
a few minor calamities has keept me a little behind in my blogging activities.
for today sing the song!
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Monday, February 27, 2006
words
this little book is hand made by Ria at www.renmeleon.com. Thank you so much Ria. It is a little journal for my speaking stones, and each page has a letter to log the many speaking stone words. So nice, I love it. Thank you so!
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
sweetnellie surprise!
Gorgeous Mail! Lucky me. A new friend to share the studio with. She arrived yesterday via post from Sweetnellie. Please check out her other lovelies at www.flickr.com/photos/30257398@N00/
Thanks so much Trish!
xo
now what to name this new friend hmmmh?
Thanks so much Trish!
xo
now what to name this new friend hmmmh?
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
pillow kitties in a line
click on to see many more pillowy things.
i am stock piling pillows to have soft places to land.
i am stock piling pillows to have soft places to land.
Monday, February 20, 2006
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Monday, February 13, 2006
lovely garden
i am planting
seeds
to grow
a
lovely
garden
it starts first in a dark moist corner
of my mind
and the seeds
the gooduns
will become
big flowers
makin mama
proud
turning her face
up to the sun
and thanking the rain
on cloudy days
when vision is poor
an eye turned inward
to see
little sproutlings
being born
green and fresh and fragrant
the moss
and rock
helping
holding hands
in ancient patterns
that the world has spun
again again again
growin a garden
a lovely garden
half wild
half not
with everycolour
under the sun
in the greenhouse
under my skull
my fertile little noggin
i water rest watch listen
and hope
always hope
un alone
together
in time
and step
up to the very tops of trees
the hugest prize winningness flowers ever
smell 'em
take it
grow some
grow some more
gardens are good
in technicolour
in between dark rich
browns
and rusts
and green
green greens
and in silvery shadow
of greys
so quiet they whisper
so silent they sing
growing a lovely garden
growing
growing
growing
from seeds
tiniest thinist hardly visable
that is where the lovely garden begins
seeds
to grow
a
lovely
garden
it starts first in a dark moist corner
of my mind
and the seeds
the gooduns
will become
big flowers
makin mama
proud
turning her face
up to the sun
and thanking the rain
on cloudy days
when vision is poor
an eye turned inward
to see
little sproutlings
being born
green and fresh and fragrant
the moss
and rock
helping
holding hands
in ancient patterns
that the world has spun
again again again
growin a garden
a lovely garden
half wild
half not
with everycolour
under the sun
in the greenhouse
under my skull
my fertile little noggin
i water rest watch listen
and hope
always hope
un alone
together
in time
and step
up to the very tops of trees
the hugest prize winningness flowers ever
smell 'em
take it
grow some
grow some more
gardens are good
in technicolour
in between dark rich
browns
and rusts
and green
green greens
and in silvery shadow
of greys
so quiet they whisper
so silent they sing
growing a lovely garden
growing
growing
growing
from seeds
tiniest thinist hardly visable
that is where the lovely garden begins
Sunday, February 12, 2006
babble before sun rise
lets see what this insomnia brings. it isn't exactly insomnia although it is early. but rather odd napping. falling into slumber and inattentive movie watching. lets be truthful, i have a bug. its in my throat and ears and nose, i call it fred, although it is female and its real name is frederica.
apparently throat pain has to do with unexpressed words and feelings, perhaps this type type typing will ease the pain.
360 degree tour at 5:01 this morning. in darkness less the glow of esmerelda the computer
chilly a little in a grey tee shirt with a stain and monkey pants
behind me rubble and clutter and heaps and hopes
papers and pillows and things not put away and suitcases filled with flowers and fabrics and all sorts of trim
actually the trim is in a purse of straw
kermit, an iron, unstuffed pillows, a quiet fax machine, the door that is closed.
down the hall sleepers one , and two
outside the street lamp with an orange glow
across the street an old age home with one of the windows illuminated
perhaps i should go and cross the road fly up to the window with a gentle rap rap and ask if they wish to play
chinese checkers or if they have any coco or spare chocolate around or maybe a soothing herbal tea camomile?
my mind like a quiet and dark city street, slick and alert and dead in a way
up the wall white rectangles drawings of jays of odd things and onions in black and white
in the window a dream catcher and an old frame, no glass just a little sweet metal
a rack of scissors from sandy from christmas
ladybugs that relieve achy muscels
a tangerine box full of c.d.s
thoughts zig zag and rick rack
sleep is seeping in
and the throat eases a little as all the words spill out
good morning
good night
apparently throat pain has to do with unexpressed words and feelings, perhaps this type type typing will ease the pain.
360 degree tour at 5:01 this morning. in darkness less the glow of esmerelda the computer
chilly a little in a grey tee shirt with a stain and monkey pants
behind me rubble and clutter and heaps and hopes
papers and pillows and things not put away and suitcases filled with flowers and fabrics and all sorts of trim
actually the trim is in a purse of straw
kermit, an iron, unstuffed pillows, a quiet fax machine, the door that is closed.
down the hall sleepers one , and two
outside the street lamp with an orange glow
across the street an old age home with one of the windows illuminated
perhaps i should go and cross the road fly up to the window with a gentle rap rap and ask if they wish to play
chinese checkers or if they have any coco or spare chocolate around or maybe a soothing herbal tea camomile?
my mind like a quiet and dark city street, slick and alert and dead in a way
up the wall white rectangles drawings of jays of odd things and onions in black and white
in the window a dream catcher and an old frame, no glass just a little sweet metal
a rack of scissors from sandy from christmas
ladybugs that relieve achy muscels
a tangerine box full of c.d.s
thoughts zig zag and rick rack
sleep is seeping in
and the throat eases a little as all the words spill out
good morning
good night
Friday, February 10, 2006
at the museum pillow
much pillow making
the world can be hard
pillows are soft
the back of this one is brown corduroy
me and rita, the sewing machine
have been getting on well,
much pillow making
more can be seen in the pillow set at flickr and some are also featured at www.kimssuitcase.etsy.com and ready to be purchased by pillow needing people
the world can be hard
pillows are soft
the back of this one is brown corduroy
me and rita, the sewing machine
have been getting on well,
much pillow making
more can be seen in the pillow set at flickr and some are also featured at www.kimssuitcase.etsy.com and ready to be purchased by pillow needing people
Thursday, February 09, 2006
chairs
for this weeks theme at illustration friday,
please click on the image and go to largest size at flickr so you can see all the little chairs a little bigger
please click on the image and go to largest size at flickr so you can see all the little chairs a little bigger
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
corner of my home
Welcome to this corner of my apartment. Ring the bells and speak to the gods...Click on the photo to read all about what is inside this little shrine of mine.
xo
xo
Monday, February 06, 2006
Ines' surprise package
Mail is good, but this mail was not only good but wonderful too. Too many surprises to fit in the frame, including balls of lovely yarn and star sequins. Thank you so much Ines! The box is also covered in great stamps of the landscape of Portugal, very nice!
Friday, February 03, 2006
I have been tagged!
keri tagged me see her in the links,
4 things, 4 things, 4 things
the number scares me a little it means death in Japanese a little unlucky like the number 13, to me it represents stability and for some reason that scares me too. It is my sisters favorite number and she likes the square as well. My favorite number is three...three saved my life, stopped me from dissapearing out of the blue, I use to chant three, three, threeeee all the way home!
this above has nothing to do with the tag, just a little preambles-do...
here we go, one, two, three, four!
4 jobs I have had.
-bookstore clerk, for ever and a day..Currently in a somewhat charming and utterly seedy second hand book, music and movie store
-special educational assistant, for children and young adults with special needs, one high light of this job was taking 4 autistic boys to the royal winter fair...We all liked the wonder dogs
-camp arts instructor at a arts day camp, the only job I ever got fired from (it was about me wanting the process to be important rather than the product...We made an awesome multi media mural, but no ashtray...ca va)
-bookworm, an actual bookworm in a costume for a spelling bee (the fairy princess costume didn't fit...The story of my life)
the girl that won the bee is one of my heros she was so passionate and intense and she could spell!
4 Movies I watch over and over
-Harold and Maude
-Housekeeping by Bill Forsyth if only I could get my hands on a copy
-Ghost World based on the Dan Clowes comic, if only Simon would please return it.
-Antonia's Line
4 Places I have lived
-Toronto, Toronto, Toronto, Toronto,
north, west, east
-Akita, Japan for 9 months
-Berlin, Germany for 3 months
-Cuckfield,England for 18 months
I was born there
4 TV Shows (over the course of my entire life)
-the Friendly Giant
-Batman (live action from the 1960's)
-H.R. Puffin Stuff
-coronation Street (currently since I was six)
4 Places I have vacationed
-Lodz, Poland
-Shodoshima, Japan
-New York City
-Montreal
4 of my favorite dishes
-Dim Sum
-Okonomiyaki
-Mummy's Roast Lamb
-Jay's first date Eggplant Parmesan
4 sites I visit daily
(please click on the links to take you there)
-Keri
-Tania
-Loose Tooth
(check out how Brandy spent her birthday!)
-Flikr, cause I am an image junkie!
many others, also etsy to go to a virtual
craft show each day...Is that four?
4 Places I would rather Be
that's hard as I am quite hobbit-ish in my stay at home
drinking tea way...But
-in the company of friends and a pot of tea
-having a swim
-lost
-somewhere I have never been!
I tag, Dave H, Rhya, Tania, and Cindy at Learning Daily
and Rhonda who keeps me on my toes...is that 4,
I failed math as well as spelling!
xoxo
4 things, 4 things, 4 things
the number scares me a little it means death in Japanese a little unlucky like the number 13, to me it represents stability and for some reason that scares me too. It is my sisters favorite number and she likes the square as well. My favorite number is three...three saved my life, stopped me from dissapearing out of the blue, I use to chant three, three, threeeee all the way home!
this above has nothing to do with the tag, just a little preambles-do...
here we go, one, two, three, four!
4 jobs I have had.
-bookstore clerk, for ever and a day..Currently in a somewhat charming and utterly seedy second hand book, music and movie store
-special educational assistant, for children and young adults with special needs, one high light of this job was taking 4 autistic boys to the royal winter fair...We all liked the wonder dogs
-camp arts instructor at a arts day camp, the only job I ever got fired from (it was about me wanting the process to be important rather than the product...We made an awesome multi media mural, but no ashtray...ca va)
-bookworm, an actual bookworm in a costume for a spelling bee (the fairy princess costume didn't fit...The story of my life)
the girl that won the bee is one of my heros she was so passionate and intense and she could spell!
4 Movies I watch over and over
-Harold and Maude
-Housekeeping by Bill Forsyth if only I could get my hands on a copy
-Ghost World based on the Dan Clowes comic, if only Simon would please return it.
-Antonia's Line
4 Places I have lived
-Toronto, Toronto, Toronto, Toronto,
north, west, east
-Akita, Japan for 9 months
-Berlin, Germany for 3 months
-Cuckfield,England for 18 months
I was born there
4 TV Shows (over the course of my entire life)
-the Friendly Giant
-Batman (live action from the 1960's)
-H.R. Puffin Stuff
-coronation Street (currently since I was six)
4 Places I have vacationed
-Lodz, Poland
-Shodoshima, Japan
-New York City
-Montreal
4 of my favorite dishes
-Dim Sum
-Okonomiyaki
-Mummy's Roast Lamb
-Jay's first date Eggplant Parmesan
4 sites I visit daily
(please click on the links to take you there)
-Keri
-Tania
-Loose Tooth
(check out how Brandy spent her birthday!)
-Flikr, cause I am an image junkie!
many others, also etsy to go to a virtual
craft show each day...Is that four?
4 Places I would rather Be
that's hard as I am quite hobbit-ish in my stay at home
drinking tea way...But
-in the company of friends and a pot of tea
-having a swim
-lost
-somewhere I have never been!
I tag, Dave H, Rhya, Tania, and Cindy at Learning Daily
and Rhonda who keeps me on my toes...is that 4,
I failed math as well as spelling!
xoxo
Thursday, February 02, 2006
zines and posies and all things rosie and not
I invite those of you in Toronto to come to the Cut n' Paste show at Sneaky Dee's this coming Saturday February the 4th. It is a zine show. I will be there with a suitcase full of flowers. For more information please go to
www.geocities.com/cutnpastezines
www.geocities.com/cutnpastezines
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