planets

planets, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

sit

sit, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

martha stewart speaks to me in my dreams

Please, thanks #1, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

martha stewart took me over to the home of an extremly wealthy friend.

in order to further get into the house there was a humungos waterfall
let's say the same size as niagara falls

i was to say the least taken aback
the deluge would kill
or would it..

martha was very encouraging
told me it was just an illusion,
a security device and to walk through it
'just walk through it'
said martha, gently guiding me with one arm around my shoulder

i was really frightened
seriously
a water fall the size of niagara
but with martha's kind words and gently but firm persuasion
i did just that

'oh my god' i exclaimed it was just an illusion....

****

great news by the way,
i have recently been told i have been accepted into the christmas
one of a kind show here in toronto....


oh martha give me strenght!!

felt leaves

felt leaves, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

http://www.nathalie-roze.com/newsframe.html

it's true on the 23rd another crafternoon tea will happen at nathalie-roze and co.

it's a mini this time, in the courtyard of her shop
please come by to say hello and check out the nice makes
the locals have done.

no ledge

no ledge, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

so much to tell
quiet bird twitter
of backyard sanctuary
about a million shades of green
trees make a wall
puzzle pieces of blue sky
jig saw cut sunlight
and fluff of the tree
that is sending off
a zillion puffy seeds
gathered up like fish eggs
salmon row, only white
air, no liquid space

i am thinking about
the spaces in between
textiles that show the
weave like summer linen
textiles made up of space
like lace

i have so much to tell
pregnant with stories
new experiences and
powerful dreams

let things come to you

from a 'yogi' tea bag
ginger raspberry flavour

today a day off has come to me.
my workshop having been cancelled.
oh well.

a day off, hmmh been having a few of those lately
being well.

out of the no frills came simon,
an old friend who i brought home for tea
and back yard enjoyment.

he told excellent stories,
as he always does

i had been thinking of him,
and that day he me...
and well then we had tea!

the other day i called kathleen
and we meet in the park,
with her beautiful threeee
year old louisa and my wee
dog owen, we romped
and then backyarded in her
backyard and i had a lovely lunch
and we talked turkey, literally 'cause
kathleen a film maker went to show her
film in a feminist film festival in turkey
her film is a short called 'lost things'
a very thought provoking short,
honoured to have done the illustration for her poster,
i might mention
any way organic eggs are way yellow
and taste awesome

gave owen a bath the other day
on the impulse cause he was
watching me so enjoy the tub
and grabbed my pal bay's
handmade shampoo bar soap
then all the dogs loved him more
and thought he smelled too delicious

today is sunny and the air is clear
and all the little doggies frolicked
and things came to me like space
and stretch and wellness
and it is all well just excellent.

really i am not a polly anna with
rose coloured glasses, it's just
that moment to moment
air and sun can be so so fine.

peace
and
love
to you!!

pouch grey corduroy collage woman

pouch grey corduroy collage woman, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

this little pouch has found it's way to a gifty shop, along with other of my makes if in Picton please vist

Kelly's
197 Main Street
Picton,Ontario

www.kellyshop.com

Picton is a very pretty little town, near Sandbanks National Park
My friend Bay the soap maker and bee keeper lives near Picton
her stuff is lovely. Please check out her site at

www.honeypieh.com

My favorite is her signature scent and soap "Bay" it smells great.

now to walk in rain,
eat bacon
(yes i am aware it is bad)
drink tea

make beds
sew bookmarks
putter
wander
enjoy rain colours

laundry
something for dinner

run errand
make custom button for huge
look for poems from the mall for christine
return vivian's phone call from last week!
find vivians number

remove clutter

see you soon.

peace out.

please fill the kettle

WIP, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

a glorious weekend to you all,
with much tea iced and other wise.

xo

smelling lillies of the valley instead

today
thrifty thursday
at the goodwill 50% off
thought my wallet was pick pocketed
instead it waits at home

perhaps a signal to end the constant stock piles
of things i might need

and smell the lillies of the valley instead

left behind
one long sleeve black t-shirt
one lovely cotton black turtle neck sweater
dogs in canada anual magazine 2006
book on quilting
book on creative machine embroidery
a new type nancy drew mystery
and a book about a motorcycle adventure


in the garden green
dandylion puff balls
sparce lillac in bloom
too talk grass that i like
leaves of green
green green

dog barks
iron reaches temperature

and that is that

number 3

number 3, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

june the 9th i will be teaching my creativecard making workshop (which focuses of collage and sewing on paper) at www.nathalie-roze.com in leslieville, it will be in the afternoon this time. the past workshops have been lots of fun, the scones and tea are always lovely and the introduction to the sewing machine seems to help people become less afraid of it. please tell your friends who might be interested.

thanks,
kim

the day i didn't have clean underpants

remember the june day in the picture
blue cotton boomers taken against the slide in the concrete playground
hair in bunches and bobbles
uncle bobby sweat shirt
brother and self in a tree at niagara falls

against the leaves of green white flowers
with yellow centers

today i explained to owen he was gonna loose his balls
so when the males in the park came up to him sniffing around
to see if he had balls he wouldn't
and because bob barker from the price is right keeps saying so

imagine being memorable for this historic quote
"remember get your pets spay and neutred"


tired today
looking for a place to dance
sick to death of sitting
when my whole body says 'hi remember me?"
and i am and i do and then i recall what music
makes me do sway and swoon and fall in love
and want to dance dance dance one more dance

i will arrange a time and place
and secretly tango
with a rose in my mouth
recalling the tango contest i won at 14
at a resort called delawana with a talk blonde girl with moxy

and recall too coming of age
getting a period
the mystery of big fat tampons with no aplicator
and being called pumpkin even though i wasn't that round

memories don't need to be made they seep in
brew like the best coffee
steep like the best tea

sitting the snapsizes sizzle one to the other
and in the shower i just notice that on the shower head
there is a setting for niagara which i have never used
but choosing chance and experience over the fear of deluge
i just might

broken pencil magazine review

broken pencil magazine review, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

in this spring's issue,
they say nice things about my book cosies.

thanks broken pencil!

non- reactive

necklace, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

do you like my new necklace?
it is made of a non-reactive metal called titanium, the same metal for plates in the head.

i like the idea of 'non-reactive'
because much of my meditation practice is teaching me this concept....and good golly it is a big one.

very light is this necklace and i feel it is quite beautiful.

the necklace is made by a young jeweller named Aurora Simmons
of Lorica Designs www.loricadesigns.ca

workshop

Just a note to let you know there is still space available in the workshop I am teaching on Saturday morning at Nathalie-Roze and Company, in Toronto's Leslieville. Come on down and then check out the tree festival in the same area!
The workshop is in creative card making featuring sewing on paper, and using bits and bobs, interesting ephemera and such.
For more information please check out the workshop page on Nathalie-Roze's website (I have a link to her site at the bottom of my blog)

burnt toast

burnt toast spring cover, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

Always a pleasure to illustrate anything for my favorite foodie magazine. Quirky and fun, informative too. Check out the site.
www.burnt-toast.ca

Here are my wee sacrificial lambs...
and there are a few more inside.

so much

buttons mostly fabric, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

i have been enjoying my button press
taking scraps of fabric
images
bits and bobs
and ordering them into neat little events
button moments

the trees and the grass are so out
the sky blue blue

nagging heart about trash the dog ate
learning to meditate and train a puppy
so much a like
occasionally creating great angst

button press is safe
mechanical
magical
using muscel

so much
with a net too big
the thoughts just fly through
but i though
it might be good
to sit
and type
words
and
see

what is what
for now

dictionary buttons

dictionary buttons, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

flimsy
bust
cat's-paw
fling
flicker
flight
bushy
busy
bus


i got my button maker.
i got it from www.babbleweb.ca
located in toronto, shopping local is good

button making is fun!

teeter

button teeter green, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

totter

five o'clock five minutes

five o'clock
five minutes
to tell you a story

this is the story of a moment from yesterday.
the cast:
me
dog
daughter
big tree
police cruiser
the setting:
park

action.
i look up into the big bare tree right into the vein branches and up into blue sky
i look down, into textured bark, marks and ripples and history
i hug tree, arms wrapped only half way round because tree is so old and wise and wide
i say"
I love you!
actually i shout
I love you


unbeknowst to me
a police crusier pulls up
it isn't enough that Bea is rolling her eyes, (just a little)
police officer says'
okay i've got to ask
i reply
just loving this tree
police officer,
a nature lover eh ( thinks nature nut...i am presumming)
just loving this tree
i repeat

x
five minutes are up

tea in a tree pouch

pouch tea in a tree, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

featuring zig-zag from my new old Kenmore/Janome circa 1970 and running sweet as a dream

now back to sewing cards and perhaps later a little spot of tea in a tree.

jean couple pouch

jean couple pouch, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

...saying sayonara to an old pair of blue jeans never felt so good

box of pencils

box of pencils, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

friday morning begins with a box of pencil crayons belonging to someone else once...
i think friedrich took a flight to holland from hamburg
and liked green and photo brown
occasion had it he played golf and the lottery
and did quite a few drawings
who is friedrich c. jenson?
and was this his box of pencil?
smelling of must
and mildew
and rescued
from the goodwill
i continue
maybe
veillicht
where friedrich left off

Bea's Pirate Adventure

Bea's Pirate Adventure, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

Bea did this. I particularly like the crocodile.

i sew love you

i sew love you, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

one of my new designs for a button.
soon a real live button press will be mine,

ideas swamp my mind
in a good way

happy sunday

wind, points, return,

wind blows on open field
leaves of brown clink to chain link fence

for today's magic trick
i return to a place i once was
this time as a healthy volunteer
and this time the option is mine to come or go.

no i wasn't in prison,
exactly...

i will learn to be mindful
i will learn to meditate
and my fear of inclosed spaces
will vanish in a puff of smoke
actually that is the worry,
the cable of the elevator breaking
into a puff of smoke

any way
i will learn to sit
and lean into points
and the next time i have to fill out a rather tideous application form
i will not eat a bag of hard candy

but put my fingers on the coffee table like the lady in the video
and contemplate...
contemporary building materials such as plywood..
no no
i will be mindful and conscious
and only have a couple of hard candies
that i taste and suck rather than crunch.

today it was windy
and cold
and owen's tail curled just right
and wearing the chocolate brown parka
zipped up to the top
felt snug
and i worry about being smug

and i worry sometimes
but not as often as i used to
cause leaning into points is prickly
but isn't half as bad as being scared of the big bad wolf of the self.

want a candy
chewy?
or hard?

do you feel like a train ride?

do you feel like a train ride?, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

click on this and see the other days of our lives in dawbis's paper quilt project.

You can't Judge a Dog by it's Cover

Owen and George, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

today owen meet george.
115lbs of rottweiller male.
george is afraid of small dogs
and cats.

and takes his food delicately.

he approached owen carefully,
slight tail wag, small huff

owen responded in his puppy on a string dance
bobbing and swaying.

george got to run off leash,
owen whimpered...

before owen,
george scared me
i braced and held tight to child

thank you owen
thank you george

i know now, you can't judge a dog
by it's cover

Kitchen Folk going to the park to let off steam

Kitchen Folk going to the park to let off steam, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

wandering wondering

wandering wondering, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

http://www.nathalie-roze.com/newsframe.html

I will be teaching a workshop at Nathalie-Roze and Co. Creative card making, featuring sewing on paper. Fun hunh? I hope it will be.
Lots of other fun workshops to explore there as well. Please check out the link.

please note, an odd thing my pics are getting cut off on one side, wondering why that is happening?

wandering around little India today, searching for peeling paint, wish I could post smells because the "smell track" as my sister calls it, is spicey and delicious, it just hangs in the air like a appetizing cloud.

tea house

tea house, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

Happy Birthday Beatrix!!

Today Bea is 8!

and i am gonna bake a cake

yep

and channel all the help
i can get from my dad
who was a baker

yep

and maybe get a kit
or a box mix
or something

and does it matter if i don't know batter
or have a mixer
or a matoser


Happy Birthday Beatrix!
I Love You!!!

xo

formaldehyde prevents smut pin

formaldehyde prevents smut pin, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

thats what it says on the bottle...really
language is a virus says laurie anderson
it changes that is for sure

spring insomnia
had a happy run in with sheets of vinyl
thats the word not plastic..

so excited to have a run in with vinyl sheeting
that i bought a metre and have made some mini
wearable collages

it is good to play

cats and dogs in the rain

cats and dogs in the rain, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

clear sky...nice clouds ahead

gee it would be great if i knew how to make live links in the body of words....

until then please check out Camilla's blog (listed live in my links list)
many good clouds...

the other day the nicest morning words I heard Jay speak to Bea were

"Bea, your cloud in a cup is ready and on the table"
(it is a drink with frozen banana and milk)


blue skies ahead, Toronto enjoys clear spring crocus filled days ahead...Yeah!

rainy

rainy, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

bachelorette

she lives not in a bachelor
because she is a girl
she lives in a bachelorette,
i wonder if it is smaller than a bachelor

she wears heavy eye make up
think elizabeth taylor in cleopatra,
but aged
and a bob of black hair
think same actress and film

my puppy knows that
she feeds dog biscuits to the puppy downstairs
before she tells me

she wishes she had something good to give him
my puppy that is

her bachelorette is full of books
she says
especially cook books
and she says
thank god i haven't found any i want

i will have to get an apartment

my rude puppy persists
knows that she is his kind
the kind that is generous
with words and dogs
and carries milk bone dog
biscuits for cute dogs she meets
and likes to cook and read
and loves elizabeth taylor
and cleopatra
and being a girl
in a bachelorette
even though she must be 70

rude puppy persists
and tugs at her jacket
and she says
not to worry i wear nothing
that i am concerned about ruining
cause she feeds strange dogs
and i bet talks to cats in the street
that she meets
like i do...

we meet at the goodwill
looking for books we don't need

she lives in a bachelorette

pins for cloudy days

pins for cloudy days, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

pins for spring three more

pins for spring three more, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

i am all about the thaw
the coming of spring
the change of temperature
the start of that earth smell
the beginning of spring again
and shoots
and buds
and green brown grass
and rubber boots
and a light coat
and a scarf of cotton for the cool breezes
and the colour of the sky

Bouganvillia

this is the word of today:
boo' gan' vee' leah'

boo
gan
vee
lee
ahh

do not be frightened little children i come in peace bearing green thumbs and two left feet..
be not frightened small and weak, big and strong, i am not here to harm only to plant my feet in the bouganveliah
darlings one and all how many times must i commit the crime of repeating myself...

water, we need water,
the plants could hardly get out the words..
for she had told an awful false hood
here thumbs were indeed not green but shade of black..

boo
gan
vee
li
ahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

was heard into the night...
darling it is alright
just a night mare,
those nightshades pulled tight and consumed before bed it is no wonder you are spooked
look darling do not despair i have the watering can just over there

my thumbs are not green nor black nor any unearthly hue
surely darling you can see

clearly
that the
boo gan velia

loves you...
good nite
sleep tight
mind

the bed bugs don't

nite nite.

crafty little flower for crafty little show

fabric flower pin, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

another little fabulous craft show at the good catch in parkdale is planned for tomorrow, hope to see you there!http://goodcatch.ca/potogold.html

comic book spines

comic book spines, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

happy birthday to me

happy birthday to me, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

hey they say it's my birthday
well happy birthday to me...

it is such a grey day today, cold and dull the kind of day that supports travel to such sunny destinations as fiji and florida and good ol' california..

i love grey, one of my favorite non colours especially when it rains,
strange huh for such a lover of colour such as me, but colours can be loud and quiet is so nice for the eyes, lavender eye fields bathing the eyes in soft, this is good

today so far has been sweet
a cookie, and genmai tea at a cafe with a friend i popped in on, and made an escape route for, so nice

i found a doggie daycare, funny something i never knew i would ever wish to investigate. thoughts on this day.
hey happy to of been born, making use of my days to notice sometimes coment on the daily, mundane, the special stuff, the greys that sometimes go unnoticed tea gulped by instead of sipped..

my mama, a wee stature and a strong woman taught me to take my time, held up the dignity of not rushing, did things slowly, like eating and walking and speaking...born in a different time, middle aged by the time i rolled around, no frolicking but lots of fun, singing in the grocery store and making a game out of the vacuum that frightened me saying it was her doggie...which also frightened me...

loud noises i didn't like from the first car ride home from the hospital a howl is what i did when papa bear slammed the car door...

here i am an older person, perhaps depending on where you are looking at it from aged 41 not yet the age my mum had me at!

once scared of dogs, now in love with them...
never knew i wouldn't be living the hermit dream of mountain dwelling
meet a man so sweet and kind and love love loveable
and have a daughter sweeter than sweet potato pie

still can't spell nor memorize the times tables...

in the garbage today a chair,
little and broken and mine
piles of peeling paint
and a seat no longer
seatable


hi it's my birthday
happy birthday to me

two generations of baby shoes

two generations of baby shoes, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

snowy visitor

snowy visitor, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

she came to visit my morning pages,
while i sat in the kitchen, snow falling,
drinking green tea

a little visitor,
a warmly dressed muse

planets

planets, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

the pulsing heart planet
can be seen when the moon of venus is in the seventh house

mr. orson wells once told my while drinking fine wine together that he was actually from a planet other than earth, he was quite well into the vino at the time so i dismissed it...now i wonder

promise

promise that you will take care

the lady that knocks on my door asking to use the phone
is begging for spare change

her teeth are furry,
and her stomach large lurching forward

in the pizza parlour the little asian woman makes pizza
pepperoni, hawaian, vegetarian, deluxe..

her crust is doughy and soft and unchallenging
i think of the pillsbury dough boy and keep on eating

we stop at the store that sells socks, locks and porn
to buy notebooks to write down the names

round the corner we go
the whole family pack

owen the dinasour sweater dog
and i at the back

the straight backed man in the felt hat
holding the little girl's hand in the front

the weather promise is spring time
but i am not fooled the weather has many moods

round corners we go until we reach the cemetary
and collect up names for future fictions

bea deciedes to write a story about meeting a butler
a mystery she says
jay collects names for his purposes
and because we have walked a way
the little puppy naps in my coat
for a while

a lady in a car asks about him
the lady in the purple pants warned me
of dog abduction,
the man with a maniquein arm walks by
dirtied by the melting snow

cars rush past,
on the other side of the fence
stones ingraved with people of the past
and words found fitting by loved ones

the pizza mediocre
the sun and light nice
bea's foot starts to hurt and she sobs
all the way home

perhaps the new boots or just fatigue
or the promise of cartoon television shows
not yet available

i walk and look down, avoiding patches of salted
sidewalk and glass shards..

one foot then the next doing an untangling dance
with the leash

promise for us yet...

productivity

have i been productive.
yep.
nope.

depends who you ask i guess.

i have been reading a very inspiring book,
a radical notion really
it is entitled

'how to be idle'
by tom hodgkinson

not that i really need a guide,
being that my two favorite activities are
wandering
and puttering

which brings me to productivity
and the concept of skiving
without guilt...

guilt, how could i have guilt
when i freely eat all dressed potato chips

it is the middle near end of february,
and i have done a few things for money
and more for love

i have done piles of dishes this week
and have also left piles of dishes undone
just for balance

i have got up at strange hours
due to the new puppy
and experienced new weather
that was always there but went unnoticed
i have seen the stages of the moon,
and have been surprised that in the city
i could see some stars,
i have seen the different conditions of snow,
really so many, hard, crunchy, packing, powder

i have loved looking at the shadows cast by the trees
and early light and orange glowing up from the white ground

i have heard the birds
i have examined all types of puppy poo, why not if indeed you
must pick it up anyway..
carrot is hard to digest, and coloured foil passes right through

i have taken naps and asked for flora the cats forgivness,
which see gave willingly after a bite and a scratch..
i have notice she has odd scabs, that i enjoy picking
but she doesn't

i have watched my daughter grow bigger
and my husband shrink a little
and i have asked his apolgy for upsetting the harmony
with our new puppy son, brother, friend

i have meet dogs with names like jerry, after seinfeld, and
hubble after the telescope

i have experience cold wind and a muddy coat

i have missed classes and stayed in sleepy
i have postponed working for dazing

watching the puppy try to eat sunshine
and laying in a sunbeam myself

i have been on time, to pick up my daughter from school each day
and each morning i have arrived a little early,
i have meet numerous strangers and have had more doggie
conversations than i can count, and seen more smiles than
i new where possible in below below 0 weather

i made a few doodles
wrote words,
cut up magazines,
made valentines,
washed a few clothes

made a few mediocre meals.
found a new restaurant
enjoyed the smell of little india
participated in the puppet club for kids
in which i have been the narrator

watched a little tv.
re-love malcolm in the middle
watched the hilarious larry david
(who knows how to idle) in a set
of dvds from a show i can't recall the name of

discoved a new store that i like
did a couple of illustrations
early in the month

endured my jays bad back,
it was sore

recieved a nasty note from my neighbours
who are dog haters...thats a whole species
Yessh!

disabled my answering service
and disabled my answering machine

changed my address for the ocad magazine
thought about love, peace, family,

had extraordinary dreams starring matt damon
a pool and oprah

watched my pants grow snug

thought about the coming of spring
had nice passing words with the crossing guard

ate more salads
and more pizzas
and more chocolate
drank less black tea
and more green tea
watched my hair become longer and unruly

sat at the kitchen table
enjoyed tv satellite jazz
and cbc radio one

realised my daughter is often listening carefully
and happened to surmise after a snow warning on the
radio followed by a story about abduction
that the snow could cause you to disappear...
straightened that out

talked
and
listened
watched
and
heard

visited goodwill often
bought pants, plaid
books, novels, and the one about idleness
and a few on dogs

cancelled life drawing with rhonda
went to see the beatrix potter movie with rhonda
ran into merill
bought another book on b. potter

tried to remain calm
tried to remain attentive
tried to remain awake
tried to sleep.

productivity.
i am still not sure.
but i do know,
it doesn't really matter.

key tags

key tags, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

little felt sketches...some may still be available at Nathalie-Roze and Company,

with thankful nods to the inspiring and talented Kari
www.karibombari.com

three cars

three cars, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

ten cats

ten cats, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

meow, meow,meow,meow,meow,meow,meow,meow,meow,meow,

thirty five pink fish

thirty five pink fish, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

stitched doodle

stitched doodle
Originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

happy valentines...
love rules

Owen sideways

Owen sideways
Originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

7 pink flowers

7 pink flowers
Originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

portrait of the artist...

portrait of the artist...
Originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

dressed for sub zero weather.
something warming about chocolate brown clothing, perhaps my association with hot chocolate, the only part of ice skating i can do!

every sunday afternoon my mum would say
"why don't you go skating at the arena"
which was next door practically..
"okay"
in my mind i thought this was the only way to get better
the arena was packed with loud music and everybody
swiftly skating

i hugged the boards
creeping along terrified of falling down
i hated the feeling of not being able to securely stand
(for goodness sake it took me until I was 16 months to be able to walk when I was a baby, same problem fear of falling down ..i am sure)

this was after painstakingly doing up ones skates tight enough..it was totally awful, sorry to be down on the romance of ice skating...but it was..

but in the arena, there was a machine that for just coins would give you very unique tasting chicken soup and hot chocolate, inevitably i would circle around the rink clinging to the boards once, seeing people i knew, trying not to be too embarrased when the younger kids whizzed by me, wiped out and laughed. cringe

i sat in the seats watching the fun, outside, sidelined and sipped my beverage until skating was over, sometimes walking around the perifery, enjoying watching the zamboni clear the ice and the kiosk that sharpened skates...

no sunday shopping back then, no ability to leave the neighbourhood

it was good to finally discover i rode the public transit system really well, i found other urban non ice skaters

we would sit in kensington market
listening to reggae music, keeping the beat with ginger beer
summer and winter...
but that is another story...

love knot

love knot
Originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

the day is cold
i sew around paper hearts
thing of green things
fresh twigs
and rays of sun

you are in a cocophany of noise
mr. arrington, mr. arrington
and i send you psychic love notes
that the puppy hasn't yet chewed

just when you attain a good stretch
i notice the need for a further stretch occurs

i have hot chocolate in the cupboard
and a daughter in the school up the road

i have a brother,
a sister
a mother

this is my family

and my husband jay of course

to day is monday
and i am left to my own devices

playing with a box of watercolour crayons
and sewing thread, and love hearts

i turn on the television while eatting the orange sun
and hear bits of words and images of famous people
and then i turn them all off

and see that the walls talk
if you listen closely
and the paint that is peeling in the bathroom
is really a portal to another world
these are thoughts i think
when left to my own devices
with balls of string
and a kitty in her basement apartment named flora

sweet
full
underneath the cracks in the sidewalk
the icy bits and pieces of outside
the red checks that leave their mark
under ground
inside
warmth
hearts
veins
pus
and stuff that makes me stop
and
go

bookmarks

bookmarks
Originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

bookmark this:
February the 10th at Good Catch in Parkdale is a Sweet little craft show. Please come!!

To find out more please log onto www.goodcatch.ca

Cheerio,
Kim

pouch tweet

pouch tweet
Originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

i have pouch making fever. a marathon of making pouches. did you know the zipper was a canadian invention? as a child i had a drawer full of purses, whenever i needed money i dug through the drawer and came up with some...magical don't ya think? now i am making purses in hopes of selling them and making money isn't that kind of funny? i am loving making these petite collage fabric studies that are pretty (thinks i) and practical too.

eye love

eye love
Originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.