midsummer shoppers

midsummer shoppers, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

enjoy sunday shopping in the hip downtown, woods of toroonto
canada

exposure therapy

exposure therapy, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

me at the end of a hallway

me at the end of a hallway, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

page 47

page 47, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

hi




love,
kim

page 47

page 47, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

page 33

page 33, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

2 boys

2 boys, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

this is an old little drawing,
i am cleaning out my filing cabinet
lot's o' stuff.

dreams affect or is it effect breakfast choices for all

jeff kinear
the indentical twin brother of the famous actor greg kinear
was not in love with me.

unrequited love even in a dream sucks.

jeff shrunk himself, which made me angry.

a woman who insisted she was not homeless,
as she sleept in the library was homophobic,
and anoying and was trying to get me to move a sofa
into the library for her...

upon waking after such awful nightmarish anoyance
i ate all dressed potatoe chips for breakfast,
and summoned the charactor mud ball who has been renamed
mud flap to the surface, she is the charactor side of myself
from the deep south, lives in a trailor park can fix vehicles
and takes such health risks as eating potato chips for breakfast

bea my daughter asked if she could have potato chips for breakfast
i, no longer mud ball or mud flap induced firmly told her no
she was not old enough, to behave so poorly and ingage in such fool
hardey and foolish habits...i also told her it was illegal in the state of oregon
and that the children's aid society would fine me...and then i lovingly gave her
a bowl of life cereal.

dreams affect breakfast choices for all

news from the garden and kundalini

last night i tried a yoga class at the community centre
it was kundalini
no sauce
lots of breathe work
done in the dark
and good time stretch

news from the garden
the neighbour next door has a shield
of today's local paper
i am not sure what is 'new' for her
my news from the garden,
is the new rose appears to have bloomed
a gorgeous bloom with a lovely soft quiet scent
it is the colour of technicolour coral,
1967 kodacrome
it's leaves have been ravished, but it is in bloom

an ant, red climbs a tree
the pine at the back has curious weeping knot holes
sap smelling with an odd white mold around them
i wonder if it is suffering an illness, with all the
skinned knee knot holes

the grass is damp
the daisies flowers are in decline,
the hostas will flower soon!
who knew..

and the bees are active with a purple flower
who i haven't had the pleasure of knowing by name

so much news in the garden today
kundalini residue
and the third eye
the kink in the back and the mind
unblocked.

i wonder what the neighbour reads,
but sort of know and am not too interested
in that kind of news for now,
perhaps on the weekend
or maybe next week
so much news to obtain,
but i think i prefer the news from the garden.

compression

around the neck
and in the chest
a certain compression

heavy cream soup air
and too many details

sweept away not
instead a lump
of hot coal
on a groggy day
thinking trees
and breeze
and air

and not worrying about
heavyness and thick soup air
and the letting go
with the snags in the stockings
and the ache in the bones

some days
are like this
some days
are not

dreams that pass and are forgotten
too odd and claustrophobic
too jumbled and un understandable
for now

air water earth fire
north east south west

the computer
the telephone
speech
touch taste smell

becoming unburied as i sort
words on a page
as i organize myself anew
as new old routines need to be
rerouted once again
counting blessings
closing eyes
allowing oneself to just be
tirered out

to just be

stories

once upon a time in the middle of a month that starts with the letter j, a small woman meet a small man
and had a small small baby.

once upon a time in the month of july i went walking down about the park, and we watched and waited for something to happen, it did and still is.

when i began to write this post it was raining softly and the tiger lillies had survived the infection of a notorious red beetle.

while this post ends i need to bathe the bee and watch the dog does't eat anything dangeous.

sometimes minutes pass like stories and stories are only told in a minute.

love flows
and the pulse of the world keeps time...

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