Baby and Me


Oh my! See what happens when I clean out the closets?
My baby and me, circa 1988.
Such sweetness.

“Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother.” - Lin Yutang

“A little girl, asked where her home was, replied, 'Where mother is.'" - Keith L. Brooks

“The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new.” - Rajneesh
 

Flowers


“A country where flowers are priced so as to make them a luxury
has yet to learn the first principles of civilization”
~ Chinese Proverb


“See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence;
see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence ....
we need silence to be able to touch souls.”
~ Mother Teresa of Calcutta
 

“I like flowers, I also like children,
but I do not chop their heads and keep them in bowls of water around the house.”  
~ George Bernard Shaw
 
I salvaged the pale pink ranunculus from last week's store-bought bouquet. The pretty lavender babies are growing like weeds down by the road. They grow straight up, single spikes, with the lovely tiny flowers on them. Does anyone know what they are?

Feed the Muse

In order to keep my passions alive:
  • I have to spend time playing with my raw materials ... textiles, threads, wires, stones, buttons, paper, dye pots, inks, paints, pencils, pens, stamps and ink pads.
  • I have to spend time with people who set off sparks in my head ... people who enjoy a good discussion ... people who go way beyond the "never say anything controversial" politically correct crowd. 
  • I have to spend time with nature, exploring with my camera, or my rake and shovel ... getting in touch with the mystery all around ... marveling at the trees, the moon, the flower buds, the air. 
In order to do those things which feed my passions and nourish my muse, I really have to spend less time on the computer. I know  this is a familiar refrain, but maybe you've noticed that I actually am spending less time here lately.

I don't want to stop posting altogether, but maybe I'll post less often. I hope you understand. In fact, I hope you go spend more time with your art, too.

P.S. I like the Aynn Rand quote but please do not take it to mean I am or am not a fan - I've not read Atlas Shrugged and I just don't know enough about her, one way or another.