But I really love how this painting came out. Morning Sun on a barren forest has all the fun I could muster up telling it’s story. Collage, rice paper, the glistening gold of morning sun, shadows. It’s simple, and I like that. Sometimes I go simple instead of finishing. My diva friend tells me …..More is Better? You tell me!
While you are here, check out the spencer of Thursdays Time out for Art. Zebra Designs & Destinations
I find it very interesting how we are abusing our environment, seemingly without consequences. It breaks my heart to see what some people will do to our delicate, and priceless planet. Throwing trash, stomping out a cigarette and leaving it on the ground without a second thought. Those are only two things that show disrespect, of course there are many other things that hold more immediate consequences. When I say we, I most definitely mean some of us, probably more of us than any of us realize,but most definitely I don’t mean all of us! Some of us actually do avoid doing bad things to the environment.
I got this picture from “Mothers Clean Air’ on Facebook. Everything they post seems to hit home in some way, and I look forward to reading the next posting.
What really grabbed me was the Advise From A Tree, we could most certainly apply all those suggestions to ourselves. At least I find them appropriate to myself!
I love trees, and always have. They are stately, gently dance in the breeze, they protect birds, our homes, and wildlife of all kinds. They feel to me as if they hold so much wisdom, and understanding! Maybe that’s why owls find their place in the trees. Maybe that’s why my heart breaks when I hear of the rain forest being taken down for all kinds of reasons, mostly for someones gain!
Trees hold so much mystery, and solutions to the problems of the world. At the very least, we need them to breathe…..what happens when they no longer exist in enough quantity to keep humanity alive? Will someone come up with an artificial tree? Will it look like a tree, or will it look like just another cell tower?
Only time will tell, and I probably won’t be here to see it, but my grandchildren, great-grandchildren, or even their great-grandchildren may be, and that’s sad. Sad that some don’t seem to really care what our own family will have to go through, or how they will survive.
Is it asking too much to collectively, one day at a time, consciously work at doing just one thing more to stop the disrespect of our resources, and planet. and proudly work together to heal? I think we can do that, and I think
we need to start Now!
Garden Cats – unfinished
While the washing machine continues to spin a load of clothes, outside it’s dreary, and looks cold.
My vegetables are proudly growing while I sit patiently watching them.
All is quiet in our little piece of the world, except for the birds chirping in the trees out back. I love listening to them as they work out all the details in their small lives. I can’t tell if the chirping is just chatter in their everyday lives, or babies wanting to be fed, they are speaking an unknown language to me.
The yard is looking dry since we now have water restrictions due to our severe drought, and I think about how it’s such a waste of water to try and keep a lawn alive. We wonder what we can do to make our yard look better while we uncomfortably watch the grass die out. Could we put flagstone all over the back? Or, would rock be better. I really don’t want rock in the back yard, since the front is already mostly rock. It looks so “Senior Citizen” to me! But then, we are who we are…..
I’m left to do housework, i.e.: laundry, floors, bathroom, kitchen, ect. By the time all that is finished, I’ll be tired and won’t want to do much else. The “else” are things like painting or creating!
I have Elvis on the stereo, but I must be antsy because it isn’t doing it for me today.
This is my monday! But I’m actually writing for tomorrow. A day ahead…..what a loser!
We are setting up our first vegetable garden in our back yard, and for a small project, we are certainly making a big deal out of it. Last year I was fortunate enough to find a used watering trough for horses. The lady was getting rid of her horses, and was selling some of her equipment. It’s quite big, and quite heavy. (Not big enough though) It seems a difficult job to keep my husband on the right track. I want to put it up on blocks, so it can drain. He wants to fill it with dirt, and see how much dirt it will take.
I want rocks to go in first, he thinks it’s level as it sits. Ying and Yang right!
I know it a small thing, but I’m really excited about having a tomato plant, a bell pepper plant, and cilantro.
Years ago my great-grandmother used things like marigolds, onions, & garlic plants to keep bug away from her vegetables. So in the name of my Great-Grandma, I planted marigolds around the veggies!
Call me crazy!
Old as Dirt and Proud of it! 
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