“When birds burp, it must taste like bugs.” -Calvin and Hobbes- journal entry: Kids like potato bugs because they tickle and you can keep track of them. Actually, if you lose track of your potato bug you can just start playing with your potato bug’s brother or sister because they …
“If you don’t know the trees you may be lost in the forest. If you don’t know the stories, you may be lost in life.” -Proverb- journal entry: I don’t need to see anymore to know that Andrew is holding his Grandpa’s finger. I love the tenderness of a photograph …
“As we grow older, beauty steals inward.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson- journal entry: When new mothers are born, they forget to do a lot of things and learn to do others. They forget about the clock and forget about sleep. They forget about other people and other people’s children. They forget …
“Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last.” -Charles Dickens- journal entry: How did Heaven let this one go? Now and then the photograph turns out just right. Just right to see soft skin, beautiful eyes and a thoughtful gaze. How mommies of long ago …
“What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.” -Dr. Benjamin Spock- journal entry: The apples were small this year. It was a blessing. Grandpa put them in buckets and kept them on a cold cement floor. Little people soon learned exactly where …
“The world if so full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings !” Robert Louis Stevenson journal entry: I love to make “Sunday Aprons”. I love mixing and matching the fabrics. I love finding just the right trim, or lace, or flower. …
“The years teach much which the days never knew.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson- journal entry: Here is another “Sunday Apron” for another unique personality. It is very feminine. The fabric will shine, shimmer and rustle as she moves. I made pleats at the top and scallops at the bottom. I gathered …
“It’s not what you look at that matters . . . it’s what you see.” Henry David Thoreau journal entry: Everywhere I look there is a picture. A picture of a child picking up a bug. A child hugging his mommy. A child with a dirty face. I am learning …
“If your picture’s not good enough . . . you’re not close enough.” -Ansel Adams- journal entry: On Easter Sunday little Afton couldn’t believe her good fortune. Instead of taking away all of the things she found around the floor . . . everyone was eating the things they found …
“Think left and think right, think low and think high, Oh, the things you can think of if only you try.” Dr. Suess journal entry: Well, Dr. Suess. I have searched high and low for unique labels to sew into my projects. I have found nice labels . . . …
