“Are we to paint what is on the face, or behind the face, or inside of the face?” -Pablo Picasso- journal entry: Okay, Grandmas. Summer is the perfect time for finger paints. Winter is not. In the house is not. In regular clothes is not. Four in a package at …
“There are no seven wonders in the eyes of a child. There are seven million!” -Author Unknown- journal entry: I buy one dollar glasses. No, really I do. Because little people always want to “borrow” them or “just try them on” or wear them outside “just for a minute”. Somehow, …
“There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.” -John Locke- journal entry: Holden loves “why?” If something isn’t “what” . . . it is “why?” He sat on the little garden wagon while grandpa planted the potatoes. He borrowed …
“What is green and can jump a mile a minute? A grasshopper with hiccups!” -Author Unknown- journal entry: Little people love jokes. They also love bugs. Holden has never met a bug that he didn’t like. I just wish he wasn’t so willing to share them. I spent all of …
” A safe, but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for anything in particular, you won’t find it, but, something may fall out at the back that is much more interesting.” -JM Barrie-Author of Peter Pan- journal entry: …
” The best thing in life is to plant a tree under whose shade you do not expect to sit.” -Author Unknown- journal entry: When I get out my camera . . . I am looking for a story. I am not always sure that I will find it but …
“Did you ever stop to think and forget to start again?” -Winnie-the-Pooh- journal entry: This “tiny tale” is told through a group of sock puppet friends. Each puppet is different and each has a personality. I loved making the puppets and found a little story growing in my head as …
“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday.” -Winnie-the-Pooh- journal entry: Is there such a thing as time to children? I don’t know. I know that when children want something they know when you have taken too long to get it for them. If children want …
“I meant what I said and I said what I meant !” Dr. Suess journal entry: It is easy to forget what your children actually and did and didn’t do when they were young. I have heard many a grandmother (including my own mother) tell their children, …
“The soul is healed by being with children.” – Dostevsky – journal entry: It is one of my favorite paintings by Harry Anderson and I love many of his paintings. While he primarily painted religious themes he is known for other paintings with touching and timeless themes. This painting is …
