clay. (n) an unknown substance that is squishy. Little did I know what I had done. Yes. I had bought modeling clay for my grandchildren many, many times. But, this was not ordinary modeling clay. This was magic clay. This was trans-formative clay. This was clay made from a secret …
journal entry: Years and years have passed and children have grown and grown. Some have left their homes to start their own lives. We have stuffed families large and small into our medium sized home on beds and cots and floors and played for hours on end in our very …
I love little tins. I love, love clip art. I sort-of-collect-it on my computer. That means that I spend a lot to time looking for it. I put things I find together in files so that I can find the images again and again and make things out of them. …
WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY ? How about a quick little post that has no purpose other than to be bright and happy? I will tell you right now that my sun-filled work space is like Heaven-on-Earth to me. You who love it too, already know that about me. I would …
“It was during the virus of 2020 that I made your Photo Stories Gift Boxes.” – Grandma- Do you think there will be a time when we will refer to today in that way? Beats me but it sounds like a good opening for this post which is about the …
Why Do We Do What We Do ? I printout out my latest favorite motivational quote and displayed it for the whole world to see. Since the “whole world” will never be in my personal space, I will share it with you here. As I have grown older I have …
I love making little books and have for as long as I can remember. All it takes is a small adventure, any kind of camera and some people. It helps if there is action of some kind but even without it, you can tell a teeny tiny story about almost …
Mortality is about contrasts. We are here to experience them. I love powerful contrasts. Light and shadow. Fast and slow. Up and down. Happy and Sad. Well, maybe not “sad”. Andrew’s mother remembered the bags of birdseed. She had been to the park before. I’ll bet you can hear the …
At first there was Photoshop. It was and continues to be expensive and challenging to learn. Some people think it is cheating to touch-up a photograph and I admit that I hesitated when I started thinking about “touching up” because I didn’t yet know that I didn’t always agree. Then, …
What is a girl to do? That is what I want to know. Within a few seconds I took several funny photographs of one of my favorite people involved in something quite serious while in the background her cousins were rolling around and laughing about things she had no desire …
