I will not forget...

9"x12"
I will not forget what you have confided to my care.

She listened...

She listened with polite interest,
but her thoughts strayed...
I am playing with a new medium - soft pastels. As I don't have a lot of time right now, I wanted something that doesn't take too much to set up and work. For this I don't need water or glue or a ton of bottles/tubes of paint - just a pad of paper and a box of pastels. Simple. I add the stamped/collaged bits later. Pastels are new to me and very different than anything else I tried... they are messy and wonderful and I love to get the pigment all over my fingers and smudge it around. I am in the mood to paint faces, and even if I'm not good at them - it feels like the right thing to do now, so I think I'll keep on and hopefully get better.
Other than that - we've visited Aquarium of the Bay today. It was a treat to go on a working day (no crowds around... plenty of time to explore). I love how this picture of my father in law turned out! I'm very proud of myself for catching just the right moment :-)

All her life...

All her life she had longed
to sing her own song.

She wondered....

She wondered is she the only one?
The only one that enjoys solitude... even if it comes only at 1 a.m.
I had to make some time to create... I miss it so much. Who needs to sleep anyway...

Let's support Bernie Berlin!!!

I am constantly amazed at what this woman does! She is the author of one of my all time favorite books "Artist Trading Card Workshop" and an amazing animal rescuer. The love and devotion she has to animals shine from each and every of her blog posts. Claudine Hellmuth wrote a warm and informative post about her. You can read it here.

One last bird...

.... at least for a while. My in laws will arrive tomorrow for a five week stay. It has been too long since we've seen them and I'm looking forward to the visit. But... I am not prepared at all. Too many things to do, too little time... I'll have transform into a FlyLady to organize and clean everything (and keep it that way). Not an easy task.