BEFORE

AFTER ~

east window with phone nooks

shelves with built in.


I love it I love it I love it!!

Melody and Jedi show you where my creative energy has gone this week!

He was a trooper, pulling wall paper into the wee hours last night

My friend helping this morning!

some results by dinner........look for a before and after tomorrow!!

World in Bloom ATC

This has been my one creative
moment for the last week as my nose
has been in the book Nineteen Minutes by
Jodi Picoult.

I like the tissue paper with hints of blue.
I was sitting on my porch last week and the sun was
pouring through the limbs of the tree, much like you see.
There was a little robin on that extended limb, but he didn't figure
into my artistic expression.

Is there just anything sweeter?

sea scape

11yodd's art
Originally uploaded by hsmom2luge.

This is my dd's entry for the local homeschool arts and science fair. This fair has occured for many years, and we have participated for the last 5 (maybe 6). This year we had to sign a participants release, which I found HIGHLY annoying. We were signing a form that we would accept the judge's decision and comments, that we would hold no one specifically accountable for ~ well, to sum it up, anything bad. We also have to make sure our entries are rated G.
I think it is all a little out of hand. If my kids didn't look forward to this so much we would not have taken part this year and I probably would have protested via a personal letter to many homeschooling big wigs in our fair city. If I wanted a ruling body over events such as this, my kids would be in a public school.

morning break

index cards
Originally uploaded by hsmom2luge.

~This morning I couldn't take it anymore~
~ Well, let's say today I can't take it anymore~
perhaps all week

I needed tea (plantation mint to be exact), I needed a lit candle,(the one in the window, set apart to be my morning solstice) some brush pens (lyra, bought on sale at Hobby Lobby)
I needed a quiet hour or two. I shooed the kids outside (minus one who was visiting a greatgrandma) steeped the tea, brought out the materials and doodled.
Pictured is one of the cards my 6yodd loved. Though when she first looked at it she thought it was a candle on a chocolate cake. I had not yet grabbed my pen and added some detail (the drawer and legs). Soon she was back inside (grabbing my brush pens~ ack. I had to share.........) and making her own image. She chose her favorite colors (as did I). The finished product has a drawer on the table and loads of dots.
I enjoyed her interest in what I was doing. Even if she thought the desk was a cake. Should I chalk that up to my skills or her eye? I never know ;~)