For Michael

Steps to the Future


Stand Tall

Stand Steady

Both feet firmly planted

You can see it all

Secure and safe

Grounded in what is

As you lift your foot

To step higher

You won’t lose your footing

But now you must balance life

Before that foot touches down

Many changes will take place

The heart may cry out

Your mind may sting with decisions

Comfort is gone

The list is in shreds

And even when that foot finds solid ground

Higher ground

Before you level out at a new plane

You must raise the other foot

And do it all over again

Just remember

To grab hold of the railing

Those who love you

Care about you

Arms out stretched

To brace you

Support you

To push you onward

To keep you going

Making new lists

To reach higher

Dream bigger

Wednesday 4-8-09 art card donation

This card uses a distressed double sided card stock. One side looks like Italian plaster has been scraped across it. The colors are blacks, gray, and white.

One of the birds is cut from flocked paper and the other from a printed card stock. They are both glued to a heavier card stock.

The red felt flower is topped with a chipboard button and glitter glued on top.

Three chipboard button hearts each have a red ribbon tied through them attached with thick mounting foam to give them depth.

The poem inside reads:

Just one tweet
That’s all it took
Love took flight
With wings of hope
You set my heart
All a flutter
Now true love soars
Forevermore

Recipe for Art - the filing inside

Awakens my senses
Lets the child inside of me
Come out to play
Outside the lines
Refreshes my disposition
Like a summer shower
After a dry dusty day
Gives me a new outlook
My mind thrown open
Stirs, brews, blends, and mixes
My imagination
Full of possibilities
Nourishes my dreams
My hope and my wishes
Like the warmth of the sun
Filling the voids
With colors, textures,
Glitter and glue
Toss in butterfly wings
Funny hats, alphabets
Grunge board flowers
Sprinkled with frenzy
A dash of playfulness
Fill to the top
With abandonment
Layer it on
The more the better
Enough is enough
Except in your art
Now bake me a book
A board or a canvas
Let’s see who I am
From the outside in
And the inside out

Miss Mary is having a birthday

Mary Mary
Quite?
What is the word?
I’m thinking of
Daughter
Sister
Aunt
Mimi
Friend
She who gardens
She who is CFE
She who is TWC
She who is Ms. Martinez
A Woman of the Year
She zips and zooms
For all the best bargains
Mary Mary
Quite
What is that word
AMAZING!
Happy Birthday

Fuze - it's what's inside that counts!

It’s what’s inside that counts
And your beauty shines from within
Fuzed into an angel in disguise
Inspiring others with your honesty
A faithful friend, full of grace
Caring for those
Who come into your life
The best of the best
Has been fuzed into you