April 11th, 2011 - I

For this challenge I am using up some of my large paper and card supply and making and laminating a 5 x 5" card each day. 

Sunday Scribblings - April 10th, 2011

The prompt this week for Sunday Scribblings: befuddled. 


A classroom of poems 


Like a school siren sounding at nine 
Pen and paper signal poem writing time 


The poems wait at my mind's door 
I ask them in, to sit on the floor 


A couple do so straight away 
Others giggle, still wanting to play 


The middle few mingle, lean on each other 
They clambour in efforts to be together 


Complaints arise - others being mean 
One tries to hide, desperate not to be seen 


I ask them to quiet and find their own space 
One demands some attention, to tie up a shoelace 


'Enough' I announce 'sit quietly down' 
A request that is met with more than one frown 


I ask them to speak just one at a time 
They believe that to mingle will be just fine 


One sits alone, not wanting to speak 
But the message inside is far from meek 


Another keeps yelling and bouncing around 
Will need to quiet so the message can be found 


All of this leaves me feeling rather befuddled 
My thoughts sometimes growing more and more muddled 


Yet all of my poems are rather like children 
Each with something important to say if I listen 

April 9th, 2011 - H

For this challenge I am using up some of my large paper and card supply and making and laminating a 5 x 5" card each day. 

Six Word Saturday - April 9th, 2011

Growing zucchinis - easier than I thought

I have had a good supply of zucchinis lately from my garden, particularly from one plant. I feel like quite a seasoned gardener sometimes. I am growing a variety of things in the garden and going to check how they are going and give them some water has become a daily routine. It's a little hard to believe that less than a year ago I wasn't growing anything in the garden. I started gardening last May at around the same time I started blogging. Both have brought a lot of joy. 

Growing zucchinis was rather easy. Basically just put the seeds in the soil and water. They have received worm juice from the worm farm which I'm sure has helped them to grow. The only thing I will do different next time is plant them further apart. I didn't realise the plants grew so big! 

Here's a photo of my latest pickings: 

April 7th, 2011 - F and April 8th, 2011 - G

Oops! I missed a day. Here are F and G together. 




For this challenge I am using up some of my large paper and card supply and making and laminating a 5 x 5" card each day. 

Toddler, adamant

After reading Fibonacci poems by others a little while ago I was inspired to give this form a go. Here's my attempt with this week's Three Word Wednesday words: adamant, peculiar, fabricate. 

toddler, adamant 

one 

small

toddler

adamant

knowing what he wants

stomping his feet, raising his voice 

quickly collecting a mass of peculiar stares

and a mother much frustrated 

trying so hard to 

fabricate 

a mood 

of 

calm 

April 6th, 2011 - E

For this challenge I am using up some of my large paper and card supply and making and laminating a 5 x 5" card each day. 

April 5th, 2011 - D

For this challenge I am using up some of my large paper and card supply and making and laminating a 5 x 5" card each day. 

Sunday Scribblings - April 3rd 2011

The prompt for Sunday Scribblings this week: messenger. 


A tale of two small girls 


Parents and other adults are very important messengers in life. What messages do you send to your children and/or other people's children? What messages do you want to send? 


A few years ago I was at the art gallery with my daughters, participating in an art activity. My children were happy cutting and pasting and I took a little time to watch two small girls there with their families. I can't remember now the exact task but it involved drawing shells on paper and then cutting and pasting tissue paper on to the drawings. 


One girl was cutting tissue paper and gluing it with the support of her parents. What a fabulous creation she made. Her little face was beaming with pride. Her work of art did not look at all like the examples provided but she was visibly happy with what she had done. 


The second girl came with lots of ideas which seemed ready to burst on to the paper. As her mum urged her to think first I could see her losing interest. She was obviously starting to worry about doing it right. She drew a spiral on the paper. Then the mum urged her to do the next one bigger so it would be easier to cut the tissue paper. The girl started looking away. Not interested any more, she was worrying about getting it right. Her initial enthusiasm was gone. She left with a work of art very similar to the example provided. I don't think she liked it very much. 


I wonder how those two girls are a few years on. I wonder what other messages they have been sent by the adults in their lives. 


I hope I send the messages that being creative is a good thing, that it is good to try out your own ideas and it is okay to make mistakes. Messages I remind myself of daily. 

April 4th, 2011 - C

For this challenge I am using up some of my large paper and card supply and making and laminating a 5 x 5" card each day.