Six Word Saturday - April 16th, 2011

I love perusing other people's art. 

Every time I do so I think I should do it more. Today I went to an exhibition at Yankalilla, part of the Leafy Sea Dragon festival held from 15 - 24 April. There was a huge range of artworks and such variety. I enjoyed all of the colour and the different approaches. One thing I like to do is try and find pieces by the same artist. I did that quite successfully a few times today. As to be expected, there were numerous paintings, sculptures and other artworks featuring the Leafy Sea Dragon - simply delightful! 

The Leafy Sea Dragon is one of two species of sea dragon which are found in Australia's southern waters and nowhere else in the world. For more information about the festival go here. 

I loved this huge Leafy Sea Dragon sculpture at Normanville, made from corrugated iron. 

There's lots of interesting things happening as part of the festival over the next week or so. I wish I was able to get to more. I would especially like to go to some of the writing workshops, literary panels and readings happening. They look very interesting. 

April 13th, 14th and 15th, 2011 - K, L and M

K is for "Kindness" 

L is for "Letting go" 

and M is for "Maybe later" 

I have decided not to continue with the A to Z challenge in the way that I began. I started off enjoying making the alphabet cards and do quite like them but I started to lose interest and feel a bit too much pressure to do one each day. I persisted for a while but have now made the decision to stop. I may finish them later. I'm not sure at the moment. I am not sure about how I will continue to participate in the A to Z challenge. I'm still thinking about it. I think its a good thing to know when to stop. As I child I would find it difficult to discontinue a book once I started reading it. It is important though to know when to stop something. It opens up a lot more possibilities if you begin with the attitude that you don't have to continue if you don't like it. I know trying something with the attitude of 'I'll just do a little and then stop if I don't like it' has meant that I have tried some things and then liked them despite my original thinking that I wouldn't. Then I've kept going and enjoyed something I didn't think I would originally. 

I thought I would enjoy making a card each day but some days it was feeling too much like a chore. So with lots of kindness I am letting go of the approach I chose for the challenge. Maybe later I'll finish them. Maybe not. We don't always know how something we decide to try will work out. It's okay to stop if that is what you decide is best. 

Basil and the snail

A bit of fun in the form of a poem for children. The words for Three Word Wednesday this week: evident, illusion, tragic. 


Basil and the snail 


A sunny illusion - all seemed well 
At first it wasn't evident 
How it met its tragic end 
Just where the basil went 


A little bit of a search around 
My eyes followed back a silver trail 
Under a leaf the culprit found 
Poor baby basil - eaten by a snail 

April 12th, 2011 - J

Oops, had some lamination problems. I will probably re-do these later but I've done the work today so I will post them anyway. 




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 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