How I Feel These Days

Fresh

 IT DOESN'T GET 

MUCH FRESHER THAN THIS!

I used to visit and revisit it a dozen times a day, 

and stand in deep contemplation 

over my vegetable progeny with a love 

that nobody could share or conceive of 

who had never taken part in the process of creation.  

It was one of the most bewitching sights in the world 

to observe a hill of beans thrusting aside the soil, 

or a rose of early peas just peeping forth 

sufficiently to trace a line of delicate green. 

  

~Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mosses from an Old Manse

A Tisket - A Tasket

I took this photo of my husband last night and roared with laughter when I got back into the house and saw it on my computer.  
     I was sitting, unnoticed, in the shade as my husband walked from the house out to the garden. I took nine shots of him as he came across the yard. Suddenly he saw me and grinned in surprise in this, my next to the last, shot. 
     At first glance, it looks like he's happily carrying a white basket out to the garden. But look closer.  The basket is actually sitting on the table and his arm, swinging forward as he walked, intersected with it at just the right split second to make it look like he was carrying it. We laughed our butts off when we saw the picture, but he'd probably kick my butt into the next county if he knew I'd put the photo on my blog!

Be Who You Are...

"Willow Woodsprite" c.2012 Kathy Hall

 Be who you are and say what you feel, 

because those who mind don't matter 

and those who matter don't mind. 

 ~Dr. Seuss~

Mystery Flower

I wish I knew what this flower is called.  

It's grown in a large clump, volunteer, 

all the years we've lived here.

What's Up in the Greenhouse?

POTATOES, MUMS & ONIONS

LOTS 
OF 
GOOD 
THINGS

Keep on Digging, Mom

Many things come to mind when you stop to realize this is Underground America Day. Actually, it’s all about eco-friendly, earth-sheltered architecture. The holiday was founded by architect Malcolm Wells on this day in 1974. His homes and buildings were often burrowed into hillsides and designed to harness the alternative energies of solar and geothermal. You can even garden on their roofs. 

(I wonder how underground houses built in 1974 have stood the test of time? Here in Tornado Alley, I wouldn't mind living underground.)

So to celebrate, 

I’m going to head on out 

to the garden right now 

and burrow into the earth! 

Maybe stomp a few mole tunnels 

on my way out there!

Oh, here's a picture...

from the Mother's Day cook-out yesterday evening. 

A perfectly beautiful day. 

That's the garden in the background. 

Thank you for the wonderful wine sampling, Weezer! 

Kids, glad you could be here! 

Husband, thanks for the good, 

down-home, outdoor campfire cooking! 

And Dog... leave the bees alone!

Happy Mother's Day!

c. 2012 C.C. Godar

Imagine Many Things

This dear little person is an example of the unique creativity of my artist friend, Deea.

Creative people are curious, 

flexible, persistent, and independent 

with a tremendous spirit of adventure 

and a love of play.  

~Henri Matisse~

Vinnie

My friend Kathy Hall creates these adorable cartoon characters, besides her awesome dolls. This is "Vinnie," who works in a carnival.

"What?" "Where?" "Why?"

Dream of Pretty Things

So precious...from my artist friend Trina
Dream of pretty things:

You are your own

fairy godmother!

Good News!

Sunset #1, acrylic 7"x14" SOLD

I just found out that my most recent painting, "Sunset#1," sold at last weekend's Gallery Hop.

CC's Gallery of Amazing Artist Friends

NEW FEATURE:  My Private Gallery of artwork by friends and other artists.

A group of us from the Eclectic Gallery and Art Co-op used to meet for Artist's Way twice a month. At one point we decided to each make a piece of work for everybody else in the group. I've kept my wonderful memories of these friends and the good times we had together in this binder with the cover designed by yours truly.

[Artist Friends: I'm only identifying you by your first names, unless you let me know you'd like your full name featured.]

Survivors of Winter

I can't believe these tiny, forgotten Dusty Millers survived winter, but now they're actually taking off!

Success seems to be largely a matter 

of hanging on after others have let go.  

~William Feather~

Peaceful Rest

Church cemetery at Pere Marquette State Park, Grafton, IL

For death is no more than 

a turning of us over 

from time to eternity.  

~William Penn~

The Kiss of the Sun...

The kiss of the sun for pardon,
The song of the birds for mirth,
One is nearer God's heart in a garden
Than anywhere else on earth.
~Dorothy Frances Gurney