3.27.12

{i took photos at our creative journey, an art class for community kids at journey. they made little easter cups and cards for residents of taylor house - short term/respite housing for seniors.}

3.26.12

{i come from a long line of vegetable gardeners and i'm excited to be growing half runner beans once again! frank, if we get a good crop ya' want some??}

3.25.12

{early view of the tulip poplar that carpets our patio in orange blossoms in early summer}

3.23.12

{little pots of color - good for the soul}

3.22.12

{this whole foot, not being able to walk thing is really wearing on me. this tree is two houses over - shot with my phone because i'm worn out. . .}

3.21.12

3.20.12

{i bedazzled my new shoe that i will be wearing for the next few weeks!}

3.19.12

{i dropped a tv on my toe. chipped off the bone. sent it out the front end. "busted out" the front in a huge U shaped laceration. not a good day.}

3.18.12

{violets in march}

3.17.12

3.16.12

{we got new solar lights for our garden walk - i like the pattern of light they leave on the sidewalk}

3.15.12

{today i turn 47}

3.14.12

{sharing a vanilla cone from dairy queen}

3.13.12

{ali devised some sort of complicated system involving markers and toothpicks to keep track of her new garden companions. i just stayed clear of the proceedings!}

3.12.12

{a project ali and i did. we coffee stained six 8x10 canvases and then painted the backgrounds and letters. we then attached quotes to the bottom. if you look closely at the letter C you will notice that i misspelled a word in the quote. since it's all about embracing imperfection i decided to let it stay!}

3.11.12

{the annual first trip to archies - she's got a strawberry creamer. mine was orange!}

3.10.12

{week one of the sermon series "the prodigal god." the community wrote their thoughts. i filled in the rest and collaged the background.}

3.9.12

{more mysterious photos from the phone number with the colorado prefix. i got 23 more last night. do you see the face in the first one? these photos have truly sparked my imagination. some of them have photos of people. . . where is this person going? do they wonder why the person they are sending these photos to isn't responding? are they wooing someone they have lost and want back? are they running away?}

{if you were getting these pictures would you text the sender?}

3.8.12

{at about 1:30 this morning i received a text message with this photo from a phone number with a colorado area code. i have no idea who it's from but i decided to make this photo with a ghostly image on a road trip my photo of the day.}

3.7.12

{what happens the first time you use your gas grill every spring? you run out of gas and have to interrupt the cooking to run to the nearest gas station to trade in your tank! but oh. . . it's still worth it!}