Smells Like Crayons - Save the Date

Save the date for the Smells Like Crayons art exhibition!!

Artists' Reception

Apotheca, Goffstown, NH

Saturday, July 17, 2010

11:00-2:00 pm

Please join us, we'd love to meet you, show you our work, and maybe even entice you with Apotheca's delicious coffee/tea/smoothies and to-die-for pastries!!

So, go ahead, grab your pencil and calendar, yup, I'll wait.  Ok, now pencil us in!  Hope to see you there!!

Hug

I will not play at tug o' war

I'd rather play at hug o' war,

Where everyone hugs

Instead of tugs....

~Shel Silverstein

Watercolor Wednesdays - Portal into Bear's "Dream a Little Dream" party

Bear longed to be a graceful ballerina. It didn't matter that he weighed 400 lbs and had two left feet.  He wanted to do Arabesques, and Chasses like the great ballet dancers before him.   Snake dreamed of living in Hawaii and dancing the Hula while the sun set on Kailua Beach, and little mouse wanted to be a cowboy like "The Duke."  Nobody messed with "The Duke."

At Bear's "Dream a Little Dream" party, they had the chance to live their dreams, unabashed, loud and strong, and they did, until Big Cy showed up at the door and all their dreams came crashing down with an embarrassed thud.

Birthday card

This is a birthday card I made for a friend's birthday (Jo-Ann, I hope you're not reading this - if you are, act surprised anyway).   I thought this would be fun!  Especially since she is one of our dog's favorite people.

Sketchbook paintings

Just a couple quickie sketches.  I'm sure it won't be long until our girls will be over the excitement of the end of school, and will be looking forward to going back again!  (Although for now, we're LOVING sleeping in, baking, swimming, and all the adventures we have planned for the next month and a half!)

BFF

"I walk slowly, but I never walk backward." - Abraham Lincoln

Experts say the Gulf's marshes, beaches and coastal waters, which nurture a dazzling array of life, could be transformed into killing fields, though the die-off could take months or years and unfold largely out of sight. The damage could be even greater beneath the water's surface, where oil and dispersants could devastate zooplankton and tiny invertebrate communities at the base of the aquatic food chain.


It seems futile, doesn't it?   What can we possibly do to help?   It'll take time, but each small step we take is an important one.    You've probably all heard Loren Eiseley's story of "The Star Thrower," where the little girl tosses sea stars back into the ocean after they wash up on shore.  When asked "why bother, there are hundreds of them along the shore - you can't save them all - it won't make a difference" she responds "it makes a difference to this one."  


We can make a difference.  Please visit Ripple, and see how you can help.