A Step In The Right Direction

Ok... Here goes...

For those of you that have been peeking at my blog over the last few months or have recently taken an interest in it (thank you so much BTW!)...  Well I finally did it!  I put brush to canvas and painted something. It's nothing too special.  I really just wanted to get the feel of the brush in my hands, the paint on the canvas and the smell of the paint back in my mind.

I am pretty proud of it all things considered and I did enjoy doing it although I am still not sure if I am done fussing with it.

I painted it while hiding out in my basement from a wicked heat wave that we had a few weeks back.  I guess you could say that was what inspired me.

It has taken me this long to have the nerve to show it to anyone.  In fact, with the exception of my best friend you are the first to see this.  I debated just squirreling it away... saving it until I had improved and could let people see it with a side of mockery and belittlement towards the little guy.

I think that this is better, although far more unnerving...

"Heat" 2010
Mixed Media on Canvas

"Shield"

 SHIELD

  

 I see you standing there

 So strong and in control

 I see you standing there

 So lost and in the cold

  

 I wanna hold you in my arms

 Until you are warm

 I wanna hold you in my arms

 Help you weather the storm

  

 I see you standing there

 Surrounded by those who care

 I see you standing there

 Trapped in voices that stare

  

 I wanna hold you in my arms

 In me you can confide

 I wanna hold you in my arms

 Not afraid to see you cry

 I see you standing there

 So strong and in control

 I see you standing there

 So lost and in the cold

  

 I wanna hold you in my arms

 Shield you from harm

 I wanna hold you in my arms

 Let calm replace, no need for alarm

 I see you standing there

 Drowning in the rain

 I see you standing there

 Blind and crippled in your pain

 I wanna hold you in my arms

 Raise your head, dry your eyes

 I wanna hold you in my arms

 Here you will never die

"A Note"

A Note

A rustle of papers

By the side of the bed

In search of the tools

I needed in haste

As the thoughts in my head

Find pen to paper

Leave you words to wake to

All that needs to be said

I love you

My Green Thumb??

OK, beyond the poetry... beyond the painting... and beyond the photography that I wish I could make...

I luv the earth, being part of the earth, bury my naked feet in the sand or dirt. As a child it was a full out fight to get me to wear my shoes. As an adult, I'm not much better. I do what i can to avoid shoes. I COULD be a retail stores worst nightmare but thanks to Doc Martin I can compromise! I even cut the grass bare foot, which seems to scare most people close to me but I do digress as this has very little to do with what my feet are up too!

My Beautiful Lilies

The fact that I am, by chinese astrology's interpretation an "Earth Sheep" must have something to do with this. Perhaps it is the reason that I believe I can garden! Well, if you mean that I can grow things, including weeds... I guess I am a gardener..err...umm Well at least I try and enjoy what I create!

My Garden, young, naive...

Weeds are giving me more than a bit of a hassle this year.

In fact, they had taken a firm foothold in my garden and the casualties are high. If you take into account the carrot, beet and kale populations the casualties are in the thousands. I can honestly say - I fought the fight. I went head to head with my garden and I lost. I've raised my white flag & hope that she will grant me a tomato or two... perhaps a cucumber in return. I will let the dead rest and salvage what I can. Next year I will stand firm and hope that no weed dare challenge me!

I hope that next year that weeds don't stand between me, my garden and everything else my life throws at me!

My Garden... my she rest in peace.

Cheers to gardening, or at least my feeble, sad attempt at it!!

"Breathe"

BREATHE


I’m gonna breathe a sigh
Run my fingers across your lips
Breathe a sigh
Your hands upon my hips
Breathe a sigh
Your eyes still glisten
From the tears you cried
Breathe a sigh
In peace for a short time

I’m gonna breathe a sigh
Hold you close beneath the sheets
Breathe a sigh
I taste you, so sweet
Breathe a sigh
Feel the heat of your skin
As our bodies lie together
Breathe a sigh
In peace for a short time

I’m gonna breathe a sigh
Follow the lines my lips trace
Breathe a sigh
My hair falls upon your face
Breathe a sigh
Listen to the whispers
Of peace in your eyes
Breathe a sigh
In peace for a short time

"One World Apart"

ONE WORLD APART


I feel your lips against my skin
My heart was yours
Yours to give
Away if you choose

I’m lying on the floor
Torn and bruised
Scratching at our fate
Like a dog abused

Leave me in the cold
Hold me in your arms
Always together
But we’re always apart

We are tied together
We are cut apart
Our lives are one
One world apart

We are tied together
We are cut apart
Our lives are one
One world apart

You look to me
I make you breathe
I look to you
You breathe life in my eyes

When we are together
You’re always somewhere else
You’re always someone else

We are tied together
We are cut apart
Our lives are one
One world apart

"Loved"

LOVED

You are such a sweet thing
And you are loved
Wipe your tears away
You are never alone
Always with you
You are never alone

Father, he loved you
It’s a shame he didn’t stay with you
He feels you with his heart
With his eyes, he holds you
Never leaves you alone

You are such a sweet thing
And you are loved
Wipe your tears away
You are never alone
Always with you
You are never alone

Mother, she loves you
It’s a shame she cannot show you
She wishes she understood your life
Tries so hard to be your all
She will understand you before the fall

You are such a sweet thing
And you are loved
Wipe your tears away
You are never alone
Always with you
You are never alone

Don’t think you are not noticed
Don’t think no one cares
You are never alone
You are never alone

Happy Canada Day!!