Giant Lady Bug Lawn Ornament

long legged ladybug

Valentine hat

A Valentine for across the miles

tracks in the snow

seasons of aprons

Not That Cold?

Not That Cold!

When it's as cold as this, 28 degrees below, the old timers call and reminisce.

"Did you have a film of ice on your water bucket this morning?" Barbara asked with a bit of impishness, Barbara, my friend, a lady in her seventies.

"Outside or inside?" But I knew what she meant. For a time, I too, carried the drinking water into my parent's drafty old farmhouse and set it up on the kitchen counter just under the nail where the dipper hung. A good cold drink!

It was my task

to fetch

the drinking water

pail and dipper

filling

from the artisan well

spilling water

ever pouring

into my pail

cold clean and mineral sweet

flowing steady

never ending

into the room size 

wooden water tank

and out of it

into the creek

where the ducks swam.

arts and crafts

The New Year. 2010. Full Moon. And 28 degrees below. A good day to stay in, and look out, and sew.
On the net, under arts and crafts for sale is an add that reads: will build snowman in your yard for you...having a baby on the 25th looking to earn extra money will make a really nice snow man for your house or business. also can do snow removal or any other labor work. email me back please thanks

Art in its many forms of expression.