Body, Earth and Imagination

Carey's show begins today - title above.  Everything is wonderfully done and the weather is sunny and mid-70's.  She has already sold two works, an excellent indicator of this weekend.

 

Outside the grove of trees is wrapped in orange - participants can create items and hang them here during the show.  The items are incredibly meaningful and heartfelt.

A couple of cuties!

Here's a couple of cuties from North Carolina - Slim, the cat, is the queen around here!  Last night she went up a tree about 20 feet - jumped like a squirrel to a close tree, up and down and then came down and ran like a banshee across the lawn!  We think she was showing off for us!

Visiting

Diana and I are in North Carolina for a few days, visiting our friends and assisting in Carey's final art show here.  Windy weather on the way in Wednesday, but it now looks like sunny and mid-70's for the rest of the time. 
I had a chance to walk in the meadow today, and was visited by a red-shouldered hawk.  A beautiful bird, hunting across the meadow.  Carolina blue skies behind him.

April showers

Bring April flowers!  Why not?  Here's another beauty that had the sun highlighting it just right!

Talk about in your face colors - this one says "Notice Me" very loudly!

Easter

Easter is today.  With many meanings across the world (and no meaning for some), what does it mean for you?
Continuing my search for beauty, here's an Easter altar - from a tulip!

Belle of the Ball

Today I spent at the VA campus in Salt Lake City, taking portraits of veterans and providing them with prints (on the spot) as a thank you to them for what they have done.  It was an incredible day, filled with learning experiences about the vets as well as my growing but nowhere near finished portrait taking skills.  Everyone there was a star - and had a story; from a gentleman that came to have his obit photo taken (terminal cancer) to others that were celebrating a sobriety anniversary.  I know there were many that I did not get to hear.
But the person at the center of it was this beautiful lady that coordinates, manages, mothers, and directs the Volunteer Services at the VA center - Belle Karabatsos!  She knows and cares for each one of the folks that came today and it showed!  Without her, today would not have happened.  And we have another photo shoot on 6/10 - where we get to apply our lessons learned from today and meet another group of veterans and hear their stories.

Here's Belle:

Creating with Words

We know that words are powerful - as an expression of thoughts and often the step before a physical reality is created.  But you can build with words also - as Lisa proved when she created this heart for Sean on his 50th birthday!  Lisa asked family and friends to send her one word (of course, some folks had to send more than one) and she took those words and with just a smidgeon of learning about photoshop, created this wonderful and lasting birthday gift!  On the back she put a list of the words and who they were from. Very unique and meaningful! (Feel free to plagiarize her idea!!).