site seeing

Since the warmer weather has hit, Nicki has taken to sitting in windows , looking for birds. 

Oh-and did I mention-we have mice in the apartment. 

TicTacToe

On Sunday during a visit to Jones Beach I collected some shells , rocks & beach glass. Today I placed them onto a vibrant napkin for a photo. As I looked  a thought occurred-tic tack toe. I cut some paper strips and played around a bit and voila! "beach tic tack toe" : all you need are some sticks for the lines or you can draw them into the sand. Then, collect things in sets and you have all that you will need. Even more amazing would be "beach chess". Can you imagine making chess pieces out of found items?!? My mind began thinking of the different types of "found" items that could be easily collected & used for such games. A set such as this would be the perfect memento from a trip somewhere special! 

Signs of spring

I walked today in search of signs of spring. I searched the sky for nests & found some both bird and wasps nests-most likely from last season. In general,  things still look pretty bleak around here . The lack of sun shine did not help matters!  

spring time art

I have been doing  some new pieces just for Spring-lots of flowers as I wait for the real thing to appear. 

Stars, snow flakes & shadows

I noticed this shadow on the bedroom wall this evening. It has a certain poetry & mystery about it. 

foot prints through the snow drifts

Today was an amazing day! I love living where seasons change (and sometimes rage) as it can make a day wondrous. We awoke to some snow. On the disappointing side if you were to ask me but at least we did get some snow. Then more came and the wind blew, creating drifts & making  things  interesting. 

Outside the bedroom window I spotted icicles! Really long ones that reminded me of my childhood: my brother & I used to "pick" the icicles off of my parents back porch  , as if we were picking apples and lick them like lolly pops. 

Another wonderful sight-the train passing our windows created trails of snow as they sped past. I can't help it : snow just makes everything more interesting! 

A nice surprise!

I logged on to a friends Etsy site and found last years Valentine tucked into her photo collage for a piece of art she silkscreened & is selling. Cool surprise! Can you find it?