yellow blossoms.

blossoms.

blossoms.

to better things,

steph

portrait of a mommy.

once you start this fantastic journey of sending your kid to preschool, you are on the receiving end of daily art work.  yes- art. work. every. time.  that little pink backpack opens up and all of a sudden the fridge is covered in replications and representations of things that your little kid might find important.  this week’s drawings included:  her new teacher, an octopus (huh, random?!),  papa, daddy and mommy. 

yes- my own portraiture drawing.  i’m seriously thrilled.  it’s awesome.  green IS my favourite colour.  i have long(ish) hair in the drawing.  apparently i like to stand on one foot?  i may be doing a twirly pirouette or some such acrobatic thing.  notice that circle in my middle?  i asked little A about that… yup, “it’s the baby in your tummy,” she said.  i’ve never had a dandruff problem- so at least i like to think that all the “fluff” and dots on the far left hand side are confetti.  because,  you know…  i illicit confetti filled fun wherever i go!

to better things (more drawings?),

steph

post-it art.

i get a weekly newsletter from the Color Marketing Group  (a group that predicts and does color forecasting – which is useful for business, marketing, art, photography…  you name it!) 

expected to be a hot colour for 2009 is a yellow “mimosa” type colour.  yellow is refreshing and energetic and is hopeful (especially during the rebuilding of the economy).

this week’s newsletter included some very interesting links to art work using the medium of post-it notes.  the finished result has a very pop-art, andy warhol-esque type of feel.  i love the creativity! 

check out the links:

http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2007/08/31/post-it-art-productivity-in-many-wonderful-colors/

http://www.3m.com/us/office/postit/pastpresent/stories_art.html

http://weburbanist.com/2008/01/24/more-unusual-art-from-everyday-materials-16-post-it-note-pranks-sculptures-and-murals/

to better things,

steph

orange leaves in sunlight.

 

 

leaf.

 

SOTC (straight out of the camera/unedited/untouched)

my gem from the other day- after the rain storm, just before sunset.

mauve flowers.

lazy daisy.

curt is cool.

 my youngest brother.

perspective.

it’s been a rough couple of days (for a myriad of reasons, but mostly sleep deprivation) 

and this photo represents how i feel. 

black and white and gloomy and weepy and exhausted. 

rocky point park, bw trees

 but…. i’m trying to keep perspective that tomorrow is a new day and it might be better.

photo taken in same location, same park, same day, just a different angle. 

“smelling/noticing the roses” (if you will).

rocky point park, yellow flowers

to better things,

steph

july 9, 2008 update:

it seems my words and photos had a stronger impression than i meant them too.  sorry for the misinterpretation and thanks for concerned friends.  it was mostly a culmination of events that furled themselves into a giant ball and then flung itself into my face.  of course, compressed all in a few short hours. 

we are finally getting help for toddlergirl’s sensory processing disorder  and sleep issues, but it comes in the form of seeing four different doctors or health care professionals at one time.  this means appointments.  endlessly.  routine (which i am trying VERY hard to maintain, is hard to maintain when driving hours and waiting and explaining and figuring out).  i could give hugs and largely loaded coffee cards to some of these doctors who have helped us come to new understandings and coping mechanisms with toddlergirl.  most of these people are my heroes.  i could rave about them for a long time.  some have literally changed our daily life.  while other doctors (okay, one in particular) wants me to continue to graph every sleep and wake cycle endlessly.  it is tedious and i’ve already done it for him for a month.  (to get a sense of what it’s like: set your alarm to wake up at least 3 different intervals during the night and then get out of bed, resettle a kid that won’t sleep, and then remember it all for the morning, write it down, graph it, AND “please shade it”.  repeat almost every night for over 700+ nights to get a sense of sleep deprivation).  he doesn’t seem to understand a team concept and we feel as though we have to defend ourselves.  not my idea of a good time.  and especially not on 4 hours of sleep.  we were booked to see him that day.

my inquiring eyes noticed advertising for a festival and more searching led me to the fact that my super duper cool wedding scout locations were being taken over by an enormous caribbean festival (happening in a country, po-dunk kind of town).  now, who would expect that?  i’m thankful i found it out ahead of time and had time to rescout and now i have some great locations (better, maybe even?!) lined up for this weekend. 

that, my friends, is what was making me remind myself to:

1) take a deep breath and 2) keep it in perspective. 

perspective gained.  thanks for listening.

to better things,

steph