Edith taught me how to make this card.
Inside verse says:  "You make my life happy."

You can view the tutorial here: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWYQGUYfx0k&feature=player_embedded

Making Cards

This Christmas season, I have taken to making some greeting cards using Asian Fabrics.  Here are some of those designs:

New Candy Bar Cake for Cecilia

Cecilia retired Friday.  She was one of my co-workers.
I wish her the joy, rest, good times, and continued blessings on the road ahead.  Here are photos of the candy bar cake I created for her:

 

Candy Cake

I made this candy cake for a raffle at work to benefit an ex-co-worker with level 4 breast cancer.  One of the supervisors gave me money to buy the candy.

Rainy Day

It is pouring rain here today.  We've had some major thunder and lightning exhibitions lately.  Today, I woke up late, turned off the air conditioner and opened both of my windows that open. Then I watered my 2 tiny plants and found a red lady bug on one of the containers.  What a welcome surprise!

I did not realize until much later that I was missing calling Mom.  I used to call her every Sunday afternoon.  She has been gone now since 2008.  I had started back to college to finish my degree and was making A's.  It's funny about weather and how it can bring back cherished memories.

I have also been working on some greeting cards for friends.  This one is for an upcoming swap:

Country Living

I wrote this poem in 2006 and submitted it to a poetry contest online.  I won a place in a book of poems later that year, but never purchased the book.  The poem reminds me of small town country living and my hometown. ( click on photo to enlarge)

Field Workers

Do you think it is going to be a cold winter?  There are so many bumble bees covering a neighborhood bush, I hated to get too close to it.  These are three of the photos that I took today.  The bush itself is covered with giant pink clusters of smaller pink blossoms.  In many clusters there are as many bumble bees as there are tiny flowers.  In the past I have had allergic reactions to bee stings so I did not want to test out my vulnerability with bumble bees.

 I dared get close enough to the bee for this photo.

Cropped Photo for Close-up of the Bumble Bee

Original Photo

 The Following is a Pencil Sketch of the previous photo.