I am

I am

the dragonfly.

My wings are

crushed velvet

that could not be destroyed.

A powerful flight

that you could not stay.

I went

where I wanted.

So,

you put me in a jar.

You think I forget?

Seeing myself dusty

and airless,

resting among the clutter

on your work table.

You could look,

but no one

could touch.

I remember.

The beautiful colors

slowly drained

away

the life steeped out like a used teabag.

My eyes

became

glazed-over and useless.

But I am the dragonfly.

My soul flew out.

My shell

left behind

in that

decrepit jar

to wither,

to remain,

your empty muse.

And my heart,

my heart is now free.

North

white- faceted hills

stretch

their backs into the morning

cracked vertebrate

in the

ice-streaked sky

spring waits

lying down

under tender shoots

cradling their burden

A Successful Day

It was a great day for jewelry!! Many thanks to all who came and bought and stopped by to chat! It is always nice to be in the presence of so much creativity. Hopefully within the next 6 months I will have a website up and going so that customers can order directly from the site. It is a long term goal that I need to focus on once my crazy life gets in order! (which will be soon!) Right now I am getting ready to hunker down for the winter. Happy Holidays!!

Craft Show Coming up!!

St.Margaret's Of Scotland Christmas Craft Show - Saturday December 4th, 2010

1. 915 Alice Street 15205 (412) 922-4765

   Place page

I am working furiously to be ready for the annual craft show that I do. This will be my fourth year at the same booth. Among all the other things that I do, this is one of my favorite things! I am hoping to have many new designs this year. I try to keep up with the current fashions and also add some unique flavor to my pieces. Here is some of my latest work.

I will be putting more details about the show and hopefully a link here soon, so stop back!

All the pretty little flowers

Chamomile and impatients

I love when all the flowers are blooming. I look forward to them every year. It gives me something that I can count on, something that I can enjoy just for the sake of looking. People plant flowers for different reasons. I plant them so that I have something to look at that pleases me. I like the way they look in different lights, I like their imperfections as well as their varieties in color. For me, there is nothing passive about planting flowers. I inspect them, I nurture them, I enjoy them. They are my bright spot of the day.

Storm Clouds

These are some really cool clouds that I saw yesterday morning. I was almost late (Ok, I WAS late) for work because I was outside watching the storm come in. The clouds were so dark and menacing, but the pictures don't even do them justice! In the minutes it took me to run upstairs and get my camera and rush outside with it, they had changed into something else. But they were still worth capturing. I love a good storm. I love the preparation of the earth and all it's living things as they wait. Anticipation is sometimes more exhilarating than the actual event.

I especially like the first picture. If you look closely and use your imagination, you can see a white heart in the clouds. It is sort of leaning to it's side, but still... I can see it. It may just be the artist in me, or the hopeless romantic... I could never give up on love, or stop believing in it, no matter how bad I was hurt at one time. It's just not in me.

great quote for the day

"Don't cry because it's over.

Smile because it happened."

-Dr Suess