Waxahachie, Texas

Downtown Waxahachie is an odd mixture of glitter, galleries, and glam mixed up against rusty dusty unique antiques and boutiques. I snapped a few shots along my way, enjoying the cool air after a late thunderstorm rolled thru town. It was refreshing to be near the familiar old broken brick buildings with a century of tales to be told, if only those walls could talk. The best part of my walk, was the clomping of horseshoes along the hot summer pavement. Now THAT is a true Texas Tale!

miles of smiles

With Paper Cowgirl Art Retreat in my rear view window, this hippie chick has returned to the country with a fullmoon over her shoulder and a boyfriend back into her arms. It was another wonderful gathering of women from Louisiana to Oklahoma and every corner of the State of Texas. They glittered and glued, cut and cropped, stamped and stained, painted and pasted...ate cupcakes and frosting shots, talked alot, laughed even more and most of all...made new friends and rekindled the old. My "Found and Rebound Journal" class I taught was not long enough...I could have created with those women all afternoon. They made some beautiful books, stitched with love and creativity. I look forward to another event just like this one, minus the glitter in my morning coffee!!

Haiku my Heart Friday

 It's Haiku Friday

Won't you come along and play?

Come here to see more

Tree frogs and crickets

Singing me to sleep tonight

Summers symphony

everything but the kitchen sink

walls sealed. cabinets painted. steel counter tops installed. tin ceiling tiles purchased. linoleum floor delivery expected any minute. and oh yes....KITCHEN SINK IS HERE, TOO!!!

Summer Solstice

So here it is. Welcome summer in all your blistering Texas heat...mosquitoes, fire ants, grasshoppers, snakes and chiggers marinated with 98 degrees and 98% humidity.  We really do love you in some sort of odd, sick,obsessive, lusty way. 

We cuss you when you are here, yet we long for you in bitter January days.

I want my red wine to be chilled and I crave watermelon. I eat lots of cucumbers and jicama. I stand under the cold shower three times a day. My bandana is wet around my neck and I want to shave my head.

Is it January yet?

Longest day

Shortest night

Longest night

Shortest dark