Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Kids on the Ocean

I've stolen these from my friend Sue Camarados who found them on the web. I'm grinning. Thought you might too.

Children writing about the ocean:

1) This is a picture of an octopus. It has eight testicles. (Kelly, age 6)
2) Oysters' balls are called pearls. (Jerry, age 6)
3) If you are surrounded by ocean you are an island. If you don't have ocean all round you, you are incontinent. ( Wayne , age 7)

4) Sharks are ugly and mean, and have big teeth, just like Emily Richardson . She's not my friend any more. (Kylie, age 6)

5) My uncle goes out in his boat with 2 other men and a woman and pots and comes back with crabs. (Millie, age 6)

6) When ships had sails, they used to use the trade winds to cross the ocean. Sometimes when the wind didn't blow the sailors would whistle to make the wind come. My brother said they would have been better off eating beans.. (William, age 7)

7) Mermaids live in the ocean. I like mermaids. They are beautiful and like their shiny tails, but how on earth do mermaids get pregnant? Like, really? (Helen, age 6)

8) Some fish are dangerous. Jellyfish can sting. Electric eels can give you a shock. They have to live in caves under the sea where I think they have to plug themselves into chargers. (Christopher, age 7)

9) The ocean is made up of water and fish. Why the fish don't drown I don't know. (Bobby, age 6)

10) My dad was a sailor on the ocean. He knows all about the ocean. What he doesn't know is why he quit being a sailor and married my mom. (James, 7)

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Grace in Small Things #197 of 365



1. How the internet can make me laugh...

2. This post showing yoga having the same benefit as drinking...

3. This post of Carrie Fisher's about her weight and shape.

4. This post about trying to open plastic packaging




Thursday, September 17, 2009

Grace in Small Things #196 of 365


1. Laptops with cameras!

2. Punk, supplier of infinite inexpensive entertainment

3. Judge rolling in the grass. Even after spine surgery, he's still got it!

4. Calling Cambo on his new cell phone he got for his FIFTEENTH birthday!

5. This blue lamp which gives me a little bit of joy everyday when it clicks on at 5pm and clicks off at 11.


Sunday, September 13, 2009

Grace in Small Things #192 of 365


1. Me and My first best friend

2. This swing on Grandma's front porch (looking through the old parlor windows.

3. This painting Lisa is working on in my studio

4. This dog sitting on the bookshelf at the farm.

5. This glass heart

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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Love Thursday #12: Grandma turns 98



Grandma turned 98 last week and we had a big party at her farmhouse.

Grandma's greeting party as she comes down the van lift.



Grandma with one of her great grandkids and pooch.



Sunday, August 23, 2009

Grace in Small Things #171 of 365


1. This night sky in North Carolina Blue Ridge

2. This ampi-theater where I got to tell my stories on Saturday night

3. Mountain and foothill loot:

4. My loving cousins who loved on my dogs, spic n span'd my refrigerator, organized my studio, all for love. My ten year-old cousin left me her hand-drawn kisses:

5. Welcome home greeting party:



Thursday, August 20, 2009

Grace in Small Things #169 of 365


1. creamy goat cheese and pears, cold dry white wine

2. girls at any age sitting around the pool catching up

3. male forearms

4. excellent words whose sounds match their meaning like buzz and zing and sanctimonious

5. bedside tables


Thursday, August 13, 2009

Love Thursday #11: Blowing Bubbles






Don't you just love bubble blowing?


But it's hard work...





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Thursday, August 6, 2009

Love Thursday #10: Stone Fruit




Keb Mo played on the stereo and a terrific thunderstorm pounded outside while I made this


folks you love in mind--it feels important.


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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Love Thursday #9: Grandma at 98


Grandma turns 98 in August. I'm lucky to have her around.

We're throwing her a party at her house which is down the road from the rest home. She and her wheel chair will ride in a van with a lift. Her daddy built the house and many others in the area almost 100 years ago. She's still running things, so we won't be bringing any presents, just a bunch of love.


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