Autumn Images

Winter is an etching,

spring a watercolor,

summer an oil painting

and autumn a mosaic of them all.

~Stanley Horowitz

My Visual DNA

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I had seen other bloggers' Visual DNAs and wanted to explore mine. It was fun choosing photos for my Visual DNA. What my DNA told me: I am a dreamer, escape artist, back to basics, and nice 'n cheesy. I think it came pretty darn close to who I am. Get your own by clicking at the bottom of my DNA.

Kit: Day 3

Day three and Kit continues to get healthier and friskier. He is also working hard at winning the hearts of the dogs. The dogs aren't used to a cat quite so friendly. Now Kit doesn't understand the herding dogs usually love to do the herding, but Kit has convinced Shelby our red heeler that kissing is okay.

Kit has loved on Annie since the first night he arrived. Annie is so excited she can't even sleep. She just follows this kitten and the kitten returns affection along with some teasing and playful fun.After spending so much time around the dogs Kit tried to point. I don't know if he is flushing up a bird, trying for a treat, or just getting his balance. It will always be a mystery where this kitten came from . Already he is a blessing in our home and we are glad he is here.

Native American Week at School

This week our school is celebrating Native American Week. The school community has enjoyed storytellers, crafts, music, art, and Native history. Recently murals were painted on the side of the community center in town. It is such a focal point when you drive toward the school. BS, the father on one of my students was the artist that did the eagle on the left.


This father came to teach my classes how to do drawing this week. It was amazing to watch him take an eagle and help us see how we can sketch this majestic animal. Students were very focused and also asked to learn to sketch roses, horses, and buffalo. Here is a start on a buffalo sketch by one of my seventh graders. There will then be an art contest and students can choose their best work to be judged.Here is a closer view of BS's eagle mural on the building. This was the advice he gave the students today. " All you need to do is take time and draw and draw and practice. Take a break from the video games and T.V. and sit with paper and pencil. "
Students were willing to experiment with other sketches after he left. I have many talented artists!

Meet Kit

This pure white kitten showed up in a tree by our deck yesterday. The dogs quickly let JEJ know there was a strange visitor on the property. Once he got the kitten down this cute little fur ball was loving and wanted to be petted and given attention.

We figured the kitten was about three or four months old, but couldn't really tell if it was a boy or girl. We named it Kit thinking that name could go either way. Kit sneezed and twitched his ears and had a big scratch on his nose. By his condition we thought he had been on his own for awhile. We decided unless somebody called and claimed this tame kitten we would take it to the vet to see how it was doing and keep it. Kit even liked the dogs! Last night after some food he was ready to play, send emails from my laptop keyboard and rip and tear through the house.
Today we found out Kit was a boy and had a fever and other kitten problems. The good news was he didn't have feline leukemia. After being prodded and washed and given a shot he came home worn out. He is now sleeping away in a cat carrier away from the other cats. I don't think Kit quite realizes that he found kitty paradise here. Okay... so we have six cats... what's another one? How do you turn away a kitten that looks like this?

Nice Matters Award

I was honored this week to be given this award twice. Thanks Ordinary Janet for thinking of me. Jackie (of the recently closed blog Jackie's Garden) also gave me this award. Nice does matter to me each and every day. Thanks to both of you for noticing that on my blog. It means a lot to me. Please feel free to recognize others with this award.