Weekly Bird in the Hand

It's Saturday - back in Glen Ellen - and time for my weekly "bird in the hand" - the things I am grateful for:

My wax sculpture - soon to be bronze sculpture!

• Having the opportunity to have our 7 week "sabatical" in San Miguel - and having such a wonderful time
• Family who came to join us in San Miguel
• The teachers whom I took classes with - Rita, Rae, Gerardo, Keith, Kris - and all the fun, all the new things I learned and the inspiration their classes gave me
• The sunshine, flowers, food, colors, cobblestone streets, sunsets, rooftop gardens, burros, people of San Miguel
• The two lovely homes we got to stay in - thanks Dennis and Kathrin, and Jay
• New friends we made
• Cassie my friend, who stayed in our home while we were away to take care of Harold, my pet parrot.  Thanks soooo much Cassie
• Harold - for singing all day with me today to welcome me home
• All the ducks, herons and egrets that are on the pond today to welcome us back
• A wonderful birthday with many messages from friends all around the world
• John's brother's carers/doctors/nurses at the hospital in England

We've had a wonderful time away and hope to bring some of what we loved about that trip back into our daily lives.  Now I'm looking forward to getting back into everything here - especially both my art and my singing, which starts again tomorrow.

Life is good! :=D  Hope it is for you too. xxx

Fragility - Edna Dickinson

As I went to Fabrica La Aurora today for  a class, I stopped in to see a new installation called "fragility" by Edna Dickinson.  She has created open fragile white procelain structures, built from multiple pieces with the idea of cellular growth and forms that build slowly, one piece at a time.  She includes broken pieces on the bases of the installation....It made me think of the fragility of nature.

I love the simplicity the white color gives to the pieces. What do you think?  I'm glad I'm not packing one up to bring home!!!