The air in LA is warm and heavy this evening. Some plants thrive no matter what the weather does. I like this sky blue shrub above that blooms all year. I’ve seen some of these fold themselves completely around walls and fences.
Code name for the succelent below is kalanchoe beharensis. In time, it too will get enormous. I’m a big fan of its dusky triangle shaped leaves that feel like rough felt.
Bursts of rays are swimming underneath every journal page lately. I like building everything onto the striped background.
The semester can’t snap shut fast enough. I’m desperate to be all aloney on my owney in the wild green yonder of Oregon. At night I’m dreaming of the Columbia River and rain and deep forests and fog and exploring.
By day I’m a centimeter away from locking myself in the supply bin and playing solitaire until the last day of school. I need to wear a t-shirt that says NO on it. No, I cannot attend the terribly important union meeting. No, I will not join the fascinating book club getting underway. No, I cannot come to Math Night and play games with the parents. No, you cannot stay in the room over recess and ask me questions. No, I will not be attending any weekend social events. If it involves people and talking I cannot attend. Yes, I am trying my hardest to act like a human being. No, it is not easy.
I will let these two ponies visit me in the supply room.
Wanna see some cool collages? Go HERE now. How about some paintings that are so lovely you will GASP?
Need more visual stimulation? How about an entire series of polaroid DIPTYCHS and triptychs? Say what?
Perhaps some lovely beach cottages are more your speed.
I need one of those t-shirts for my husband who is also a teacher. I do believe all teachers are angels in disguise.
Hang in there honey!!! It will make it all the sweeter when you finally blow the coop!!
Very sweet looking students you have here….
MA-
It is funny that you dream of the Columbia River and I dream ( really ) of makeing journal pages like yours!! When I am falling asleep at night I imagaing building my pages, and then I write and drift off…
Now I will do so in one of those beautiful cottages ( in my head anyway).
Also, my t-shirt isn’t as nice as yours. Mine says ” I hate people”. Not always true, but sometimes very appropriate.
me 2 – all aloney – so much much – lately and I thrive on so much less less – you know Mary Ann… but I did do something fun none-the-less…
those ponies are dang cute –
xox – eb.
If you find or make a T-shirt like that, let me know… I need/want one too!
Hi MA,
The things you feel/write strike such a deep chord with me. In the last several months it’s been a real challenge for me to act like a human being, and I am constantly having to have little talks with myself. And thanks to your post a while back about wearing a sleeveless shirt, I wore my first sleeveless shirt EVER this summer…and I am 41 years old! I have worn it several times since, I’m proud to say! Thank you for writing what you write, and for being who you are.
XXOO