the band that played Tuesday Night

farmers market

picture on right is a photo of the fountain in the center of the Village Green Park

picture of the town shops

the deer and fawn in back yard

this is Maxwell , my baby cat that Jacob has been taking care of. I think he remembered me cause I don't go to far and he is always looking for attention !

Coming to Clinton NY

Hi Everyone,
I know I am actually blogging again and now I am back on the east coast. It was an interesting trip driving back across the country again. I am so glad that drive is over! 00 miles a day, about 8 to 10 hours driving each day.It took me 6 days to get back to the east coast. Would I do it again? NO, I am glad I won't have to drive that kind of distance again!
I thought I would show you a few pictures of my home town. It is a small town and has alot of things going on for a small town. I am staying wih my son Jacob, till I can get my own place or maybe I will go have another adventure and go east more or south ,one never knows where life will take you!
Jacob lives tiht in the village, so i was real surprised to see the wildlife so close. Behind Jacob's house is a wooded area and in front of his house (on the other side of the road) is another wooded grassy area..My second day here I saw a deer and her fawn out in the back yard. Or maybe I should say the deer was in the back yard ,but the fawn couldn't jump the fence, so he just waited for "mom" to come back.
Just the other night I almost ran into a red fox, I am not sure who scared who the most ,I know he was about 15 feet away before I realized it was a fox not a big house cat!
The one thing I just love seeing at night are the fireflies !! I go out each night to watch them, I am talking about 100;s of little green lights gong off and on thur the night till about 11.
Then lets nor forgot about all the trees, maple , elm, ash, willows and grass! I have run thru the grass in bare foot just to feel it once more and the smell of fresh mowed grass is wonderful. Flowers all over the place, day lilies, violets, just to name a few.
The town has a church that rings the bell for the hour of the day, so just in case you are sure of the time, you will hear the bell start to go off and all you need to do is count the rings to know the time, the ring on the hour.
Clinton has a big oval park in the middle of town, I guess that is why they call it the "Village on the Green" So, the shops line one side of the street and are opposite the "green" Well during the summer on Tuesday night they have a band that plays in the gazebo , bands each Tuesday, you will hear blues, grass-blues polka bands. you just never know what band will be there. Then on Thursday they have a farmers market where you can buy fresh veggies and fruits that are grown locally.
I also found an artist co-op In town, which I will be bring a few things in this next week, they jury who work goes in there. but I don't think it will be a problem for my work.
They are also having a big Art and Music Festival at the end of August, I was to late to sign up for the artist part, but I did write an e-mail and I "just" so happen to attached a picture of my work, saying that if they got a cancellation to please let me know. Well I got an e-mail back and they loved what I did and will find me a spot so I will be in the show. This event is one of the biggest in the county. I feel at least I am getting my name back out there, I may not sell much, but the exposure could help me out allot.
Well I guess I need to get to the pictures now.... My first picture is of my baby cat Maxwell , I thought you all might like to met him

Here is a picture of the framed piece I talked about and I have also copied the poem I wrote.

The skies are turning a dull gray as the winds blow a chilling blast,
Each step resounds on the frosty ground.
The Frost Fairy has come at last to play within the canyon of time.
Crystal clear she lays on the river and lakes,
The trees she robes with the purest white,
With icicles shimming with rainbow hues and light.
Magic flowers in loving shapes, are part of her own devise,
She makes the windows gay with delight.
　
　
As the moon watches with surprise
For this is all done in a single might
Winter is coming , the Frost Fairy is working her magic,
As the winds blows, the Snow Fairy will be coming out to play.
Snow will be falling in the canyon of time.
May you find the time to come out dancing in the night,
And join the Frost Fairy dancing in the moonlight.
helping her make magic frost, looking like magical flowers in delight.
And icicles with rainbow hues and light.
　
So … Please ,Come out and dance,
Dance with the Fairies of Winter
Before it slips away.

Where am I ?

Here is a drawing I did of that chilly wind once feels as the snow starts to fly in the canyon. I even wrote a poem about the Frost Fairy and the wind and Snow Fairy. I did up a piece of scrape book paper and got a frame to fit it. I have shown it two times,and not one thing said about the poem. So I sit here and wonder this morning .. What am I doing? Where am I? I long to go back east, I miss my kids, I miss not being able to breathe, and have been told by many of Doctors that I need to get to a lower altitude,but here I am still at the Grand Canyon! I tell myself I am here because this is where my job is. But lately I have gotten to the point I don't like going into work. There are so silly things going on at work and it feels like I am back in High School. I Have been out of high school for a long time, I guess I don't want to play any reindeer games !

I also don't know where I would go if I left the canyon, back to New York? or Virginia? or somewhere else all together? I ask myself these questions and I don't have an answer yet. So I stay here ,thinking the answers will come when I am ready to hear them and I have to trust the universe that it knows what it is doing.

I am drawing more and being more creative, and maybe that is why I am still here to get more confidence in my artist talent. My fairies people seem to love them,but I haven't sold one for awhile. Which could be where I am showing them. I need to get them out to the visitors who come here or just find a shop close by who would sell them.

Where am I? I am here at the canyon, looking into the window of time and wondering how I fit into this world. or is it I don't fit anywhere... and I am just passing time till the next life's adventure? Or am I looking from the outside looking in the window and still see nothing? I have some how lost that inner peace I felt here , so does that mean it is time to move on and find another place that I will once again feel inner peace? The mind is just full of questions and once again I will have to wait till I am ready to hear the answers to all my questions . Soul searching is a hard path in times like these. So I draw using my water color pencils to find that inner joy and beauty I once saw. I take photos to see the inner beauty of this place called the Grand Canyon.

Winter is coming, frost is all around, the winds will be blowing and carrying the flakes of snow.

and here I sit,waiting for answers to come home.

Well, It has been awhile since I blogged. So I figured i would start out showing what i have been working on for the last few "months" I am hoping to start a blog about my fairies some time down the road, I am sure Sunni would say "it is about time!"
Spring has come to the canyon finally! The past winter was a hard one , more snow than I ever thought i would see since I came out west almost 3 years ago. I find it amazing I am going on 3 years working here at the Grand Canyon.
It just doesn't seem like I have been here that long. I am hoping now that nicer weather is here to get out and start walking again and walking the rim trail again. I have some health issues now and I just have to be more careful when it comes to exercising. Since I was so sick back in 2008-2009. It seems my body has decided to break down a little. Getting "old" is very hard to do! My mind is still young, but the body will tell me in a matter of moments," don't do that or you will be sorry" I joked the other day that I wish I could trade the body in for a newer one. but since that can't be done, I guess I will have to figure out how to get the body I have to do some of the things I enjoy. Getting it back in shape won't be easy, but who ever said Life would be easy!
Sunni and I when and had ice cream yesterday for lunch! yes I know that is not a great way to get the body back in shape. But it was Ohhh So Good! We sat outside and enjoy a nice warm day!

I do hope all are well, and are able to enjoy the spring days that lay ahead.

Summer is here!

It seems Summer has arrived at the Canyon. We seemed to have skipped Spring and went right into the 80's with at 30 to 40 % chance of T-storms almost every afternoon. I so love a great storm up here, the lightning over the canyon is really takes your breath away.

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Last weekend Sunni & I took a trip up to the Hopi village, on our way their( it took about 3 hrs driving time) we found a sigh within the National Park, one that you don't see everyday .

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The other place we stopped was at Coal Mine Canyon, there is a story about the Ghost Lady,(an all "white" large stone) who lives in the canyon, and when the full moon is full, she dances within the canyon walls.

We got to the Hopi village around 12;30. Monica(who I work with) had invited us to a kachina dance, to celebrate a good harvest and asking for rain. We took chairs to sit it, but the only thing we found was a ladder to climb, so up to the rooftops is where we sat, a great view of all the dancers. We found the plaza where the dancers were, I was just amazed at how many dancers were there! There must have been 150 dancers!It was very awl appeally , and it moved me in a spiritual way. They were completely in sync with each other, there feet moved all the same time, there turkey fan headdress if there head went down they all did. All kachinas wear a mask, for they are the spiritual beings that come down from the San Francisco Peaks. They would dance & sing for awhile, then leave the plaza, only to come back with baskets & baskets of food, cookies, fruits, veggies, Bread and treats. Then they would hand to the crowd. For those on the rooftops, they started throwing food up to those people, It was really an amazing day. No cameras allowed, for it is bad luck to photo the kachina dancer. I saw something that most people don't get to see, and the images in my mind will stay with me for what is left of my life. I feel blessed to have been able to be asked to see there ceremony. That was the last dance till Dec, the kachinas have all gone back home to the mountains. I hope to be able to see them again when they do come back from the mountains.

Will Spring ever come to the Canyon?

Here it is April, & we had snow again yesterday! The sun was out today & it is suppose to get real nice this weekend. They say by Monday we could be in the 70's!!!

I am back to work full time now. Back into the flow of life . Sunni & I hiked the rim trail a few sundays ago, I think we walked about 2 miles! I have not done that since I was so sick. It felt good to get out there & walk some. I am still working on fairies, still working on my book about fairies of the canyon, & now I am starting to make jewelry. I just love the artist made lampwork beads.

i joined a group on line called Mixed Media Art, & I have joined 2 groups on there site. It is pretty neat cause the groups offer changelles for each month.. so it will help keep the creative juices flowing. I think we all need to go out on an artist date ! Just do something for the sake of art.