“sculpture is the art of the hole and the lump.”
-auguste rodin
out on an adventure hike
with the kinders
we came across a sign…..
“i could never resist the call of the trail.”
-buffalo bill
the first sled ride of the year with a pile of my kinders.
christmas play
green grass
crinkly fall leaves
swirling pajamas
purple boots
golden ballet slippers
daffodil crown
clear sky above
bright eyes
and
not a snowflake to be found.
“just living is not enough” said the butterfly fairy,
“one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower.”
– hans christian andersen
we went outside
on a class hike
touched stuff
picked up things
fell down
rolled
ran
played in the water
saw some pretty little stuff
and saw some big and beautiful stuff
and tried to figure out
how to get way up there
then we found this
and
think it was a message
left for us
and decided it was true
and our adventure
was even better.
—-
land is the secure ground of home, the sea is like life,
the outside, the unknown.
– stephen gardiner
came upon
what seemed to be
the world’s longest hopscotch
must have been
‘cuz it just kept on going
even when the one who drew it
counted as high as they could
and they
had no more numbers
so it ended at 82
but the boxes just kept on going.
j proclaimed,
‘i’m going to swing into magic land.’
we’d been waiting forever
for a chance to play outside in the rain together
there was a fence
branch was weak
chair was shaky
toes were tippy
b created a magic rain slide
“let’s make it soapy”
it was so slippy-flippy
there were great leaps and a great slides
making for
a great afternoon
we got very wet
fell down
slid on the grass
crashed into stuff
got pretty muddy
laughed so hard
best of all
none of us were injured
and it was pure magic.
roald dahl would understand completely.
—-
credits: roald dahl – george’s marvelous medicine
j: ‘i think i should eat outside, i’m kind of messy.’
b: ‘he is.’
me: ‘it’s unanimous then.’
‘yep, that food really is kind of messy.’
b: ‘that’s not food, that’s art.’
me: ‘it is.’
and i am very happy today
as i imagine
this is what it looks like outside.
and then i will go outside.
and i will keep imagining.
and in a few months
it will look like this
and then i will
praise the power
of the imagination
for making things come true.
I didn't have my glasses on.... 