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| Fish Sketch |
I am teaching art again this winter to fifth graders in our school district. I have taught in New Meadows, McCall, and this year it is the little town of Donnelly. Each year, I am surprised at how much I enjoy this project - I did not like children even when I was a child myself, preferring the company of adults. I was the kind of mom who loved her own, but wasn't looking for a playgroup to join... I view this as a healing in my life; the enjoyment of being with and interacting with children.
For this years project, we are creating fabric banners 3' x 5' in size. Pretty large, but I want them to have something super fun to take home with them! (many thanks to Lori of
Granny's Attic - I wouldn't have the fabric for this without her generous donations!) The theme is centered on stream rehabilitation, trout, and trout habitat in our area. We are working with a text entitled, appropriately enough, "Trout" - you can see one of the beautiful photographs in this book at the bottom of my photograph here. I was captivated by that large hazel-colored fish eye and it was the first thing I drew in my thumbnail sketch that will become my own banner. The photo is not great, but above the fish eye you can see a trail of bubbles leading to the surface, some waving stream grass and a few pine trees. Next to the "eye" is a full sized trout nosing downward and into a pile of trout eggs resting in the pebbled stream bottom. I really like this sketch and I am looking forward to translating it into fabric on my banner working alongside my enthusiastic, welcoming and intelligent fifth grade class. Having met only once so far with my class, I am already charmed by them and looking forward to more. They are really into this project and that makes it even more fun!
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| Farm Fresh Eggs! |
Donnelly is a quiet, charming little town. One of the focal points of the town is the charming and tasty respite of
Flight of Fancy coffee shop (best pecan and maple bars ever) with it's wonderful little Glory Bee market. I stopped into the market on my way back from teaching to pick up some eggs, and this is what I found:
I love it. AND, they are the prettiest, nicest eggs I've found in this here valley.
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| Queen Bee Night Cream with Royal Jelly |
On other fronts, I am still building my ETSY store with my
Thea's Bee Beautiful products. I just posted listings for my
Everyday Lip Balm and
Everyday Lip and First Aid Balm. Part of the process of doing these listings is discovering all the photos I need in order to properly display and showcase a listing. A few days ago, I found I needed a photo of my
Queen Bee Night Cream with Royal Jelly in both the 1 oz. and travel size for my website updates. It was a brilliant sunny day and I needed an excuse for a walk by the river with my trusty dog anyway. So I packed my travel basket with product, my camera, and ... for some mysterious reason... this fabulous crystal globe my mother-in-law gave me years ago. And darn if it wasn't just the perfect thing. Look at this photo: The light was zinging through the globe and was entirely too bright. Solution? Put a jar of night cream in front of the shaft of light! The jar seems to glow from within which is what it also does for your skin.
I've chatted quite a bit now. I so enjoy writing these blogs and know they tend to be lengthy, so I thank you for opening and reading them! I leave you with another picture I took during the Queen Bee photo shoot of an old sheep herder bridge across the Payette River:
