April begins ...

I can see signs of blue sky - thankfully it's not raining. We got through the night on Tuesday supervising the sump pump and water levels !!!! We means Roger. I went to school yesterday the long way because the usual route was under water for about a quarter mile. Today's a day for some art, some writing, a long walk with Deezel, lunch with Paula, getting some pansies from my favorite greenhouse (Wentworth's in Rollinsford) and washing floors. The family will be here on Sunday.

April 1, 2009
Second walk with baby Deezel through the woods.
This collage is a combination of writing on the card, doodling some accents,gluing some scraps,and writing on scrap paper.
another day for
words avoiding my brain - quick
walk with the puppy
The number one became important because of the connotation of April Fools' Day

March 31st addendum ------
I began wrapping up the "Dots" project built around the book by Peter Reynolds "The Dot". All of the classes have been doing this. First, the librarian read the book to each class and discussed it. I reviewed it with the classes and had them create dots of their own for several class periods. I had them start with oil pastels on colored paper they are so freeing because its about the richness of color and , in this case the shape. Classes have also painted dots and splatter painted some paper to make dots. (Splatter painting is so fun and so messy, I always talk about Jackson Pollack when we splatter.)
Today students in three classes made the choice of the one to attach to a 4' foam core dot (one per class) They are fabulous. I will post photos after the 2nd to have most of the classes' work. A few kids lost interest in just doing the same shape each week, several worked on one for several classes, others were enjoying the simplicity of the work and enjoying using dfferent media.