I took a quick walk around the yard and through the woods to get out of the house on this rainy day.

 This is the soapstone sink in Garden #1.

I had to straighten the "fairy house

I wrote about the walk...

 

               Rain walk June 26...

Umbrella and galoshes through the wet trees and over the soggy ground

Green new pine cones and small clusters of branches are stark green against the wet rusty passed season's debris

            Step carefully, each

    Foot finding secure positions

            Boot, snowshoe, snow, leaves

Imagine the same walk with snow, snowshoes and sweatshirt...

Smooth white surface, lightly pocked with snow clumps released from resting spots on branches

Uniformity of snowflakes to naked eye makes forest floor at peace

            Flakes silently fall

Gently land, one by one, rest

       A cardinal calls

     

Following the same route, around the rocks where the ground is hard packed dirt in places, squishy mud covered with wet, brown leaves

Sticks that have migrated to the path from wherever

             

Green leaves hold drops, wait

Too much water drips ground ways

    Each forms  new puddles

Crazy storm yesterday afternoon - and I'd taken the time to water beans, tomatoes, cukes and new rhodies. Moving hostas, still adding to garden #1.

Next OPEN STUDIO on July 20 - "Beginning a New Journal "  . I will share ways I've started new/sequential journals, have supplies for visitors to experiment with, and have other art items to view.  Come by, bring a friend... 1-4:00. I have air conditioning.

Since it was raining and I didn't walk or work in the garden, I got several pages worked on in ART JOURNAL 2013. Actually, it's a series of 4 pages, accordion style. I was running out of pages since I want to stay in the journal through June. I added  four pieces of paper- three are water color paper and one is a piece of cardboard from a package of stickers.

I also added a mini-accordion book on an earlier page. It's card stock with a picture I scanned on one side and doodles on the other.

this is the mini-accordion, folded

This is the scanned side.

This is the doodled side.

This morning, yes in the heat, I spread bark mulch in garden #1. Looking good after neglected for a
year ! the pool felt great after .
Saturday the 8th I'm going to the ceremony for EKES to be awarded Excellence in Education award. So my next OPEN STUDIO  June 15th. I'l be demonstrating ways I utilize technology in art journaling.