South Pacific and the Pacific Northwest

I am blessed...

to have been able to visit these gorgeous places in May and June.

Pictured from top to bottom: Dragon's Teeth, Maui, Hawaii; salt deposits at Dragon's Teeth; a 

West Maui ocean view; cliff at North Beach in Port Townsend, Washington; rock sculpture at North Beach; log 'wall' at North Beach, Port Townsend, Wa.

This is what keeps this artist 'ticking'...

Haiku and photo transfers today...

Visit to Seattle's Flower Conservatory..., originally uploaded by jomoma58.

I'm struggling with both today! But I'm going to keep trying. I'm doing this as part of LK Ludwig's online journaling class, "Point and Shoot: Poetry and Dreams". Here is my attempt at haiku to accompany this photo I recently took at the Seattle Flower Conservatory:

Searching out the light
Dark secret center hidden-
Winter waits outside.

Another version:

Filtered sun through glass
Aloe quietly breathing-
Winter stalks outside.

3rd version:

Facing winter's light
Quiet breathing in the 'womb':
Dark secret hidden.

What makes this artist 'tick'?

Scenes (part one) from my "Awesome Summer Vacation": John Day Fossil Beds and Painted Hills, Central Oregon, USA. (I felt as though I were walking inside of a Georgia O'Keefe painting!). One of my biggest childhood dreams was to be an archaeologist. Guess that's why I like using bones and old things in my art now...

I'm 'revving up' for the upcoming Edmonds Art Studio Tour, which will take place September 19 and 20 in Edmonds, Washington. I've had a couple of minor 'setbacks' during my preparation, including a 'soon to be 13 year old son always at home and bored', and this week : Pneumonia!!

I know everything will work out, on time and just right, somehow...