Alison's Blog

I just realized I hadn't posted in a while. Thought I'd jot down a few words. Spring has sprung here and the fish are biting. Not that Mike would know, he has been working weekends here lately, so that means no days off plus the Coffee House work at night. Hopefully this won't last too much longer. He is at work as I write this. We are able to sit on the deck when he gets home from work and watch the others in their fishing boats go by and talk about how many fish they have caught. It is still relaxing. We are waiting to see if the Martins like the house I built for them. We took a run out to the Waterway where we know their is a martin house that is inhabited yesterday to see if they were here yet. Ha! It's time to put my humming bird feeder up for the little scouts that come before the others. Daylight Savings here this weekend.

Things are quiet here after having Isla and Jake stay with us so long. I miss seeing Jake every day as I knew I would, miss giving him his bath at night. James has returned from his trip and things are returning to normal. I kept Jake yesterday at his house and we went for a walk to the Art Gallery in Tupelo. He walked all the places it was safe for him to walk, holding my hand the whole time. The only time he stopped was when a loud truck was going by and he wanted to tell it a thing or two. I wish I knew what he was saying. When we got into the Art Museum it was like going into wonderland. They had the walls decorated with children's art and had really large bright colored fish hanging from the ceiling with streamers. They had a monkey mobile, which we had just read the book about George the monkey so he loved that. I thought he would just love the building, reminds me of taking Isla to Vicksburg and sitting her down in the mausoleum type building where she echoed, if you talk, it just echos but he was too busy walking around looking at all the bright colored to realize the voice thing. It was fun. It is such a fun age to experience new things with him and see it in his eyes for the first time.

Had a quiet time at the Coffee House last night. Mike spent most of the night playing spoons with a bunch of the kids outside on a table. It was so hot we nearly had to turn the air conditioning on, but being frugal as we can we didn't. We had about 12 kids on the stage at different stages of learning to play the guitar. Most of them bring their guitars with them. Last weekend it seemed like every time I turned around I was reminded of Carrie. On girl in particular from the back looked just like her, another was wearing shoes she used to wear all the time. I was re-reading "Letter to a Grieving Heart" by Billy Sprague this week and he was told by an elderly friend "The pain will be less on the cutting edge in time. You have been given great gifts by God. (He was a singer) You can use them in dedication and devotion to your young lady (His fiance died) and the more you use them, the better you will feel."

I am almost finished another art piece. I will post it next week. I am in the process of trying to become established as an Artist in our hometown. While still practicing I'm doing some portraits as gifts to kind of just get my name out there. I know the portraits I do are not every one's cup of tea and I respect that. Some don't even consider it Art to draw from a photo. A lot of people want color. Actually I may start adding a little color, I have one piece in mind for color yet to come. I hope you have enjoyed seeing my progress in this blog from my very first piece to better pieces in the future I hope. I enjoy seeing my progress and getting all your kind comments boosts me on too!

Well, it's almost 8am and outside is calling my name. I'm sorry Mike has to work today. I'm headed out to work in the yard and enjoy the fresh air and spring smells.