This blog features weekly updates on design projects, including the Chintz Revival collection, an anniversary card, and ongoing poetry development.
Category: Poetry
A Note, Photo, and Poem — for years this I wrote every day, now once a week
Daily Create #tdc5244
Inspired by a friend's suggestion, the author participates in Daily Create #tdc5244, sharing a poem about gratitude for life and nature, alongside artistic elements featuring the Yellow Salsify flower.
Weekly WrapUp May 6
artistic updates: digital paintings, challenges completed, and tips for using Procreate and creative techniques
NaPoWriMo When I Was Young Thinking
In the 1950s, childhood memories of playing near lilac bushes highlight innocence, imagination, and the lessons learned about nature and faulty thinking.
Weekly WrapUp April 29
The blog highlights ongoing creative projects in Procreate and Affinity Designer, focusing on nursery design challenges and daily poetry writing for National Poetry Month.
NaPoWriMo Sand’s Pink Carpet
A visit to Crescent Bay revealed a beautiful pink blanket of wildflowers, prompting a haiku about pinweed's striking beauty.
NaPoWriMo E Pluribus Unum
The piece reflects on freedom of speech, urging collective expression against tyranny while promoting nonviolent assembly in America.
NaPoWriMo Less Traveled
At Crescent Bay, a tough path fosters mindfulness, revealing beauty like Phlox longifolia and inspiring creativity.
NaPoWriMo Gas Prices
Steamboat Rock State Park was once a favorite walking spot, now too far due to high gas prices.
NaPoWriMo Tiny Daisy
On hillsides, arrowleaf balsamroot blooms, while the barren shrub-steppe floor contrasts with the beauty of tiny desert yellow daisies, revealing nature's resilience and charm.








