• I did a slew of watercolor snails the other day… here’s one of them!
• Christer came home last night from college and will be here for his last six weeks BEFORE HE GETS MARRIED! (OMG.)
• Steve is in Seattle and Portland this week. We would love to move this summer if opportunities line up a little more firmly…
• Happy Mother’s Day, Moms!

I’m 45!

I need to take a cue from this little girl… do you, too?!!

Yes, it’s back! (I know you love it!!)

Today’s prompt: Dieting & Weight

All comments are haiku, remember!! (Bonus: go here for more haiku goodness.)

I’m excited to “do” not much of anything this week… a Sonheim Birthday Week (Steve’s is today, mine is Friday). I need to catch up on a few etsy orders, e-mails, and my sleep. Start some commissions and maybe clean a little bit. But no pressure!!

We started the day with a Starbucks, fresh flowers and a long talk. (The Safeway Starbucks is brand new to Salida… today was its opening day, and it was not busy… I think the folks here are boycotting it a bit… but we’re happy it’s here!)

I had two wonderful classes in Virginia and a great time overall… including meeting tons of talented new friends…. the highlight for me was when a woman came up to me at vendor night with a note from her 8-year-old daughter of things to do while at Art & Soul: “Try to buy a Carla Sonheim print.” Oh my! How sweet is that???!!!

I’m home, and filled with gratitude towards the people of Oklahoma City (last week’s booth, above). Thank you for such a great show! Tomorrow I leave for Virginia on a red-eye (we’ll see Thursday if that was a good decision - ha).

Here are Steve and Wes last night… Wes got an award for Student of the Month from the Academic Booster Club. I got home from OKC just in time to attend the ceremony. My handsome guys!

I hope you all are well and I will be back to a normal schedule next week. My best!!

So sorry, I couldn’t get my (pirated) internet connection to work yesterday!

This week’s theme: What you had for breakfast this morning.

For last week’s fabulous “Bad Hair” haiku offerings, go here. Remember, all comments must be haiku!!!

I’m in OKC, at the Arts Festival, and had a great first day today! The “volunteer machine” for this event is so amazing… really, so many wonderful people donating their time to make this week run smoothly. (I’m in booth #27D for any of you OKCers!). P.S. The ant was Wes’s idea.

Hello! I had so much fun writing Monday’s haiku, that I thought I’d start a “day.”

Join the fun! Each week I’ll pick a theme (either a word, a phrase, a photo or an illustration) for you to write a haiku about and leave in the comment section of Wednesday posts. Even if you “can’t” write, please join in!

Today’s prompt: Bad hair.

The sillier the better!!! All comments must be haiku!

Note: Multiple entries encouraged; all haiku copyright of originator.

Well, I’ve written a haiku about it!!

My brilliant idea -
“Soar — a girl with paper wings!”
Oh crap, it’s been done.

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OMG!! I copied Judy Wise’s painting—could they be more alike?—but I swear it was unintentional. Imagine this scenario in my head when I started working on my painting:

Carla: “This is such a cute idea!
Carla: “I know!
Carla: “Where do you get such great ideas?!!”
Carla: “I don’t know! They just pop into my head!”

Ahem.

What happened is that I must have seen Judy’s piece at an earlier time. I neatly filed it away in my (apparently) amazing little brain. Efficient. Like a computer.

Except I forgot one little thing…. it wasn’t my original idea!

Of course I e-mailed Judy the minute I realized my mistake and apologized. Here is what she wrote back:

*smile* Don’t you know yet that all the artists are tuned into the same mental frequency? Your piece is nothing like mine; we are all flying more like on bubblegum than anything.

Dont be so hard on yourself. I probably got that idea from someone else myself. It’s all good.

Judy is the embodiment of grace.

We’ve always known that she is an amazing, generous human being and artist. This of course confirms it further.

(Thank you, Judy!)

Can you do me a favor? Can you run right over to her blog and leave a comment, somewhere along these lines?

Judy, you ROCK!!!!!!