Painting #3

Pansy, tulip and grape hyacinth, 9"x12"

Happy Mother's Day!

A special thank you to my veteran, selfless mom for taking care of me and the girls this weekend as I battle a horrible cold. Motherhood doesn't change much, apparently, even after your children grow up :) And to Dave and Nat for the gorgeous tulips brightening our house.

We've got holy things on our minds today...

"Do you want to do a puzzle, Frankie?"
"No, I'm being Mary right now."

Singing softly to herself

Francesca: "Alleluia, alleluia, and you will kiss my lips when you go away, alleluia."

No, those aren't spider veins

She tried to hide her "leg art" from me by sneaking into her room and putting on pants. Having run into complications getting the pants over her skirt, she nervously unveiled the "piece" in front of me. Pointing to her clean leg: "Mom, I didn't do this leg..."

Fruits of the garden

Regina Coeli Laetare!

"It is said that each year on this holy day St. Thomas Aquinas counselled his hearers not to fail to congratulate the Blessed Virgin on the Resurrection of her Son." (In Conversation With God, Vol 2, pg. 298.)