Denise Spicer's Blog, page 6

Happy Veterans' Day

Presenting a hand painted portrait of the LIBERTY BLUE TURKEY, a rare and very valuable wild bird that once roamed the North American continent providing many environmental benefits. Now it is almost EXTINCT! If you catch a glimpse of this glorious beast consider yourself fortunate indeed.
 

I've Always Loved Autumn

 I've always loved autumn        

BOO

 GrapebamBOO that is.  
 And here's Headless Barbie returning for another year's haunting. BOO, indeed.

Ghosts of Halloweens Past

Haunted by the Ghosts of Halloweens Past???
Happy Hauntings indeed
 when you scan through the photos
 in your dusty old photo albums.

1970

1971    1973    1974   1973 
mid 70's    1975   1975   1975   1975     1974    1991    2001    2002     2003   2003
 2003   2007 

 2007   2007   2007  


2008    2013 
2014   2015     ?????????? what, wahathis isn't from my photo album.......................................       

Tiny Pathetic Harvest

My tiny, pathetic harvest.Hey, it's better than nothing.

Found In the Forest!!!!

Foraging in my Fairy Forest, finding festive Fall frivolities for friends.     Two Fairy Wandsunderneath the ferns.       Look, it's aHallobambooween Tree. 

Autumnal Augeries

 Here's a sampling of my poetry over the years.  These poems were inspired by one of my favorite seasons --- Autumn.



a giant mushroom from my side yard 
Orange and Ocher Orange and Ocher -
Autumnal ephemera
Fades into winter November 2003  Orange Changes Drive
I-5
north
to Seattle
in the fall.The trees
are starting
to change color
and some of them are
spectacularly orange. 1980s?

Orange Eyes I need the autumn
and its orange eyes
to warm me
with embers like a kiss
or caresses from the skies. 8/20/83
 Orange Priests Orange Priests
in leafy robes
wave benediction
with the autumn breeze.Hopeful supplicants,
the pilgrims come
to worship at this place. 10/31/89 
 
lovely birch leaves in my side yard   Autumnal Jewels Autumnal jewels,adorning all the landscape,dangling from each tree. October 16, 2005  AUTUMN
Days are growing shorter;there’s crispness in the air.Leaves of red and yelloware falling everywhere.The wind blows much harderand the rain pours down each day.Wear your warmest jacketbecause winter’s on the way! March 1971  Autumn Prayer Thank You, God, for autumn daysAnd leaves of gold and red.Although the nights are frosty,We keep snug and warm in bed! 1971 purchased by Concordia Publishing (Happy Timesbut never published)  The Dance of the Leaves Floating, gliding,Drifting, ridingOn the breeze.Soaring, whirling,Spinning, twirlingFrom the trees.And in a trance,I watch them dance.It’s autumn! December 1971from my book of poetry:Gnarled Roots





oak tree in my backyard  Quarrelling Squirrels Under the oak treewe see quarrelling squirrels.They bury a nut. 9/22/09  Quilt A quilt on the linewaving wildly in the wind.It’s almost winter. September 22, 2009  APPLIQUE Black lace, gray velvet.
The oak stands out against the
Dusky autumn sky. 1975from Gnarled Roots    

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Halloween

    My adorably cute grandson in 2002.  


   Pumpkincat.  Painting, acrylic on canvas.  2014.

Press Release, For Immediate Release: Crouching Couchies, Hidden Davenports

"Buyer Beware!", "Dangerous Davenport", ....and finally we are led up to the Grande Finale ---  a "Celebrity Settee".

Join the rambunctious (or otherwise) pet inhabitants and their human and furniture friends as the author (JSS) leads us on a merry meandering through a fabulously funny, punny,  fantasy where sentience is shared(??)by all.

Don't miss the BRFs (Book Review Footnotes).  Worth the cover price just for these tiny gems.


signed, Una Fratelli,
(Gert's IDJ (Intern D'Jour)


Question for the author:  Which of your childhood sofafriends inspired you the most???

1970 B&W   1974 Pinkish OR?????

HEAVEN ON EARTH

My Oak Tree


My Backyard in 1974. My son in our magnificent Oak Tree and in our birch tree with the Oak in the back of the photo.  To the very far back is the 205Freeway.

My grandson in our Oak Tree in 2008.

A visitor in our Oak Tree in 2009.

Snow Oak 2016.
 Eclipse Oak 2017.


My Oak Tree measured 166 inches in circumference on Sept 12, 2012.
　

   Buttercups and Camas Lilies also thrive in my backyard. I love it.

Oh, yeah, and Skunk Cabbage!!