Watching Carrots Grow

Watching Carrots Grow

I finished up writing a poem I wrote just in the last few days to go along with one of my illustration sketches that I call "Watching Carrots Grow".  I think it turned out pretty cute and so I blogged about it yesterday on my Embrace Your Creative Side Blog.  Embrace Your Creative Side: Watching Carrots Grow:

I know I'm probably crazy to try to maintain two blogs.  I mean it's not like this blog has gone viral or anything but I found that I really needed to bring more creativity into my life and not just me painting on a canvas or drawing a cute little bunny rabbit.  I need my surroundings to reflect my creativity too.  I also need to pass on creative memories to my grandchildren and that all takes planning.  Blogging about projects and ideas will help me stay focused on what I really think is important.  So I say all that to really trying to step up my game.

Don't Forget Your Vegetables

With Spring weather arriving and the Easter Season quickly approaching, I decided I had better pull out some of my bunny sketches that I did last year and maybe add one or two new furry friends.  Now is the time to get these guys making a gallery appearance in the form of magnets, cards and small prints. Combine that fact with me working like a crazy woman trying to get all the details worked out for my March 28th solo art show "Down Country Roads", I have a pretty busy week in store.

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WATCHING CARROTS GROW

By

Julie Townsend

Waiting and watching for Carrots to grow

Have you ever seen anything so painfully slow?

From the time in the spring when you place the seeds in soil

And don’t you forget to water, weed, sweat and toil

Then you jump for joy when you see that first bright leafy green

Looking like a plate decoration for some fancy cuisine

Remember with carrots the important part is growing out of sight

Deep in the ground without a single spot of light

For it’s the roots of the carrot that cause your lips to smack

Their crunchy sweetness is always a favorite snack

Patience is a virtue many will say

And you better have plenty because it takes many a day

Remember the saying “Good things come to those who wait”

Waiting you must do before that orange goodness is on your plate

There is an important lesson that you should take heed

Plant these words deep in your heart to grow just like a weed

I’ve read in the Bible that we should “fix our eyes on things unseen”

It’s not the outward appearance that makes you selfish and mean

But just like carrots that grow underground and out of our sight

It’s those invisible qualities of Love, Joy and Peace that makes you shine bright

And let’s not forget to save plenty of room

Because there is nothing so sweet when Kindness and Patience are in full bloom

Stand strong and guard the garden of your heart

The reward of that harvest will give your life a good start.

Is that a MONKEY on your back?....I mean HEAD!

Sock Monkey Hats are the CUTEST!

Sock Monkey Hat

I had a chance today to enjoy a refreshing trip up into the Spring Mountain Range and travel the road that runs between Kyle Canyon and Lee Canyon on Mt. Charleston.  The temperature was a mild 74°F, while down in the Las Vegas Valley the temperature was hoovering near 110°F.  That is quite a difference.

As we descended in altitude I watched as the car temperature gauge just kept climbing.  Oh how I hated to come back into the heat but was thankful for the few hours I had and the opportunity to do some sketching today.  I decided to finish this pencil sketch I did of my grandson several years ago.  I used my color pencils to enhance the drawing.  I'm still considering the fact that I want him to appear under his covers in bed so I think I will cover his shoulders with a blanket.  That might actually be a good project to work on developing my Photoshop skills.

I did decide to add the blanket using colored pencils

I also finished a poem that I started to write the other day to go along with this piece of artwork.  As my usual custom is to share my work here on blog I decided to today that I wouldn't even share it first on Facebook but rather just introduce both here on my blog.  I really would love to receive some comments about what you think and if you would like to look at my other artwork and poems then by all means drop by my website gallery and spend some time poking around.  So here goes.....

Judah, my inspiration

Sock Monkey Hat

By

Julie Townsend

You are my favorite winter accessory

Nothing comes close to you, yes sirree

You keep my ears so warm and toasty

Stylish, soft and very roasty.

I love my sock monkey stocking cap.

Everything about you makes me a happy little chap

From your giant cheesy red yarn smile

That you can see for nearly a mile

To your black button eyes all aglow

Always keeping me warm against the coldest snow

My scarf and my mittens are by the door in a pile

But I’m so sad when you’re lost for only just a little while

When I’ve brushed my teeth and said my prayers

And I snuggle down deep into my blanket layers

When the lights are turned down low

And the household is quiet and slow

When no one is looking I slip you over my head

Then I can sleep like a baby in my big boy bed.