WIP

for the uninitiated it is Work In Progress- and my cousins Jen and Amy take it to a whole new level! rare is the opportunity for me to share a WIP, although i could photograph stacks of half-graded papers or partially done laundry, it just isn't the same as their wonderful work!

so, i'm thrilled to be able to share this project that the mr. and i brought to our kids at school. it is the Poet Tree ( say it fast) and it is the joint effort of two local poets (one of them a dear friend). it is a place for kids to go, draw, write and share. when they write a poem, they leave it in the mailbox and i pick it up. then i share it with the school by posting it in a display case. the kids are pretty enthusiastic about it and we have gotten a great response!

there are poems on display in the tree, the piece of driftwood to which the letters are mounted represents out life journey, the windchimes remind us to keep a song in our heart and the open birdcage: an open mind. (yes- i painted the mailbox, but the kids helped with everything else)

here is a sample poem that made it into the tree:

I am mad

My dad is sad

Like a bird in migration

he flew and flew

away from me

-austin g. 8 years old