June: 8th

 Summer

Bridge...

Brooks Field Military Plane

International Airport Art

Public Transportation

Art Found on the Street Side Walk

A Beautiful Coffee and Tea Shop that opened a little before Covid and is now closed

The Former Coffee Shop...."HERE NOW"  No longer

Shoe Art found on the Sidewalk of Downtown

Another View

McNay Art

More McNay Art

Grace ......great read and great talent

Train....Graffiti...Art....before covid..Austin however has lots of graffiti that wasn't there
before covid?  Would that be considered Art or a Public outcry?

The new season has begun and the weather is very different

some places are receiving lots of rain and some are complaining

on NPR that they had their fireplaces going last week and now

it is in the 90's.....the weather is unpredictable......

The leaders of our country wonder why businesses can't find workers to fill

their shops.....but when covid happened so, many things changed

and so, many people passed away.....maybe they filled the shops?

I'm not sure why they wonder...they think everything should be the same

covid-19-the pandemic

wasn't just something or just anything.....

it really changed people's lives

I've been working on my CF ray quilt and also on a small

bag too keep my quilting supplies in

and reading......I graduated last month with my paralegal degree

and I'm happy I don't have to study......at least for now

one can learn something new everyday....or by attending school

I now have a Bachelor's degree in Art History with a minor in History

And two Associate of Applied Science degrees: one in fashion design and the

other in paralegal studies

And one year on my Master's degree in legal studies completed

Do I know Microsoft Suites (yes)

Do I know about Legal Research (yes)

Do I know how to use Westlaw (yes)

Do I know how to read and write (yes)

Can I get my Public Notary (yes)

Can I pass a background check (yes)

Just some really "smart" questions asked during some of my 

Interviews?

 

March 5th: Land of Was

I was driving today and noticed this old building about to be demolished and it made me sad....because although I appreciate the new I really love the old. I thougt I would take a photo in order to remember what was there before it went away. I'm glad I did because then I could see they had demolished and old beautiful house, which was a home to someone not a converted business. Lots of feral cats use to live there. There is a photo of one of them still there minus the people who lived there. It reminded me of when I was getting my stuff out of storage and went to throw a box in the dumpster...I noticed lots of photos of a family, which had been thrown away. I had wondered what had happened to them. I noticed the business about to be demolished was called at one time...the land of was. And I thought, yes, everything seems to be turning into the land of was.....out with old in with the new...in a very careless way. Then one day the supposed new will be old....When I was about to leave I noticed this foreign monopoly card left behind the rubble. It was still a monopoly card with the words....Deed, Morgtage and money. Yes, life has become a monopoly game of life....people owing back rent, back mortgages because of covid....real estate prices pretty high...some dropping their small houses for larger ones...while others have no home with a view or about to get kicked out of their current apartment or home.....the homeless with simple tents and those getting mowed down as well. So, the monopoly card really hit home.....sort of like Lucy and her awful real estate..it's all about the real estate Charlie Brown......I decided to show some photo of flowers from before covid and my sampler I'm still working on and my Ray Quilt by CF carolyn friedlander. I decided not to edit any of these photos because I just didn't...and so, some are grainy not so great lighting etc.....just real. I'm happy but you know just worried about things like a normal..............all about the green charlie brown......some things aren't for sale though...and human life shouldn't be even if its attached to the new ugly.

february 19th: snow storm

I wanted to write labels under the photos, but blogger has changed again and I can't write the labels anymore.....the quilt at the very bottom is from a quilter artist who showed their quilt at the Houston Quilt Festival before covid. Sorry I don't have the quilter's name; however, because of the snow storm in tejas I thought I would add it to the blog. Some of the other photos I took sometime ago, but the snow storm photos are from this week--I think Monday. It was an experience..especially when there isn't any power and it is below freezing. I had a roof over my head, but wonder about the homeless or the elderly who need more help than others. I love art having majored in Art History so I added this painting, which I love, but never posted. These are photos from the city where I live and the quilt photo is from where I use to live. I want to start posting things which I make, create, bake, cook etc...or read. Right now, I'm trying to finish a book written on RBG...it's interesting. Life has really changed....I'm sure for some people out there who deal with the snow all the time it is no big deal when they live in Chicago etc... or if they are in California they are probably oblivious to any of this going on....sort of like everyone else when it happens to others in another part of the country and it isn't happening to them. I guess it is human nature? Right now besides studying and trying to get everything back on track because of the storm..I have bad water coming out of the kitchen faucet and I have no idea who is going to fix that...since the apartment community where I live don't seem.....to be really great with the communication...and I'm watching QuiltConttogether and working on my Ray Quilt from Carolyn Friedlander. I need to post some photos of that work in progress. Also, the firefighters as ususal had to be out a lot because of all of this...and our local leaders I felt really stepped up to the plate and were really visible-despite the challenges, which they aren't use to. Until next time..............

saturday, october 3rd:

My car is in the shop again and it is only two years old. I purchased it new. I took good care of it. So, I wonder what is up with my car? This is the second time I took the car into the shop....stay tuned with that. I live in Texas. I live in San Antonio. I've lived in different parts of Texas, but I'm a native Californian. Maybe that is why I'm having problems with my car. I've lived in Tejas for a very long time..... Before taking my car into the shop I was at a stop light along with lots of others waiting for the light to turn green. I was looking around and saw another homeless person sitting out by the curbside.....I wondered about that person and how there are so, many people in need. Sometimes when I can I try to give them some change or what have you....however, this time I didn't.....someone else did. The homeless person got up quickly and I wondered why? The person behind me gave the person their food they had just purchased somewhere along with their ice tea. I don't know who the stranger was in the car.....but I say to you...how I love you let me count the ways. I love the thought...I love the kindness..I love the gesture....which this human being showed to another. From my perspective kindness isn't abound-like it was at one time. I took a walk to the library today to pick up another library book. Because of Covid-19 you can't go inside the library, but can order books then pick-up the media. They put your items in a plastic shopping bag and place the package on a table outside with your name. It is sort of like shopping for a book since it is in a shopping bag. Maybe that is all a person needs--to feel like they purchased something, but didn't? I just happened to stumble upon some acorns while walking away from the library. I collect them. I felt like I struck gold and the right tree because I have never seen anything quite so, beautiful as these (again) beautiful acorns. I can't wait to do something with them. I definitely want to draw and paint them on paper. I already took a photo of them. Above you can see some of my library books, which I've read and will read and I am reading. The other books belong to me. Art books. April showers may bring May flowers, but October and Fall bring beautiful, brown, round Acorn flowers. And there is something wrong with blogger and the setup.

August14, 2020: Inspiration

SAC

Inspiration can be found in many places; however, one needs to be open to it

and that is the problem--allowing for inspiration to enter one's life

Lately, I've been inspired by music, such as, the Beastie Boys and the

great programs on Apple TV.  The majority of their programs

are inspirational, but the program Homes 

was fantastic because of the possibilities what individuals could

accomplish with architecture and the land outside

One doesn't have to live in a box

but can think outside of one

I'm also inspired by quilters who

use scraps to create new quilts with shapes and forms

and another quilter who pulls out her stash of fabric, which

didn't work exactly for her at one time, but now does several

years later

Does inspiration=time?

I'm almost done reading Just Mercy and completed my legal

class in Criminal law.  It is a paralegal degree, which I'm pursuing

 to add to my Bachelor's degree which I already have

This was an eye opener and inspiration as well

To find out that innocent people are unjustly accused of crimes

and put through the system and have their lives ruined

It happens everyday to different degrees--and once you realize

how the law works-it is a little disturbing-siding with real criminals and 

persecuting the innocent

Thankfully, there are people out there like Bryan Stevenson

from Equal Justice Initiative  who chose to help others out

rather than the green-he is inspirational

Unfortunately, the innocent accused of crimes, which they did not commit

time must pass before justice is really served

in this instance 

time does not equal inspiration

At the end of everything-I am inspired 

Inspired to read, to grow my garden, to sew, to listen to news

to create a life for myself

Inspiration around everyone if only we are open to it

 

JULY 18: Forward with Photos

Public Library Before 4th of July

Across the Street

Food Bank

Food Bank



On one of my days off I visited a local library, which was closed for the day.
They were 4th of July ready with a red, white and blue banner
The small town was pretty quite with hardly any visitors

I volunteered at the local food bank on another day off from work
I created boxes of food alongside other volunteers
I believe we created something between 500 to 800 boxes
Some military personnel were there helping out
with some other things at the Food Bank

I've been watching the PBS news
in order to get another type of news form
into my life
I found out the Syrians are again attempting to find
a new home because of all the problems they
are having in their country
and a Syrian husband and wife lost their small baby
because of the cold freezing weather

Wearing the Covid-19 mask was not a priority
for these dislocated individuals

I find everything going on in the World
today rather-strange

I was awake one day-then went to sleep-and I woke up
to a very different life and world

I find it rather ironic that we are worried about wearing the mask
and it is very hot and humid in some parts of the world and country
and in other parts of the world it is cold and
no one cares about Covid because they have other problems

Everyone's problems are all different
as well as their needs

..........................

July 9th: JUSTICE FOR ALL

MY LIBRARY=LOVE (NOT HATE)




WHY AREN'T THERE BLACK PEOPLE REPRESENTED AT THE BOOKSTORES
HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS?


I have always gone into libraries across the country
and as an adult was finally able to afford to purchase
books at used and new bookstores
However, now I ask
Where are the black people at the bookstores

I went into the liberal bookstore Half Price Books
yesterday and a black family went in there asking about a book, which
they had called about on the phone

The employee I could tell answered her in a very slight sort of way
"Did you tell them to put on hold for you?"

Not everyone is a savvy book buyer-like me (it does sound arrogant doesn't it)
I'm a hispanic female who didn't have much help learning how to read when
I was growing up

I had to collect aluminum cans to save to purchase my first book, but used the library
a lot

Anyway, when I went to purchase my small amount of 6.00 I had to deal
with that ugly employee.  By that time the black family had left.

Because of Covid the store was nearly empty of readers and buyers
I waited in line only to be slighted as well, "Are you ready!"
That is when I had to say something-not so nice-for me and that family

Again, today another bookstore, Barnes and Nobel
Again, the same thing-this time searching for a book, which was suppose to be
on the bookshelf

These two women both Caucasian (white) in their 20's getting to stand behind
the counter with jobs--while the black and hispanic community are the most
unemployed--having to keep these two lousy employees in jobs
Doesn't make much sense does it
only to be given zero in return
I speak more for the black community because they have no representation at the bookstores
Having driven to California and Asheville--it is the same thing

If a difference is really suppose to happen then it needs to begin at the bookstores
with reading
With representation of blacks by having them work at bookstores
I was a substitute teacher for a short while and got to help
a small black kid by the name of Justice
I use to say Justice for all and he really loved it
However, Justice had problems with writing and reading
I wanted to help him out by tutoring him so, he wouldn't end
up being a statistic-it didn't happen for several reasons;
However,

I say:  Black Lives do Matter and they need to be represented at the bookstores
So, that when black families come into the stores they won't be slighted, but
they will be comfortable

Black by nature-Proud by choice
You don't need a lousy white employee to make you
feel proud
even when they are holding up signs
silence=violence

LOVE not IGNORANCE read TO open YOUR minds
obviously those two don't read