I bought my first cat for 99¢ at Maxwell Street Days when I was six.

 My family knew I wanted a cat. I’d been told that when “so-and-so’s” cat had kittens, I’d get one. I waited — f-o-r-e-v-e-r.

When I saw “Butterball” at the street fair, I  knew she was mine. 

Angels are looking
For new skies to fly in
A virgin space for wingspread
It is your head.
God waits to be born.

Open yourself up to the possibility of something greater, of something more.

Retreat for Renewal, for Rejoicing in our capabilities, for Stretching ourselves, for Personal Growth and Change; for a "System Upgrade".

I paint the negative spaces to enhance the positive. Even when I'm focused on the positive imagery, I'm aware of the impact the negative spaces have on the positive.

Join me every Tuesday morning at 11AM when I teach a FREE 30-minute Speed Watercolor Painting Class at Kuloko Arts Gallery at the Outrigger Reef on the Beach in Waikiki.

Yesterday my friend Tamara Moan took me and another friend, Frances Hill, on a trip around Whole Foods in Kailua to teach us the ins and outs of keeping an Artistic Travel Journal.

Last week I posted a heliconia painting in my eZine and asked readers to help me out with a title; more on the title next week. For now, I would like to share some memories from one of my students, Charlie Young.

Creatures of Habit brought to mind thoughts of old Waikiki and new ways of creating an underwater reef using yarn and creativity.