Garden of Fresh Picks
Posted by Ali on March 25 at 04:58 pmI was reading The Garden to Payton yesterday and for some reason I started thinking about Fresh Picks and how they are used.
The Garden by Shel Silverstein
(from Where the Sidewalk Ends pg 61)
Ol’ man Simon, planted a diamond,
Grew hisself a garden the likes of none.
Sprouts all growin’, comin’ up glowin’,
Fruit of jewels all shinin’ in the sun.
Colors of the rainbow,
See the sun and rain grow
Sapphires and rubies on ivory vines,
Grapes of jade, just
Ready for the squeezin’ into green jade wine.
Pure gold corn there,
Blowin’ in the warm air,
Ol’ crow nibblin’ on the amnythyst seeds.
In between the diamonds, ol’ man Simon
Crawls about pullin’ out platinum weeds.
Pink pearl berries,
All you can carry,
Put ‘em in a bushel and
Haul ‘em into town.
Up in the tree there’s
Opal nuts and gold pears–
Hurry quick, grab a stick
And shake some down.
Take a silver tater,
Emerald tomater,
Fresh plump coral melons
Hangin’ in reach.
Ol’ man Simon,
Diggin’ in his diamonds,
Stops and rests and dreams about
One…real…peach.
This past week, a lot of the picks have palettes centered around a color theme with a splash of this or that. Great job, I can’t wait to see how people use them (hint: check out my “Getting Some INK” Blog post)
Water Witch – Love the deep sea, mystical feel of this pick. Great choice in metals.
Luminous Laboradorite – So silky and calm. I want to wrap myself in a necklace made from the pieces in this pick. I like how you chose a stone as your inspiration.
sweet dreams princess – I don’t usually go for the pastels, but something about this pick drew me in. I think it’s because of all the quality stones you chose.
Your Top 10:
- Water Witch by Cuban Queen
- Luminous Laboradorite by Luv2bead
- sweet dreams princess by M mccallister mrs chick
- They’re Coming Too …… by A Golke
- Saltwood by Mary F
- Gavotte by CAS
- Lemongrass Sage by kcdesigns AKA sporty
- Silvery Moon by J Yee smart chick
- Transition to Spring by Brenda
- seaside starlight by chloe the congo
On behalf of the Lima Team I would like to thank all of you for making Fresh Picks such a beautiful garden.
We’d also like to welcome some first-timers. Please check out these new Fresh Pickers – great stuff:
On Mar 25, 2009 at 5:09 pm #
Luv2bead - Little Chick says:They’re all beautiful!
On Mar 25, 2009 at 10:24 pm #
kcdesigns AKA sporty says:Welcome to all the new fresh pickers- just know that it is addicting- just ask CAS, A Golke and Luv2bead.
On Mar 26, 2009 at 2:25 am #
J Yee smart chick says:Hellllooo everyone, sending all of you many greetings, please join in the chats!!!
On Mar 26, 2009 at 6:17 am #
Jeannes Gems - Gem Chick says:I just love Shel Silverstein. The poem is perfect. Thanks for sharing it Ali.
On Mar 26, 2009 at 10:25 am #
Cuban Queen Crazy Chick says:That is such a wonderful book! So wonderful in fact, that I stole it from the local library when I was a little girl!! Shh! Don’t tell!! lol And could there possibly BE a more appropriate poem for us bead addicts?!
On Apr 10, 2009 at 8:33 am #
Susan N says:Hi! Is it just me or are both hints for the same egg?
On Apr 10, 2009 at 8:41 am #
Luv2bead - Little Chick says:They’re for different eggs
On Apr 10, 2009 at 1:30 pm #
3KJEWELS-3KCHICK says:Welcome, welcome to all you newcomers. Stay awhile and you will love this site. It is very addictive but such a great site.