An Unbeautiful Face

by Shelley Bain 

An unbeautiful face

stares,

at an unbeautiful face.

Gleaming pearls

spilling

into the palm of her hand

one

two

ten

twenty.

Lustrous saffron pearls.

An unbeautiful face

stares,

at an unbeautiful face.

Gleaming pearls

nestled

in the palm of her hand

one

two

ten

twenty.

An empty vial.

An unbeautiful face

stares,

at an unbeautiful face

and swallows

lustrous saffron pearls.

New Orleans

A self portrait

I'm working on a series of self portraits

Since I was a little girl I have been in love with the magic of fairies. Now that my three-year old granddaughter fills my life with joy I thought it would be great to introduce her to some of my favorite fairy friends.

Of course if you want the fairies to come visit you have to provide a place for them. So Hope and I decided we needed to create a fairy garden.

Here's our fairy tree house . . .

The fairy house