Christmas ReWish 2016

A Christmas ReWish

I reposted the poem below last year. I wanted to send out good wishes for all during the holiday season.
The poem is not new; I created that several years ago (but it is still current in its hopes for the season).

The [watercolor] painting of the red poinsettia was created new last year. I had hoped to create a new one this year, but as it turns out, another creation took some of my time (happily!) A new grandson! My oldest son is now a father. New life has a way of placing things back into perspective for us all. All of a sudden, a simple thing like having some "holding the baby" time is much more important than anything else!

Give me some time; I suppose I will eventually come down from this "baby high" ... meanwhile, below is a little rhyming fun for ye'.
Ho ho ho!

"Poinsettia" 4x6.5" watercolor (c) 2015 Jeanne Guerin-Daley

A Wish for You

I wanted to send you a holiday card

To wish you glad tidings and a great New Year's start.

But alas! there's no time! with the hustle and bustle

of Christmas preparedness. Oh such a fussle!

There's shopping and wrapping and baking and kissing

Folks under the mistletoe. ...What am I missing?

Oh yeah, there's the tree to be bought and set up,

And the lights to be strung, then hot cocoa in cup.

There's hardly a minute to spare to go paint

Inside me a voice yells, "C'mon, I can't wait!

To pick up that brush and create some nice art!

Then frame it and show it with all of my heart."

Oh, one day I do hope that things will slow down

So I can paint more and do more for the town.

A mural perhaps, at the Little League park,

Or a faux for the day care, a light tan on dark!

Until then I wish from the depths of my soul

That everyone gets what they wished for, not coal,

But joy, love and peace in this world where we live

And a magical Christmas with spirit to give!

                -Jeanne Guerin-Daley