It was a warm summer evening. Stars came out one by one across the velvet blue sky. As the evening grew darker, the twinkling lights turned brighter. Katie and Ildi Honeybee watched the change in amazement. “Look at the sky! It’s like a huge rug full of tiny silver dots.” “The stars look like diamonds…
Love
it’s eight degrees Fahrenheit outside and I have a long way to drive with my tank full on the winter road and my heart full of tender thoughts soft snowflakes are glistening on trees I am passing by your soul is gently kissing the branches of my life on the path we’ve chosen and I…
December in the City
It’s December and the promise of Christmas is in the air Jolly Santas are ringing bells on toasted almond-scented street corners the city is breathing a a dream drenched in Christmas wreaths, red ribbons and holiday sales Tall winter boots greet the snow-packed streets Icy windshields are waving back to honking cars people are sunken…
4 – Birthday Surprise
Still in pain from the tightrope fiasco, Katie spent the next few weeks in the quiet solitude of her room. She couldn’t walk, and was unable to fly because the cast was so heavy, that the minute she tried to move up in the air, it would drag her right back down. So Katie sat…
3 – Tightrope Walker
For the next several days, Katie was full of excitement. After finishing her hot cocoa, she set out to look for a School of Magic almost every day. Katie promised to herself that she would become a magician – the most skilled of all ladybugs ever! She even borrowed Sir Woodpecker’s top hat and shiny…