on this day 

i do not have anything

expensive gift to give you

and not even

a dinner date on a fancy restaurant

but as i have promised

i have here my first ever

painting...

i love you

always in all ways...

happy valentine...

waiting home to give you

my warm kisses

and tight hugs...

para sa'yo

 i used to draw

sticks for arms and legs

and oval for the body

i use letter L for nose

and a first quarter moon for mouth

a big apple for the eyes

and a watermelon for the head...

borrowing the top of the corn

for the hair

and bananas

as fingers.

i opted to use a triangle

and pretend that it is a pair of shoe

as to not knowing how to 

draw a pair of feet.

but with your encouragement

i was able to hold 

quite a number of brushes

and learned to mixed paints. 

after two errors

including a spill of coffee

i was finally able 

to come up with this... 

happy valentines!

painting entitled "Random Thoughts"

by JJ Roa Rodriguez

february 14, 2012

Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada