I've been thinking a lot about painting lately. What?? Shocker! But I have a dear friend, someone who I look up to for lots and lots of reasons but one reason is that she is a very accomplished and talented artist, and lives an artist's...
So this is what I want to know. Did the mussel who created this gorgeous shell feel those little bumps inside and let it spoil his day? Did he do what I would have done in my only-some-things perfectionist way and insist on making another? Did he...
On one side, real cat. All feisty and hopped up on spring, begging to be let outside then desperate to come back in, bombing around the house, jumping up on sills and ledges. Full of the devil.The other side. Shadow cat. Quieter, her job to...
What do you get when urging a teenager to get out into the sun and do something?I live with a sassafras.And a blue cat....
It must be because it's spring. My head is bursting with colours and ideas. That's often the case. It's so distracting! But usually I walk around with those colours and ideas circling in my head and waiting their chance to get out. Add spring into the mix...
This was the calendar in my kitchen for the last couple of months. The big countdown!First.Thenand . Someandand.That was just a little guy.And even though I thought I'd burst with creativity I did so inside my head. Which was great! On the outside I mostly lay in...
I so get this guy! That's me!!! Running around in circles, backtracking, getting distracted, forgetting where I was going and what I was doing, having adventures along the way, "oh what's that over there???", hoping in the end I get what needs to be done...
As if it isn't enough to be sitting on an amazing beach, that speck on the horizon is a humpback whale pulling itself out of the sea. Huge splash coming.We've pulled up stakes and headed to Maui to let it all go for a bit....
This is the bulletin board in my kitchen. Do you know how long it's had those words on it? Oh about 6 or 7 years I think. Haven't found any better.Happy Valentines day!...
Yesterday, shrugging off the annoyance of a winter cold that has taken away my voice, I got some fresh air on a drizzly morning walk along the water with a friend and her very handsome boy.He is so worried when his mom goes in to...