When we built our house, I had no idea that I would one day have a business requiring a large space for all my sewing equipment, including seven sewing machines and a 5′ x 12′ work table. I had planned to do my sewing in a little 10′ x 12′ room off the kitchen, and, […]
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Summer in the Rockies
We had a fantastic time in Colorado last week! My sister, my niece, my mom, and I spent six wonderful days exploring the area around Colorado Springs and Woodland Park. This was a homecoming for me – I attended Colorado College, in Colorado Springs, from 1971-1975. The week was filled with lots of reminiscing about […]
Headin’ West
I’ll be away on vacation for the next week in beautiful … COLORADO! Stop back by after 6/21 – I have a lot of new stuff to post about that I just didn’t have time to write up before I left. For now, I’m off for a week of hiking, relaxing, painting, and soaking up […]
Step-by-Step Watercolor Painting: “May Morning”
If you have followed my blog for long, you know that most of my watercolor paintings are done in my sketchbooks. I like the continuity of seeing them all together, a record of my life experiences. I never remove pages from my sketchbooks, even if I’m not happy with my work. I figure it’s part […]
Summer Botanical Paintings
Sometimes you have an odd little spot in your house that needs a certain something, but you’re just not sure what. That’s the way it was with the narrow landing at the top of our stairs. That area haunted me for years. Every time I walked up the stairs I’d see that big blank wall […]
Salmon-Dill Chowder
I know the weather’s warming up, and I should probably be posting spring salad recipes, but I made this Salmon-Dill Chowder for dinner the other night and realized that it’s one of my favorite soup recipes because: 1. It tastes great (any time of the year!) 2. It doesn’t take long to make […]
Sketching for the Time-Challenged
Everything’s blooming and growing this time of year – it’s so exciting and inspiring! It definitely gets me in the mood to paint, but since I don’t have the luxury of long uninterrupted hours to devote to my art, I sometimes have to get creative in figuring out ways to get something down on paper […]
Best Ever Banana Cake
I hosted an event here at my house last week, and these Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting were the hit of the evening. I had made chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting, too, but they sat there, totally neglected, while everyone scooped up the banana ones. Since I had lots of requests for the recipe, […]
Springtime at Mother Earth Farm
Just down the road from my house is a wonderful nursery called Mother Earth Farm. It’s filled with so many pretty flowers that it’s an exercise in frustration to wander the rows, because I want everything I see! It’s so hard to control myself and not buy one of each! I’ve already brought home three […]
Along Country Lanes …
I had a chance to go out sketching last weekend. It was a gorgeous spring day, and it felt so good to wander along winding country roads with the windows rolled down down, smelling the freshly mown grass and listening to the sound of birds who seemed as excited as I was that the warm […]
