Early March and I hope this will find you well and happy. It’s not always easy to be happy. Happiness is a kind of contentment with yourself and your surroundings. I find it useful to name the things that I’m grateful for and also to write them down. Sometimes I also name things that I’m […]
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It has been a while since I’ve been on here. Easing from holidays into the New Year always seems to be a challenge. Even though I slept through much of the holidays, I still managed to finish a large puzzle with help from Cas and Mark. This is the Cherries artwork I created in 2016.
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Cooler weather was in store for us this week. It’s much later than usual. The tomatoes felt it and a few lingering annuals. The parsley and the sage went into the dehydrator last week so that I can enjoy them all winter. The chives didn’t get dehydrated this year since it’s a lot of snipping,
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Goals I have for this last quarter; This is the 4th week in the last quarter of 2012. I have some goals for this quarter. First on my list is to visit my mother, which I did the 15th and 16th of October. I took my lovely child Cas, AKA Chloe. A bonus to this
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The 100 day project sounds daunting, yet it’s only a few minutes each day. Irina Trzaskos Skillshare class announcements came into my inbox. I always make sure to read her emails and what a fun way to launch me back into daily painting. In June I did really well only missing a few days from
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It’s been uphill and downhill here in my corner of the world. I feel as though I’m working hard and making a lot of progress but not sure where it shows. Haha I am sensing a rhythm with my days and with my patterns. It feels important to me that I get into a rhythm,
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I’ve been home from Idaho for a few weeks now. We came home to the 17 year Cicada. Let me tell you, it is noisy. They were everywhere. Flying through the air into my hair and car windows. Last week we decided to go camping but I did not want to camp if the Cicadas
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The last week in Idaho was very hot. 100° F hot, though the humidity was a very low 17-20. In the evening we headed up to Lucky Peak Lake where we played in the water with the kids and dogs. Bruce loves to swim and the kids threw the stick into the water over and
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This week I am writing to you from the Boise Mountains. A small town named Star not far from the Bogus Basin recreation ski area. The ride up the mountain was breathtaking. It took us 40 minutes to drive up to 5800 feet above sea level from 2700 feet. The highest peak in the mountain
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Several Years ago I planted some yellow poppy seeds. I had previously had no success growing poppies and if there is one flower I would love to have in abundance around me it would be poppies. After the seeds sprouted and grew sturdy I planted several different plants in one pot. I decided that if
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