Early this summer I began painting strawberries in my sketchbook. My sister had asked me if I would design a fabric for her jam jars. I filled several pages with strawberries following Ohn Mar Win’s wonderful teaching at Skillshare. If you haven’t seen her work you can find her on Instagram here. Her work is well …
A couple of weeks ago we took a long beautiful walk on the trails at John Bryan State Park. We made a big loop uphill and down. The day was perfect, cool and sunny. We felt that we had gotten away for a bit of private nature time, and yet, we were being watched. There …
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Chloes first summer camp. We had a difficult time making this decision together, but we all decided to be brave and leave her at the camp for 5 days. I took this picture as we were driving away, down the hill. This is the cabin that she would call home for the week. Then we …
I’m happy to tell you that this gorgeous organic cotton sateen fabric from www.spoonflower.com is sporting my latest ladybug design. This means that my ladybug fabric will be available to purchase by going to Spoonflower here. I can’t tell you how happy I am to get these samples. Sample after sample and yards upon yards …
Camping words. Campfire, wood, smoke, folding chairs. Picnic table, hotdogs, buns, ketchup, chips. Marshmallows, chocolate, graham crackers. Pancakes, bacon, griddle, maple syrup. Camper. Flies, dragonflies, spiders. Woods, rocks, river. Fish, mosquitoes, flowering weeds. Deer, squirrels, noisy racoons fighting, birds singing. Trailer hitch and big mirrors. Setting up camp and breaking it down. Eager to get …
Today is Tuesday the 29th of May, 2018. Seven years after my world rocked, shattered in minuscule shards. I remember, there was silence. Silence so silent I couldn’t feel it. Stillness, nothingness, broken only by a small, timid voice. “I’m hungry” Body moves, silence stays. Silence so crippling I sometimes can’t walk. I can’t remember. …
God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them … He did good, gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness. Acts 14:15-17 I just love these verses from the Bible. It shows me more about who God is. He made the world …
God wants us to be happy. That’s all it is really all about. That’s why God made the beautiful world, put on it and in it everything we would ever need to live, grow, create. God made people so that the things God made could be enjoyed and cared for. God also loves to hang …
