side by side

Jack, my stepdad helping me paint cabinets this week!

"It's always friendlier with two" ~ Winnie the Pooh~

uncolored

“ more than anything -
  I want to trust a journey
that I don't understand. ”

~terri st.cloud~


I made a gift. I needed something soft, calm and white. She loved it.

But all along, as much as I loved the calm, soft whites...
I was longing for the strong, bold brights ...

because I am...

Popsicle dripping and burgundy wine sipping

Sunburned nose and painted toes

Cindy Lauper hair and Filet Mignon rare

I am spinach leaf and pickled beet

Peter Max poster and neon roller coaster

Sunflower petal and shiny hot metal

 

June Madness

It's here! Temps are hovering into the mid-nineties by early afternoon.Yet the mornings are still cool enough to enjoy coffee on the porch...thank goodness for a few moments of calm and quiet.  June is going to be a trainwreck of activity and emotions. All the while remodeling the kitchen, family gatherings for graduations, preparing for and teaching Paper Cowgirl Art Retreat, we have 30 days to vacate the Art Bodega. Our studio, workshop, tool storage, woodshop, winter closet and art retreat gathering place will become a part of our past. The building has sold and we must move. I am grieving the loss of an amazing and  wonderful chapter of my life. It was a dream come true to have an Art Studio and host retreats for women, make a mess and close the door!! We have been so fortunate the past few years and eternally grateful to Jimmy and Marie, the owners to allow us to use their building. But now it is time to pass the baton and let someone else run with it.

So while on the outside I may appear to be calm and collected...the inside is a collision of change, unsettled waters and longing for peace.

Leap Frog

I started something fun. It is a photography game I nicknamed LEAP FROG click here

A few of my friends are playing with me and I want to share it with you.

Do you want to come play too?

44 cents

 44 cents buys a smile for a soldier!

and makes a Mom happy too!

Sgt Kyle Broughton

511th En Dive Team

APO AE  09337