About a week ago, Sydney turned 16. Robin and I were among the first to wish her a very happy birthday. Robin made her a cake and placed a call to to wish her a happy birthday at the stroke of 12, just to throw her off. Then we drove over and surprised her with [...]
Shortly after buying and moving into this house which has had many tenants over the years, we heard that the big block of concrete hidden in the midst of a row of built in cabinets was the place where the original owner had buried his wife. Seemed as good an explanation as any, and for [...]
Last Tuesday we celebrated at Jerri and Kevin’s place. It was the week of birthdays. Three of the four people pictured here were about to or had just had a birthday and several other friends that week did too. It was a really nice way to celebrate-lots of nice folks, wonderful live music, good [...]
Yesterday, after a little work on the house, Martin and I began talking about boats-again. I had mentioned my continued desire to learn to row and how I was considering giving up the boat idea, which seemed too far-fetched due to cost and transportation, and purchasing a rowing machine. Martin told me again about a [...]
Tuesday’s painting class with the homeschooled students took an interesting turn this week, and like most fun projects, the idea for the structure of this class came together from pieces of items which had previous uses and from the inspiration of friends. I had torn the ceiling tiles off the living room and split the [...]
Could it be a fairy? It is certainly something magical.
It is a luna moth.
It lost a part of itself and that is why it looked so much like a fairy, I think.
I recently met someone who told me about a couple of astronauts who live nearby. They had viewed earth from space and wondered about [...]
Last weekend my best friend from high school was in town for a visit. She brought everything she needs with her- her family and her artwork. So, while her husband and son are lovely people, it turns out that I only photographed Heilbron and her artwork. Heilbron has been making wonderful creations for as long [...]
The ceiling fell down! Martin and I were prying a very small piece of wood when all of a sudden a giant chunk of drywall came crashing down and I was covered in a shower of pink fluff. Unfortunately, it was fiberglass insulation and I’m still a bit prickly. Fortunately, the hole provided great access [...]
Things are changing rapidly around the house. After I moved all the stuff around again and got things organized and Robin took a bunch of stuff to the Dogie Shop thrift store, it just seemed right to tear off all the drywall and make a big mess. So now the future hall has been opened [...]
My friend Peggy, also Martin’s wife, lost a dear coworker and friend quite suddenly to a car accident last week. She was a mother and a grandmother, a physical therapy assistant, and a curious, open-minded, loving, and generous woman. She also loved to go canoeing. Peggy told me she had always wanted her coworkers, her [...]
I was accepted into the Fayetteville Arts Festival and this will be the first time I have done this show since they moved it indoors. Last year I missed the application process altogether, finding out that it already had been juried by listening to other artists grumble that they had done it for years and [...]
The homeschool students came for another painting lesson today and it was almost like last week’s class. This time they worked with a palette of analogous colors to create paintings of anything they chose. I added the stipulation that they must paint a background and that if they chose to add a touch of a [...]
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