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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Horton Hears a Who was the feature at the Lucky 13 Outdoor Cinema last night and friends big and little dressed up in their Sunday Who best. Toucan Jam played music and got the crowd moving and then there was a contest for the best costumes. The little kids always score big points for cuteness [...]
When the Sunday movie was the Wizard of Oz, the rain washed the event out,and some friends dressed up for the costume contest made my evening at home watching the Tony Awards quite spectacular. Robert bounded in the door in his flying monkey suit, (I wish I had the picture of him with the mask [...]
The homeschool class still has fun painting the table with the day’s left over paints. Last week, our guest student added his initials, another added her hand print, and one student bemoaned the excessive use of orange.
The June 12, 2008 edition of the Lovely County Citizen included an announcement of the exciting news that my artwork was selected to be a part of the 2009 Arkansas Artists Engagement Calendar. The calendar is published by the Governor’s Mansion Association and I am looking forward both to seeing the calendar in print and [...]
Continuing our exploration into color theory, the homeschool students delved into red this week. I wanted them to look at color temperature within one color to demonstrate that all talk about color temperature is relative. There are cool reds with bluish undertones and all reds do not mix with blue to make purple! These students [...]
I had a too long trip out of town. I’m back and realizing that while I enjoy the intimacy and friendliness of life in this small town, I also enjoy some amazing luxuries that are hard to come by in other rural areas-like the high speed internet connection and great entertainment and arts. I had [...]
So, right as the kids were wrapping up their third sun prints, the ones made with washers and wires and toys, a friend pulled up to deliver this wonderful violin for me. Ken Scully is a fantastic violinist, of Heliotrope Trio fame, and he has been coming around to play cello with Robin on the [...]
This photo shows the new treated wood in the sunroom, the plastic on the ground which Martin, thankfully, suggested, and Martin himself. Okay, not all of Martin, but I was trying to show the room and avoid the glare of the windows. The terrible smell that used to assault you as you entered this room [...]
a work in progress