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Happy Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day

Mom’s Geranium
Inks, 10×7

When I was little, we had geraniums in a narrow garden under the living room window. I don’t know how geraniums grow in California, but these are for you, Mom. Happy Mother’s Day.

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Happy Birthday, Mom

Happy Birthday, Mom

If you were born in the merry month of May, your birth flower is the Lily-of-the-Valley and your birthstone is the emerald.
If you were born May 1st, you share a birthday with singer Harry Belafonte, Pulitzer Prize winning composer Leo Sowerby from Grand Rapids, Michigan, and George Inness, a famous American landscape […]

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Bad Poetry: Ode to Spring

Oh! The flowers!
Oh! The trees!
Oh, these stinkin’ allergies!
Are there any remedies?
Try Benedryl or Claratin-D.
Yellow blossoms bloom so bright,
Glowing gold in warm sunlight,
Is it they that cause my plight?
Forsythia and daffodils!
To the store to buy more pills.
What’s that scent upon the air?
A peach and cherry blossom fare?
Oh look, another Bradford Pear!
It’s such a warm and sunny […]

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Blogspot: Artist’s Progress

Good grief. I’ve been so involved with my self-imposed art studies that I forgot some really big news. What’s the really big news? I’ve been featured as artist of the week at Artist’s Progress, hosted over at Blogspot. Wow!
Sue Whittick’s blog includes how-tos on all kinds of media. Her most recent works are using […]

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Studio Views

Happy new year! Goodness, it’s been a while since my last post! The holidays always seem to get the better of me and while the furnace was out, it was just too cold to do much besides cook. I spent most days reading by the fireplace, and some new book reviews are coming soon…
Everything from […]

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Look Who’s Talking!

Hi everybody! It’s me, Daisy Dog! I’m writing in Mom’s blog today because she’s up to her elbows in today’s Thanksgiving dinner preparations. This is my first Thanksgiving, but I think it’s a celebration about food. My kind of holiday!
Actually, it’s a North American holiday when folks take time to give thanks for all their […]

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We’ve Adopted!

It’s been a long time since the pitter-patter of padded feet have been heard in this house. It’s also been 30 years since I trained a puppy, and I’ve spent the last few days reading books about how to train dogs. This one is almost 6 months old and has been at the dog pound […]

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Ready to Rock n’ Roll

I’ve finished the rock turtles, and they’re ready to roll! I know the perfect place to leave these! I’ve started on some new designs in an attempt to build a small inventory of these things so I can get back to my pastels.

Halloween is coming, so look for the announcement of […]

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Studio Activities

I’m working on painted rocks today. Hopefully, this one looks like Humpty Dumpty, although this Humpty won’t break. He hasn’t been coated with the clear acrylic yet.

The bottoms of these turtles are done. Hopefully the clear coat is dry enough that I can start on the shells today.

Yes, I know, get a camera. I’ve dropped […]

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Blogging 101

So what’s a blog, and why is it different from a web site? Blog is short for Weblog- a publicly posted diary (or log) of activities.
Their recent popularity can be attributed to free sites like Blogger and Wordpress. The coding has been already been done, and with a smorgasboard of free templates and plug-ins available, […]

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