Author: Scarlett
Mice on Main
Main Street in downtown Greenville, South Carolina, is filled with art! Art was everywhere: on the walls, in the windows, and on the ground! As we explored the fountain area, we discovered that art was also hidden all around! A bronze plaque on the streetside of the fountain explains the […]
10 Things I Love About Downtown Greenville
Greenville, South Carolina, is one of the nicest towns I’ve ever been to. It was beautifully kept and full of all sorts of interesting things to see. Here are 10 things that caught my eye!
Distich Flash Cards
A distich is two lines of Jewish poetry. You are probably familiar with distiches if you have read through Proverbs. As our family has read through Proverbs the last few months, I noticed that there were several different ways these two lines of poetry were arranged. Upon further investigation, I discovered […]
A Blank Book for “Illustrated Proverbs 31”
Is there anything as irresistible as a blank book? When I see a plain cover filled with empty white pages, a thousand and one ideas come flooding into my mind. When I saw this one in Hobby Lobby a few months ago, I had to have it. The cover of this book is sturdy […]
Annie at The New Bass
I love musicals! On Friday night, S. and I had the pleasure of going to see Annie! I was also anxious to finally get a look at the new Bass Concert Hall, with it’s $14.7 million dollar facelift completed. What a difference! It […]
Figure On A Trunk
The Bass Concert Hall in Austin, TX currently has a collection of 30 sculptures on loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. They are scattered around the grounds and inside the newly renovated lobby. The sculpture directly in front of the main entrance quickly grabs your attention. For fun we tried to […]
Once In A Lifetime Oil Painting
In the Fall of 2005 I took an oil painting class. I had seen an advertisement posted in Hobby Lobby. The ad gave the name and phone number of an instructor that taught the painting techniques of the “old masters”. Old Masters? Wow. I signed up. I would never have guessed […]
Giant Sunflower Countdown
I planted my sunflowers about the same time I started this blog. In fact, one of my earliest posts was about how my daughter helped me plant them and saw the first sprouts after a rain shower. I remember looking forward to taking some photos of them when they opened. And now, the first […]