Halved walnut shells look like hearts! 🙂 Using a big blob of hot glue, I stuck the toothkpick into the walnut shell. Then, I attached two paper triangles to the toothpick for sails, and topped it with a small ball of air dry clay. Hope you’re having a lovely week! […]
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Uno Que Falta (One Missing)
Over the last 18 months, I’ve continued to use art and painting to process the loss of my young son. This painting is another attempt to convey my feelings. It’s simple, really. Having three living children does not diminish the loss of my youngest. Geese often represent providence in Christian […]
Happy Birthday Knox ~ 4 Gifts Given and Received
Happy Birthday to my little son in Paradise. Knox would be 4 years old today. I think the hardest part is not being able to say “I love you”; not being able to hold him. He’s been gone 5 and a half months. I miss him terribly. Giving gifts of […]
Wind Over White Flowers I
Acrylic on canvas. 16″x20″
New Comrades (Part 2)
You may remember that not long ago we had the pleasure of meeting a new family at the library. They were newly arrived from Russia and excited to enjoy all of the freedoms in America. Last week we had the Matreshka family over for a playdate to get to know them better. They […]
New Comrades
We headed out to the local library today. Our home library does not contain a set of encyclopedias, so we were forced to pursue public resources for some of our school work this week. My 7th grader also needed a book on market bubbles. More on that later. As we entered […]
3 Things I Love About Hotels
It is a rare occassion that our family stays at a hotel, so maybe most people would not be as impressed as I am with the extras they include these days. The next time we have company, though, I think I’ll take these hospitality cues from the […]
My Easter Basket
Isn’t this a lovely Easter basket ? With tiny little silk flowers and dried moss around the outside, the curved wooden handle gracefully arching across, and the pink, dainty butterfly adorning the handle, this is the sweetest basket I’ve ever seen. I just filled the center with new, soft reindeer moss-the perfect bed for pretty, painted eggs. Believe it or not, this […]