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″
Martilena Handmade Bags
Don’t you love diaper bags that don’t LOOK like diaper bags? Here is my lovely diaper bag I ordered from Martilena in a gorgeous jewel-toned paisley fabric. Martilena lets you choose the style and size of the bag you want, and then comes the fun part. You pick your favorite fabric from thousands […]
Hatching Day!
Just a quick post to show you that our baby birds on the porch hatched! We happened to check on them at just the right time. It looks like only 3 out of 5 made it, but it was very exciting for the kids to see them hatching. I know […]
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 […]