Here is our tiny tea set made from acorn caps, inspired by one of our family’s favorite children’s books, “Miss Suzy” by Miriam Young. We took it out into the garden to take some pictures… We thought it looked best perched atop a flowering plant, for you never know when some fairies […]
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Acorn Tea Cups
One of my daughter’s favorite picture books is Miss Suzy by Miriam Young. It’s a sweet story about a little girl squirrel who lives high up in a cozy tree-home. One of the cute things this squirrel has in her tree-house kitchen is acorn cups to drink from. I recently decided to try […]
Millais: Portraits
I think it’s high time I beefed up my “Art Book” category on this blog. I’ve had one solitary book in this category for the past 8 months! I’m going to divide my collection into two categories: art books for children and art books for display and reference. The first book I would like […]
“I Come By The Blood” Postcard
Photos of a “Website”
Grapes
Last week I printed out the 187 page manual to my camera. Yes, I used every iota of black ink in the printer, and yes, the stack of paper was roughly the thickness of Little Women, BUT…. It was worth it. Just as I suspected, there are several features on my […]
Photos–Oil Painting Palettes
“Autumn Story” by Jill Barklem
Some of our favorite picture books are the Brambly Hedge series by British author and illustrator Jill Barklem. The illustrations in these books are as sweet as any I’ve ever seen. Every page is full of cute little woodland critters donning 19th century attire and going about their lives in quaint rural fashion. The […]
Photos–“Boy Detective”
Even though I have no plans to take another photography class any time soon, I still try and stage some kind of shoot to practice with different lighting and stuff as often as I can. These photos make us laugh out loud. I’m sure it’s one of those “it’s only […]