My Indoor Garden Experiment

I love to garden it is relaxing and makes me feel good that I can grow food for my family (and flowers for myself).  The flip side is I kill every plant I bring inside my house.  Seriously my house is a DEAD ZONE, I have killed so many house plants and I have no … Continue reading →

Finish My Thoughts Friday…

This week has been a rollercoaster of emotions and thoughts.  It started Tuesday night with the post about PBS & NPR by Wednesday morning I had 28 comments awaiting moderation – one problem ALL ANONYMOUS!  I read each and everyone of them and then deleted each and everyone of them (in hindsight I should have … Continue reading →

The Paint Box–Ink Wash

Today on The Paint Box I will be demoing how to do an Ink Wash Painting.  In hindsight I should have taught this technique first but with the difficultly of the ink I decided to teach it after I taught basic techniques. One of the keys to a good ink wash painting is finding a … Continue reading →

We need to SAVE PBS and NPR!

I have tried very hard to keep politics out of my blog posts but this subject has drove me over the edge.  I am going to keep this simple and stick to the facts.  I will try to be non-partisan as possible because I feel that this should be a non-partisan issue.  Where would I … Continue reading →

Pitchers and Catchers Report

So every year there is a lull in sports (at least for me) the two weeks after the Super Bowl until the day Pitchers and Catchers report for Spring Training.  I hate basketball and college basketball, hockey doesn’t hold my interest like it use to so I watch ESPN and hold my nose – I … Continue reading →

Festive Friday Blog Hop–Design 3

Welcome to your next stop on the Festive Friday Blog Hop.  You should have just came from Cheryl Lindsay’s Blog – Cherlin – Ink. Card number three is based on my theme for my Christmas Cards this year, which is Snow.  The card is 4 1/4” x 5 1/2” when folded and was constructed on … Continue reading →

Wordless Wednesday

My sick, sleeping Booga   We are all on the mend from the “Zombie Plague” (this is what I told a solicitor when he banged on the door yesterday) but it has been a rough couple of days.