Jehane Lyle, Watercolor on paper, "Cuppa" - detail This week has been a complete blast. Getting my hands back into creativity has been wonderful. I had actually forgotten how much I really...
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Another Upcycle, but of a different nature A little over six months ago, we were on our way out of town to see my adult kids in Los Angeles. As we got to the edge of town, this little sweethe...
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"ALL LIFE IS A JOURNEY; WHICH PATHS WE TAKE, WHAT WE LOOK BACK ON, AND WHAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO IS UP TO US. WE DETERMINE OUR DESTINATION, WHAT KIND OF ROAD WE WILL TAKE TO GET THERE, AND HOW...
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My week has been a little trying and I haven't had a ton of time in the studio. I also haven't had the time I would want to read some of my favorite blogs. So if you haven't heard from me, I apol...
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As an artist, I have come to realize how important it is to be connected to a community of creative people. I love all my friends, whether they are creative or not. They all play a different ...
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This week I am in the studio doing small works on paper. I needed a break from my larger work after my husband left a door open on my studio allowing a gust of wind to turn the painting I blogg...
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There is this thing that happens to an artist while working in the studio. It is inevitable We all experiences it from time to time. It's like hitting a stone wall. Let me explain...You have t...
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My son is a musician and a song writer. He discovered his passion for music at age 13. In high school, he was an honors student and pretty darn amazing at remembering facts and figures. He...
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You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have becaus...
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"Traverse," acrylic on canvas. 24 X 30 inches Well, I thought that I might be able to pull this blog up out of the dust, but life is just too crazy. Perhaps I will just put tiny thoughts d...
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Hey! Hello! Remember me??!! My last blog entry was back in August of 2012. I just dropped off the face of the earth. Well, I didn't really do such a thing. But I did have an abrupt happen...
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These walls are not yellow! See next image. More accurate. Just wanted to check in to let you know that things are much better (for now!) around here. Getting my teens back into school t...
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Woke up this morning to the first bloom on an orchid that I moved from our previous house. What a beauty. Is this nature promising me that there is always a chance for renewal? I thi...
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We have a little room off our pool we call the Cabana. It's not really a cabana because it doesn't have running water, unless you count the hose off the side of the outside. No sink, no bath...
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Summer is here and many of us are using Coleus in our gardens and planted containers around our patios and porches. I love Coleus because they are so hardy and thrive in the heat of the sum...
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A few months ago I did a radical makeover of a chippy vintage mantel. I revealed the mantel in the post entitled, A Transformed Vintage Mantel Finds A Home in My Master Bedroom . You can clic...
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I have always wanted a white room. But let's be honest here. How many of us can not take the risk of furnishing a room in all white and have the audacity to think that our kids will be as...
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Sending wishes for a Happy and Safe 4th of July Celebration! Here's to hoping your burgers don't get burnt, that none of your fireworks are duds and that you will wak...
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If you have been following me for over a year, you know that I have a three tiered fountain that I converted into a planter with a water garden in the bottom tier. I blogged about it in my po...
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A few days ago I showed you the dining chairs that I found at a consignment shop and the subsequent reupholstering in white. In that post I mentioned that my red ladder back chairs, who had been...
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I have a billion projects going at once. I am so busy with them that have not been good about blogging about any of them! In fact, today I went on a treasure hunt in consignment shops and...
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Our son on the tube just off the coastline back in 2010 My hubby and I used to be avid boaters. It is one of the reasons that we lived on the canal at our last house. It afforded us acce...
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More is...well, more. I had a sister in law who use to needle me with a less is more mantra. Yet, her house was cluttered with...well, clutter. More is more doesn't mean too much is too much. ...
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Okay, so. I'm just gonna put it out there. Yep. The truth. Not that I think you guys ever thought I spoke anything but the truth. Sometimes...I speak way too much truth. But that's just me...
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I've taken breaks from The Homeless Finch in the past due to vacations and the like. But, it has been 7 weeks since my last post. Funny...it feels longer. I never anticipated being away lik...
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