We are now four weeks into a projected timeline of 4-6 weeks for a double bathroom renovation. Always the optimist, but also a realist, I recognize that it will likely run 6-8 weeks. Yet I choose not to complain, as it truly is a first world problem to complain about one’s home being renovated! It […]
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revisiting…
Nearly two weeks ago, we took a quick trip through four states (UT, WY, MT, ID) in 6 days! It was a fly-drive revisit of two national parks, a creamery at the college I attended (priorities!) and to see five ex-pat Californians. We’d visited both Yellowstone and Grand Tetons National Park as young marrieds. The […]
restarting the engines…
As many of you know my creative mojo aka the muse went south just before Marion died in April. It has gotten progressively docile this summer, and brought the realization that this is likely the first summer of my entire life that I have relaxed! What a concept. Lately I have had several days where […]
new pooch…
As if I weren’t finding enough reasons of my own to avoid the studio lately, this week I came up with a new one! We just rescued a 7 yr old Jack Russell Terrier mix from the animal shelter. My daughter, the dog whisperer and ‘mother’ to two Doxie rescues was hot on the trail of another […]
this and that…
Last week I traveled with a friend for a mixed media art class in Santa Fe, NM. Anyone who knows me well knows I am a total NM junkie. It takes little to convince me to go to NM, and this my 14th trip was no exception. This time I spent no time in galleries, the cooking […]
random thoughts…
Today I was tidying up in the studio so I could pull, press and organize fifteen of the Tall Girl Series pieces to ship next week to an exhibit. Simultaneously I was searching my stash for a vintage kimono strip which I bought in Japan in 2002. Last Sunday as I perused the merchants at […]
one size 13 step at a time…
I am in a very weird place with my knee replacement recovery. At almost 8 weeks my mental energy has returned with a vengeance but my physical body (the knee anyway) is not able to keep up! I continue to work hard in physical therapy, alternating with gym workouts and walking the track. I am […]
abstract landscape class…
This past weekend I took an abstract landscape class with Patty Hawkins. I have long admired her work and knew I wanted to study with her. While it is always good to meet other artists and hear about their perspective on life and art I don’t take as many workshops as I once did as […]
france…the final chapter
Now that I have been home from France as long as I was there I am ready to close the chapter on the blog posts about it! So today I share the final chapter… On nature…potted plants outside a shop on the streets of Conflans. The following were all taken in Giverny at Monet’s garden. It was […]
france…part quatre
Patterns, shapes and textures are primarily what inspires my art. I see composition everywhere I look and have spent many a trip shooting just that. My late boss used to ask…who was on this trip? when I showed up with dozens & dozens of prints of texture and pattern. While most people want to wait in […]
part trois…architecture
Considering every reasonably sized city in America looks identical with miles of strip malls, big box stores (many vacant) and subdivisions, European architecture still rocks my world. At least there is character and imagination. The Eiffel Tower of course is stunning from any angle, any time of day. I took probably 50 images in the […]
part deux…the food!
Honestly I could not imagine a trip to France without their fabulous pastry so I was a tad nervous about my wheat gluten and dairy intolerances. Knowing that butter, cheese and flour are staples of the French diet I loaded my luggage with bags of raw almonds, cans of pop-top tuna, pitted dates, dried apples, and LARABARS. […]
reflections on trip to France…
We have just returned from a fabulous vacation in France … in celebration of our recent 40th anniversary. We chose France because the flight was shorter than Oz…which remains on the bucket list. We spent 4 days exploring Paris. We did not see nor do everything everyone said we should, but rather enjoyed our time at […]
on commitment…
Forty years ago today the ‘old boy’ and I were wed. It is both a strange and proud moment. Neither of us can barely remember life without the other. And yet four decades have ‘slipped by.’ We feel immense pride that we were one of the lucky few of our generation who made it and […]
