when my daughter left the nest…

…i made sure she landed into her own. her college, in Mobile, Alabama, had dorm room walls, built with cement block. i suppose, to prevent the building from being ripped apart by a hurricane. they tend to grow in the Gulf of Mexico. she is somewhat safe from the violent elements that plague the region….

art class decoupaged birdhouses

the boys that made these were 6 & 7 years old. Pick a theme, find illustrations/scrapbook paper, magazines, cut out, paint birdhouse close to theme color, let dry, then use Mod Podge on the back of image, apply to birdhouse, again apply Mod Podge on top…when all images are on, paint 2 coats of Mod…

portrait of a tomato

i love the circles of light bouncing off the watered grass behind this lone cherry tomato.

sweeter when wet

my garden this morning after a good washing. September in Alabama is still summer.

gold covered puppy

there is a reason it is called the golden hour…late afternoon sun turns the world to gold. This is Cole.