I found these mannequins at the consignment shop, Zoe’s in Forest Park. Their clothes are wonderful. Every time i visit, i feel as though i am a little girl, going through my grandmother’s closet. There are everyday clothes, business attire & little black dresses. Hidden among the everyday, are very old fancy clothes. Clothes that…
Category: I want it!!!
the queen makes the chessboard
My parents went to Scotland last September. They brought back stories of their adventures & photographs as proof of them. They also brought back a name of an author who writes a series of mysteries that take place on the Isle of Lewis. There was a tour of locations of the Isle of Lewis that…
art class drop cloth
i used this drop cloth for every art class i taught for five years. it was my intent to have someone stretch it & frame it- it is canvas, but to my unbelievable disappointment…my very bad cat peed on it while i was in the hospital for a few days. revenge, i guess. i was…
can you paint bamboo & make a fence?
Bamboo is plentiful in Birmingham, Alabama. Can you believe that?! I lived in a house that was near unclaimed woods with all kinds of trees…and grass, like Bamboo. My children & i would wrestle dead bamboo out of the ground & drag it home (not drag, carry without effort, as it weighed nothing). I wanted…
lizard climbing toward the light
This guy was about 4 feet tall. I would have loved to buy him & put him on the roof of my house.
Pastel blue house
In Vermont? I always think of beachside house in pastel. This color works in Vermont winters~looks great with white snow. I wonder how it looks in the greens of summer. Someday I will own property in Vermont, I don’t care if its blue, purple or polka doted.
my art studio in action
Soon…i have to wait just a little while longer for children to come & make magic happen. make art. fill the studio with their work. best of all…bring me laughter.
Where I’d like to be
Main Street, Montpelier, Vermont 05602. I would also would like to have Diana sit with me.
Like a firework…
The red is first thing I noticed. But there is lime green & yellow in it’s center. Fine white fur, like a peach, stands on the green stem. Gerber Daisies remind me of fireworks~they are stunning & they were not made to last. I always ooh & ah (awe?) at a firework’s explosion, while I…