time traveling at Zoe’s in Forest Park

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…

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…

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…