Tag: Alabama

The cat desperate for a kiss

i keep candy in a Kettler Woodworks bowl for my art students. Hobbes, my cat, LOVES the wrappers on Hersey’s Kisses. I did throw away all the kisses in the bowl after i took these images. But i let Hobbes take his prized kiss & then watched him bat it around the art studio.

art cats

My cats LOVE my art studio. The black cat seldom comes out when the kids are here, but when they are gone, she will find a cool place to take it easy!

mum is perfect

this wee ‘vase’ (salt shaker) sits on my desk with a few other vases–holding only mums.

blooming in winter

This is my lemon tree. It lives in a pot, spring, summer & fall, it sits in the sun on my deck. Winter, it lives in my living room. That is when the magic happens.

painting the foot

When this babe was a month old, her mother & i decided we would paint her foot, once a month, for a year. We decided on the color wheel, twice. Educational–much later & super cute. This foot is 5 months old.

Vermont through his eyes

I live in Alabama. Sunday afternoon, i spent working in my gardens–because it was 68 degrees. i had perennials peeking up through the dirt, and yet…i envied Kip’s thigh deep Vermont snow. I love Kip’s photography & he is generous enough to share them with me.

finding treasure (& eating it) in Alabama

the BEST food i’ve EVER tasted. SHINDIGS  i started this blog to show local, PRIVATELY OWNED, businesses in Birmingham, Alabama. i am a huge believer in BUYING LOCAL. keeping the money home. owning your own business takes immense courage…i’ve always been impressed with anyone brave enough to venture out into the world on their own….

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a fishtastic commission!

This is one of the best commissions I ever had. i love painting for grown ups, but…for children?! The very best jobs I’ve had–have been commissions for children. It is a time for me to play, to create things that children would point to & laugh at. Dr. Stephanie Steinmetz of Steinmetz Pediatric Dentistry & Dr….

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