my happy place

The black, behind the hammock, is the creek that borders our backyard. Behind my hammock are my four raised beds. When I swing here, I hear the water moving over the rocks. I feel the breeze, gentle as a kiss, moving over me. & if Hobbes, my cat, is outside, he jumps onto the hammock….

the backyard blueberry bush

Blueberries wear a crown, just to remind us all of how powerful they are in being an antioxidant. 🙂

the blue zebra primrose

Yes, you can put primrose into a vase. The vase just needs to be a thimble sized one.  I made this vase with oven dry clay.

art class creations

We worked on mosaics today, using paper squares. They tore up a race car like a puzzle & rebuilt in on top of the mosaic. The bottom three was a project about texture. The kids used a pallet knife to paint & then added bits of paper. They also pressed different textures into the wet…

the place to get married…

One of the most beautiful rooms I’ve ever had the pleasure to feast in. Very Grand with two marble fire places, four grand chandeliers hanging from the ceilings. Although…I felt I was being watched while I ate. Above the chandeliers, were plaster faces that didn’t look very happy that I was beneath them. I guess…

I’m with her…

This Monument is in Montevallo, Alabama. Lady Liberty is on the property of the American Village. I belong to Camellia Garden Club. This past Monday, we met & had lunch & a short tour though the National Veterans Shrine. It is a building patterned after Philadelphia’s Carpenters Hall. The building honors all American Veterans of…