boys will be boys

and girls will be girls. how different we truly are. how we ever find anyone who loves us back, like we love them is quite astonishing, really.

Wednesday Afternoon Art!

this class is so much fun because of the age differences–2nd-6th graders. this is the frog on bamboo art collage we’ve been working on for about three weeks. it is a mix of scrapbook paper, acrylic paint, watercolor & nail polish. we love to mix things up. today, we started making droids in honor of…

the Maine Coon kitten

i put this one first to show the kitten had THUMBS! his tail had to be at least two feet long.

like an angel

sleeping like an angel @ Myer’s Plants & Pottery. Pelham, Alabama

the blue cat

i added a lot of red/yellow to this image to bring Quicksilver back to his natural color. Perhaps, i should show you the before? Quicksilver is my feral cat. he befriended my other cat named Hobbes. I think Hobbes told Quicksilver that i was safe. every morning, i open my back door to take the…

fun magnet art project…gifts, for lockers, fridges

super easy project. you’ll need glass that is flat on one side, rounded on the other (found at craft stores or dollar tree), magazines, Mod Podge, scissors… if i wanted to do a kitchen theme for a cook, i would look for food pictures in magazines. i choose this one. Mod Podge the flat slide…

koi that act like puppies @ Myer’s Plants and Pottery

Myer’s Plants & Pottery have two koi ponds. you can sit on the stones that surround the ponds. as soon as either one of us came up to the pond, they came right up to us. looking for food, but they would give us a taste too. no teeth, it doesn’t hurt, it is just…

#BuyLocal @ Myer’s Plants & Pottery

my same ol’ song & dance. my heroes are private business owners. buy local means that you are improving your town or city. it means that you are supporting your neighbors. it means your keeping your money in your own town/city. the more people who support their local businesses will see their town or city thrive….

she is camouflaged. right?

she is hiding in the bushes beside my garage door. i almost missed her. again, cool moments are captured with my shattered iPhone. sigh.