i would like to be a TRENDsetter…

to those who have a lawn or those who have a balcony…we can buy flowers, flowering trees, flowering bushes…and that is wonderful, but when the flowers fade away, nothing is left but the leaves. instead of only having dogwood, lilac bushes, azaleas, etc. you could buy fruit trees/bushes too. the first photo is my 7…

growing lemons…

this is my meyer lemon tree. he lives on my deck- spring through fall. he comes inside during the winter & a miracle occurs…instead of blooming outside, during all those seasons in the sun, he gives me flowers inside my home. i am very grateful because he smells YUMMY. last time he bloomed, he gave…

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!

the art critic

This is Hobbes, my cat. He loves to eat, sleep and ART CLASS. Hobbes jumps on the art table while i’m teaching children. He watches, tries to pick up a pencil. He is looking at a baby foot print (4 month old baby) Some girls decided we should make Hobbes. I chose Zen Doodling b/c…

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.