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For some unknown reason I am always drawn to things with a vintage feel and mercury glass is certainly no exception.  I love the way you can...

The other night I asked George if he could wrap my sister's birthday present.  He asked me what paper he should use.  I sometimes have ...

Yesterday the doorbell rang and as I ran downstairs I was surprised to find this beautiful flower arrangement on the porch.  At first I tho...

This year when I opened up the big chest where I keep my Christmas decorations these two vintage bird trays were on top.  I remember when I...

OK. I hardly ever do this.  In fact I've never let myself do it before.  But I just had to post my second favorite osage orange photo (a...

O' sage orange Your wrinkled green orb Stores the wisdom of summer days Of moving wind Soaking sun and rain Swelling to great heights ...

The colors have been so beautiful this year that I couldn't resist popping outside for a little photo shoot.  These berries are from the...

The other day someone asked me what the theme of my blog was and it made me really pause and think.  After grappling with 10,000 things that...

I was recently asked to give a talk and create the logo for the "Capturing Nature through Art and Photography Festival" at the Ott...

I guess that pumpkin stack got into my brain and is now affecting me (reminds me of Close Encounters of the Third Kind and potato mounds......

At the beginning of summer George surprised me by hanging a clothesline under out new screen porch.  At first I was less than thrilled and m...

I just love October!  I couldn't wait for this month so I could post a photo of the pumpkins I bought this year at the Springfield Anti...

The other day I finally thew away the wilted sunflowers on the dining room table and I was trying to think of something to put there when I...

This past weekend I went to the Springfield Antique Extravaganza with my mom and we had a great time.  My first purchase of the day was the ...

This week Spoonflower's fabric design contest theme is birds!  The rules were you had to use black, white, "spoonflower blue" ...

I have been working on this yellow room project now for over six months and I am finally glad to finish it!  This room is fairly small but ...

The headboard project is finally done!  This past Saturday I spent the entire day stamping this project out.  It took me longer than I expe...

As I mentioned in the last post, I bought the bunta blocks for a project. I have been wanting to make headboards for the two twin beds in o...

Every time I go to Santa Fe there is one store that I just can't wait to visit.  The whole time I am there I feel unsettled until we vi...

Today I was sitting on the porch and noticed how striking the colors looked in the flowers we get each week from our CSA.  In addition to ve...

My in-laws are members of the Mclean Players and they asked me to work on a logo for Man of La Mancha.  These are a few of my first round i...

Last week I stayed with my Dad and there is a vacant lot next to his house that is chock full of chicory so I wandered over to take a few ph...

I recently decided to make bandanas for my two favorite guitar-loving boys.  I wanted to make them something for their birthdays and then I ...