Genevieve has her first children's book out and available to all! Genevieve and the Kite is a story based on a conversation my youngest daughter, Maddie, had with her Aunt Cathy on the porch of our beach house a few years ago. When invited to fly a kite with her cousins, Genevieve responds that she doesn't like … Continue reading **Announcing!!**
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A Kite Flyin’ Update
Just popping in to say hello and let you know I haven't flown off into the stratosphere with my kite. In fact, it's gotten a bit tangled in a tree and I have a couple of friends helping me untangle it. I realize I'm speaking in code here, and you probably haven't a clue what … Continue reading A Kite Flyin’ Update
Gone Kite Flying!
Genevieve is going on a kite flying adventure for a bit. What will happen and how it will end up... she has no clue! She just knows she needs to grab her kite and head out while the winds are blowing. Looking forward to sharing with you what comes of my kite flying adventure. See … Continue reading Gone Kite Flying!
A Desk Saga–Part Four
And so I embrace this life desk of mine, this full, rich, cluttery, diverse, busy-bordering-on-insane, explosive, colorful life desk! And yet...there remains a desire to arrange, sort it all out, organize or actually...maybe re-boot, re-start, toss it out and begin again. Don't we all get to this place with our life desk from time to … Continue reading A Desk Saga–Part Four
A Desk Saga–Part Three
Part Three Dear Jen, It pains me to see how stressed you are over this desk. And I'm a bit worried about you: It appears as if you're hearing voices emanating from the inanimate objects on the top of this desk. They are telling you things that just aren't true. Try to keep from attaching … Continue reading A Desk Saga–Part Three
A Desk Saga–Part Two
Part Two Dear God, What does it meeaaannn???? This desk of mine!? Does it mean that I'm a sluggard who never clears off her desk? Does it mean that I am so scatter brained I can't keep up with one thing and another? Does it mean that I have so many things going on in … Continue reading A Desk Saga–Part Two
A Desk Saga–in 4 Parts
Part One A friend who came to visit yesterday asked...'ummm...is this the umm...same cleaned up desk you posted on Instagram just a couple of weeks ago? < Meep.> Yes. Unfortunately. I have this ongoing tussle with the surface of my desk. Many moons ago, my husband refinished this old teacher's desk which looked nearly black … Continue reading A Desk Saga–in 4 Parts
Restrictions: A Key to Artful Living
The above painting was made last Friday at the Ciener Botanical Gardensher in my town. I decided to place a restriction on myself and only use oil pastel and watercolor. It can be a lot of fun imposing a limit on your creative utensils. It works like a guide or a path marked out for … Continue reading Restrictions: A Key to Artful Living
A Story in Paint
Or perhaps this could be titled, Jen's Wonky Palette! Well, one of you asked a simple question: What specific watercolors do you use to paint with? I thought this would be a simple thing to answer. But it actually got me to reminiscing as I painted this wonky drawing of my palette. This is both … Continue reading A Story in Paint
Morning Glory Vine
On my walk this morning, I passed by the garden at the top of Silver Dapple Lane. It is in a state of decline, winding down from the summer's producing. A few tomatoes hang onto skeleton-like plants, a bean or two or three hide under browning leaves, and an unpicked watermelon sits ripe amid the … Continue reading Morning Glory Vine