Gretchen's work

My friend Gretchen is a fantastic watercolor artist. She is so in tune with nature. This is one of her beautiful watercolors called Northwest Forrest. She and her husband Dave also do bonsai. Dave's work is renowned. I was fortunate to take classes from him before they moved to Oregon.
I have been after Gretchen to have a shop on Etsy. She has finally opened her shop called http://www.wabisabiarts.etsy.com/ You can just click here to see all her lovely paintings. I am sure you will enjoy her site. If she was closer I would try to coax her into teaching me a thing or too about watercolor.

Who Came first...?

Who came first... the chicken or the egg. I think the rooster knows...do you think he will tell her... mmmm I don't know. You decide! This is a little wall hanging I just finished. To see the whole thing pop over to my shoppe for a peek!

Look What Chester did!!!

Do you see the sign. Mmmmmm! I work very hard to fill my containers with a nice arrangement of flowers. Just the right colors and size. Right..... Well you all remember Chester my resident squirrel. Well he has generously decided to help...
Yes Chester Scattered Joy all over the place ! But this container so artistically created has Chester's touch .....
Yes that is a large sunflower (and still growing I might add)! Chester planted several of these on the grounds. I decided the little fellow worked so hard to leave them. I see him checking them out every so many days. I hope we get the seeds as he has a ferocious appetite. Now if I could only teach him to weed....

Wishing you all a happy 4th Of July!

I hope you all have a fun day. Always remember what the 4th is about. Remember our men and women who are away from home making our freedom possible. I shall put the flag out as I do every morning, come in and prepare my wonder dog a special breakfast, begin preparing for a 4th special dinner and spend the day lounging on my shady deck. We are tinder dry and I fear for fires. Driving into town today there was another freeway fire. There have been many in the last few days so I hope people will use great caution and still have fun. SO HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!!

My own Little Shop

I decided to have some fun and start my own little shop. I plan to fill it with some of my creative endeavors. There will be a wide variety of things as the days go by. So take a peek if you like. I would love for you to visit. Check back often as I shall be adding things. All kinds of things. Just click on my shoppe sign and away you go.

Bangle bracelet

I love chickadees and so I put this little fellow on my new bangle bracelet.
Lots of colors, CQ stitching, beads, motifs, silk ribbon embroidery and sequins. A lady always needs sequins. Just a fun little piece!

KC Willis Retreat Camp

KC Willis has started a wonderful retreat camp in Colorado. I sure hope I can arrange a get-a-way and go. Go on over to KC' site and learn all about it. You gotta love this gal.