Around The World Blog Hop

I have been invited to do a post for the

Around the World Blog Hop, by my blogging friend

Barbara Lilian. She is a delightful lady who lives in 

France with her husband "Mr. France". She has the most gorgeous flowers

and she paints. I was delighted to find her posts awhile back. You 

should visit this delightful lady and enjoy here posts.

So for those of you who do not know me , this is me

on a good day....

and this is me after I have finished painting cards, weeding the 

many gardens I started 23 years ago, when I had the energy and playing with my new little 

puppies Cooper and Max.

Cooper and Max

came into my life last February. These wonderful little bundles of joy

helped heal my broken heart after losing my beloved Teddy to cancer.

They have done a great job and They are growing up into wonderful

little dogs.

So here are a few of the questions that were asked of me,

What am I working on.?

 Boy that's a loaded question that could take pages to answer. But

mainly I have a shop on Etsy called Wildflowerhouse that I try to keep 

filled. I also sell my cards in a shop down in town. I am also working on some large painting for a gallery show in Oct.-Nov.  I am a water-colorist and I do acrylic painting. Had to give up oil painting due to allergies.

Why do I create what I do?

I love all things nature  and love capturing it on paper, canvas, etc.

I love making my own journals when time allows. They are filled with 

memories and paintings.

 I guess I have been creating ever since I got my first box of crayons.

How does my creative process work?

I always have a sketch book with me. I have been known to draw on napkins

when in a pinch. ( you just can't take this girl anywhere) Camera is always at the ready too.

Things pop into my head in the middle of the night, so I have paper and pen 

on the bedside table. From all these the process of creating my painting comes

to life. I like plein air work when no one else is around. I'm a bit shy about

that but I am working on it. 

I will end  with telling you that I live in the foothills of the Cascade mountain chain

in Washington state. We usually get around 90 inches of rain to Seattle's 40 something.

 But this summer we have had little to no rain and one worries about fires.

I designed (with the help of a fabulous architect) my log home. Had it assembled in 

Montana and then brought here and reassembled on my 13 acres. I am surrounded by 

trees and mountains and lots of wild animals.

 The weather is turning to Fall with warm days and cool nights.

So as I close I have invited two fantastic ladies to join in this hop.

 They are, drum roll please.

Marcy Antle  and you can find her here with all her absolutely gorgeous

jeweled creations.

and 

Donna Liljegren and you can find her here. Now Donna is the most fantastic quilter that I know.

I must add that she shares her blog with her wonderful little Corgi named Tag. He blogs on Tuesdays and always has a lot to say.

These ladies will be posting on Sept. 22nd for the the Around the world blog hop.

I must add that I am a few hours late posting but I had computer 

trouble. So sorry but all is OK now I hope.

Thanks for visiting and I would love to hear from you.