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Halloween 2022

Happy Halloween, everyone! Somehow after a vow-renewal and a mini-moon to Florida we still managed to have a spooky costumed Halloween-weekend. This holiday is a priority. So what did we wear? Saturday we sponsored a hole at a spooky Disc-golf tournament where we won the costume contest in our raiders-from-the-north… Read More »Halloween 2022

Beltane Bridal Shower

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On May Day, my mother, and dear friends and bride’s matrons threw me the most beautiful Beltane Bridal Shower. I have been walking on air for days reading over everyone’s heartfelt cards, and unpacking a generous mountain of gifts. We had a perfect day of sunny warm weather after a… Read More »Beltane Bridal Shower

Green Canyon

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Our country is a dumpster fire, but I’m still trying to make things, paint, and occasionally recognize each moment as a transient reality independent of cyberspace’s hellscape. The ideas, emotions, and socioeconomic motivators behind the unfolding political revolution (or collapse) is interesting and important, but it is also only a… Read More »Green Canyon

Mini Tartan Bustle

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Last bustle in this fabric, I promise!! I was going to be all done, but then I had leftover fabric, and everyone had a bustle to wear over their big skirts or pants except for me. So I just had to whip myself up a very simple bustle out of… Read More »Mini Tartan Bustle

Master Bath Makeover

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We have transformed our master bath with paint and a medicine cabinet. It only took *checks notes* two years to get this room finished*, but the day has come. Below is a photo of the before. Plain white walls, not enough storage. Lucky for us, the fixtures that came with… Read More »Master Bath Makeover

Blessed Samhain

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Blessed Samhain to you! Everything is wonderful! A spectacular month overall. My website just got upgraded to a new, faster PHP so it’s more secure and pages are loading at blazing speeds. Whoa! I’m here with a bonus post to wish everyone a safe and fun Halloween. We didn’t get… Read More »Blessed Samhain

Abundant Earth

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The earth has been good to us this season. Our raised garden beds have been a great success, we went blueberry picking, and our yard has had enough flowers to spare some for indoor arrangements. So far this year the garden has produced more lettuce than we could eat, a… Read More »Abundant Earth

Striped Summer Dress

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I really didn’t think I was going to have a blog post for you today, as I haven’t finished anything in a while and I’ve been so busy enjoying the summer sun. Many projects remain in progress, but I haven’t really had the time or desire to put in the… Read More »Striped Summer Dress

Expending Effort Outdoors

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Indoor projects have slowed as the weather improves and we spend more of our free time outdoors. The garden is coming along spectacularly though. All the intense labor is worth it when the colors burst forth from the dirt and stems. When we bought our house a year and a… Read More »Expending Effort Outdoors

Jake’s Viking Braids

I’ve been braiding Jake’s hair for a long time because it helps him live that Viking life. Here are a few of his signature looks. Because hair can be art too.

Dried Herbs

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While I am working on very large sewing project, I haven’t had a lot of finished projects to show you. However, I did manage to find some time to harvest an early bounty from my garden and porch planter. This is just the beginning of the growing season and I am hoping… Read More »Dried Herbs

Paint-Your-Own-Masks on Etsy

For those of you who like to do things yourself, I’ve got some new paint-you-own-leather-mask listings up on Etsy. Leather masks are surprisingly simple to make from vegetable tanned leather. However, if you only need one mask, its hardly worth the large investment of your time and money to track down a… Read More »Paint-Your-Own-Masks on Etsy

Fireworks Videos 2011

The first video is of individual fireworks exploding in the sky. Close up and colorful. The second is a portion of the grand finale of this particular fireworks display.

What I did today

  My classes were really uneventful today. I learned how to use a proportion wheel this morning (easy & kind of boring because its fractions), my night class was cancelled, and in my afternoon class we learned how to draw horses. To help us draw them in proper perspective, we… Read More »What I did today

2010 in review

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is on fire!. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 3,800… Read More »2010 in review

Big Changes On The Way

I’m making the switch! I am finally switching web hosts. I have been with 1&1 web hosting for 6 years now, and they were great 6 years ago; they were even great 3 years ago back when customers could still insert their own HTML into the web builder. But ever… Read More »Big Changes On The Way

Crazy shoes.

Yesterday I felt like drawing shoes. I started out with trying to come up with fairly normal, practical looking ones that were still somehow original, but the more I drew, the weirder things got. You can see me progression pretty clearly if you look from right to left, top to… Read More »Crazy shoes.

Fireworks Round Two.

Last night I attended another fireworks display, this time in Wilmington. This show was a really dazzling one, but more difficult to photograph because the fireworks went off at irregular intervals making it more difficult than the Lexington show to get the timing right. I got a few good shots,… Read More »Fireworks Round Two.

Fun with Plaster

Looking for a fun, easy, nearly effort-free activity to do with kids (or not)? You should go to Plaster Fun Time. That’s what I did yesterday. I love that place, and I’m what? 20? And I’ve loved it since I was what? 5?Plaster Fun Time is recommended for children ages… Read More »Fun with Plaster

100 creative tools

A new online article titled “100 incredible web tools to indulge your creativity” was recently brought to my attention with the hopes that I would pass it on to my readers. The article lists, and gives brief summary of 100 hundred online services that allow the users to create and… Read More »100 creative tools

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