creepy art

my husband thinks
much of the art i have is
creepy.

he is not wrong about paintbrush man.

tony

well spent

 

i am not choosing today.

a little daff

inked

always welcome

i know that a lot of people go to great lengths to NOT feed squirrels but i love them so much! the squirrels who come to my feeder know they are welcome. they watch me through the window and don't care too much about me moving around in here.

my world has felt pretty small lately. i find that between coaching and working on some classes that i have spent a lot of time sitting here at my table, next to my front window.

i often look at the trees and how they change day to day. i listen to the birds and watch for the regulars, look for newbies. i watch my little squirrelly fellas and think how freaking adorable they are.

i am so grateful for my little window of the world.

thank you mary!

my wonderful friend and client, mary, is traveling the world coaching business leaders.

she has developed this seriously fantastic habit of getting me chocolate from the different countries she visits.

this time? gigantic bars of cadbury's from england. and yes, we can get cadbury here but it does not taste the same. my english husband has said this a million times.
too bad he is on a diet!!!

thank you, mary?
where are you heading next? ;)

opportunistic

here in north carolina, we are an opportunistic bunch. when we see the chance to wear flip flops or put the top down, we take it. snow piles or not.

nut job

before              after

dive in

thank you

remains

anatomy of a snowstorm

cleaning off the top of my car this afternoon and saw the perfect anatomy of our snowstorm! about 6 or so inches of snow, followed by about .2 inches of ice (see the white line near the top) with another 1 of snow on top! but god loves north carolina, we were cleaning the snow off in sweaters while a neighbor shoveled (he owns a shovel???) in a tshirt!

buds on ice

pop up downhill

this happens on my street every time there is enough snow to ride a sled! street closes and 

the fun begins!

good try, sun

of a sunflower girl

my mom's favorite flower was the sunflower. when i was going through all of her craft supplies, i found this beautiful paper flower and now i keep it as an tender reminder of a sunflower girl.

checking out at the library

comes the light

for my soul

whiskers on kittens

coming soon-ish

my camera battery died today. i had a spare but i killed that one somehow. anyway, i spent a long time photographing elliements that are ready to go into the shop and that's what killed it. not surprised though. because photographing jewelry after i have made it wears me out too. i absolutely love doing the metal embossing. love designing them, painting them. then comes the photographing them for listing and the whole process slooooows down. but they really want to come out and play so it is time. snap, snap.

dad's neighbor

today it rained

today it rained

like tears

for one 

who died

gifted, giving

gone

i know 

this winter rain 

brings green and new

spring

like 

these tears

bring healing

acceptance

growth

but for today

the sky and i 

weep

 

liquid flan

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