A night of thunder- storms, high winds and nonstop rain across North Texas. I began to think the house might not stand up to the wind and water but here it is a sunny morning and we’re still standing. Puddles everywhere and even the birds look bedraggled but it’s a brand new day.
I played with […]
As you can see, I’ve made some progress on my bathroom project. I set most of the field tiles on the wall above the broad side of the tub last weekend. I left space for a grab-bar and a soap dish and I still have a vertical row on the left and a partial row […]
Another recent experiment in collage. I tried a couple of things for a background and was unhappy with it til I spotted the guy in goggles. Words about “success” kept jumping off the pages I was clipping and I decided this was my affirmation of the day - to think about success. Later I made […]
Lately I’m awakened almost every morning about 3 a.m. by a mocking- bird perched outside my bedroom window. About 6 or 7 the cardinals begin their vocal exercises. It’s nesting season and these territorial birds are establishing their domains. It’s one of my favorite things about spring. Here’s one of said redbirds shot a week […]
I made 5 pages for the “Around the World” Chunky Page Swap on Flickr. This was my first experience making a “chunky” page and I really wasn’t sure how to go about it. The pages are 4×4 inches with a 1/2 inch allowance for binding. I started out with collage components relating to Texas and […]
I love detective stories. Good detective stories. I think it started with an old Sherlock Holmes movie starring Basil Rathbone, which led me to read A. Conan Doyle’s series of short story masterpieces. There have always been tv shows about detectives but my all-time favorite is Homicide: Life on the Street which ran from 1993 […]
Ok, I went & got my blog listed on the Delightful Blogs website. Thank you, Lynda, for featuring my blog. I don’t know why I did it; I guess I just crave fame. Ha. Or at least attention.
I’ve used writing as a means to keep myself sane for a good part of my life, filling […]
I drive past this house almost every day. It’s just a few blocks from where I live and is affectionately referred to by a number of neighbors as the “Oh My God” House because the huge old victorian structure is such an unexpected sight after driving past nothing but single-story bungalows. The owners of this […]
In Texas blue is the color of joy.The bluebonnets are peeking through!
Some days I don’t know whether to carry my camera or my art journal with me. Some days I just say “forget them both.” Yesterday I picked my camera because the sky had turned dark and I hoped to shoot a couple of white […]
I’ve been worried about the way my brain seems to dart hither and yon, never wanting to stay focused on any particular subject for long. I wondered if it was a form of Attention Deficit Disorder. Now I find I’m not alone - that the wandering mind seems to be a common occurrence. Some scientists […]