We put out the last suet cake for the birds during the cold spell last week. Some of our favorite birds, the woodpeckers, chickadees and finches love the suet and seed concoction. Unfortunately, so do the “nuisance” birds: the starlings. They are virtual pigs when it comes to suet. I got a few shots of […]
Sometimes you just have to follow your muse in whatever unexpected direction it wants to go, especially if it’s the Muse of Destruction.
One of the therapeutic advantages of renovating an old house is the opportunity to tear stuff apart in the name of discovery. Yesterday I was installing a new light fixture in the bathroom […]
A series of tornadoes passed through North Central Texas last night. Here is a photo of a small church in Haltom City, just east of Fort Worth, that had its roof ripped off and another photo of a funnel cloud approaching Oak Cliff in the southwest part of Dallas just minutes later. If you’ve never […]
I’m moving into a new cubicle at work. I packed all my stuff into two cardboard boxes yesterday. When I return to the office on Monday they will have been relocated to my new cell, if all goes as planned.
Lego Guy here (an office mascot located in the coffee/copy/fax area) is ready, too. You […]
Challenge #4: “How do you fail to utilize your gift and talents? How do you feel at those moments? Are you unwilling to act? Is it that you are afraid? What is really going on? How can a few simple steps change you? What do you need for that to happen?”
I am woman: hear me […]
Lately I’ve been using Artists’ Journals & Sketch- books by Lynne Perrella as a reference tool. I study the pieces I really like and try to imitate what the artist has done. After all, many art students hone their painting skills by copying the works of the masters; why shouldn’t I do the same kind […]
I picked up this car muffler yesterday. It had been lying in the median across near the old McKinney Dairy Queen for a couple of weeks. I spotted it one day in my rearview mirror and almost couldn’t believe my eyes. I had just been telling a friend about an art installation I saw once […]
This roadside cross represents the beginning of one of my non-artistic projects. When I moved to McKinney in November I noticed several roadside memorials prominently displayed around the city. I’ve seen lots of these in New Mexico and Arizona and here in Texas, too, but usually they’re not smack dab in the middle of […]
After several weeks of warm albeit often cloudy weather we’re having a cold spell. The thermometer isn’t expected to reach 50 degrees today and tonight we may experience freezing temperatures. We’ve had to turn the furnace on again. “They” say North Texas has never had a freeze during the month of April (March 20 is […]
I decided that participating in some challenges from other bloggers might be a good way to spark my creativity. I found Studio Friday from tine sparkles which is a weekly challenge related to your personal workspace. The topic this week is “Greed.”
Here’s my take on Greed. I love the miniature art of stamps and matchbox […]