So, do you know what fowerty-frappers are?  This is a term I just discovered which means Fireworks of any kind!  It is an old fashione...

Here in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, we have had such a beautiful Spring and now an early Summer.  Normally this time of year, it i...

I found this postcard online and fell in love with it.  I would like to paint something like this.  Of course, you can see the palette is...

Saturday is Flag Day. Flag Day celebrates the day the American Flag was actually adopted as our own on June 14, 1777, by resolution of...

This year, Father's Day will be on June 15th.  I am deeply grateful to God for giving me my Father.  Dad taught us about God the Fath...

This postcard is so sweet--I love her bloomers, and the way her wings sprout from her shoulder blades.  The flowers on the heart and he...

I'm SO excited to tell you about Mumsie's most recent book, A Stitch and a Prayer .  It is coming out in the next few weeks. ...

Yesterday afternoon, our friend Leon Hyatt was in a serious bicycle accident and was not expected to make it through the night.  Earl...

I've had a wonderful week, with one of my very best friends in the world coming to visit for a few days. Ah, everyone should have suc...

I had a lovely time with my friend, who came to spend Wednesday night and Thursday with me.  What a wonderful time we had!  We walked...