just call me grandma 27 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm

It has been an interesting, dramatic, life-changing year all the way around. Through a series of unfortunate events I am digging my new role as grandma! Yep, that’s right we are grandparents. So today...

Soundtrack 10 Aug 2013 | 11:08 pm

The family and I just toured the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Hours, we spent hours there. 5.5 hours actually. I was never the kid who bought records, cassettes, or fan magazines, etc. But I did go to co...

H2O 7 Aug 2013 | 10:17 pm

My birthday is almost here. And Holy Smokes I’m going to be 50! I’m not usually excited about getting older, but this year I’m really thankful to have lived another happy, healthy decade! I’ve known t...

Kansas (again) 26 Jul 2013 | 07:05 pm

While visiting my parents I took some still life photos of the grasses growing in the ditches. And thanks to Mary Jo Hoffman’s very kind technique sharing (if this is something you are interested in r...

driving. yikes! 24 Jul 2013 | 07:04 pm

The 15-year old passed his written driver’s test and now has his driving permit!

before and after 22 Jul 2013 | 08:44 pm

These are the before pictures. Really, don’t you love the paneling from the 70′s, as well as the mish-mash of unrelated furniture and things on the wall? This area of our house has bugged me for a lon...

summer sale! 18 Jul 2013 | 11:30 pm

Everything in the shop has been marked down 50%! Sale will go through July 31st. The shop will then be closed for a few weeks while I freshen things up a bit and fill it up with some new pape...

blossoms 16 Jul 2013 | 08:58 pm

I am smitten with the photographic work of Mary Jo Hoffman. She has inspired me to do my own experimentations. Her background is white and I’ve experimented with both white and dark backgrounds.  I ha...

mesmerized by smoke 15 Jul 2013 | 10:08 pm

Mud Run 2 Jul 2013 | 09:55 pm

This is the after-shot, post clean up, from the Dirty Girl Run I did. The adventures continue this summer. Don’t stay on the sidelines, jump in!! You know, it’s kind of a metaphor for life.