11.30.2010

Fizzle

Blogging everyday is not for me.

11.26.2010

Happy Black Friday

I don't like shopping, but I do love my new camera.




11.25.2010

Happy Thanksgiving

Every year on this day I swear my first 10k
will be next year's Pumpkin Plod.

11.24.2010

Baker Cheat

If you buy ready-made pie crust, pinch the edge with
your fingers and it will look home-made.

11.23.2010

A bit contradictory

I went to the library and checked out a few books about inflammatory foods, then proceeded to the store to buy the ingredients to make three Thanksgiving pies.

11.22.2010

At the end of my leash

I don't know how much more I can endure with this dog.

11.21.2010

The holidays are here

I enjoyed a lazy weekend, the last before the holiday rush.

11.20.2010

Sorry Harry, I'm not that into you.

Daddy Daughter Deathly Hallows Day while I stayed home and painted.

11.19.2010

The Space Between

8x10 mixed media

When I finally get around to making painting a priority I wonder why I allow so much time to pass convinced that there isn't enough time.

11.18.2010

Typeface

Catching just the last 30 minutes of the documentary "Typeface" on PBS was enough to make me want to visit the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum in Two Rivers, WI as well as investigate Letterpress printing opportunities that may be in and around Chicago.

11.17.2010

Painting Is Like Exercise

Painting is like exercise:
you feel so good after you begin,
you wonder why you spent days avoiding it?

11.16.2010

Change of Plans

We cancelled our plans to go roller skating with Girl Scouts
and I was thrilled to spend time in my studio.

11.15.2010

Play Today


Lately I have not been able to accomplish anything nor relax.

11.14.2010

Cool, but forgotten

I successfully renewed interest in pattern blocks
by digging them out of the closet and displaying them
as a dining room table centerpiece.

11.13.2010

More sugar



Brownie bites baked for Band Booster Bake Sale.

This was yesterday

I was thinking of sewing little elves of felt.

11.11.2010

Goal Setting

Consume less sugar, de-clutter the house, and crate-train the dog.

11.10.2010

11.09.2010

Relapse of Separation Anxiety

I have never longed for cable TV,
but I'd like to see that show called "It's Me or the Dog."

11.08.2010

Blogging

I'm not sure how much longer I will be a blogger.

11.07.2010

Late Fall Planting

I just finished relocating my peonies
in the dark and it's not even 5:30pm.

11.06.2010

Sketchbook

Painting does not always bring me joy,
but not painting makes me miserable.

11.05.2010

Time to make the pees

While designing the "How to Cook a Turkey" section of the paper, I had to explain to my coworkers why I was lol.

11.04.2010

Studio

It did not take long to clear the Halloween sewing clutter from my workspace and begin creating something new.

11.03.2010

The bad and the good

Today I over ate and stayed up too late, but got completely caught up on laundry.

11.02.2010

Light a candle

The Liturgy of Remembrance in honor of all the parishioners who departed this year was more beautiful and cathartic than expected.

11.01.2010

Halloween Fun


You know the large stray dog you have welcomed into your home is perfectly safe when she happily allows the kids to dress her in a tutu.