A little road trip off the beaten path.  Not the coastal route  with tourists & cars  & clusters of restaurants and hotels...

Mouton came to me during a time of intense bad-luck stress.  The bad-luck stress left, but Mouton decided to stay.  He is a "S...

I was immediately attracted to a golden elephant statue,  in the midst of many lovely tea cups, pots, & decorative objects  at ...

    '   That is moi , at a recent workshop I gave on The Art of the Sketchbook Journal, in conjunction with a show of my work at my...

I always associate lavender with France, Italy & England. But yesterday we visited a Maine lavender farm!   After a beautiful rid...

9 Bikes, 9 Bike Memories 1. That first magical moment, was I six years old? when the bike, the ground & little me, minus trai...

My new beginnings got a little waylaid by an awful cold. But inbetween down times,  I've been learning how to coptic stitch little ...

Yesterday I attended a lecture at a Rockland gallery by painter & teacher, Bjorn Runquist. He reminded me why it is that I sketch. ...

The snow baubles (previous post) had company during today's snow storm. Beautifully formed white clumps added themselves to the bough...

Friday I played a recording of an accordion waltz at my French story time & we, parents, young children, librarian, danced & sp...