A cold winter's day at  a local home garden shop.  The proprietor of Brambles welcomed 7 of us sketchers, & even lent us st...

 Sketching while waiting in line at the grocery store. You whip out your small (inconspicuous) 4 X 6 book, your pen, & in seconds...

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

  Montessori education tells us to surround ourselves with all things beautiful,  taking care with selecting our environment. Since m...

   I attended 2 workshops at a local arts center.  One was on paste papers & coptic stitch bookmaking by   Abby Read,  wonderful ...

    Greetings  during the season of long nights when we fill our coastal villages with Colored Lights,  Santas,  Wreaths All Re...

My mom & I used to bake Batches of Christmas cookies. A few times we made crafts. Each year during  the darkness of the year I fa...

At LL Bean recently I had left my sketchbook in the car. Horrors! "Oh please, I asked the young woman in the café, do you have any s...