Getting by with help from family and friends. I'm coming out of the tiredness of putting up the show, though my son did most of the work. Sometimes I think…
I'm going to take a break from writing for a couple of days and concentrate on getting into the garden. It gets away from me so easily. Ranunculus, camelia leaves,…
DIY Mandalas at Toby's has started. I took the table down to the gallery at Toby's yesterday, along with an array of materials to work with. With COVID, we can't…
This one went through quite a number of iterations, the last three of which I'll share here. I bought a few radicchio plants a while ago, thinking that they'd be…
Which is your favorite flower in this mandala? I was excited about the ranunculus, as I didn't know what color to expect when I picked it up at Annie's Annuals &…
Life on life's terms — I used to think that if I wanted something enough, whined enough, worried enough, that I'd get my way. This was true, in spite of…
Which one do you prefer? Here are two versions of one of the simplest mandalas ever. I've used twigs from the maple before. Here the unfurling leaves are edged with…
Today I walked up our hill, something I hadn’t done in a while. I knew I wanted some new horsetail fern, both for this mandala, and to use in the…
Our lonely neighborhood turkey has been alone for a couple of years, pre-COVID. There used to be at least three, one of whom had a pronounced limp. This one skitters…
isn't the rain just grand? Started the day with a walk up at Millerton Point, and though the clouds looked full, they held off, and we didn't get wet. Down…