Mad Pretzels
February 12, 2023
Didn’t quite get through all of the almond bark, pretzels and sprinkles at holiday time. These are super easy to make so why not any time of the year?
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Didn’t quite get through all of the almond bark, pretzels and sprinkles at holiday time. These are super easy to make so why not any time of the year?
Elekitty, Piggitty, Spiddtt, Citykitty, Snakitty… an illustration of what these kitty/other being hybrids might look like if they could actually exist.
If I take nothing else away from this year, it would be this: living with love is the most important thing…
If Oregon is known for anything, it’s the towering fir and hemlock trees that cover the mountains and valleys with a shady blanket of forest. If this doesn’t say “state in the Pacific Northwest” then I don’t know what does. 🙂 Free Graphic: shape of Oregon (with trees)
Someone asked for an outline of the state of Oregon with the blue and gold of the state flag and the beaver icon, the state animal. Here it is, enjoy! Free Graphic: shape of Oregon
Ready to study? Here is a stack of school books, see the dreaded math book on the top of the pile… it’s waiting for you. Free Graphic: Image of a stack of schoolbooks
Oh how fun… a slimy little green slithery friend with a coy smile who is looking to peruse your garden before it’s even full grown. Watch out! Free Graphic: Image of a slug
Say hello to my little friend! This painting was inspired by a close encounter of the arachnid kind. Walking outside to get the mail one sunny morning not too long ago, I walked full speed, face first into an occupied orb weaver web. There was a scream (from me, I didn’t hear one from the spider) as the poor web
Zucchini, Patty Pan Squash, Cucumbers, Tomatillos, Ground Cherries, Okra, Basil and Tomatoes — the first significant haul of the harvest season is upon us! Amazing colors, inspiring art and amazing smells, inspiring cooking. 🙂
I finally finished my painting series of a tree in a field at different times of the year. I started with winter (a borrowed painting idea), moved on to autumn, then did summer and finally spring. So no kind of order whatsoever. Soon I shall find a nice empty wall to hang the series on! These paintings were painted using
I was painting away, and when I looked down, here is a little face looking back at me… peeking cat!
This summer we’ve had flurries of fluttering visitors to our garden, and especially to the three butterfly bushes that was have growing in different locations. Most magnificent among the flighty little visitors are these impressive yellow swallowtail butterfly, which could be a fun painting model, if you ask me. Courage, painting friends, courage! If you mess up, just paint over
Also known as a cornflower, you will normally find these tall, lanky flowers growing wild along the roadside in striking cobalt blue. However, this fellow in our garden is lavender purple! We grow a variety of wildly colored bachelor buttons in among the garden vegetables most years, and this year this one wins a spot on my list of favorites.
We’ve had our little brown and black hens for a year now, and they are still fantastic producers! The gray Sapphire Gem hens turned out to be poor producers after about a year, though, and had problems with weak shells, even with calcium supplements. We lost one of them due to being egg bound, poor sweet girl. So this year
Another selection from our adventures in Bandon, Oregon — this is a very interesting way to walk to a viewpoint! The viewpoint itself looks out over a variety of haystack rocks known as the Face Rock area. One of our very favorite haunts.