There were quite a few days during this part of the challenge that I didn’t think I’d be able to paint. Painting at night is a big challenge; in seeing details, in dealing with multiple light sources and the multiple shadows they cast, mixing accurate colors when everything… Read More »Strada Easel Challenge, Days 11-17
I decided I needed to force myself to paint. Unless it’s a priority, creative time always gets pushed to the end of the list. And it’s been a very long list lately. The last half of the year was dedicate entirely to fighting the transmission line project that… Read More »Strada Easel Challenge Days 1-10
I was just thinking about how life can change in just a moment. We’ve had more than a few of those moments in our lives over the years. On June 29, not quite one month ago, one of those life changing moments came when I checked our mail.… Read More »Fighting for our land
Our home is surrounded by beautiful flower gardens but my husband has a favorite.
Living in Maine, we expect long and cold winters. Our first snowfall usually arrives by early November, and many years we don’t see the ground again until late March or April. We didn’t get multiple feet of snow this year, but it has been typically cold. Even though… Read More »Surviving February
Some weeks are so full and busy that it seems one day speeds into the next and time gets jumbled and days get lost in my mind. The best way for me to remember a full week is to write it out, and it’s been a full week!… Read More »A Week in Review
We recently returned fro a trip to Berks County, Pennsylvania. In the last weeks of 2022, my grandmother passed away. She lived for 99 years. It’s pretty hard to sum up 99 years, what she meant to our family, and the legacy she left behind. For all but… Read More »Away – Berks County, Pa.
I’ve had quite a few friends ask for details about one of our family’s favorite Christmas traditions. We haven’t always done this, but it’s a favorite tradition for 15 years now and any time I’ve hinted at possibly not continuing to do it my children send me looks… Read More »The Christmas Code
Our family has wanted to significantly add onto our home for a lot of years. We’ve done three “small” additions, but we still really want one or two larger additions to make our home fit our family better. But the addition plans keep getting kicked further down the… Read More »Style Refresh
