The last weekend in April holds special appeal for me as I have come to enjoy attending the Athens Art Festival. This started a few years back when A.D. was first doing art shows and I accompanied him for all...
As many readers of this blog already know, A.D. and I are big fans of roadtripping and most of our vacations involve moving from point to point along our route. Prior to getting together around 12 years ago...
I make the drive along Seneca Lake from end to end a few times a month, and now that I have a camera, I can capture some of the beauty I see on my way. I’m quite excited by this as a lot of Mennonite...
Hi there! It’s been a heck of a week and I’m happy to be back writing this morning! Tonight we are celebrating both my honey’s birthday and my own and since my parents love our cooking, we...
I’ve sketched off an on over the past few weeks, but I’ve neglected to post my progress in the perspective course I’m taking on Craftsy. The second assignment in this course is to complete a...
The second canvas I used to practice my abstract art was awful. I didn’t like it at all. The colors were blah and I was not pleased. So, after seeing several YouTube artists ‘just paint over...
I will be honest. I have lifted this recipe from two sources, the Smoothie Lover and Laurenda Marie. I am not certain which site I found the recipe first, though I do think it was on Smoothie Lover. I...
Summer is blasting along at warp speed and with the scorching temperatures, come a crop of hot peppers. Every year I tell myself I am going to make jalapeno poppers from scratch, and every year I don’t...