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Picture a Day #107 – In My Garden
Finally, I was able to work in my garden today. I have been dodging rain showers and juggling other activities, but today it called to me, and I answered! There is a lot of work to do. Things got out … Continue reading
Picture a Day #106 – Penne Rigate
As you may recall from previous posts regarding cooking, I prefer baking to stove top escapades. But we had leftovers to use, and it was my turn. So I assembled my materials and my courage! My husband does the grocery … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, food, home, postaday, recipe, stovetop cooking
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Picture a Day # 105 – Bagging It
I have been working on my felted wool bag all week, and it is slow going. But there are enough separate pieces that I see progress at each step! You can follow my progress by viewing step 1 here. Step 2 … Continue reading
Picture a Day #103 – More Than Just an Empty Box
I grew up in a hobby family. My father always had a vegetable garden, and he enjoyed landscaping the yard. My mother baked, grew and arranged flowers, and was a backyard birder. My sister sewed and baked. My four brothers built … Continue reading
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Tagged art, baking, bird watching, drawing, gardening, hobbies, painting, postaday, sewing
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Picture a Day 102 – Felted Wool Bag Step 1
The first thing that I did once I decided to make a bag like the one my daughter brought home with her this week, which you can see here, was photograph, draw, and measure it. Next I knit a test piece and … Continue reading
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Tagged art, bags, craft, hobbies, inspiration, postaday, wool
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Picture a Day #100 – It’s in the Bag
My middle child is visiting this week. It’s fun to have her home. She brought a cool bag with her that I hadn’t seen before. I love it! She bought it at Target, and it probably wasn’t very expensive, but … Continue reading
Picture a Day #99 – Artistic Inspiration
I wanted to post something inspirational today, but I was in a quandary. Then I read a response to a comment I left on the site of a fellow blogger, which included an interest in my work. Here is a melted … Continue reading
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Tagged art, hobbies, inspiration, melted crayon, nature, painting, postaday
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Picture a Day #98 – Bananas and Chocolate!
I wanted to bake something for the holiday weekend. Banana bread was on my list, and so was chocolate cake. Realizing that I couldn’t do it all (there were other things on my list as well), I made a creative … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, chocolate, food, fruit, hobbies, holiday treats, home, postaday, recipe
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Picture a Day #96 – On to the Next!
Here is my final version of Three Apples and a Pear. I have cropped it in Photoshop, which helps me to define the composition, and now all I need to do is mat and frame the watercolor painting itself. I am finished with … Continue reading
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Tagged art, fruit, hobbies, painting, postaday, watercolor
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Picture a Day #95 – Three Apples and a Pear
Sounds like a clever name for a sitcom, doesn’t it? But it’s actually the subject of a watercolor painting that I began over a month ago. I guess it’s time to return to the scene of my dilemma. Yesterday I … Continue reading
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Tagged art, fruit, hobbies, painting, postaday, watercolor
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