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Picture a Day #109 – A Jumping Spider

I’m still trying to rehabilitate my garden in time to plant veggie seeds for Earth Day on Sunday. While I was surveying the wreckage, I noticed this spider. When it noticed me, it jumped away. Cute little bugger!

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Picture a Day #108 – A Media Sampler (update)

Yesterday I was enjoying a fellow blogger’s post, and became inspired. Susan Geckle is creating 6×6 inch works of art to send to Rochester Contemporary Art Center’s 6x6x2012. It sounds like a fun way to get myself motivated. But what to … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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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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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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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 →

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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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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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Picture a Day #97 – Busy Bee

As I approached my tulip garden, I heard a tremendous buzzing, but I didn’t see anything. The bee was inside one of the flowers. It appeared and posed for me before it vacated the premises.

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