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I wanted to post that we have a surgery date for Earl..... Feb 19th. All the doctors are in agreement that he will be up to it by then. He...

One of the highlight's of the inauguration was Rev. Lowery's benediction. Here is the ending. I thought it was the right thing for...

I taught a fun sock critter class then went to the park with my favorite locals, Jill and Madison. The sky was sooo blue and weather was pe...

Get your hanky out..... burritos for books

My childhood friend Roberta Dyer that is co owner of Broadway Books in Portland had a great event in Dec. Here's the link to the story ...

On the left is from Mary ...the right is from Tara and shorty is from Jill. I think they make a great posse. These are tulips and artwork f...

This is just a section. It is called Star cactus.....I still need to tweak it a bit..... ...what happened here? ..... someone stole the ...

We had a cozy little Christmas with soup, puzzel and baby watching.... Here is our Maddie at her first Christmas.... Suan gave us this great...

Here is our darlin' Madison Marie!

We are having a very simple holiday....but I am still looking forward to it. Of course we will miss our families in Seattle and Cortez, CO...

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Stopped by Penny's to have lunch and see her decorations. Everywhere you look is a delight for the eyes.... ....Here's Penny's...

Portland collector ... Thanks Helen!

Thank you Tara ...and for the kind words....

I got these beautiful cards from Sukey with this adorable handmade resin ornament. I think they might be my Xmas cards....there are 3... t...

I have been behind on my blogging partly because we are having some health issues here. Earl got an endoscopy Oct. 29 at which time they fo...

We spent the day on the Rincon at a beach house with most of my family. It was an amazing day with huge glassy waves and porpoise to watch....

I only had one obligation.....that was a class I taught to first thru 5th graders about abstract collage...I have done this with adults but ...

Wish I could work something like this

I was awarded this honor by my blog buddy Shelly http://shellypaints.blogspot.com/ Answer the following questions with single word response...

...and with the economy where it is right now we should all be proud .... all our hard work paid off. Some of you know I had a little extra...

Got back Monday from our Art FiberFest trip. Here is how it went: First there was panic that it wouldn't all fit ....I had to leave ou...