Day three of the birthday week was a wandering sort of day…looking, maybe a little shopping. In the quilting world people are always coming up with interesting things to do with scraps and the window designs downtown this season have some fabulous displays. Here’s Anthropologie’s Christmas window and a FANTASTIC color display Plus this shop […]
Category: Just visual
Sun dog? Sun bow??
I don’t know what you call it, but it was an amazing sight in the sky this afternoon. I’d have missed it except for the two people standing there staring up in amazement…
The Stormy weekend
Sheets of rain, sheets! Wind, wind-tunnel wind. Cold. Ugh. But dashing back to the car in the rain after a restaurant dinner there was this amazingly beautiful sidewalk thing happening. I wonder what makes some cement…I think maybe newer cement…hold the image of leaves? Beautiful though, however it happens.
Home Again…
This is Salem today: but last week it was like this in Arizona where Carol and I stayed with her sister Midge: Went to the Phoenix Art Museum Sedona: Scottsdale art walk: Desert Botanical Garden: Monarchs: Sonoran desert where these cacti are about 50 years old before the produce the “arm” and can live to […]
Aventura…
I’m off to Phoenix tomorrow for a week of adventures. Yesterday “harvested” all the hydrangeas in anticipation of late fall bouquets, took a walk around Deepwood garden and enjoyed the last of the summer bouquets from Sharon’s garden as I tidied for departure and made some lunch: See you next week!!
Beam Me Up Scotty…
Just discovered my nephew is an alien…
The CSA Box…
Tuesdays are the day the vegetable box arrives from Denison Farms. We’ve taken to getting the box and then planning our meals accordingly. It’s always varied and delicious, but today it was also just beautiful. I knew when I put it in the bag to bring it home that I’d just have to arrange it […]
The Cottage Studio…
Well a year has passed at the Cottage Studio. What a good year for me and art making. The studio is for sale now and I’m thinking about moving on and what that will entail. The other day I took a picture of the roses by the front door to compare with the same roses […]
Nature Amazes…
Can you possibly believe this cauliflower????? (and it was good too) I bought it because it was just soooo beautiful
Goodwill Hunting…
Dashed into Goodwill yesterday looking for a cheap iron to use for artistic purposes. Forgot how fun it is there.
On The Way 