and here it is...

Julie & I think they look an awful lot like Christmas elves,
but shhh... don't tell them!

sewing strawberries

Sorry for the delay in posting this week.
I was up to my ears in red, sequined fabric, trying
with Julie to design & construct the strawberry
costumes that Anna & Ashton had asked for. We pulled it off,
complete with leaf hats & strawberry-shaped candy bags.
The design was simple on the prototype cotton fabric,
but it took several hours to figure out how to sew on
the cheap, gluey, sequined stuff. WD-40 to the rescue!
I told my husband that if I ever start a sewing circle,
I'll call it the "Prayer & Swear," since those are
the two main things I do while I'm sewing.

pecan tart

I had leftover filling from a pecan pie this week &
poured it into a crust in a miniature springform pan.
It worked & tasted delicious!

underbed mess

Eric & I decided to ditch our bed frame this week and
put the mattress in a wooden box that we could (or rather,
he could) push up against the wall.
Voila! Instant sitting room!
It was also nice to get all that junk cleared.

hours of fun

summer's end

archway

watercolor, 2004

leaf

watercolor, 2004

jesse's band concert

the lamp

watercolor & ink, 2004

birthday flowers

Thanks!

more guitar pedals

little bag of wonders

ink & gouache on cardstock, 3"x5"

tricycle

White & black ink on cardstock.

see saw airplane

3"x5" mixed media on cardstock

sumi-e box

Ink & marker on cardstock.

watchin' tv

ink on cardstock, 3"x5"

tester paints

Gouache, 2006.

playmobile sheriff

Gouache, 2006.

mommy necklace

It doesn't have any clasps and isn't long enough to fit around
my neck, but I think it's a pretty great gift.

piggy

A friend of mine gave me this piggy bank a couple of years ago.
She made it in a pottery class, and I just love it!
It's hefty, heavy, and has great ears. Uh... one of which
my son broke off an hour after I painted this. Sigh.

emily and boys

heron in the park

sleeping e

watercolor & ink, 2006.

stained glass

watercolor, 2006.

stuff around the kitchen

medicine dropper

saturday morning sketches

umbrella

Watercolor, 2005.

plum harvest 2001

We have a plum tree in the back yard which Eric sometimes tends
very carefully to protect it from the birds and the bugs
and also the children who think fresh, unripened fruit is fun to pick
(which is true -- it is!). Some years he wraps the whole tree, other
years not. But as far as I can remember, this is always about how
much fruit we get off of that great big tree. Watercolor, 2001.

just baked pies

Keith brought home pecans from his grandmother's tree this week,
so I made a meat & veggie pie for dinner & a pecan pie for dessert. Yum!
Unfortunately, my cleanup gnome seems to be on vacation.