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  • Snowy spring day inspires me

    Today’s snowy spring day had me thinking about that line tulip bloom I photographed yesterday. Hundreds of buds and only one was brave enough to bloom into this crazy world at this crazy time. Then is had hail yesterday and… Continue reading

  • Midtown Photos

    This morning I took my daughter to an appointment at Wayne State, and took the opportunity to take some pictures. I love the variety of architecture and the colors and textures in this area of Detroit. The weather was much… Continue reading

  • Giraffe glazing today

    Today I spent the entire three hours in the pottery studio working on glazing my giraffe sculpture. As I was, maybe a quarter of the way through I remembered that during this process of making my zebra sculpture last year,… Continue reading

  • Cold and rainy spring day

    My son is home from school this week, but so far our weather hasn’t been great for playing outside. He is a very energetic six year old and I woke this morning with a terrible headache. Luckily my sweet son… Continue reading

  • Art Demo and some self portraits

    Today was our monthly art club meeting and it was followed by a demo from a local artist who I’ve followed for a while. Debbie La Pratt gave us a great overview of her process and was extremely interesting to… Continue reading

  • Last Day of March

    It’s hard to believe that we are already a quarter of the way through 2024. January seemed to drag on a bit but February and March have just flown by to me. Today was a busy day celebrating Easter with… Continue reading

  • Happy Easter

    This evening I attended the Easter Vigil with my Daughter and youngest son. It was a beautiful mass- my favorite of the year. This was a bit bittersweet though- the first since our priest, Father Jim died a few months… Continue reading

  • Flowers in a vase

    Today I decided to paint a vase with some flowers. I thought it would be good to practice a little negative painting with white flowers. I didn’t use a reference photo, but rather just winged it from my imagination. Soon… Continue reading

  • Weird dreams yield weird art

    Last night I had some pretty strange dreams. They weren’t nightmares or particularly bad dreams, but certainly bizarre. I can’t remember too much details from them except for the fact that in every single dream last night there was this… Continue reading

  • Productive pottery day

    Today is Wednesday so that means pottery class! I was excited to try out the gear cutter I ordered with my birthday money. My husband was very confused when he had to sign for a package from the Ukraine. They… Continue reading