Anthropologie’s latest catalog.  Besides being predictably gorgeously shot and full of tempting goods it has an equestrian theme.  Now, if they actually had a line of riding clothes, I’d really truly be in trouble.

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We only have a few weeks of summer left before the kiddos head back to school.  Truthfully my first thought is phew!, the bickering has reached mass conditions (though they’ve yet to tape eachother to the wall) and I am looking forward long quiet days around the house where my only focus is painting.  BUT […]

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Our heat wave finally broke and today it’s sorta chilly.  Yesterday, though it was still in full effect so the boy and I headed here to cool off for a bit.  Both kids are in camps this week, which I always think will give me some down time to finish up projects, but really I […]

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It is hot, hot, hot here, so I think we will be taking it easy.  This is one of those times when I am thrilled my studio is in the basement.

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Ok, so a bit late to the boat here, but I just started using pinterest, and wow, love it.  I am currently going through all my old bookmarks and ‘pinning’ them to my board.  It is such a great way to visually organize all the amazing things floating around on the web.  Now […]

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(we did some letter boxing along the old Oregon trail)

We had perfect weather and a wonderful time, but I slept in a bed last night.  Oh, I love sleeping in a bed (and having a hot shower and a coffee maker and floor…)
(forgot to mention this is where we went if you’re in the area)

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We’re back! We are dirty, tired, and oh how I do love a hot shower after camping.

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So yesterday I lied, I didn’t get around to posting my painting progress.  But, hopefully next week.  We are off for a few days in the woods (with fingers crossed it doesn’t rain, cause seriously, not much I hate more than camping in the rain).

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I saw this weed growing out back this morning, my first thought:  eek, I really have been a negligant weeder, and second: it’s kind of pretty.  So I took a picture, that’s all.  I’m sure there is an incredibly insightful and meaningful analogy I could make, but it’s just too early for that.  Hopefully I’ll […]

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I really, really want to live here.  It’s an old church turned house.  The big open space, beautiful windows, all the possibilities.  I came across this home in a nearby town, but we aren’t looking to move so I’ll just decorate in my mind.

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We started our week off right by heading down to the waffle window yesterday.  These pics show partially eaten waffles, they were even bigger to start with, we were blissfully full!

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I love the studio space of artist Mettte Helena Rasmussen.  Sometimes I day dream of moving my studio up to our attic, which is huge and has gorgeous untouched wood floors.  I would paint everything in site white and add skylights.  There’s just the little problem of access (no stairs).  Ah well…

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A belated happy weekend!  Thank you, thank you for all the lovely comments, they make my day!

(my son in full sprinkler regalia)

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A little bit of progress on this piece is happening .  I try to do a little here and there between filling print orders and portrait orders.  BUT, it’s also a good way to stay fresh, when I burn out on one thing I move over to another and it seems to work.
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Chickens and water sprinklers, our weekend in a nutshell

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sun, play, work, sun, work, play, explore, work.  you get the idea
happy weekend!

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We had a lovely little vacation.  Lots of  shell collecting, general exploring and whale spotting.  It’s a pretty magical place and I highly recommend a visit if you ever get a chance.
Oh and I couldn’t resist adding one more.  The deer are very sweet and begged for treats where we stayed, the kids were thrilled.

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And by here, I mean paradise.  We have been vacationing here the last few days and don’t want to ever go home.  Tomorrow we are off to look for whales!  I’ll do a full post Monday on our adventures, for now have a wonderful weekend!

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I hope you had a great weekend!  Mine turned out pretty nice.  We had swim lessons, friends over and I finally, FINALLY cleaned my studio up.  Wow, what a difference a clean organized space makes in my productivity.  I love it, it makes me want to work.  So hopefully it will translate into having a […]

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