the mary engelbreit room

        my sister has a friend with a mary engelbreit room and more. it was amazing!

          she had lots of teapots and teacups too.

            then there was her downstairs craft room...

           it was beautiful and so worth going to see.

a trip to the ocean

     We went on a trip to Florida last week. The blue ocean, the soft white sand, the busy

    birds, the cute little white crabs, the oh so beautiful clouds in the sky, the warm breeze,

    relaxing under a blue umbrella in the shade, the sound of the waves, floating in the

    water with little fish around you and sea gulls flying overhead, walking along the shore

    finding tiny seashells that had washed up, the grass covered sand dunes, it was all so

    wonderful...

    

joan walsh anglund

                    

     As I cleaned up my art room after a weekend of painting, I ran across a small book. So sweet 

  and brought back memories of the first artist I admired, Joan Walsh Anglund. I have a small

  collection of books and calendars from the 60's and 70's. The last picture is my try at drawing 

  them. I made key chains for a few people when I was in my teens. This one was for my Aunt Irene

  and was returned to me after she died. I still think these are the sweetest drawings of children ever. 

  She was one of the many artists I've been influenced by in my lifetime.