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Blue Triangles of Abundance! Get your new favorite jean jacket in time for Fall Jean Jacket Weather!!!! This Jean Jacket is made of: Jacket itself: 100% Cotton Applique: Upcycled cotton and linen fabric, cotton and bamboo threads SIZE: Small Brand: Wild Fable Measurements for this …
Alice Neel is my favorite portrait artist. I think about her work each time I paint a face – mine or someone else’s. This self portrait is . . . finished . . . I think. It’s certainly no Alice Neel. I guess it’s an …
During these last weeks, life has manifested many, many bowls of cherries! Most days, you can find Pat and I harvesting from three cornelian cherry trees that seem to have exploded this year with their sweet-sour fruit. Cornelian cherries are popular in Turkey, Iran, Eastern …
The Land Conservancy’s “Women’s Learning Circle” gathered at Wanda Farm (Harvard, IL) this past Friday! Joe took us for a hayride to visit their pasture-raised pigs, cows, and chickens. Beyond learning about rotational grazing, Joe spoke passionately about caring for animals in ways that not …
Okay, I REALLY can’t stop painting walls and furniture. The other day, I made over this unique stepping stool that currently functions as a bedroom plant stand. It used to be white, but when I swapped my bedroom rugs, I realized that it needed to …
I had to post this picture of Marbles, because it embodies the essence of Summer. For me, the internal productivity pusher struggles to embrace the lethargic, sun worshiper of my truer spirit. Our cats, Marbles and Ninja are such good reminders to just soak up …
Show your love for the prettiest Monarchs in all of the land with this waterproof vinyl sticker! Sticker measures 3″ x 2.41″ and costs $2.00
Oftentimes, the deer like to play with the rope of our tree swing. They nudge it with their noses. It’s real, prime time exciting stuff! The other day, one of them climbed through the loop and got momentarily stuck. For a split second I imagined …
This afternoon, I had the pleasure of weeding and harvesting the neglected, upper meadow asparagus patch. For those of you who have never toed around in an asparagus patch, let me paint you a word picture before you look below for a more visceral vision. …
This land that we call Spring Bird has also been called Siloam, Torkel Korling’s Arboretum, a dairy farm, and has been/is occupied Potawatomi, Peoria, Sioux, Ho-Chunk, Miami & Kickapoo Land. While this land that we call Spring Bird has had many identities, it has always …
I live in the woods and am surrounded by the most glorious old oak trees.They offer so much to the natural world, but they also nurture my spirit, giving me inspiration and protection. I painted this neon tree painting on my patio, during a course …
I feel gratitude each time I turn down my gravel driveway. I’m grateful to be home. I’m grateful that my home is a woodland, and I am grateful for the “Quiet Thank You” sign that reminds me to be silent. If guests are staying at …
My neighbor’s husband made this birdhouse, which my neighbor gifted to me awhile back. In fact, a nest of baby birds hatched within its walls last summer. I finally got around to painting it this past week, and here it hangs – on the patio …
