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> you want to live at our house. They have it made. In the shade. They are content because they’ve just finished off the last of my daylilies.

> This lamp belonged to my great-grandmother, Bess. The shade isn’t the original, but when I saw it in Uncommon Objects in Austin, I knew it would be perfect, as is, on this special lamp. Together, it’s one of my favorite things.

>The weather has been especially harsh lately and I am a wimp, so I have not been going out for my usual walks. This morning was 50 degrees and foggy so I set out with a song in my heart and saw wondrous things:: a live oak in a field of waving, orange grass, the [...]

> I was browsing through photos and came across some snowy pictures from last year. I believe we had four or five big snows and I took lots of pictures, downloaded them, but never really looked at them. This particular freeze frosted the trees, but not the ground and I love the way the golden [...]

> Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all. -Stanley Horowitz Thank you, Father, for delighting us with the beauty of Your creation everyday of the year and so sweetly giving evidence of Your existence and unconditional love.

> I really have been painting and working hard, but the problem is that the only pictures I’ve taken have been with my iPhone. And it is beyond me how to get them from there to here. So…until I figure it out or take more pictures with a different camera, I thought you might enjoy [...]

> Roxanne and I are challenging each other to paint everyday. We’ve done pretty well so far. The first day, I painted this and texted it to her, calling it ‘Not a Pumpkin.’ She texted her painting back to me and called it, ‘Not a Pepper.’ She had painted a pumpkin! Neither of us had [...]

> After an outdoor painting session, Roxanne and I headed into my house for something to drink and I mentioned to her my dissatisfation with my furniture arrangement. I have one of those large, open spaces that I just couldn’t get to “feel” right. Well…that’s all it took for Roxanne’s creative juices to start percolating. [...]

>Here are a few photos of the wedding on the photographer’s blog. Such a wonderful, happy night. Oh, and when you’re on her blog, scroll down to see the bridal portraits. Hoping to be painting and blogging soon!

> Our youngest daughter, Anna, was married last weekend in an outdoor wedding at our home. All the months of preparation and it was over in the blink of an eye. Just some remains of the day are left…and, most importantly, a happy marriage. I’ll post pictures soon.

> …Gingersnap! We went out-of-town last weekend and I left my neighbor, Becky, in charge of our little farmyard. She called me and said that our neighbor on the other side, Mr Cox, called her and said that our momma cow and her calf were separated and needed to be back together. Well, she thought [...]

> Just pictures today of one of my good chickens, Louella, and lots of pretty eggs. From the coop to the kitchen…pure goodness.