musing

I was just remembering how years ago, at least 20 at this point (whuh???) when I was selling paintings on eBay (which I no longer do, the market changed and is not a place for self-supporting artists anymore–or at least not *this* one) I would now and then get an email from someone asking something

wordless wednesday

                     

snow day

  We have had more snow than we’ve had for the last 20 years. It’s been awful. Plus ice. So to break up the monotony of snow, here’s two snowmen for you to vote on. Which is cuter? Snow man, or snow Totoro? There’s a dinner riding on this. Please leave a vote in the

spreading the beauty

I’m not going to swipe the images even though they appear to be in the public domain. Here’s a link to an article about a 20th century artist who painted images of Jesus as though he were Chinese. They are just lovely. If Jesus Was Chinese: 8 Beautiful Paintings of the Life of Our Lord

Family Circle, 1970: the fashion

I finish off the 1970 issue of Family Circle with the fashion. Particularly because of this ad. It makes me think of the men of Mad Men sitting around the table with the Simplicity patterns bigwigs, palavering over the ad campaign. The Simplicity men say, “I don’t know. What are we selling? Is that one

Family Circle, 1970: home tour

We look around the restored home of Olive and Richard Brose. “Says Richard: ‘We lived on the porch while we stripped the inside bare.’” And, “One of the masons even discovered a handsome fieldstone fireplace hidden behind a brick facade in the living room. When linoleum was ripped from the floors, lo and behold! lovely

Family Circle, 1970

Our library has a bin where people put their used magazines so other people can pick through and take what they can use. Needless to say, we come home with ARMLOADS of magazines to be cut apart and used in craft projects. On the one hand, yay, and on the other, all those bits of

Heads up in your holiday shopping

Here is this year’s post about buying direct from the designer via etsy, rather than the mass-produced rip off items you’ll find sold in major department stores. http://www.fastcodesign.com/3020194/how-a-company-gets-away-with-stealing-independent-designers-work One of the designers whose work was copied said she has a record of selling an item to the mass-producer directly, by name and address! Sheesh. When

inspiration thursday

“The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.” ~Louisa May Alcott

inspiration thursday

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” – John F. Kennedy