Down at the Farm

You just have to love a window with chickens. I have always had a romantic view of life on a farm ...... I still dream of living on one. Call me crazy..........

Rainy Mondays......

It seems like it has been raining forever!!!! I should not complain, the flowers are getting
lots of love. I hope everyone had a great Mothers day..... it is bitter sweet after my Mom passed. I am almost finished some vintage paper purses for the "Haute Handbag " challenge. I will post pics very soon. I just bought some watercolor paper , and am going to fool around a bit. I have tried before , but water color and I never got along. We will see.

Have a great Monday ! Talk to you soon,

Courtney

Sometimes I hear the news or read the paper and it just gets to be too much...... there is so much going on and it seems it never ends. I feel the realization of how small we all are. Today enough! I will not succumb to the negative energy. Sure , there are alot of bad things going on , and I can not make even a dent in these major tragedies. However it has occurred to me ...... for the large scale miracles to happen, there needs to be many small miracles along the way. I can and you can make this happen. Many feel that they must travel far and wide to help or seem like they are helping make the world better. I salute them for their efforts, someone must do it. For those ( like myself ) , look around at what you see. Make a change ..... create the domino effect right where you are. I have not done much to make change where I stand, but I have hope..... and the simple wish for hope can be enough until the courage pushes us to take the steps.

Talk to you soon,

Courtney

Here are some pics from our nature walk. The poor tree looks like it could just fall any day.
We stumbled upon this gravestone.

Just added these to my shop. I used chunky canvas for these and love the way the colors worked out.

Still can not find my book ...... oh well.

Talk to you soon,

Courtney

The wind and not finding the willows.......

Just finished this ..... it is a model for a class I hope to teach this summer. I love my vintage papers .

We took the boys on a walk today around a wooded path that followed a creek. The boys loved finding things and we saw so many little critters. I had this bright idea..... I had been saving my childhood book of " The wind in the willows" to read to them. Today is the perfect day to start. The boys were so excited , especially knowing that I would read from the book my mother read to me ( she has been gone for 2 yrs now ). So I went to find the book and to my surprise could not. Where could it be? The boys and I looked everywhere. Mind you , my house is small so there is not much that could be hidden or lost. I did alot of " oh , I have been looking for this" and " Why have I been keeping this ?" . We found just about everything else but that lovely little book. I told the boys that I would go to the library in the morning , but somehow the excitement was lost. Perhaps it will return when I find my book. Funny after taking the house apart I am sure I will find it in the most obvious place. Do you ever wonder why that happens?

April showers bring May flowers , right......

I just finished this commission piece. It was based on a fortune from a cookie " The best days of your life have not yet been lived". I was a bit nervous , as always to do a custom piece. I never know if the person will like it. I love the way it turned out ...... I will find out later this week how the buyer likes it. Cross your fingers.

It has been rainy and dreary the past few days and I have gone from being excited about planting to...... I want to sleep under warm blankets and wake to hot coffee. Hopefully all the rain will pay off with a new found energy again!!! Cross your fingers on both hands!

Talk to you soon!

Courtney

New work ,etc....

This is a new piece that I just put in my etsy shop. I love working with a square format.

The above is my very messy traveling studio. I have a small closet niche in the extra room in our basement. It is primarily used as my kids playroom. My closet area is really where I store all my materials and projects. During the day I will work in there or in my family room while my son plays. We have a counter top that is a great workspace, originally it was made for folding clothes . In the evening I haul all of my work papers to my kitchen , I can hear the kids if they get up and watch a show ....... and there is a chair for me to sit on !! One day I dream of a space of my own , until then ...... I travel light.

Talk to you soon,

Courtney