Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Okapi Box

I will be selling handpainted wooden boxes and bird houses soon in my Ebay store. This is the first box I have finished called Okapi Moon Box.

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Monday, May 22, 2006

Blue at the beach

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Trail to the beach

N built the coolest trail down our steep ravine to our beach. This is what it looks like.

The start of it looks like this (that is my blue heeler in the shot)
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Some of the stairs
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More of the stairs
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The hobbit hole at the bottom
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What it looks like from the beach. My house is somewhere up in that clearing where you see sky.
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My beach at the bottom of the trail
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Sunday, May 21, 2006

Azaleas

Azaleas in my yard covered with water drops from a spring rain.

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Room with a View~ Mountains

Here is what the view out my studio looked like today.

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Tree that's not a tree

Here is part of our garden around a beautiful cedar stump (we wish it was still a tree).

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Progress on the Garden

Here are some of the wood boxes we got for free that we turned into garden boxes.

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We have free wood from pallets on the top with wire to keep out the deer.

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The onion garden-planted in a free pallet also with wire to keep the animals out.

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Friday, May 19, 2006

Saturday, May 13, 2006

Azalea, Trillium, Forget-Me-Not

These three botanical illustration style artworks are available in my ebay shop. This is a the first time I have done this style in an ACEO sized artwork.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=210000342317
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Azalea in my eBay store.

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Forget Me Not in my eBay store.

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Trillium in my eBay store.

Friday, May 12, 2006

Tupelo

Are all orange boy cats fat and sweet? Are all orange cats boys? This is Tupelo. Named after the honey.

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Sunday, May 07, 2006

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Shakespeare?

Like Shakespeare?

Studio33 artists are listing artwork with the theme Shakespeare this month on eBay.

This is mine.
"Montague the Meercat Shakes His Spear at Capulet the Aye-Aye."
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What's for Dinner?~Veggie Bake

Vegetarian Bake

Start by making Polenta
4 cups water (boil)
1/2 teaspoon of salt
slowly pour 1 cup of corn meal (I like Bob's Red Mill Polenta)
Stir in 4 cloves of cut up fresh garlic
4 or 5 sliced green onions
Cook for approx. 10 min. or until thick

Boil in water for 2-3 min. 2 Cups of fresh Nettles or Spinach
Add to the polenta before your finished cooking it

Oil a 9x13 Pyrex or similar baking dish
pour polenta into dish and spread evenly
thinly slice and layer any of the following veggies: mushrooms, eggplant, tomatoes, yellow squash, zucchini
Salt and pepper the top and add dried oregano and basil
If you want you can grate parmesan or romano on the top

Bake at 400 for 30-50 min. until lightly brown

The Wombat Oversees the Ascension of Souls

This one is available in my eBay store

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Crazy Cat

I created this cat art for an ebay art group theme week.

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