Paisley, Purses & Pups

Garden Update We’re not having the best luck with any of the tomatoes that aren’t cherry tomato varieties—but we’ve harvested several Japanese eggplants, some summer squash, a couple of ‘Gypsy’ mini bell peppers, and a handful of cherry tomatoes.   …the first two eggplants we harvested… …the ‘Gypsy’ mini bell peppers… I’ve been stir-frying the eggplant […]

Hurtling Toward the End of May?!

Garden Update Somehow it’s already nearly the last week of May, and I can’t believe I haven’t updated this blog once since April. There’s no doubt it’s late May, though. The weather is starting to feel more like a South Alabama summer.  That means it’s getting a little steamy and sticky.  We’re still not at […]

Garden, Critters, Crafts & Doodle Updates

Garden Update Time for an update on the status of the vegetable garden!  This is the vegetable patch behind the garage, where we put up a makeshift fence to keep out the dogs (and rabbits).  It’s just some chicken wire, a few stakes, and some bamboo we cut from our own plant this spring.  (The […]

Early April Update

Does it still count as “early” April when you’re into the second week?  I thought I’d better hurry up and post again, even though I don’t have much art-and-crafty stuff to share since last time.  Keeping in the habit is best.  Getting Those Steps In The weather is still nice enough for walking, so I’m […]

Dog, Dishes, Stones & Swing

Mixed Media Jungle Explorer I wanted to just play around with mixed media.  The first idea was to try crayons as a wax resist against murky green watercolor.  So I started with mostly light and bright non-soluble crayons.  Then I added in some color pencil… And I painted over it all (except an area left […]

Inktober: Trunk & Ragged

Catching up after not posting yesterday… Inktober Day 14: “Trunk” There are about three ways I could think of that you can go with a prompt like “trunk”.  I went the “elephant” route. The only problem is that I don’t draw elephants very often.  It kind of got away from me, so we ended up […]

Inktober: Pierce

Inktober Day 6: “Pierce” Today’s prompt felt tricky to draw, especially with my goal of combining the prompts with dogs.  The only thing I could think of was a dog with earrings (pierced ears).  I asked AI for some alternative ideas, and one of them was a soccer ball being pierced/popped by a dog—so here […]

Goodbyes & Hellos

My family has experienced another loss since the last time I wrote.  About a week ago, my paternal grandmother passed away at the age of 83.   Granny W. was my last living grandparent.  Coming less than six months after the passing of Grandpa L., this feels like the end of an era for me, but […]

Leaping into Another Project (Soon!)

It’s my last chance to update the blog during the month of February—and an opportunity to get a February 29th time/date stamp—so here I am! Spring has made its presence known, though we’re currently experiencing a brief cool spell.  The Japanese magnolias, azaleas, and loropetalum (pink and white) are all in full bloom.  It’s time […]

Always Playing Catch-Up!

Gosh, I knew it had been a while since my last blog post, but I didn’t realize it had been that long!   For more than a year, now, Donald’s been sole owner of his web-design business, and I’ve been pitching in where I could, originally with small, sporadic jobs.  I’ve been depositing checks, mailing invoices (before […]