My latest addiction… lunch each day consists of a homemade wrap (Trader Joe’s) heated for a few seconds on each side – Continue reading “A quick wrap with red cabbage, havarti and hummus!”
Featured Artist: Peter Fiore!
Peter Fiore. This man creates the most stunning, jaw-dropping paintings – the way that he captures light in the trees is hard to believe. Continue reading “Featured Artist: Peter Fiore!”
Adding to the collection…
Barbara Biel creates the most amazing hearts and crosses. No two are exactly the same. They are so special. We have bought them as gifts throughout the years but never bought one for ourselves. Thanksgiving we bought the cross, and I bought the heart this year for Fred for Christmas. They have larger of both that are amazing, but the small ones are magnificent and look so dramatic in the sun, don’t they?
Man’s Best Friend
We have great windows for Charlie in our sunroom. It’s where he spends a great deal of time. Watching for anyone “suspicious” – he is wonderful about letting you know when someone is approaching – he watches for the cats, birds and the squirrels that climb in the tree and sit and stare at him.
Featured Artist: Jeremiah Miller!
Jeremiah Miller. Nice work. LOVE his snow scenes and paintings of wooded areas. They are stunning (go see for yourself!) – Many of his paintings are very large – and will really make a statement…
The Pamlico River House Plan by Allison Ramsey Architects!
This is the Pamlico River House Plan by Allison Ramsey Architects. This plan is approximately 2,875 square feet with 3 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. Classic design with amazing porches! The front porch measures 12′ deep. That’s a lot of space to spread out and really enjoy! The side porch is 10′ deep and screened which is so nice when things get a tad buggy…
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Featured Artist: Brian Astle!
Brian Astle. His paintings are so beautiful. Look at “Sunshine on a Cloudy Day” – all the subtle nuances of color. It’s incredible how delicate he made that bowl look! And those sunflowers! OH! Those sunflowers are breathtaking and are full of life! This is spectacular!
See more of Brian’s work via these links:
Read a bit about Brian, from his website:
Born in 1988 Brian’s interest in art came at an early age. He is very grateful to his parents who were instrumental in promoting his emerging talent.
In 2014 Brian received his BFA from Brigham Young University Idaho. He credits the knowledgeable and student oriented faculty of the BYUI art department for giving him “the tools all representational artist must have to open the door to communicating in the visual arts”. Working as an Illustrator and a Fine Artist, Brian is in love with all art and the art process.Brian’s career has been a continual learning experience. His growth comes natural as he seeks for excellence through education and hard work. He is constantly finding new things to appreciate in the masters both living and deceased. Some of the influences he credits for his inspiration and development are Nicolai Fechin, John Singer Sargent, Laura Robb, Richard Schmid, Quang Ho, Carolyn Anderson and Leon Parson.His work has been featured in the 2013 Society of Illustrators scholastic show, BYU student show 2011-2013, as well as a guest spot in Sebastian Cast: The art of Caricature to name a few. He currently resides in Rexburg Idaho with his wife Sam.
Catch you back here tomorrow!
All images via BrianAstleFineArt.com, used with permission…
Images are not for reproduction, they are property of the artist.
Snowed in? Clementine’s Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies a Ghirardelli recipe!
What do you do when you’re snowed in? Temps are low and you live in a tropical state that isn’t accustomed to getting below freezing temps coupled with inches of snow (5″!!) – well… you go through your recipes and see what you can make with what you’ve got. As luck would have it, I found this recipe in my file that I last made a million years ago, I noted that it was EXCELLENT. I don’t say that too often.
Continue reading “Snowed in? Clementine’s Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies a Ghirardelli recipe!”Featured Artist: Dan Mondloch!
Dan Mondloch. Wonderful watercolor paintings. So many to choose from – this one made me think of a good book that I read with a summer camp as the setting. It kind of brings you back to when you were a kid… summer camp. This is entitled Northhouse Folk School, here is Dan’s description:
Contemplating the Snow – Charleston, SC
Snow in Charleston photos continue… back to normal posting tomorrow. Please bear with me. Snow in Charleston, SC is a precious thing! I love…
Continue reading “Contemplating the Snow – Charleston, SC”Snow man and beast…
Ah! The Charleston, SC snow that fell earlier this week was amazing. This weekend I’m sharing a few shots. There are so many (ok, too many) – it’s rare, so I had to document, ha ha… Fred and Charlie out and about – Charlie loved the snow – tried to eat a good deal of it. He was wild!
I have to say…
Snow Days – Charleston, SC
This may look like a regular snow day to most of you well-seasoned-in-snowy-weather peeps. But here in tropical, sunny Charleston, SC this was a rarity. A very welcomed one! I’ve never seen so many people outside enjoying themselves. You have to admit, it’s really cool as a kid, but as an adult, it’s JUST as much fun. We had about 5″ of wonderful snow – some areas around here received almost 8! As I write this…
59 Greenville Lane – House Plan by Our Town Plans!
This is the 59 Greenville Lane house plan by Our Town Plans. It’s a beauty isn’t it? This home is 3,466 square feet with 3 bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms (with an optional attic space that adds 1,098′ along with a bedroom, bathroom, bonus room, loft, mechanical room and storage!)
This home has wonderful deep porches, working shutters and so much charm – I love that steep roof!
What a fabulous plan! An open Living/Dining/Kitchen, along with a wonderful Laundry space and on the other side of the staircase a Study. Can you imagine how much time you would spend there? I can! Note the ceilings on the main floor are 12′. Pretty darn impressive! (Upstairs ceilings measure 11’3″ and the optional attic space is 9’6″) – Grand!
Just look at all these porches! Both screened and unscreened. There is a lot of time to be spent on these dreamy porches!
Click HERE for real life images of this plan – it helps to picture it!
A great upstairs configuration with a large master bedroom, a smaller bedroom, and then across the hall another large bedroom. Personally, I would use the master bedroom and make the smaller bedroom beside it a reading room. (Note that the “smaller” bedroom is still a good size!). There is also a nice office space.
There is also an optional attic configuration and it’s pretty incredible! Click HERE to see more…. Wow, the bonus space adds a bedroom, bathroom, bonus area and loft!
Catch you back here tomorrow!
All images via OurTownPlans.com, used with permission…
Images are not for construction or reproduction, they are property of the design firm.
Featured Artist: Layne Johnson!
Layne Johnson. An artist who paints in oil – I ran across his work on Instagram. His cloud paintings are stunning, but they are also sold out (the originals anyway, he does have prints at very affordable prices). Check out the prints of the clouds and you’ll see what I mean! Click HERE if you’re interested in Original Art (me!) – nothing wrong with prints – some people’s taste changes often and it also allows everyone to have some form of art!
goals & gratitude…
This post may look familiar to some of you who are on my mailing list. This is the one time I hope no one opened their email, ha ha. I write my posts ahead of time and schedule them to publish (appear online). Well, since this was scheduled for 01/02/18 – I had forgotten to change the year from 2017 to 2018 (this happened in December) – so it published it immediately. I heard *ding* and saw my email.
Ruh. Roh. So please forgive me, won’t be the last time this year I bet 🙄 – Happy Day to you – barbara
Ahhh, it’s that time of year – to set goals – might as well get in on the fun, and join the masses that have goals to eat healthier, exercise more, learn to cook or maybe a new language, read more books the list goes on and on…
Some of my favorites:
👍Learn to say “No” sometimes – it’s OK. You can’t be everywhere at the same time and it’s hard when you’re stretched thin with work, home, life to try to fit in one more thing. Sometimes it’s barely possible. It’s OK to say no (thank you for teaching me this, Mom!).
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