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Summer

Posted in Musing About Art

Summer has arrived!  We saw 101 around the Philadelphia area yesterday. Recording breaking?  Nope.   1936 takes the record for 104 in July, as did 1966.  1901 brought next  July record breakers of 102 and 103.  All I can say is the person who invented the air conditioner rocks!

Painting outside is not something that is going to be attempted by me in this weather. So while you are indoors, may these great photos of cold take your mind off the heat and  inspire some great cold creative ideas:

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Hope that helps to inspire cool thoughts and great ideas !

 

 

 

New Years Resolutions……?

Posted in Peeking Behind the Easel

So how about those New Years Resolutions?…… Oh yea, forgot about those!  : )  Anyone remember what yours were?….   I’ve forgotten mine….

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Ok so now that I cheated and looked up to see what they were….  Blog more often, oh yea….. that  one needs some work.  And the one that says paint one new painting a week needs more work too.  The last one that about getting more organized is actually one that I’ve had quite a bit of success.  Yea!

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Opening a second shop this spring derailed the first two.  Should have made that a resolution!  I forgot how much time it takes to open a shop, all the writing that goes into a shop – policies, profile, descriptions for new items….making  items and starting from scratch promoting the shop. But it’s all come together and I’ve even made my first sale!  So as we are half  way through the year, I will resolve to blog more,  paint more, and sew!  Hope you have had better success with your resolutions…. if you remember what they were!

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Leap of Faith

Posted in Reference Photos

This morning I watched as the three baby bunnies took a literal leap of faith out of their nest into the big world.  How exciting!  I’ve written many times about the rabbits that live in the yard.

One of the rabbits living in the yard

About 2 -3 weeks ago the dog was sitting quietly, watching out the backdoor window.  When we came over to see what had his attention, we saw this:

Rabbit with dried grass for nesting

Neither of us had seen a rabbit gathering dried grass before. She carefully gathered a mouthful of dried grass from a pile of clippings and carried up the deck steps and hopped into a tall planter. She could not reach the planter from the ground, but she could by hopping from the steps into it. The planter is 2 -3 feet off the ground.

Rabbit hopping out of planter nest Here she is jumping out of the planter.  The photo was taken from inside and she moved so fast, but you can get the idea.

gathering dried grass for a nest She noticed us at this point, but kept on with her task.

Bunny nest in planterWe left the planter alone, not wanting to disturb any nest that might have been in the planter.  This week we noticed a small cave like hole.Yesterday we noticed this:

baby bunny in planter nest

One of the three babies. They were starting to move out into view – although I could only get a photo through the screen door glass. They are barely 3 inches – so cute.  This morning when I opened the blinds, I could see one leaning over the edge of the planter. That’s when I noticed that 2 tiny babies were already on the ground, scurrying under the deck overhang. As I watched, the last one took a  leap of faith into the big world and joined his siblings.   Would have been great to have had my camera but it was over in about 4 seconds.  It was so cool to able to see the big event!

Hope your day is a happy leap of faith!

Local Paintings

Posted in Art Work

If you are local, today was the day for new incoming  artwork at the Chester County Art Association at the Exton Mall. While I was bringing in new mini canvases, I saw lots of fantastic work. If you are in the area, it’s worth your time to drop by and check out some really cool art.

Miniature paintings These are some of the newest miniature paintings I dropped off this week.