How to Paint a Parasol (Key Gotcha-versary edition)
For some reason, the momma said we couldn’t do a video blog. Something about “a voice that pierced the ears.” I don’t understand. I just have a lot to say!…
Tara Choate Why my “why” has said good-bye
The Weight Watcher’s theme this week is “What’s Your ‘Why’: Hold your motivation close-it can be a weight-loss anchor.” I have known for some time that I have lost my…
Why I cannot be left alone with extra paint
Once again I have gotten myself into deadline crunch with painting. There is solid evidence that it is the only way I get things done. However, I cannot show it…
Scent of Season
Just for a change, I thought I’d do an art post tonight. Quelle surprise! Many moons ago, you may remember that I did a little ice painting. I showed you…
The navigator got distracted
As always, I am behind on so many things it hardly seems time efficient to list them all. So, I’m going to gloss over them all in the hopes the…
My action plan
As the headline in USA Today read: 10 days, 20 orders. Of course, today is day 12 (yes, I’m behind the times) but so far I’ve already been to a…
First time with feeling
Aside from the seriousness of the issues surround the Women’s March on Washington, this week has been quite entertaining as my Facebook feed has been flooded with clever signs and…
Anxiety over a hat
I am not much of a protester. It isn’t that I don’t have a list of things I am protesting, but I tend to be a sort of middle-of-the-road person.…
Beginning the 2017 birding year
Because of the pneumonia, I missed the Salem Audubon Society‘s New Year’s birding trip around Minto Brown. Today was their regularly scheduled monthly outing to Ankeny. While I am still…