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A Property for Nature-lovers, Artists, or Creatives

Normally all of my property listings are added to my real estate website, and this one is there. But because so many of you are nature-lovers, artists, or creatives, I thought I’d mention it here, too. Off-grid Custom Home & 16 acres Please share to anyone you think would be interested! Thank you 🙂

2026 Orchid Watch

#cranefly orchid #orchids

Open Studio Videos

This is an invitation for you to be the fly on the wall in my tiny little art studio/office. I’m posting all of my Open Studio visits at my Skool community, which is free to join. Subject: Barred Owl Medium: handmade oil paint from soot Matrix: gesso board, 1/4″ I don’t consider myself and expert, nor am I sure that I am doing anything ‘correctly’ in regards to technique. As a self-taught…

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Warm Hat on a Cold Morning

I bought what I hoped would be a warm hat while on a recent trip. During this past week’s arctic blast and snowmageddon, I got to put that hat to the test. It passed with flying colors. First the scenic photos. I saw an eagle at the Kings River bridge this morning on my way out to work. Unfortunately, my phone camera doesn’t zoom enough to get a clear photo of it. Kings River on the other side…

Taking a Stand

My Thoughts on Current Situation in the US I realize I may lose some friends or clients for posting this, and some of my family may consider my views shameful. But more and more I feel as if history is repeating itself here in the United States with striking similarity to the rise of other authoritarian regimes. “The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their…

New Fairy Swing Mushrooms are Coming Soon

#botanicals used for art #fairy gardens #fairy mushrooms #fairy swings

Barred Owl Painting

It'll be fun, she said...

Famous last words. It’ll be fun, she said… At least our adventure today brought us good laughs. I’m glad I didn’t wait until Friday to try and get groceries – the shelves in stores look like they do when coastal residents are preparing to ride out a hurricane. I remember those days from when I lived in south Louisiana. Up here it’s the snow storms (or worse, ice storms) that lead to the same…

My Daily Mile and the Creek Dragon That Derailed Me

This is a post I started a couple of years ago… I try to walk a daily mile. The goal is to do this without stopping to smell the roses so that I can keep the blood pumping. But it rarely works out as planned because there are always things to look closer at. Or excellent pigment rocks to collect. In this case it was a Creek Dragon! The other day my entire walk ended when I found the coolest…

Percolating a Painting

Percolating a painting- what does that even mean? I don’t know if you’ve noticed how long it takes me between finishing a painting and starting another. Well, it does, but there’s a reason. It’s the ‘in between’ time work once a painting is finished and the next one begins. While it doesn’t sound like work, it really is! I can’t go forward until that part is done. It’s easiest to explain what…

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Herbal antifungal powder for Shasta

Shasta is my 30-something year old Missouri Foxtrotter horse. She has a persistent skin issue on her back that looks fungal. It began a year or so ago, and everything I’ve tried relieves it some for a little while, but nothing has been very effective. It could be rain rot, but it’s not making sores, just causing her hair to clump and fail to shed when it’s hot outside. As a 30-something year old…

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Rockhounding for Pigment

I feel very lucky to live in a region where rockhounding for pigment is a possibility. Rocks are everywhere here, and many of them are excellent sources for a range of colors! The Ozarks are beautiful, and I really love using the colors of this land to make my paintings. A little background My journey with rocks began long ago when I lived in a place that didn’t have many. I actually had to…

The Siren Call of Rabbit Holes

Wander! That's my 2026 word of the year

Oil Painters of America - Accepted!

I’ve held off applying for membership to Oil Painters of America until I felt my work was strong enough because it’s supposedly a judged membership and I didn’t want to waste the application fee by trying too early. This morning I got the letter to say my application was accepted 🙂 And, the timing was great to give a little boost to one of my not-a-goal ideas for this year. This year’s word of…

A problem with feral pigs

For many years we counted our blessings to not have feral pigs on our land. Those lucky days are gone. Now we have a problem. And it’s multiplying. One sow had 13 piglets this year. The herd just keeps growing. They don’t come out when Rob is ready and waiting with a gun. They’ve destroyed my ginseng nursery, and have eaten every acorn and any other mast item on the ground that deer need to…

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