I wrote this post while sitting in my car yesterday morning in a little notebook that I carry with me everywhere. You never know when inspir...

A walk in the woods this time of year doesn't seem like it would be all that exciting. It's only just starting to warm up and the wo...

I have to apologize for my lack of posting lately. Sometimes I just lose my voice and can't come up with anything interesting to say. Mo...

A visitor to my garden this past weekend... The light was pretty harsh when I took this photo so it doesn't quite capture how electrical...

I sometimes wonder whether my website is becoming too large. I do know that I need to redesign a bit to make it easier to find things becau...

Aren't these fun? Original can labels for Kalico Kat and Fuzzy Wuzzy brand cat foods! I found these at the Olde Engine Works Market Plac...

Happy first day of spring! And this seems like an appropriate time for my annual getting-ready-to-garden post. And it also coincides well wi...

I don't know how many years it's been since I received my first promotion from illustrator Judith Moffatt . I know that I lived in I...

Remember the baby quilt I was working on for my friend Jenny and showed you all the stages of it's creation here on my blog? Well, I del...

I've been really good about staying away from Ebay lately. Not that I don't still look but I'm more careful about what I bid on ...

I've been reading The Daily Coyote: A Story of Love, Survival, and Trust in the Wilds of Wyoming by Shreve Stockton about her adventur...

In spite of the two inches of snow we got yesterday afternoon and last night, it's 40 degrees today and the snow is quickly melting off....

I did an interview a few weeks ago with a writer from HomeStyle, a bimonthly syndicated publication of a company called Content That Works. ...

Happy Valentine's Day! Artwork from a vintage valentine card that I bought recently.

Wow, February already! At least that means that winter will be over faster :) I've been keeping track of my camera's progress—it...

You know how much I love polka dot fabrics, so I especially love when I find colorful and unusual variations on the theme in a vintage fabri...

What do you do when you wake up on a Saturday morning and it's minus twelve degrees outside? Go shopping, of course! Hey, it was warmer ...

I've been following the many discussions about the new Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) regulations but haven't talke...

I've recently had two frustrating experiences ordering from online companies and it's got me thinking about how important customer s...

First off, happy new year! I didn't do anything special to celebrate—in fact, I fell asleep before midnight so I missed the whole thing....