For about 4 years now, I’ve been learning the in’s and out’s of HTML, tables, and graphic design. My own gallery has gone through a minimum of one revamp a year, sometimes two, and I am always changing things around in it. Same with my blog. Since I moved from Livejournal to Blogger to WordPress […]

I just returned from running a couple of errands, one of them being a drive-through at Starbucks for a nice frothy Raspberry Latte. MmmMMm. Well. I took my first sip, preparing to burn the tip of my tongue, but alas. It was just right! Except for one little thing. The lid. The lid, as you […]

This is my sketch of Joey, a black poodle portrait I’ll be painting over the next week or so. I’m painting him on an 11×14 hardboard panel (aka masonite) in oil.

I’m really not ready for today. Or this week, for that matter. I’ll be keeping the holiday spirit at bay while I tend to my little one, who has yet another upper respiratory infection. I’ll be snuggling her, holding kleenex up to her nose, and making sure she’s comfortable. I’ll be taking her temperature every […]

You’d think this just fell from a tree in my yard, but it didn’t. I took this pic last spring while we were vacationing in Florida! Now I’ve spoiled the wintery-ness and want to fly south for the winter. How about you?

Part of our overdone Christmas decorating includes this snowman. I wanted an acrylic ice-cube snowman but they were sold out. Bah! This guy is cute though, although he falls apart in a strong wind. Yep, his head just fell right off today. Poor fella.

Custom Winter-y Blog Skin for Petroville (Graphics, Layout & Plugins – oh my!) MommaK asked me if I could fix her up with something wintery for Petroville, and I was so excited! I was seeing a design in my head two seconds after she mentioned it. I love tinkering with code, in fact I’ve been […]