Ashley is a beautiful silvery gray kitty. This is her underpainting as seen on my studio webcam:

Chelsea’s portrait is dry, varnished and scanned. Here’s a nice scan of her and a detail of her eyes & nose.

It has occurred to me over the last couple of weeks that (duh) I’ve pretty much forgotten how and, more importantly, what to cook for a family of four over the last 18 months. The girls and I are easy, you know? PB&J, Mac & Cheese, Grilled cheese, soup, pasta with chicken, just small light […]

If you were here with me late lastnight into this morning, THANK YOU! That was SO FUN! Seeing the countdown hit zero was unbelievable. He spent 365 days “in-country”, and now he’s on his way home. Thinking back to the beginning when I added it, I couldn’t believe that it would ever even reach the […]

I’ve painted all afternoon, and here she is. MAN she’s gorgeous in person. A beautiful cat even. 😉 Will scan and stuff as soon as she’s dry! (back-timing it for now! It’s really 5:46 pm CST)

Our first full bloom has arrived. Thank God for Spring. This is one of many of my dwarf irises. I have a couple of crocus peeking through, I am just happy to see the ground getting a splash of color. I’ve planted about 60 more bulbs and 5-6 more large blooming plants (peonies, tulips galore, […]

It’s been a couple of days since I’ve painted, eh? I’ll be packing up Barkley and shipping him off today. Sheeba left me yesterday so she’s on her way home (please Mister Postman, please don’t hurt her!). I’ve gotta work on something for Petsmart, I would like to get that finished and on its way […]

Yes, for today only, being mathematically challenged is a GOOD thing! In trying to balance the checkbook (I do this every 3-6 months, depending on my mathematical procrastination level), which by the way has taken me all of 4 hours, I ended up with almost $200 more than I thought I had. Oh yea. It’s […]