Warmer weather in Michigan

After a long and very cold winter, we are finally

Seeing green in Michigan

 

 

My seedlings are doing well in the greenhouse.

 

 

Benny even got to go out in

 the veggie garden area.  Our yard

Is fenced in but Benny is

 a "scaredey bun".

He's timid and things scare him.

 I let him in my smaller veggie

garden area  so that I can catch

him if he panics and doesn't

 run under the deck.

I will try and let him out

 on cooler days so that he

moves around more and maybe

Loses a pound or two.

He's a big chubby slug.

 

 

Blue forget me nots are blooming

 

 

 

 

I love violets, one of my favorites

 

 

 

 

these are pine berries I bought on-line

 and started in this pot in the

Greenhouse because it was

 so cold here. They are white

strawberries That supposedly

 have a pineapple taste.

  We'll see what they taste like.

They will be transplanted next

  to strawberries into this new

 bed my husband made for me.

 

 

It's on the south side of the

 house so it gets the

Most sun, next to my raspberry

 and black berry bushes.

 

 

I thought it was cute!

Bunny lounging next to bunny statue

 

 

My first flower shopping haul,

I can't even step into the greenhouse to

Water.  Gotta do some re-arranging.

 

I'm excited to plant and see things

Grow after such a terrible winter.

 

 

 

A Garden Theme

A work in progress

 So I'm still keeping good on my New Years resolution to make more art. Let me just say for those of you that get to do your art full time, I envy you!  No I don't make a living from my art but I still have to make stuff. It's just how I'm wired, and I can't imagine

how it would be like to be different.
 

 

Most days I have to clamor just for 30 minutes of art time.  So to do it all day, everyday

is just a dream. I like to imagine what the possibilities of what I could create would be.

 

 

I did something different with this one

 and stained it to darken

in the details.  I was happy with the results.

I am  always thinking of what

 I could do with this or that, or what I'd like

to put in my ideas file for when I have time.

 

 

Another small plaque I dropped off for firing today.

 

 

 bowl and two more to be fired....

 

 

 

I'm wanting to keep this one for my garden.

I have so many bunny things so this

would be a pleasant change.

 

 

This is a first for me. 

Adding clay sculptures to bowls. 

Will see how I elaborate on this idea

 

 

I also like this one.  I'm keeping it,

  See that's my biggest problem...

I have a hard time parting with pieces I make that I love

Does anyone else do this?

 

I've took a week off at the end of

the month just for me to do fun stuff I enjoy.

I'm so looking forward to it!

 

 

 

 

Rabbit Tiles

 

I picked up my tiles from being fired.

I'm happy with how the colors came out.

Next time around I will

do the hanging holes different.

this is where they were made

 to fit above my kitchen sink

 

 

Making these has inspired  a million ideas.

I'm excited to be passionate

about new art ideas!

This weeks art...

A quick post on what I did this week art wise...

 

 

Got my glaze all applied to these tiles.

I took Monday off work, just so I could

do  art stuff.  I had a pretty productive
day. And made these large tiles.

 

They are 12" across

 

This clay is all wet and the

details will be fine tuned

When the clay dries

 then off to the kiln place.

 

This clay is Terracotta,

 and will have rope strung

 through the holes.

They are designed to hang

 on a Shepards hook in a flower bed.

 

 

 

 

Happy Birthday Finnegan!

Today Finn is 1 year old!

 

 

This is Finn on his way home in the car the day

we picked him up. 

 

And my big boy now!

 

He is a rambunctious, hellion that added

lots of spunk to our life!

 

A few pictures of our last year with Finn...

 

 

"What me?? I'm not doing nottin"

 

 "He's in the bed and I want it"

 

 

Finn has not outgrown his tendency

 to jump on other animals

and bites playing too rough.

He gets in trouble for it ! 

FINNEGAN GET OFF! 

 

"you can't see me..."

 

"What?? It's not a cat bed for me?"

 

Waiting on the stool, patiently while Mom

gets our food ready

 

 

Cat napping.  He loves to sleep on his back

 

Boy's chillin,  As you can see Finn has shown Taz

that Jake doesn't eat cats and

 is a big pushover that can be shoved

out of his bed. 

 

 

 What a face!

 

 

He is a cuddle boy with me and at night sleeps at the top of my head

I love him to death and am so glad I got him!

Happy Birthday Finnegan!

 

 

 

I want the pillow out!

Everyday Benny pushes the pillow

that goes in the hut in the upper left

hand corner our of the  cat hut.

 Today I came home from work to find

him snoozing on the pillow.  Guess he wants it,

 the way he wants it.

I just thought it was so cute!

 

 

Ok...I'll get up to see you

 

 

Hi,  Mama!

 

 

Shaking off the Winter Blas

My Birthday is the 6th of April

and my husbands is the 12th.

  So as a gift to each other

we treated ourselves to a little break

 away from the Michigan snow

 

 

So we headed to Naples Florida 

I just wanted a break from the cold, that had really

wore on me this winter.

 

I got to get warm sand between my toes....

 

Take in local wildlife

 

 

Relax and laugh

 

 

 

Walk on the beach...

 

 

 

Collect shells to make something with,

 

 

Drink some yummy frozen drinks,

 while we dined on a dinner cruise.

 

A fun, relaxing getaway which made turning 46 not so bad!

 

Our snow all melted, we were all excited in Michigan that we are

finally done with winter! and then last night we got surprised with 2 inches of snow.

 

This has to be the last of it!!!!