Finding my Inspiration

With my Dad's death, I have been considering the fact 

that I have most likely lived already 67% of my

life.  So the time I have left is very valuable to me.  I don't want

to spend it doing things I don't like. I am and will be very selective

on what and who I give my attention to!

Just something to ponder...

I  have been trying to get to working on my art. 

It feels like lately it is slow progress,

 but a little progress

is better than no progress.

Made a few clay creations and am working on
glazing.  I still can't locate  few bisque
items I packed.

It seems #3 won the poll.

2 large bird baths... 

This one will be a hanging butterfly feeder

My Dad

I haven't posted in a while.  Sadly on 30 Dec 2019 at 7:17 my Dad- David L Loranger went to be with my brother Yon in Heaven.  I had a feeling New Years of 2019 that something bad would happen in 2019 and I had a feeling my Dad would die this year and my intuition was right.  He was frail and tired after fighting with many health issues over the last 2-3 years. I find peace now knowing that he no longer struggles.

Everything is different without him being here.  We moved closer to my parents so we could help them out if they needed it and it's surreal to realize he is just not there anymore.  I concentrate on the fact that I know he is so happy to not feel badly like he did.  I am thankful and proud that I am like him in so many ways!

Christmas Home Tour

Hard to believe we've just been in this house

a little over a month. This is why art has taken a back burner

the past month. In addition to unpacking, and getting the

house decorated,  I have decked my

halls for Christmas!  I am loving it so much!

I absolutely love the light

 that pours in the windows...

I love twinkle lights.

I always have more lights inside my 

house so I can enjoy them! 

Pretty in the sunshine...

Cozy at night...

The living room mantle... 

Look at Santa holding a bunny...with animals. 

I was lucky to find him last year in a flower shop 1/2 off...

My nativity set that I love so much,

is now is displayed on a larger side board

instead of the smaller table I

had to put it on in the past.

I display some of my Santa pottery creations on this table.

My faux fireplace is in the dinning room now.

It goes perfectly 

 with the kitchen cabinets

 and tile backsplash  I think.

I cannot believe all my teapots above the cabinets fit in 

the kitchen at the other house.

I decorated our bedroom too. I put on red plaid bedding

with green velvet pillows. I just found these awesome

all wood bookcases on FB.  They were the deal

 of a century and I think they make the

bedroom look cozy. Plus I have a place for all my

 books since I lost a bit of space in my Art room.

At night...

This room was a very peacy color before.

Now it's more a wheat color.

I got the bathtub of my dreams!

This bathroom was a light pumpkin color...

 This is Gus and Hazel's room....

This room was also painted, it was peach.

Can you tell I'm not a peach fan????

I haven't bunny proofed

the TV cords yet so I have the 

little fence around the table.  LOL

Finally my Art Room....

There was a tree in front of the window

that blocked the light so unfortunately

my husband had to cut it down but we will 

plant a new tree in the spring further away.

It's smaller than my old

one but we have a

huge unfinished basement...

It has a door wall and

 4 big windows that let in light.

this will be a future art space...

My art room is connected by a little

doorway to the bunny room

so this way I can do art and keep

Hazel company. 

I love my pet gates I ordered

on Amazon and added

the mesh.  The were totally worth it

for the low price of $40

and the convenience!

I am so excited and grateful for

our new home.  I enjoyed sharing 

it with you.  We have lots of plans

 and big dreams to

work on in our forever home.

This is just the beginning.

Merry Christmas!

We Moved!

On 3 Nov we moved to our new house!

After looking for quite a while and coming up short,

 we finally found the house with everything on our wish list.

  3 weeks later and I still can't believe it.  

So much hard work!  We have a lot of STUFF....

I am now realizing maybe I should get

rid of things more...maybe... 

After many truck loads we are here!

This is it the 1st week after we moved.

How lucky are we that we moved Before

the snow?!?! 

The first snow in our new house

And it has a giant big yard which gets sun all day.

 So I can plant anything and everything

I have every wanted to plant! 

See that little white dot....that's Angel! 

The yard wasn't fenced in so we had to do that 

to keep Angel from chasing other dogs.

This is the listing pic of the back yard in the summer.

I would say we've unpacked maybe 25% of the boxes...

So it will be a while before were 100% settled but 

all the critters seem to have faired better than I expected.

 Angel May Doesn't mind being plopped in the

middle of the living room!

My fish tank and fish survived the move!

Taz and Henley are doing pretty well...

Hazel and Gus are ok...I did have one night

Hazel didn't want to eat and I gave her stasis meds but 

by morning she was fine and eating and pooping. I do think Hazel

liked our old house better and is mad at me a little. 

Gus is more adventurous and will take off investigating

which he never did in the old house.

Murphy trying out the stand up shower!

Before there was wallpaper in the kitchen...

I am not a wallpaper fan...

I love the kitchen now.  

 We removed the wallpaper and painted it green.

We also installed lights on them top of the cabinets and

the bottom of the cabinets.

I don't like overhead ceiling lighting on all the time.

This is one side of the Livingroom. 

The one thing that I love about this

 house is there is no gray!

I absolutely love

bright light that pours in through the windows.

Great for my plants. I will share more as I get more

rooms situated and decorated for Christmas!

If someone would have told me last November that

I would be living in this house this November

never would have believed them!!!!

I love it, It is my dream house!  Oh and it is 3 miles

from my parents.  So we are

close by and able to help them more.