I’m back from a trip out to Hero Arts! Walking through the Austin airport I saw a billboard advertising flights to Canada — the big line was “Howdy, eh?” — and I had to laugh, because I’ve been known to say that a time or two myself. Thought I’d share a few pictures — wish […]
My inspiration journal.
Hi all! I’ve posted about my inspiration journal here off and on, but never a video! Thought you might like to see some of my favorite older posts, too: Stripes from 2006 and the card that inspired it Boots (also from 2006) A journal that’s not in a Moleskine (had to switch back)
Gather ye roses…
Every year this prairie rose just outside the kitchen window blooms it’s head off. And every year a big hailstorm, thunderstorm, windstorm, or some-other-storm comes along and knocks off all the petals before I get a single photo. Well, not this year! Aaaaaaaaaa, the sweet smell of triumph. Happy Friday, everyone! Hope you gather some […]
A rainbow of paintbrushes!
Howdy! Just uploaded some pictures to flickr I took on a field trip/easement inspection of Simpson Prairie on May 3rd. It’s a truly beautiful place. J — who’s in some of the pictures, ha ha — would want me to write more about prairies and how special they are, but it says it all if […]
He does get out once in a while…
This post probably won’t be very exciting for you unless you are either a plant nerd or want to see a tiny picture of J. :) First off, the tiny picture of J — this is from when he, Scott and I went hiking at Bull Creek earlier in the spring — that’s him in […]
Mother’s Day on the prairie… (long)
Hope you all had a happy Mother’s Day! I got to spend mine with two of my favorite people — Agnes and Scott! Agnes is one of my heroes — she is a truly special and one of the people who got me into prairies. Hi Agnes! Scott is pretty okay too — that is, […]