We noticed a cocoon in our lime tree. I no sooner said we need to keep an eye on it when there she was in all her splendor. Still moist from her/his emergence and the rain… A cold rain in March, I might add. So I decided to bring our butterfly friend inside so it…
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Death Valley Super Bloom
We headed out from Wonder Valley thru Amboy and the Mojave Preserve. We spent the night in Tecopa Hot Springs at Tecopa Palms RV. Had a healing soak in the morning and headed past Shoshone and Amargosa Opera House to Death Valley to see amazing flowers. We exited the park after seeing the Charcoal Kilns…
Big Horn Sheep on the Morongo Grade
Last week I had the pleasure of spotting Big Horn Sheep on Wednesday, then again on Saturday at the approximate same time, 2:30 and so I headed back on Sunday with my better camera to see what I could find. Met a couple of people from Desert Hot Springs on horseback, lady with pink cowboy…
Underglazing more tiles…
soon to be shiny colors… But now underglazed and ready!!!
Recently visited by the Virgin Mary
Three Virgin Mary mosaics… Or is that Three Virgins?
New glazed tiles
I have been working on tiles for a month now. Finally some glazed pieces… A lot of learning and experimenting!!
It’s been one YEAR.
Too many vehicles for communication and certainly not enough time to engage them all. How would you like your update served? facebook? Perhaps a personal email or a hand written note even? So without any more excuses, I will show and tell you about the ceramic adventures I have been on and also talk a…
Much a DO up n DOWN the coast of California
July found me assisting with a mural restoration painting in Lompoc, CA with a master painter and artist Emiliano Campobello…Setting up a scaffold every day and then breaking it down. Grateful to work with Emiliano, I respect his knowledge both with the brush and the sage. Grateful for the cool fog blowing in to Lompoc….
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