6-19-24

 Rose and I made a bird house.

6-15-24

 Our daughter has a PhD!

6-14-24

 We went to the Tar Pits with the Js today.

6-12-24

 Flying to LA for Jes's graduation!

6-9-24

 The swamp next door.

6-2-24

 Rose came over for the morning and we made fig bars!

5-25-24

 I made Rose's birthday cake. The theme was "Two The Moon."

5-23-24

 Celebrating some birthdays-- I was not there, but Dan was!  I was in Austin with my colleague.

5-10-24

 We went to Dothan for our niece's graduation from med school.

5-7-24

 I had my first sleep study. I was diagnosed with sleep apnea.

5-4-24

 This is what my studio looks like.

5-2-24

 I like this one. I used an existing oil painting for inspiration.

4-30-24

 My colleague, my partner in the crime of disrupting established systems.

4-26-24

 Some more therapy art.

4-15-24

 I've been drawing each night in a notebook. This helps because I had to get off my meds to do a sleep study. 

4-14-24

 My nephew has moved to town and is living with my mom. 

4-13-24

 I took Rose to the art museum.

4-8-24

 We saw the partial eclipse.

4-6-24

 I am spending my spring break with the Js.

3-30-24

 

My mini mes.

3-24-24

 When we moved into our house, we were told about the yellow roses that the former owner planted. The roses didn't do too well for a few years, but now when they bloom in the spring, they fill up the fence.

3-18-24

 I made these socks and this cream for Rose

3-10-24

 This woman and I have the same mitochondrial DNA and I think we got it from a woman on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay back in the late 1700s. It's shocking how much we resemble each other.

3-6-24

 Dan and I went to Cheaha State Park and stayed in the lodge.

3-3-24

 When my sister Sakura was a little girl, she wanted this doll, which was $80 at the local store, Betsy's on Ross. I chipped in $40 and Sakura saved up $40 and we bought her together. She got very dirty over the past 45 years, and so I gave her a bath today so that Rose can play with her.

2-17-24

 My mom's 90th birthday party-- my sisters came home. Age is just a number. We are: 55, 56, and 59 here.

2-9-24

 My newest grandbaby was born today! Squirt and Panda's baby..... Let's see, what shall I call him? Teddy. I will call him Teddy.

2-5-24

 My cousin EZ found this photo of my grandfather when he was a boy!!! He was born in 1908 so this is probably 1913.

2-1-24

 I made an orange thing so Aza and I can care Rose around on our hips. She likes to be carried.

1-30-24

 I created a lesson with one of my students where the kids had to repair bones, and then I fired them in the kiln to see which ones were repaired well. kindof a silly activity, but it was fun for them.

1-29-24

 Last year I started a stamp business, and it really took off last fall.