Dear Tina, I was glad you wanted to continue the one little word project and appreciate your honesty with last years word (you totally cracked me up in your last letter by the way). I really love your new word breathe and I am glad it is resonating with you. I may look into getting one of Liz Lamoreux’s bracelets with my word on it. It… Read More
Dear Tina, I had a lazy afternoon after sadly wishing safe travel to my sister Tina, brother-in-law Chris and Michelle & Jesse who came down from NH to ring in the New Year with us! There is something I find magical about New Year’s Eve. Not only is it a night of possibility and appreciating… Read More
Dear Tina, I really love that we have followed Ali Edwards, one little word project for four years! My words in the past have been ‘mindfully aware’, ‘organize‘ and ‘diligent‘. I find having a word to focus on really helps direct my thoughts. Although I have been thinking about what my “word” would be since… Read More
Dear Friends, How are you? I am catching up after a very busy weekend. As many of you know I had my Open Studio on Friday & Saturday. Everything was wonderful. The studio looked great. We had flowers everywhere, the heavenly music of Cyra Morgan, luscious food and libations galore. I was in fear of… Read More
Okay everyone! Things are looking quite spiffy at Above Elite Studios as we get ready for our Open Studio. We are in the process of creating a cute spot for Cyra Morgan who will be our wonderful performer on friday evening. WE ARE SO LUCKY! Honestly, I am always unbelievably grateful for the musicians we… Read More
Hello Sweet T & friends! Hope you had a delightful weekend. I got up early on Saturday and hit my favorite plant sale in Ledyard with my friend Sue where I scored some really pretty perennials. I always buy WAY more than I intend to but the prices are just too good to pass up. Between… Read More
Dear Tina, It seems like both yesterday and a million years ago since I was in Charleston. I know some people learned of my unfortunate experience with strep throat and back problems from Facebook and I was completely overwhelmed with all the kind, healing words. All I can say is THANK YOU to everyone but… Read More
Dear Tina (& friends) I was thinking about my last post while working on this painting in the studio. I had started it some time ago and just couldn’t find my way back into it, then something just clicked and it all came together. It’s funny how that happens, isn’t it? I am only sharing… Read More
Dear Tina & friends, How are you? Did you all have a nice Thanksgiving? I am feeling a little overwhelmed thinking about my weekend and the wonderful time I had with family & friends. Brett & I packed up the car and headed up to NH on Wednesday. We met up with some dear old… Read More
Hello Sweet T & friends! How was your weekend? I had the most heavenly time with two of my goddess sisters, Brigitte & Michelle. We went to college together and although I see them each often on my own, we hadn’t all been together in years. Throw their peachy husbands in the mix with their… Read More
I have always been a picky eater and certainly struggle with in the cooking department so it was shocking to both Michelle and I that I would fall in love with her tuna salad. I ate it every day for lunch while she was here working on our collaborative painting along with some fresh summer… Read More
Hi ya friends! Tina & I have both have busy teaching schedules this week. Tina just started back up with her college courses and I will be finishing my last week of summer art camp at the Mystic Arts Center (you can find my new fall classes here). In the midst of everything, we… Read More
hi ya friends! You may have wondered what happened to the painting I created with Michelle a few weeks ago. Well, here it is! We were struggling with a title and didn’t want to share it until we had one. We decided it couldn’t be anything other than “Friendship in Harmony”. That is what it… Read More
Hello Sweet T & friends~ I hope your weekend is going well! Did you get a chance to read Tina’s last blog post about her coming for a visit? I totally laughed out loud when I saw the picture she posted of us from the last time we were together. We were dancing fools! I… Read More
Thank you Kathy Johnson for nominating us for the Liebster blog award! In researching this blog award a bit, we found out that it is a collaborative effort of showcasing up-and-coming blogs. Sort of like a chain letter. This phenomenon seems relatively new, happening within the past year. Several winners speculated that “liebster” points… Read More
Hello! I just returned from an inspirational weekend in NH visiting my friend Michelle. We were delighted to have her as our guest blogger last week where she talked about her experience with this collaborative painting we worked on together. As you know we started it the last time she visited me and had agreed… Read More
I am happy to welcome my good friend and “goddess sister” Michelle Dyson as our guest blogger this month! You will love meeting her and hearing her thoughts on the collaborative painting we started last week. My heart is elated and filled with love and admiration…. WELCOME MICHELLE! I spent the first 4 days of… Read More
Dear Tina~ Isn’t it interesting how having guests, no matter how good of friends, allows you to see the world with fresh eyes? You learn things you hadn’t realized before~things like cinnamon raisin Ezekiel bread tastes delicious with peanut butter and honey, that not all honey is created equal, how to poach fish in the most delicious… Read More
Dear Tina & friends~ My goddess sister and SUPER talented friend Michelle is here visiting for the weekend and I could not be happier! I was giddy all day friday anticipating her arrival and so far we have had a jam packed, fun filled weekend of adventures! Yesterday was a magical day of “ARTing”. I took… Read More
Have you ever felt like you don’t know what you did to deserve such good friends and family in your life? Well, that is how I feel right now as I write this. This past weekend was SO incredibly WONDER~FULL I can’t even stand it! Brett & I were surrounded by good friends all weekend,… Read More
…until Tina arrives in CT and we can hardly stand the wait! We have been talking about how some things in our creative life are better served when we are together. Putting the finishing touches on our Etsy shop is one of them. For those of you who don’t know what Etsy is, it is… Read More
