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Here's a little bit of what we've been up to lately.



What you see above are the last two "guys" I've made for my boys. They're guys, not dolls. "Dolls are for girls" apparently. I've made about four of these guys and some outfits and hats based on patterns that Josh designed. My mom made a hat for one, then I used her idea and made another. This is Indiana Jones awaiting his own hat. He has a satchel and a whip, too.




These are some goodies I've been collecting this last year. Aaron Brothers had a 1¢ sale, so I rushed over and with Josh's help, picked out the perfect frames for each piece. In the top picture is a beautiful bird print by the fascinating artist, Genine Zlatkis. It's part of her 20 birds series. The small pix is a gift enclosure by Becky Kelly.

The bottom photo shows an exquisite drawing by Marsha Robinett. It was a free gift for signing up for her email newsletter. We gave it to my golf-loving husband for Father's Day. The small print is by Diane Duda. It's so cute! The big print is of a collage by Cori Dantini. I love it!!!!



Josh is learning to embroider with the help of Gramma and her "Quilt Ladies". He went to quilting with them and got lots of help. He's making his first quilt top for a pillow for his new surfer bedroom.




I just had to have a vegetable garden this year. Our yard has gotten pretty shady now that our trees are teenagers, so we had to squeeze them into the little bits of full sunlight. I'm so excited. We'll be able to make our own home grown salsa. We also have butternut squash, watermelon, beets, and a cool looking squash/pumpkin whose name escapes me.

No new art today but a WONDERFUL new artist to check out. (Well, she's new to me.)
Marsha Robinett does absolutely gorgeous black and white work.
Her blog is full of great tutorials and I was especially interested in this post about her art materials.

I found her through another artist friend's blog, Cindy Haase, who does beautiful colored pencil work AND crafty things.

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So yesterday was the anniversary of one of the most amazing musical moments of all time, the release of St. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. The album kicked off the Summer of Love (we can only hope this summer is 1/10 as exciting) and everything changed. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and the American National Biography celebrated the event with an interactive album cover. To trip just click.

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