Year Archives: 2019

Sweet little speckled king snake going down a hole to eat mice and moles! God speed, snek! ? No, that isn’t it at the top of this page. But if you didn’t know what a speckled king snake looks like...

Back in November 2018, I learned that I have a new sister on my Dad's side, through a DNA test from Ancestry.com. Her name is Margo, and she jokes that she has heard the term "new sister" so much lately,...

This was in the fortune cookie I got with my Singapore Mei-fun at China Wok today. I may put it in the wall now for the next owners! Rebuilding half the deck which has started rotting away with water damage....

Here's the interior of Moosh Print Studio. It holds a metric ton of art supplies and tools, so there's no way it will ever not look busy! Inside Moosh Print Studio...

Congratulations to my ex-husband-in-law Clay Jones! He's a finalist for the Herblock Award for political cartooning!...

There's a pileated woodpecker, hammering happily in the neighbor's pine tree this morning. ?? No, that isn’t it at the top of this page. But if you didn’t know what a pileated woodpecker looks like in flight, now you do!...

Another Frankenlamp finished: crystal boudoir lamp with old slag glass shade in the sitting area of our bedroom. ? Easy Peezy, Lemon Squeezy... just rewire the lamp and use led lightbulbs so it doesn't burn your house down. Then add...

How can someone be so bad at hanging wallpaper, yet so confident to glue the hell out of it. I’m removing wallpaper from the upstairs bathroom this weekend. My mood won’t improve. Update: March 27, 2019 After six weeks of...

In the middle of making this rag doll (my first ever, don’t laugh!) for our youngest granddaughter, Isla. Talk about unrealistic body expectations! Thank goodness she has a long skirt. Her crotch literally is right above the hem! ? I...

So proud of my “weird” granddaughter Isabel! She’s a 4th grade Spotlight student. She took 2nd place in the 4th and 5th grade chemistry/physics division with her science project this week. She’ll be going to regionals at Ole Miss. She’s...