Painting #2

"Bleeding Hearts with Karner Blue," 9"x12"
Never again will I attempt bleeding hearts, nor karner blues.

Hooray for Spring!

The dumpster has a gender. Discuss.

A couple days ago a huge dumpster was deposited in our driveway for some work being done on our house. Francesca looked outside this morning and said, "The dumpster's still here. Mom? The dumpster's a BOY." I'm sure all sorts of interesting analysis and conclusions could be drawn from that statement.

It's a.....BOY!

These "4D" sonograms are amazing. But even more amazing is that we've broken our "girl streak" in the extended family with the news that we've got a little boy due this August! Don't get me wrong- I love girls, and honestly I'm a bit intimidated by the idea of a baby boy, having little to no experience with them- but it's exciting nonetheless :) My little nephew Jackson (lone little male in the family) will be thrilled.

Sacrificing, one bean at a time

We've gotten a late start, but we've officially begun our Lenten bean jar, a great idea I got from here. When Frankie makes a sacrifice or does a good deed (e.g. eats her vegetables, reads a story to Teresa, cleans up a mess), she diligently adds a bean to the jar. By Easter the jar should be full of sacrifices (beans) offered to God, and Easter morning the beans in the jar will have turned into...jelly beans! We've made modest headway. A setback occurred when Frankie took the jar to bed with her one night. One bean disappeared and another looked as though it had been bit in half. I'm sure God remembers those deeds no longer represented.

It's not easy being elegant

Even ballerinas need a break sometimes.

Reconnecting with the art world

As often as I am able, I'm going to try to paint little watercolors like these and post them on this blog. The long term goal is to get a collection going and reproduce them into greeting cards, an idea my mom proposed, and posting them on this blog would be a means of getting the word out about them. So let me know if you're interested- I'll give you a discount :) That's the grand plan...and here's my first humble effort. 9"x6" "Butterfly Bush"