What's On My Messy Desk

I know I have not posted much about my art or jewelry this summer. I have been working on things . . . truly, I have! It's been an interesting juggle so far to find balance between keeping the boys busy, house and yard work, walking the dog, selling at the markets, shipping packages, re-stocking store and galleries with merchandise, and finding time to produce the work in the first place. Whew! Here's my very messy desk as I try to multi-task - working on several paintings at once.

My mock set up before dropping off work at the University of Richmond for the Arts Around the Lake show this fall. I just got my acceptance letter in the mail - hooray!
I am sooooo excited to be participating in the show this year!

I spent a few minutes in the garden this morning. This is my very first vegetable garden and I am so proud! ;-)

This is an eggplant flower. Isn't it pretty? I can not wait for the eggplants!

The first "bounty" from my garden. Yum!

I will finally be posting some new jewelry and paintings in my shops tomorrow.
Hip, hip hoorah!

In Awe of Nature's Beauty

"Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you. "
Frank Lloyd Wright


The weather finally dropped below 90 degrees (it's been upper 90s - 104! lately), so the boys and I took a little field trip to the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens. At the risk of sounding corny, I find that being there soothes the sole. As always when I go there, I am in awe of nature's incredible beauty. Even my usually noisy boys seemed more quiet than usual as we took it all in.