small town me

At some point after the kids were grown and flown, I redecorated the upstairs bathroom with my bee collection.  (I spy a tiny Ernest in his ...

Well, for the mail! We modified an Amish-made mailbox purchased online. Handy made the stork and I painted the cats. 

I always enjoy I Madonnari, the chalk art festival held at Santa Barbara Mission.

I had one of those milestone birthdays a couple weeks ago. You know the one where you go on medicare? So I threw myself a self-catered party...

Here is my spring tree.

My easter tree.  Frank painted the cat egg this year. The cat cards are for my boys, of course   I painted these years ago when Ernest was l...