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Continue reading →: FlashBack Friday Kick-off Week! August 11, 2014
So this week comes to a close not with a bang, but on a sad note. During this time last year we were all sadden by the news of the death of Robin Williams. I try not to focus on what brought him to his end, but rather all the…
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Continue reading →: Flashback Friday Kickoff Week!: August 2-3, 2014
Welcome to the third day of my Flashback Friday Kickoff Week! Ahh…this was a wonderful memory! Running for chocolate! My niece and I participated in a 5K Chocolate run that was held in Chicago. I remember the day was warm but had a beautiful cool breeze that swept off the lakefront.…
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Continue reading →: Flashback Friday Kick-off Week!: July 28-30th
Welcome back to my Flashback Friday Kick-off Week! Now we are starting to get into the heart of my journal with the very start of my year – my birthday! The first entry highlights in an abstract way the elated feelings I have around my birthday. The drawing technique is a…
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Continue reading →: Flashback Friday Kick-off Week!
Hello followers and any new readers, Welcome to ‘Flashback Friday Kickoff Week”! This is the first entry from my year-long art journal I have been working on that chronicles my life over the past year. I am finally back after a long hiatus from the blogging world. While I have not…
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Continue reading →: My First Hand-Spun Yarn and more!
So back in August this past year, I started on a new hobby that set my head spinning. You guessed it! It is spinning! No – not the cycling type of spinning but that type that makes yarn… So here it is my first own hand-spun, hand-dyed little creation! Being that this…
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Continue reading →: Black Hills Majesty, Part 3
Talk about a super-long time to wait for a conclusion of a story! As I talked about in the proceeding post, I was MIA for over six months. I hid myself away from the world and took a very long hiatus from all things digital. Now that I am back,…
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Continue reading →: Still Here
I find it ironic that every couple of months I fall off the face of the planet only come back to apologize and vow never do it again. LOL Life is never that simple. I realize this is one of my longest breaks ever since starting this blog and I feel…
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Continue reading →: What in the world has she been doing all this time?
Time to fess up, I have completely ignored both of my blogs for over six months. Yikes! has it really been that long? Seems like yesterday that I was posting regularly; happily typing away… Now that some things in my life have finally calmed down, I thought it was time…
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Continue reading →: New iPad Mini Cover and Placemat project update
Hello knitters, I took a little break from my spinning project to re-focus my attention on some knitting! Since my last knit post, I was working on creating these lovely round Summertime place mats. Unfortunately, due to a rough start ( I had started and ripped out the first place mat at least…
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Continue reading →: My head is Spinning!
It’s not what you think. My head is not spinning. I am not joining a spin class at the gym and I am certainly not watching spiders spin their webs (creepy!). So what is spinning then? I have been spinning my own hand-spun yarn, that’s what! In my last post,…
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Continue reading →: Black Hills Majesty, Part 1
It’s been over 2 months since my trip to South Dakota in May and it still feels like yesterday when we were exploring those majestic Black Hills. My husband and I traversed three states and close to 1,000 miles to experience the beauty of South Dakota’s most alluring area. Clean…
