Glittering up a storm…
We had fun over the weekend… Avatar musical chairs, baristas with attitude and not watching the Super Bowl at a Super Bowl party. We met more of our new neighbors and it ended with us all playing Rock...
View ArticleLuck o’ the Irish… cupcake.
I had to… The frosting almost looks like the cross section of Irish Spring soap… not very tasty… but I may try to recreate it in real food form to prove that stripey icing can be delicious. (Tangent:...
View Articleoodles of doodles…
I’m a doodler. When I’m on the phone, I doodle. When I should be paying attention, I doodle. I doodled all through school to stay awake in classes that were yawn-fests. I made teachers angry. I just...
View ArticleHappy 4th Blogiversary :)
Four years of blogging. Almost 300 posts and over 2100 comments. Wow. I really wish I could make this a more regular occurrence, this blogging thing. I just need to go out and do exciting things and be...
View ArticleInk Correspondence – The “Week of Ink”
When I want to say “hello” to someone… I don’t pick up my phone or a pen… I go to Facebook, send them an email or text message. How forgettable. I’ll be the first to admit I’ve gotten really lazy when...
View ArticleGetting back to normal…
The last month (+/- two weeks) has been sort of a blur. Between getting some bad news from the West Coast, and having to deal with some things going on with our girl, Nutmeg. Meg had a lump in her hind...
View ArticleOne of Two-for-Tuesday
The other night we watched the film Play Time by Jacques Tati. Well, I have to admit, I actually fell asleep for some of it… but it’s so dream-like anyway, it kind of felt natural. (My film teachers...
View Articleoops!
I’m not naming any names (but the finger is pointed at myself) but I somehow confused the renewal of violetsareblue.net and violetcottage.com and violetsareblue.net expired this morning :( WEAK. So,...
View ArticleSad News…
The day I’ve dreaded for years has come and gone. It all happened so fast, but it still feels like everything was going in slow motion. How can cancer move that quickly? How can she be spry, happy and...
View ArticleArt Journal #113 – #120
There goes a tumbleweed! Blogs are becoming abandoned ghost towns on the internet… so, I chose to put most of my new art, adventures etc on our Facebook page and Pinterest boards. But then, something...
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