Papillon and Peresil

New paintings in my shop today! Take a peek.

It has been a busy week. I can't believe it is Friday again!

I'm still working on two great big bird paintings and hope to finish them soon.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Pairs

I think everything is better in pairs, don't you?

Two new bird paintings in progress and two winners of my fabric giveaway!

I decided it would be even more fun to pick a second winner who will receive

a quarter yard of the Dragonflies printed on cotton-silk.

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And now for the winners of my giveaway:

A yard of Grand Frolic goes to:

Michelle Verbeeck

And a quarter yard of Dragonflies goes to:

Erika Barriga

Congratulations!

Studio | Evening Hour

A peek at my side of the studio. Working into the evening hour.

I have to tidy things up for the weekend. It is Friday after all.

Perhaps I should have done that before I took the picture!

p.s. 

You still have until Sunday to enter my fabric giveaway!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Giveaway | Grand Frolic

grand frolic on cotton-silk

dragonflies on cotton-silk

dragonfly stripe, sprig stripe on quilting cotton

frolic, speckles on quilting cotton

grand frolic, dainty blossoms, dragonflies on quilting cotton
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I'm having a giveaway to celebrate the launch of my Frolic Collection on Spoonflower!
One lucky person will receive a yard of the pattern Grand Frolic printed on a satiny, cotton-silk.
To enter the giveaway, simply leave me a message by Sunday, 9 pm EST.
I will announce the winner on Monday! Good luck!
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I decided it would be even more fun to pick a second winner who will receive
a quarter yard of the Dragonflies printed on cotton-silk.

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The lucky winners of my fabric giveaway:

A yard of Grand Frolic goes to:

Michelle Verbeeck

And a quarter yard of Dragonflies goes to:

Erika Barriga

Congratulations!

A Spiffy New Page

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Spiffing up my Etsy shop. A screen shot of my new about page!

Take a peek if you have a chance.

Have a great weekend all!

Mushroom Specimens

A little mushroom collection from my morning walk.

More pictures on Flickr.

Sweetgrass

Cowboy has a lot of natural herding instincts and it's fun to watch him

crouch and stalk and work objects at such a young age. He also has fabulous eye contact,

another border collie trait, which is great for taking pictures!

I don't know much about herding and we don't have sheep, but you never know, maybe someday.

Knowing that we love our dogs and have taken a slight interest in herding, 

my mother in law recommended the documentary, Sweetgrass. Have you seen it? 

It is a beautiful movie, an unvarnished look at the last time this group of modern day cowboys, 

shepherds really, grazed their sheep for the summer in the vast fertile pastures of the Montana mountains.

Of course they couldn't shepherd 3,000 sheep without their horses and dogs,

border collies for herding and great pyrenees for guarding. It's amazing.

I watched it a second time with the narration of the filmmakers which was equally fascinating.

Watch the trailer if you have a chance.