thinking of seashells

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Good morning,

Above is an image of the next piece I'll be adding today to the shop. "Thoughts of the shore" is piece No. FIVE in the pinhole series inspired by antique wallpapers.

I like to keep my shop fresh so I've decided all my original art cards/ACEO will be made available in the shop for only one week after the listing date. So today is the last day for this card and tomorrow is the last day for this one.

It's officially summer here! Do you have any plans to visit the beach?

thinking of seashells,
H

sunday berries

Hello,
I hope your weekend has been beautiful.

Above is yesterday's 'harvest' of our black & golden raspberries. This morning we ate these with vanilla yogurt, and banana bread muffins.

I just came inside to cool off. I've been sitting in the sun, sipping iced coffee, writing some notes, listening to the birds & lawn mowers, and watching the butterflies dip around our blooming echinacea & hollyhocks.

I hope your Sunday has been filled with simple blessings too.

till tomorrow [when I share new work for the shop!],
H

brain [not so storming] clouds

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Good Friday morning to you,

Did this week fly by or what?

Lately I've been thinking about this project I did last August, in which I took a polaroid every day during that month and wrote down stories and ideas accumulated in that day. It centered around the idea of HOME and then I put them together in a kind of book. This is one of the pages.

My Dad recently sent me some old cameras that belong to my grandfather, who took a ton of pictures. I remember when I was a child he always had a camera tucked into his shirt pocket. So I'm thinking or brainstorming ways to use them in a new project. Hmmmmm... any thoughts?

Susan's shop is open and I have my eye on this cat bank, it's pretty sweet.

Today is the three month-a-versary [I know, that's not a word] of my shop. A small milestone, but I like it. I've been getting some new sunprint paintings together to add next week and I think on Monday I'll add another pinhole piece, No. 5.

And lastly I'd like to introduce you to a brand new blog, of a former preschool student I had the pleasure of working with. Meet E and her Art Collection. I've already added her to my bloglines.

I hope you have a lovely weekend,
H

three wishes

Good morning friends,

Today is my dad's birthday, Happy Birthday Dad!! The picture is a childhood photo of he and his sister. I wish I knew what was going on here when this was taken, it's so funny to me.

Remember the little giveaway from yesterday? I've emailed to recipient, bunnyb, to let them know they're it! Thank you each and every one for stopping by, sharing what's on your mind, and expressing what you are thankful for. I've appreciated reading your thoughts and feel I will return to your comments for refreshment. Thank you for participating! That giveaway was fun, I think I'd like to do it again, if you would?!

Did you hear Susan is opening a new etsy shop Friday, June 20 [tomorrow] to showcase her flea market finds? I'm imagining there will be some good pieces there! Congrats Susan!

Thank you all for being here and where you are,
H

a little giveaway

Good morning,
So I thought I'd do a little giveaway here today, ok with you?

This set of enclosure cards has five different foliage patterns and each has it's own glassine envelope.

I'll use the random number generator Thursday [morning around 9 am. cst] to select a recipient of a set of my foliage pinhole cards. I'll announce the 'winner' Thursday morning as well.

To be entered, simply share a comment about what's on your mind today or something you're thankful for. Thank you!

I hope your day is nice!
H