This is my handsome dad as a young man.   This is the man that all other's have to live up to.  My dad is very intelligent, sweet, warm, caring, never says a harm word about anyone.He has always been my hero, a strong man that protected me from monsters under my bed...

Here are a few of my newest projects.  Wish pockets and a life mixed media on tin.I really enjoy making these.  I never know what they will look like until I am done. When we are in a stage of learning in our lives, which we almost alwaysare...sometimes the very best...

"COURAGE is reclaiming your life after devastating events rob you of your confidence and self-esteem.  It is facing tomorrow with a firm resolve to reach deep within yourself to find another strength, another talent...It is taking yourself to another level of your own...

Even though she is my baby sister, I have always looked up to her.  She has a spirit that cannot be tamed, a smile that can light up the darkest room and beauty beyond compare.   Kim is a talented professional photographer that finds beauty in the ordinary....

Tomorrow, June 5th, it is suppose to be 103 degrees here in Texas!  I wasn't quite ready for it to be this hot so fast.  What happened to the nice spring weather???Days like this is when I really miss the Blue Ridge Mountains in Asheville, my hometown.  I love Texas...

The Texas sky has been beautiful these past few days.  I couldn't resist loading up my Aussie dog Tess in my jeep and heading out to find interesting clouds.We took our favorite country road and came upon these gorgeous clouds.  The picture does not do them justice....

I am trying to understand thesituation in the Gulf Coast.I will not get political about it, this is not what my blog is about.I just pray that the right thingis done very soon.

I have been thinking about what is important in my life and what it takes to make me truly happy. It used to be new shoes, new car, new anything. When I went through a life changing ordeal several years ago, I had to make a change in my lifestyle. It was very...

Sometimes I am in such a hurry that I whiz by and I don't see anything around me. All I have on my mind is what I have to get done, when it has to be done and if it will get done. Then....I remind myself that there are so many things around me that are far more...