Lincoln

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I highly recommend!

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Wishing you a very 

Happy Thanksgiving!

I tried something new this year...

I cooked my turkey a day ahead.  So much less stress & hurry.

new cards

These sets and a few more are now available

in my Etsy shop.

a chair dressed up in roses

I had so much fun painting this little French chair!

8" x 10" on Etsy

kittens!

We discovered two kittens under our hedges.

These babies went through the hurricane last week

and the snowstorm last night!

Oh, they are sweet!  They look about 5 weeks old.

Beautiful fur & chubby little bodies.

One of them hissed at me but the one above was so calm.

We took them inside and left a humane trap to catch the mother cat.

Since we have two male cats in the house, there was no way to keep them.

The mother has not returned and we will keep checking for her.

The animal shelter took the kittens and if the mom returns,

we'll reunite her with her babies.

I solved my paint brush problem

 I have tried all sorts of methods for keeping my brushes at hand.

Finally, I came up with this solution for only $2.77.

I bought a bucket grid in the paint section of Home Depot.

I already had the Lucite  silverware caddy.  I removed the caddy handle,

filled it with rice, adjusted the metal ends of the grid, and

voilà

I have a great brush caddy!

Do I need all those brushes, you ask?

No......

It's very easy to amass brushes, especially when you first begin to paint.  

You think a better or at least a different brush will make you paint better.  

Sometimes it does.

...and, like most artists, I like to buy art supplies.

I'll show you my paint stash someday.

Same theory: new color = better painting

I like Daniel Smith's Platinum Series brushes right now.

My most favorite brush is a free one from Cheap Joe's.

I reach for that one every time but now the point is gone.

Think I have room for a new one?!