thoughts + discussion

The temperature is rising day by day here in the Tuscan hills and although my cacti seem to be loving the heat wave, everything else is wilting – including me. The hot weather can really blow our work productivity levels, because darn it – it’s just so hot! I suppose it goes for any extreme, [...]

Posted on July 19, 2010 at 5:30 pm

TGIF…in both the Thank Goodness It’s Friday and Trust, Gratitude, Inspiration Friday aspects. At times I’ve been feeling really good and on a roll…thankful for inspiration and how lovely life is. Then I hit a block and suddenly the view is so much grimmer. I keep feeling like I don’t have enough time and so [...]

Posted on July 16, 2010 at 10:40 pm

…believin’…hold on to that feelin’! Okay, I didn’t actually mean to quote a Journey song, but it just came to mind as I typed – perhaps I love Glee a bit too much What I wanted to say does follow suit though…just don’t stop – period. How many times have you given up on your [...]

Posted on July 15, 2010 at 5:37 pm

My sewing machine’s manual specifically warns against sewing leather, canvas and thick materials. I decided to break the rules and do it anyway. Sewing up some scraps of leather, sort of a reverse pieced applique thingy… I would like to proclaim to the world with fisted-hand, “Oh yes I can sew leather – muhahahah!” Perhaps [...]

Posted on July 14, 2010 at 4:18 pm

Sometimes a drawing takes on it’s own life. I didn’t like the pen I used, way too thick and it just started going downhill from there. My supposed cute girl turned into an evil little devil with messy watercoloring, as I was annoyed and just went at it violently! It’s okay, right? I had to [...]

Posted on July 13, 2010 at 11:19 am