Some Garden Flowers & A Painting

Hi everyone, I'm so sorry I haven't posted in so long.  I just got out of the blogging groove and I hope to be posting more.  I went on a little photo shoot of the gardens on the property today and thought I would share them with you.

These are my brother in laws plants.  He has a green thumb and his deck always

looks gorgeous in the summer.

I want to do a watercolor of geraniums so his pots full of them were too tempting to resist.

I haven't done a painting in awhile.  I have been painting backgrounds on canvas but haven't been

inspired as to what to paint until I was checking out a blog that I love and found http://silverfootprints.blogspot.com/  She did a painting that I fell in love with and it inspired me to

do my own.  I love how it came out and love that quote by Rumi.

I hope you like my painting.

On June 3rd my husband & I went to the coast for the day.

We went to Monterey, Carmel and Asilomar Beach.  This picture is

of me in front of a little shop in Carmel.  My favorite shop,  Findings was

closed.    

Yesterday was the 1 year anniversary of my hubby's open heart surgery.  He is doing so well.

He is even learning to eat veggies.  Those of you who know him, know what a big deal that is

for him to eat anything green.  Yesterday he said he wanted to try a salad with ranch dressing. 

I almost fell out of my chair. 

One more little bit of news then I will let you go.

This little buger butt has been out rolling in the poison oak and has brought it home to me.

He truly believes that sharing is caring.

Now I have to go get a shot.  He's not as sweet as he looks.  LOL!!!!!

Have a great day you guys.  Thank you for visiting.  Please leave me a comment and

let me know you were here,  

Hugs,

Diana

Snicky D

Just a few pictures of my sweet cat.

He's such a handsome boy.

I love this picture. 

I really wanted to get a picture of him in front of

the rosemary.  It is in full bloom.

This picture doesn't do it justice.

Last week our yard looked like this.

I have been creating some beautiful things and will be posting

pictures of them soon.  Thanks for visiting and all your nice

comments about my little (big) brat cat.

Hugs to you all.

Diana

Creating is such hard work

Ahem,  Snicky D really has a hard life.   Here is proof that I am involved in slave labor.

Good help is so hard to find these days.  Sleeping on the job is a real problem around
here.

I guess I will have to forgive him.  He did bring me a paw full of flowers.

On the other hand trying to get Samantha to like him is not so easy.

This is as close as they're going to get.

Hopefully soon, they will learn to like eachother.

See you later, gotta get back to the studio to make sure

Snicky D isn't working too hard.

My Shabby Chic Studio

Hello just wanted to post some pictures of my studio.

Here in Ca we have been having an early spring.  Actually,

winter passed us by.  Not for long though.  The forecast is calling

for SNOW. 

Of course all our trees and plants have been tricked in to setting buds.

This always happens.

Here are some pictures of my studio vingettes.

As usual I have been changing things up.

I found this beautiful tray at a church yard sale.  I just love it.

I am always searching for ways to make shabby chic storage.

I got this idea from Juliana of I love vintage on you tube.

This is just one of those Home Depot nuts and bolts

containers that I have had forever.  Really love it now.

This is a jewelry box that I was using as a subsitute for

that vintage tackle box.  It is really a pretty box.

I hope you enjoyed my little vingettes.  I have alot of

fun putting them together.

Have a great rest of the day.

Diana

It's a candy kisses from heaven kind of day

Hello blog friends.
Have you ever had a day that kinda seems magical?  Where a random act of kindness from a stranger kinda just puts you in a state of bliss?  Today was that day for me.  Let me tell you I will accept candy kisses from heaven anytime I can get them.  Ok, I know you're thinking "get to the point."  Well today I was in Barnes & Noble and there is always this group of watercolor artists that I love to observe.
Today one of them surprised me with a portrait of me reading a book.

I know this isn't the best photography but my camera is acting up.    I just was so
touched by this.   I love it.  I also got to have lunch with my best friend, my sister.
I love her so much and don't get to spend enough time with her.
I also got a vintage tackle box that I have been wanting forever.  I put it on my art desk and
stuffed it full of artsy goodness.  I got the idea from Lani Kent of Healing Expressions.

I will probably be tweeking it so be prepared for a bunch of pictures of it.

Snickerdoodle has been settling in just fine.  This cat is something else!

He lets me clip his claws.  He got a bath yesterday and was cool with it.

When the camera comes out he goes into pose mode.

Look at those whiskers.  He's so cute!

In other news, my husbands boss and his wife came up for dinner a few weeks ago, and they brought me a orchid.  I have never had one before.  It is beautiful!

So far it's doing great.

Here's an extreme closeup of it.

I also have a in progress picture of my "Dance" painting.  It's just the background.

I have really enjoyed today.  I made up my mind to have a worry free couple of hours.
My husband has been having problems with his blood pressure, and it really worries me.
His insurance on his new job kicks in March 1st.  This has been a scary 3 mo's with out it.
I still worry too much especially after him having open heart surgery last June.  So please keep
us in your prayers.  Thank you for reading my rambles.  Please leave me a comment and let me know
you were here.

Hugs,

Diana