Frank built this for me. It's not the prettiest thing in the world, but it's rock solid and will keep the fan noise out of my studio...

Tiles are a little darker than the picture shows, walls a little lighter - strange. Will try to grout tomorrow maybe.

I gave up on the faux/weathered look. Went with Ben Moore's Aura AF-535 - a foggy beachy blue, it's a little darker than this, but i...

Steps were finished last night: I finished priming and started painting. I'm trying to get a look similar to this (from a Veranda magazi...

I posted a bunch of sunny day shots on my house blog . if you want to see.

And they are almost done. Also got the priming inside almost done. Lots of "almost done" these days.

I've been taking so many macro pictures that I almost forgot to capture the big picture in my garden's most colorful month. Here, ta...

I love this time of year in my garden. Of course the new lens makes it all the much more fun.

Another Starfish necklace with watery blue green stones.

Frank and Luke got me the micro/macro lens I've been wanting for my birthday yesterday. I'm so happy! I can take pictures my way aga...

This is my entry in the Art Bead Scene April Challenge "Taking Flight" . The gorgeous glass leaf pendant is by Shirley C of Jumpin...

This was actually more fun than I thought it would be - it is like preparing a giant canvas with my kind of textured base... the only thing ...

Well. It turns out I did not properly back up my Outlook files and so I've lost 4 years of emails, receipts, files, and contacts. And my...

The Blue Between has had major computer problems this week. Everything was backed up and then the computer got f-disked and is starting new....

The last piece of sheetrock went up last weekend and the hole for the exhaust fan got cut. Frank's work out there is just about done, no...

Look at Luke - first T-ball game. Isn't he just a natural? Go Mets! First run around the bases. Made it home and wasn't going to get...

I recently got Robin Atkin's Beaded Treasures Book and then splurged on 12 colors of cord and some happy resin beads to start with. Her...

To go with the Sand and Sea Star Necklace.

An art bead necklace I've been working on for a couple of days. I'm not sure it's quite done, it may get another strand of seed ...