on love

This Valentines Day I was inspired to paint a passage from 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 for my love. I know this passage is used often when referring to love and it’s obvious as to why. “Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not...

strawberry picking

Country life. I grew up in upstate NY where the dairy farms are a plenty, and I was submerged in country life. I have memories of fields being sprayed with manure (yes, it smelled foul), cows escaping their fences, ice cream stands that gave you the best heaped...

snow day

In Georgia the weather is unpredictable. This winter especially. Christmas day it was in the 70’s!  It has not been especially cold this year, so when the temps dropped in January it was a little surprising as I was kind of hoping that spring had sprung...

wood stain art, a Christmas gift

It’s been a really busy holiday season for us. My little shop kept me busy working on commissioned pieces as well as adding more work to sell at a little market I participated in. At Thanksgiving my brother-in-law, Brent, asked us if we’d be able to...

the best Christmas ever!

This past week we started something that may become one of our new traditions. I decided early in the month that we would act out the nativity as a family. The boys loved this idea and as the days went by, Oliver faithfully reminded me we still needed to do the...