To clarify once again...'Mr. Al' is a nickname coined by Bryn (the other creative genius on this site), and by no means was it a request...

TAKE TWO...WE ARE RESENDING THIS BLOG BECAUSE SEVERAL OF OUR SUBSCRIBERS DID NOT RECEIVE IT. APOLOGIES IF YOU HAVE ALREADY READ OUR......

Happy Holidays!...Here we are at the end of 2022, and so Mr. Al and I are already planning for 2023. Lots of changes are in the making....

Welcome to November. I remember ( many moons ago) talking (whining) with my college boyfriend's father. I was frustrated how long the...

We have definitely stepped into Autumn in the northern hemisphere, have we not? The days are getting shorter by the minute. There is...

Happy Back-to-School Month! Now that September has arrived, I am so programmed to knuckle down and get back to work...although for Al and...

Welcome to August, and hopefully, it will be a little bit cooler than this past week here in the Pacific Northwest. Mr. Al and I...

The year is halfway through! Hard to imagine. I have returned from my travels, feeling empowered, refreshed, and ready to create some new...

Welcome to June...crazy weather here in the PNW. Lots of rain. We are grateful for the rain, for the lushness, the leafy privacy, and for...

The Voyageurs Wolf Project, a University of Minnesota Foundation, conducts research on the wolf population in Voyageur's National Park in...

It’s May! We are still getting lots of rain, but a couple of dry days are interspersed among the wet ones, allowing for much-needed lawn...

“Patience must be a virtue!” I heard so many say as I used to demonstrate wine barrel carving at wine auctions, tastings, and events held...

Happy April! It is April, right? We have a forecast with snow here, in the PNW, and there’s lots of snow worldwide waiting for spring....

Well, we have been hinting for some time now that something new is in the works. And today is the day we get to share something new with...

Hello! Hello! Beware of the Ides of March…why? Ides don’t know. (I’ve always wanted to say that.) How are you all doing? In these trying...

Grrrr...the year of the tiger has begun, so we thought it fitting to offer this print entitled "Burning Bright" for this month. This is...

Happy New Year, Peeps! We MISSED YOU! How y’all doing? Have a happy holiday season? Ours was happy and quiet and, as Mr. Al’s mom used...

Hello, and I hope you "fell back in time" without any problems. (Mr. Al and I chose not to, so we are, in fact, living one hour in the...

I love animals….with a passion. One of the stories my mom enjoyed telling was when I wasn’t even two years old, and I disappeared while...

October brings a definite shift in seasons. No longer can we pretend it's summer. There's a slight nip in the air. The days are getting...