Monthly Archives: January 2016

There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse. ~Robert Smith Surtees …I heard a neigh. Oh, such a brisk and melodious neigh as that was! My very heart leaped with delight at the sound. … Continue reading →

   Clicking on a friend’s blog recently, I felt a quiet hush the moment I landed on her page.  For there, simple in beauty and in lines, I ‘stepped into a photo” of…peace.   A lovely, classic little scarlet-roofed church, … Continue reading →

And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. ~ James 3:18, English Standard Version . Yesterday, I was sketching a photo portrait that comes from a famous story of a man who journeys to … Continue reading →

   I think I first heard Haley Mills say it to her character’s Grandpa in Parent Trap, incognito — for he is yet to to know for sure that she is not the twin he has helped raise, but her … Continue reading →

One of my friends – an award-winning photographer — inspires me with her stunning photos.  Especially those  she and her husband  capture on annual trips to Ohio – a place where so many rainbows of warblers seem to flock at … Continue reading →

I’m so excited to tell you my news.  To invite you, right now, to a new Artist Gallery site I’ve just this moment completed.  For you.  It’s a place where you can decide which type of Pen and Ink portrait … Continue reading →

The lovely red-vested English robin… one of the only songbirds left caroling in the garden on  Christmas Day, even perched on snowdrift branches  …I will sing of the Lord and His goodness…   Do you ever wonder how others seem … Continue reading →