February 2012 - DIANAHOWARD ART

29 Feb

Emotional Rescue Kit

June 25, 2024
By Diana Howard
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I learned how to temper and mold chocolates and couldn't wait to make up gift boxes for friends and family. I thought of the comfort chocolate brings us and created medicine-chest-looking "Emotional Repair Kits" to soothe whatever ailed them.Here's what...

29 Feb

Drawings

Jewelry box

June 25, 2024
By Diana Howard
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I was tired of untangling necklaces and earrings and couldn't find a jewelry box to purchase that wouldn't perpetuate the problem. So I took a wooden wine box and converted it to a vertical jewelry box which solved my problem....

29 Feb

Blog, Drawings

Gardening

June 25, 2024
By Diana Howard
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When I first came to California, I didn't recognize a lot of the plants, because so many would never thrive on the East Coast. I started gardening in earnest in 2004, with my first garden. Luckily, my neighbor, a Dutch...

28 Feb

Blog

Almond orchard

June 25, 2024
By Diana Howard
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Last week I took a trip to the Sacramento Valley, where almond blossoms were beginning to come out, and the bee hives had been trucked in to fertilize them. I visited the organic orchards of Glenn & Leslie Anderson, and...

28 Feb

Blog, Drawings

Party birds

June 25, 2024
By Diana Howard
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Every year at this time, the berries of the Pyracantha and Cottoneaster get ripe—really ripe as in fermented—and the birds go nuts. It sounds like a party all day long as flocks of beautiful Cedar Waxwings and over-wintering Robins hang...

28 Feb

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Bûche pour le Nouvel An

June 25, 2024
By Diana Howard
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I love making all sorts of pastry, especially when there's construction involved. I have made a bûche almost every year. Here's the one for Jan 1 2012, made with chocolate sponge cake, mocha buttercream, and the traditional meringue mushrooms.

28 Feb

Blog, Drawings

Dolphin Club

June 25, 2024
By Diana Howard
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On Christmas Day, my friend Nancy took me to the Dolphin Club in San Francisco. I am fascinated at the ability of people to be able to withstand the terrible cold of our San Francisco Bay. I appreciate the love...

28 Feb

Blog, Drawings

Corsica

June 25, 2024
By Diana Howard
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In July I visited Corsica, which is a province of France, though I don't think the inhabitants are too keen about that. (Witness the crossed out French translations of Corsican village names on the signposts). But this island has the...

28 Feb

Blog, Drawings

Paris

June 25, 2024
By Diana Howard
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I am fortunate to have family in France and I go as frequently as I can. Before going to St Cannat, a tiny village in Provence where my sister lives, she and I packed in as many adventures as we...

28 Feb

Blog, Drawings

Berkeley dogs

June 25, 2024
By Diana Howard
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As a cat person, I am always amazed at the patience and devotion dogs show for their beloved masters. Here are a few sample dogs waiting for their consumer mistress/masters in the Elmwood on a sunny day in Berkeley. I...

Emotional Rescue Kit

Jewelry box

Gardening

Almond orchard

Party birds

Bûche pour le Nouvel An

Dolphin Club

Corsica

Paris

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