18 Mar
Blog, Drawings

Lichen

Here is some lichen and old man's beard I found on a plein air excursion down the peninsula. Lichen is the result of a nice symbiotic relationship between green algae and a fungus. They are remarkably vulnerable to air purity...

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29 Feb
design

Emotional Rescue Kit

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...

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29 Feb
Drawings

Jewelry box

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....

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28 Feb
Blog, Drawings

Party birds

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...

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28 Feb
Blog, Drawings

Corsica

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...

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