My Sis and I

In 2004, three of my four siblings, my Mom and Dad, and my DH and I traveled to Wisconsin for a Czech festival. My Dad's parents were from Czechoslovakia and my Mom's parents were from Poland. We grew up in California and didn't celebrate our heritage much, so this was quite new and fun for us "kids". OK, middle-aged kids!

Here's a picture of my sister and I hamming it up. She makes a rather feminine-looking guy, don't you think?

May your week be full of evidence that God is watching over you and leading you through the challenges that you meet. Bless you all~~~

"Joy" Resin pendant

Joy!!! This pendant was created using little turquoise fetish beads that my DH and I found at a bead shop in Davis, CA. It's made with copper, brass, found objects, beads, and a little piece of paper that says "joy". It's all encased in resin and I love it and almost don't want to take it to the gallery to be sold~~~almost! But I can't hang onto everything!

May you have a weekend of "JOY" and laughter. May God protect and watch over you all. May you be a blessing to someone!

Wanna Play?

Sierra is a Border Collie Lab mix puppy~~almost 1 year old. Button is an orange tabby girl kitty, just barely a year old. These two like to play. Sierra is big and boisterous, but Button likes her. And every morning they play a bit before I go to work. And make me laugh.

Aren't pets a blessing? Thank you, Lord, for companions to make us laugh and give us love. Your gifts are so amazing. Amen.

My Brother's Daughter

Are these little feet adorable??? My closest little brother (I've got three of 'em) became a father for the first time last month to little Sophia. And among the pics he took is this one of her little feet cradled in his hands. Little angel feet!

May your week be blessed with little miracles of all sorts. God bless you all.

The Artist Reception was FUN!

The artist' reception at the Arts Guild of Sonoma was fun!!



Here I am explaining my display to a dear friend. I got to talk talk talk all evening long!



Here I am with two dear friends. It was like a mini-reunion~~~

No, I didn't sell a single pendant, but most of the other artists didn't sell anything either. They said that usually not much is sold at the reception, but the response to the resin pendants was positive and they'll be at the gallery for the whol month of June. So we shall see~~~~


Our Sunday was amazing! Our worship service has gone through a bit of a rehaul and we sang and sang and SANG worship songs...how happy I felt to sing my love of Jesus! It was the best start to this week. Now it's time to spread that love around. Amen!

Houdini Dog

This innocent looking dog is our black Lab, Dakota. Dakota usually spends his days playing with our Border Collie/Lab mix Sierra, sleeping, and walking with my DH. But this weekend he became...drumroll, please...Houdini Dog!!!

Dakota learned how to "climb" over the chain link fence at the bottom of the hill. Our neighbor Bob found Dakota frolicking in his back yard. And returned him to us. My DH put barbed wire along the fence top, but Dakota learned to avoid it and was back in Bob's yard. So my DH put even more barbed wire and Houdini Dog has retired. Silly boy.

Happy Friday, friends and family~~~God bless and keep you all. And God keep protecting silly dogs. Amen.

Suffering from TMSTD (Too Much Stuff To Do)

Hello All! I've got a bad case of TMSTD, or Too Much Stuff to Do. A lot of people are coming down with this. Very contagious!

My pieces are in the gallery!



The gallery reception is Friday night, June 6. So if you're in Sonoma, California, please be a dear and stop by the Arts Guild Gallery and check it out. Friday night 6-8 PM. Have some of my homemade chocolate chip cookies and drink some Sonoma wine. And chat with me a while!

Thank you all so much for your love and good wishes. This gal soooo appreciates her sweet friends~ May your Thursday be full of good friends and thankful thoughts.