A shot of our home, garden and chicken coop. The rain has been good for the garden this year!

I Joined the Kaleidoscope Gallery in New London

The View From My Porch Today!

I Love Snow!!!!!

Looking At My Porch

I had a busy - good day today. Started out with my Wednesday morning ladies' Bible Study, then went to see my friend, Michelle and her garden. She has been doing a community sharing garden project along with selling at the farmer's market this summer. Very inspiring! She's also a very wonderful artist - I'm amazed by her talent. I will be posting an interview with her and photos of her garden next week.

I then listened to a message from my friend, Kim and went over to visit with her for a while. Her garden looks wonderful still too. Her and her husband, Lee are going to can tomatoes this weekend to celebrate their anniversary. Spending time together is what matters most and next winter when they are enjoying those yummy tomatoes she'll have the warm, fuzzy memories of time shared with her husband!

So, even though my garden is pretty weedy right now, I decided to post photos from it. I angled the camera so you don't see my weeds! Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Handmade Holiday

We had our Handmade Holiday mini art hop this past Saturday. The show was fun and a success.

Joann and Julie - ceramic artists.

Julie and her husband Glenn own the Pottery Workshop in downtown

New London, MN, which was one of the stops on our Handmade Holidays Show.

Some of my work.

There was plenty of mulled wine to be had by all - yum, it was good - thanks Joann!

Her recipe:

Mulled Wine

1 bottle 'cheap' sweet wine

1 gallon cranberry juice

mulling spices of your choice (cinnamon stick, nutmeg, cloves)

Handmade Holiday

We are having a mini-art crawl this weekend in New London. I am in with Glenn and Julie Joplin at the Pottery workshop. I have a number of winter paintings that will be for sale, along with prints, cards and jewelry. We are serving mulled wine and chocolate for our treats! Should be fun!