A Visitor

When I went out to water this evening, I found this baby praying mantis chilling out on one of the cosmos and he let me take some photos! He's a little blurry, but he looked really cool in real life! I hope he visits again tomorrow.

Stenciled flour sacks.

More flour sacks for Artscape...these are again one of a kind and stenciled!

Artscape

Here are some examples of what I will be selling at Artscape (July 20th-July 22nd). One of a kind stenciled tote bags (each one is different), printed flour sacks (lino-cuts), child sized aprons, and magnets (featured in an earlier blog). The Peas & Carrots booth will be pretty close to the light rail station. Check out Jen's blog to see what she's been making too.

Day lilies.

Rainy here today in Baltimore and the day lilies are in full bloom.

Art

I have been working like crazy to make lots of art for Artscape (July 20-July 22). Bags, magnets, and printed flour sacks. Check out my Etsy shop.

Gardens

Here are pictures of my gardens. I've been working on them for a few weeks now. I am growing zucchini, corn, peppers, tomatoes, daisies, marigolds, day lilies and other flowers that may attract butterflies. Lately some slugs have shown up on the scene and some bunnies tried out the corn, but the damage is under control for now. I will be planting some mint too, but may keep it separate from the rest. I hope to grow lots of zucchini and then learn to make zucchini bread and lasagna. If anyone knows a good zucchini bread recipe, please pass it on.

Magnets

Here are some drawings on shrinky dinks before shrinking that will become magnets later today and will be on sale at Artscape later this summer.

I've started a blog.

Well, I've started a blog and this is my first written entry. My friend Jen has a great blog (http://jennyjen42.blogspot.com) and she has inspired me to use this venue as a way to share artwork and ideas. Now, I have a lot to learn about all of this blogging business and my friend Ellen sent me a few to check out for ideas. I figured out how to add images....so I added a recent drawing (Baggage) that will be 1/4 of a 4 card letterpress series that Jen an I printed in NY at Kelly's studio....then I added my cat Eli...but she is really pixelated. Stay tuned for more to come...probably very slowly...like those turtles on the dsl commercials....very slow.