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Happy Saturday friends!

And a happy, happy day it is too! Goodness! This is the week we got the news, ManChild's windows have arrived, and the schedule has been made! OMG! We have an actual date of w...

Happy Saturday friends!

I did it! Here are FOUR upcoming events happening at The Mother Ranch!

1 • Wednesday, April 16th, 7:00-8:30pm (EDT), Substack Livestream, a freebie paint-along class with me....

Happy Saturday friends!

Spring in the south is this 👇🏽

White dogwood (state flower) and red azaleas:

And this:

The pollen is so thick on the edge of the pond at the rental that the frogs were jump...

The birds in the video above are Purple Martins, aren't they fabulous?!

Happy Saturday friends!

I was driving home from the farm Friday morning as a red cardinal flew by. I said, "Hi Mom!" and start...

Happy Saturday friends!

One morning this week I woke up from a dream where a favorite sheep I used to have gave birth to a black and white baby goat and then eventually that mama sheep turned into a ...

Happy Saturday friends!

My weekly illustrations all fit on one page this week:

It's fun to use the macro lens on my iphone camera, the detail of some of the itty bitty flowers in the grass is impr...

Happy Saturday friends!

I was sitting in the pasture this past weekend and watching the horses. I had my sketchbook and I wrote a bit but just didn’t feel like sketching. Instead, with Sweetness stan...

Happy Saturday friends!

On Tuesday morning ManChild and I were talking on the way to school and he was complaining about his English class and all the poetry they were having to learn about. His desc...

Happy Saturday friends!

I don't seem to have a lot to say this week, which is odd I know, but I still have stuff to share so here we go!

ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE WEEK:

I tried drawing left handed in th...

Happy Saturday friends!

Whaaaaat? Good news? YES! Yippee!

Yesterday we had a third company out that said the same as the second company: a few little spots of "wood eating mold" nothing to be conc...