When you are called to jury duty, what do you do? Well, I didn’t think I could have my phone, so I brought a pad of brown paper and a pencil and pen (and of course my eraser…no one is perfect). I brought my Baker Creek seed catalog and had the intention of drawing a chamomile plant. What happened instead…
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Born and raise in Northern California, it never occurred to me that artichokes were anything but normal. My mid-west born father despises them. “Why would you eat anything where you just scrape scum off with your teeth?” he quipped. Because they are delicious! Or maybe just a vessel for mayo or garlic butter…and the heart of the artichoke is the…
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One of my very best good friends, Dakota, was married recently, and when she listed her registry, I asked what she really wanted the most. Absolutely shocked by her response was…a custom drawing of their wedding venue. I immediately hopped on Instagram to see what the venue looked like, as she sent me her favorite shots from the page. We…
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Our neighbor recently re-roofed their home. As they have two little girls, the discussion arose to the proper roof color to match the house. The girls decided on blue. Bright blue. The house is brick in color (siding, not actual brick), so clearly, bright blue would not work, so charcoal/black was chosen. I had an idea! I would draw their…
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As much as I am my father’s daughter, there is a lot of my mom shoved in there. One of my favorite things about my mom is random information. Should I be too lazy to Google something, I often use Moogle (that’s Mom Google). And her forte is animals and biology. Growing up, fun weekend activities included a lot of…
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