It's April!

 

Every spring we have loads of purple violets growing all around the garden.  I dug up a small clump, planted them in a pot, and put them in a hanging basket filled with moss.  I hung it on the back gate.   I think it makes a nice little spring welcome for anyone passing through.   

~ And Easter is here.  We will be hosting dinner at our house this year and are looking forward to having our wonderful family all around the table.  Easter ham and all the trimmings. 

(Below are some of my wooden eggs that I painted with chicks, rabbits, flowers and baskets.)

So, welcome April!  With the warmer temps I found myself at the garden center yesterday and just had to buy some flowers.  Today I will plant the window boxes on the front of the house and cross my fingers and hope we won't have any more freezing weather this month. 

 

I must say, March moved along fairly fast.  I had my routine appointment scheduled at the UNC Breast Cancer Center and everything is good!  (I go every 6 months.)  I am feeling great, thinking positive and staying active.  I am one to look ahead, not back and I think that really helps me. 

 

 Hope all of you are enjoying some warmer weather, blue skies, and lots of sunshine. 

 

 



Hand painted eggs

This is a project anyone can do with a little paint and a little patience. These are small hand painted wooden eggs that I've been working on this past week.

Each egg has a different painting and no two are alike. On the back side (which I forgot to take a picture of) there is a small flower or ribbon depicting something from the front of the egg.

All that needs to be done is a clear coat of gloss paint to make them shiny and glossy.

I have signed and dated each one, and they will soon be listed in my shop.

Hand painted eggs are a special little gift to give at Easter, or how about just tuck one in an Easter basket!

Projects

There is always a new project going on at my art table ~ some new projects, some old projects. Here sits a painting I started a year ago and never finished of my garden table in the back yard. I will try to finish that this year, (hmmmm, I wonder why I never finished that one).


I started some garden signs on old pieces of chippy wood molding that Galen had in the shop. I love old pieces of wood. Also, I'm painting a little wooden pig for another marble roller. Do you see those little painted Easter eggs on my art table? They will be painted with tiny Easter scenes of bunnies and chicks.

And, I'm working on more garden art tea cups and tea pots. I found a bunch of little porcelain tea pots at a shop last week, so they will be going on stakes for the garden.

The artist's world is limitless.

It can be found anywhere,

far from where he lives or a few feet away.

It is always on his doorstep.

~Paul Strand

Framed eggs

I painted these Easter eggs yesterday and framed them in cute little frames that I found at Michaels several weeks ago in a clearance bin. The frames were only 50 cents. Can't beat that!