Sunday, January 29, 2012

Simple minds

There's nothing that makes me happier than a springy new paint brush and plenty of paint.  Does that make me simple or materialistic?  Bless you Dick Blick.  You've brought me out of the winter dulldrums.  I have to finish up my quarterly bookkeeping this week.  We'll just see how powerful the promise of a new paintbrush is to get me through the yucky book work.

Midge had another first this week. She jumped in the car all by herself. (And probably a last too.  So far we've been unable to coax a second attempt)  Little Gidget is fairly springy, but I doubt she'll ever be able to jump that high.  Every morning Midge, Gidget and I make the 7 block journey to my parents' house for a visit and a cup of coffee.  Mom thinks she has her own private therapy dogs.  Midge has gotten really brave and has explored Grandma and Grandpa's house from top to bottom, while Gidget is content to lie in front of the heat register in their cozy kitchen.

I had a lot of fun painting this week.
Here are the results of our efforts.











11 comments:

Anonymous said...

love that last birth sampler! The mats are perfect! Any idea of the Designer?

MoonBeam said...

Beautiful work. Wow, someone was on top of things with that birth sampler!

Bobbi

Cari said...

BEAUTIFUL....as usual. Your paintbrush has done you very well !! Hugs dear friend.

Christina said...

Wow, everything is beautiful. I love the 3rd and 4th ones. They are adorable.

LoriU said...

Beautiful!

Are pictures 3, 4 and 5 cross stitched or are they prints? SO cute!

Rensel Studio said...

That's easy. The last birth sampler is a Shepherd's Bush design called Sailor's Collar.

Anonymous said...

Jill you are amazing! Love all of these this week!

Karen said...

Beautiful, as always!

Wendy said...

Those art prints(?) are precious! Well done to everyone's work!

Sue said...

Jill, your work is to die for. It never ceases to amaze me! I will be sending your more framing sometime before too long, again! Sue Whitney from Alaska

MysteryKnitter said...

That tiger one...It's so awesome I could faint!