Every year, like clockwork, I end up battling beetles.  They are the literal scourge of my weeping pussy willow and cherry trees as well as my beautiful roses.  I tend to blame the former occupants of our home...

Here’s a quick and simple tute on how to hem a pant and keep the original hem intact.  This comes in handy when you buy a pair of jeans or other pants and want to keep the ‘factory edge’ and...

Autumn has a special charm and sadness about it.  I love the season while hating what it signifies, the end of green and the end of warmth. Despite the predictions that this fall would fall flat due to the...

I am consistently interested in fitness and diet.  It isn’t because I want to be skinny, it’s because I want to feel good in my clothes and in my body.  I’ve been a range of weights from...

So what do I plan to do with these blazing beauties? Why, I plan to make the most awesome Hot Pepper Jelly courtesy of the ever-awesome Ball Complete Book Of Home Preserving! I didn’t grow Habanero...

Last Monday was the start to the Happy Water Color Course and I had to wait to dig in until the weekend. Technically, I had time, but we know I vegetated in front of the television instead of being creative...

In my New Year’s Day post I mentioned that part of my stunning failure to complete the Journal 52 prompts through last year was choosing an art journal that was way too big and overwhelming.  I sometimes...

This week was essentially a by-week for Love Art, Happy Life and it left time to do my own research and I found the artist Man Ray to pique my interest through the week. Man Ray is interesting to me as he had...