A hanging basket of electric magenta-purple petunias that has taken up residence on our front porch roof overhang…

That’s all for today – hope everyone’s having a good weekend!

A little stone house down the road has the best home security system ever.

Beware – the garden gnomes have got their eyes on you!

This watercolor painting was an experiment of sorts – I did no planning or sketching for this, just started painting, used a one-inch brush (mostly), and didn’t let myself stop and think too much.  The finished product took under two hours, with much of that waiting for certain areas of the painting to dry before proceeding.  It’s nice to do some fast and furious watercolors sometimes!

I know these flowers probably aren’t technically the kind normally used in leis, but the completed image really reminded me of Hawaii. I was also very happy with the layering effect that comprised the background texture – another experiment within an experiment! Oh, and click on the above link or click here for framed or unframed fine art prints.

I also put this painting on various products in my gift shop – journals, mugs, SIGG bottles, totes, t-shirts, ceramic tiles, etc. – click any of the images below to check everything out…

Thanks for looking!

I’m so glad this shot came out. I focused on the close-up raindrops on the window instead of the sunset and tree silhouettes in the background because it reminded me of staring out a window and daydreaming.

Click on the image or click here to see a zoom or to get framed or unframed fine art prints for your wall. Thanks for looking!

Ahem. Well, yes, this is just a little picture of hail on our back deck, mixed with rain – I thought it looked neat in a naturally abstract sort of way:

Yes, we live in the fast lane around here. *grin*

Previously: There’s going to be a little construction dust here as I convert all ten years of this weblog from Blogger to WordPress, so sorry about that. It shouldn’t take more than a day, and then, hopefully all the OLD links/pages will still be working as well as the new ones, although the template will be similar but not exactly as it was too. I’m also planning on categorizing all the old posts, but that might take some time since I have to go through them all individually.

The only major thing that will be different is the link for the RSS feed, so if you read this blog via RSS, come get the new link in a few days!

Anyway – here goes – wish me luck!

Addendum: Okay – the conversion went smoothly, and now the tweaking process has begun!  I’m also going to create a new graphic for the top of the blog, but that may not be up until tomorrow.  If you see any obvious problems here, please leave a comment!  Thanks!

Today is Cyber Monday, the mythical (heh) first weekday after Black Friday and I’m happy to share that, today only, my Art of FoxVox shop is offering Free Shipping on any size order of our Celtic t-shirts, keepsake boxes – whatever!* Just add your selections to the cart as usual and enter the coupon code: FREE4VIP at checkout.

( * Note – coupon is for Free Economy or Standard shipping, excluding applicable sales tax. U.S. addresses only, no P.O. Boxes.)

Also, you can get free shipping on any of my Celtic or Fine Art Prints (at Imagekind) with coupon code CYBER09.

Click here to start shopping at Art of FoxVox.

A funny “Decorative Holiday Wrap Snowflake Placement Fail” – yes, that’s the official name:

Reynold’s Wrap – Rusted Since 1947! LOL.

It’s October 15th, and it’s snowing – now THAT’S the New York State I know from my childhood – like wearing a winter coat over a Halloween costume as we go trick-or-treating – LOL.

There’s actually more snow around the jackolantern on the porch now than in this shot (took it early because I wasn’t sure how long the ‘accumulation’ would last today), and I’ve put up a really short, and boring snow video HERE and HERE for your enjoyment or horror, depending on your opinion on snow in October. *grin*

Thanks to Freecycle, we obtained a cool set of sturdy and decorative carved wooden dining room chairs! Because they had just been in storage, we had to clean up all the wood from years of settled dust. They could use a bit of refinishing too, but for now we’ll keep the genuine ‘distressed’ look, which isn’t that noticable – just a little wear and scuffing. We also reupholstered all the seats with a neutral taupe-colored velvet. The decorations on the back rungs, as you can hopefully see from the photo are like a loop of wood, and they are all slightly different so I’m guessing it was all hand-carved.

We were able to find original labels on the bottom of the seats, from the Tell City Chair Company in Indiana, so John looked them up online and they’re still in business! We emailed them the information we found on the labels so maybe they’ll be able to tell us what year they were made – it would be really cool if they were genuine antiques! But even if they’re not, we’re happy that we’re able to give such lovely pieces a good home.