Curio Cabinet

Keeping up the blog!

2010-07-01T07:46:00.004-04:00

Almost a year later!!!....I think I am doing great with this blog thing. Trying out our better speed to see what it is like to upload now.
These days the journal and drawing are my way of spending time on art.

Four months later.....

2009-07-29T11:08:00.003-04:00

I don't know if I will ever be able to keep a blog! The big problem has been our upload speed with satellite...., actually I can't blame it all on that, but it sure makes putting images up a real pain! Even when they are lower resolution and smaller sizes the upload is painful.
Anyway, as an attempt to update, I added a slide show of some journal pages at the bottom of the page. Seems a strange place but that is the way the layout works. I wanted to see if I could add a slideshow.
Here is Jordan Pond from our recent travels to Maine and Nova Scotia.

A Certain Shade of Green

2009-03-07T08:34:00.002-05:00

This is from a short trip down to Ocracoke, NC in February. It is such a beautiful island. February is probably one of the few times to avoid the tourists. These shades of green were beautiful in the rain.

Working in the 3rd dimension

2009-02-23T14:11:00.006-05:00

I don't usually work in the 3rd dimension. This box was created in a workshop, and I actually enjoyed working this way. I like the box format but I have trouble making it work for me.

Morning Activity

2009-02-13T07:28:00.002-05:00

Crows love to come to the persimmon tree to dry out and preen just before sunrise. They also discovered those delicious persimmons that stayed on the tree long after they usually do. They must be like raisins now. This tree is directly in front of our house so this is a daily observation.

Postage Collage

2009-02-10T09:14:00.002-05:00

Who needs to make art when the mail looks like this? Several packages came with these stamps and marks, and I couldn't resist adding them to my journal. A friend of mine lives in a very small town where they do not have a postage machine so it all has to be stamps....isn't that wonderful? The coffee beans and coffee makers were part of junk mail that already had sticky backs on them....all I needed to do was cut them up. This made me think back to Dada art.

My new Rickshaw folio for my Moleskine journal

2009-02-08T19:19:00.000-05:00

This is my new folio for my journal....it is not only beautiful but very functional. You can see the clear back pocket for storage and in the front are slots for pens. I am really enjoying it! This was a prototype but they should be in production next month. Check out their website:

rickshawbags.com

Happy Valentine's

2009-02-08T08:22:00.000-05:00

This is from one of my journals. I think Valentines were probably the first art I ever made. This is not really a Valentine but it brought back the memory of making Valentines.

Doors in Blue

2009-01-11T11:36:00.000-05:00

First Snow!

2008-11-18T17:12:00.001-05:00

Could not believe that there was snow on the patio this morning! Granted it was not much but there it was on top of the fallen leaves.

Apple Picking and the Persimmons

2008-10-29T09:46:00.000-04:00

The Persimmon tree is loaded with fruit! What does this indicate about the weather? Unfortunately heavy winds today and yesterday are knocking them down before they are ripe. They will just have to ripen in the house. I will have persimmon bread and pudding for Thanksgiving!

When we go down to the apple tree, Luli always brings one apple back. She really rather chase it as it rolls down the driveway than eat it.

Fall and those colors!

2008-10-13T11:11:00.000-04:00

What is not to love about Fall and all the colors that arrive? Everything seems to be in red, orange, yellow....makes you want to paint!

Persimmons are not ripe yet, but the fruit is much prettier at this stage.

Nature Study right here at home

2008-09-03T19:57:00.000-04:00

Take a good look before you pick up this crowbar! I am glad Mother Nature sees fit to warn us.

In case you need to identify a Black Widow, these are the markings on the back of the body.....

....and these are the markings on the belly. No, it probably won't kill you but from what I understand, you will be very, very sick. It is an easy spider to identify. This is the third one I have seen close to our house....all outside!

My little view of the world

2008-08-13T07:45:00.000-04:00

Seems this is where I really like to be.....home. Looking out across to the mountains and below to the field and these trees. The weather is very dry, no rain in sight....see how dry the field looks.

Chincoteague Fireman's Fair

2008-07-30T18:45:00.000-04:00

The Pony

Cooking fried clams for sandwiches

Fried oyster sandwich

Pony Bridles

Old Motel Sign on the Eastern Shore.....great colors!

X Rated Image in Alabama

2008-07-18T17:29:00.000-04:00

Looking through some photos from 2006 shot in Eutaw, AL and found this interesting image of a store front.

From the desktop

2008-07-09T15:33:00.000-04:00

Running a test from 2 different computers

2008-07-09T14:52:00.001-04:00

This is from the laptop.

Rain, Rain, and More Rain

2008-07-08T21:17:00.000-04:00

I don't go out in rain.

The great part about rain.....

Right outside the new glass doors!

2008-07-05T18:25:00.000-04:00

I don't do any gardening so I am happy to have a few things that take care of themselves and attract butterflies.

Playing with Photoshop

2008-07-01T19:09:00.001-04:00

Journal Pages

2008-06-29T13:59:00.000-04:00

Thought it might be a good time to post some journal pages. I have some on my website also. These examples show some of the methods I use.....drawings, photos, some watercolor.

More Garden Week

2008-04-22T06:16:00.001-04:00

Wisteria at Casa Maria.
Artist's Studio at Ramsay.

Historic Garden Week in Virginia

2008-04-22T06:11:00.001-04:00

Terrible weather, wonderful houses and gardens!

Pecking Order

2008-04-21T07:48:00.001-04:00

Scotch-Irish Festival in Lexington, VA

2008-04-14T18:47:00.000-04:00

Delivering the lecture on mice

2008-03-26T20:00:00.000-04:00

Very Valuable Coupons!

2008-03-25T21:38:00.001-04:00

Dee and Dum

2008-03-24T18:33:00.000-04:00

Recent find at antique mall.....

Alice: Oh! Why, what peculiar little figures! Tweedle Dee...and Tweedle Dum!

Tweedle Dee: If you think we're wax-works, you ought to pay, you know!

Tweedle Dum: Contrariwise, if you think we're alive you ought to speak to us!

Easter Sunday

2008-03-23T13:17:00.001-04:00

A year later......

2008-03-21T18:31:00.000-04:00

Hard to believe it has been a year since I added to this blog. Don't think I will ever be a regular blogger even though I am an avid reader of blogs.

This is, of course, a British ad....if you have ever ridden in a British car in the rain you know you need this and more!!

Bird Heads

2007-03-17T19:08:00.000-04:00

The Big Sleep

2007-02-07T08:26:00.000-05:00

Where do ladybugs go in winter? ...just out to the wood pile. Interesting to see all the colors and variety of spots. What do spots indicate? ...age, intelligence, stinkiness?

Thanks Robert Frost

2007-02-06T10:26:00.000-05:00

Thanks, Robert Frost by David Ray

Do you have hope for the future?
someone asked Robert Frost, toward the end.
Yes, and even for the past, he replied,
that it will turn out to have been all right
for what it was, something we can accept,
mistakes made by the selves we had to be,
not able to be, perhaps, what we wished,
or what looking back half the time it seems
we could so easily have been, or ought...
The future, yes, and even for the past,
that it will become something we can bear.
And I too, and my children, so I hope,
will recall as not too heavy the tug
of those albatrosses I sadly placed
upon their tender necks. Hope for the past,
yes, old Frost, your words provide that courage,
and it brings strange peace that itself passes
into past, easier to bear because
you said it, rather casually, as snow
went on falling in Vermont years ago.

Strange?

2006-09-13T18:32:00.000-04:00

Kinsale, Ireland, out the window of the hotel

2006-07-24T22:14:00.000-04:00

Ken B.'s found collage

2006-07-24T22:04:00.000-04:00

From Terri's workshop

2006-07-24T21:53:00.000-04:00

Big Snow

2006-02-12T21:34:00.000-05:00

Letterpress workshop

2006-02-06T15:03:00.000-05:00

afternoon still life

2006-01-29T17:24:00.000-05:00

those classic women

2006-01-29T17:08:00.000-05:00

Those violet shadows you hear about in painting

2006-01-25T07:58:00.000-05:00

2006-01-16T15:34:00.000-05:00

Florida pool plant

2006-01-12T21:46:00.000-05:00

Florida shadows

2006-01-09T17:14:00.000-05:00

Winter Greens

2006-01-04T13:56:00.000-05:00

Glass and Ice

2006-01-02T20:28:00.000-05:00

Monticello night tour

2005-12-14T14:54:00.000-05:00