The busiest place around here are the bird feeders...they are also give us much entertainment. This one is in the front of our house and we see it out our family room window. ...and this one is attached to our kitchen window. The photo is taking though the window...we are not sure why the ba...

Sometimes someone is the "fifth wheel" Some stand out in a crowd! One may loose their head! There are times when some are lonely. Having a best friend makes life better! Especially when they also see life in black, white and gray!!! Jane??? Just a little bunny ...

Each month I have been sent product to create with for Susan Lemart Kazmer's Ice Resin Team. I did have to take a few months off to care for my husband, but was able to jump back in. Sadly, it is coming to an end. I have really enjoyed working with Kristen Robinson, The Ice Resin Team Leade...

I have a friend who gardens by the sea. The last time I visited her magnificent garden, I took a photo of this beautiful Lillie, to share with you.

shallow waters and rain... xox - eb.

one thing about rain is that it encourages rust good for the rusting of patterns on muslin "diamonds" on the other hand look interestingly somewhat like spilt raindrops on a little pelt from yesterday... xox - eb.

Art Doll & Shrine for the Shrine to Hope Auction (click images to enlarge) I am delighted to be participating for the third time in the annual Cigar box Shrine Auction benefitting the Oaxaca Street Children Grassroots Organization. Please join in us in supporting this wonderful organizat...

brolly bumbershoot indeed and bring your waders too rain, rain and more rain water, water everywhere our lake is at a record high overflowing, spilling over, yes flooding her banks there will be no beach until the water drops 5 or 6 feet I am under m...

Under the apple tree in the Penn South community garden a hint of the medieval tapestry --weeds and little violets. A lovely little old lady whose companion was sweet and attentive. When I get very ancient and child-like I hope someone is just as kind to me. The fire hydrant gushes wat...

beeswax, papyrus, etc... xox - eb.

to the joys of beeswax, the scent of eucalyptus, arahanna's silk and other loves... xox - eb.

and so, with a nudge from deb, my sun shibori continues as the season changes....just opening up the bound and knotted curtains left to sun fade in the window over the winter. and some indigo wrapped around a deck post, left a bit longer to see how light it had become. the moons will wait a...

gathering up someoldthings some quite old and co-mingling them with fire, water, air and earth it is aromatic inside and out happy earth day and wishing you a joyous springtime renewal... xox - eb.

Sunday: Nyack, NY A young man of my acquaintance goes out to O'Malley's with his family who then wheel him past houses with intreging domestic detail like the porch the weathered barn the stunning wrap around porch. He is altogether much more interested in the playground and the du...

Oh, what fun we had. During the first part of the class on Saturday, Sean told us about the process of making tintype photographs, the chemicals and materials involved and how to work our cameras. We sat in rapt attention, took notes, the excitement building. Then he demonstrated how to take...

i can't help being outside now. it is still cool, even cold at night, but the transition has begun. the beginnings are always so bizarre... so i am often outdoors, on my knees in mud, looking closer. after months of snow cover, everything is rearranged and changing. march, the moon, wha...

the lion of March teases us with temperatures in the 40's melting snow and ice while fantasies of spring begin to bloom with dreams of gardens swan ponds and sundrenched temples yes it was a good day... xox - eb.

it is true I am having a love affair with gray however sunshine and blue skies make it easy to love any and all spots right now my beloved spot is here dotty and bespottedly... xox - eb.

The door to the 18th century Portuguese delegation has had the same cobwebs on it for the past ten years. It is down a narrow lane behind the battlements on the Atlantic seacoast of Essouira, Morocco. I always come back to look at it to see if anything has changed.... It never has. *

**** Dusk gathers in the square... and the full moon rises behind the cave of Alladin. Smoke rises from the food stands as the caleche driver waits for fares. The alleys teem with with people. They have repainted the ceiling at Dar Mimoun. *

memory is an interesting playmate contrasting then with now sixteen years ago looking north from my upstairs studio window there were swans in the bay my parents were in Spain and I gave my sweetheart a positive pregnacy test result after the glorious gray of yesterday ...

Oh the little pleasures in life: Sitting in a warm sunbeam first thing in the morning. The scent of the day's first coffee. Mmmm. Admiring the tall bouquet of pussy-willows on the dining room table. Every year, in early spring, my mother puts on her boots and winter coat and goes hunting fo...

awakening into the new sterling room diaphanous hopeful drawings seeds, pods, future flowerings... thoughts about love, coffee, breakfast, rainbows spill onto white porcelain and into gravy boats as we sail away and consider reveling fore...