I’ve been sorting old files and found something I was looking for!
Now, to see if my four sweet potatoes have sprouted…
Apr7
I found it!
Monthly Archives: April 2026
Apr7
Oops!
‘Missed a day! It’s after midnight!
I worked on a couple of projects, but they’re gifts, so I can’t share them yet, anyway!
I took a couple more pictures of my dogwoods!
Apr5
The Three Marys
I usually post this favorite Easter painting, “The Three Marys at the Tomb,” by Bougereau.
When I went in search of them, today, I found that many other artists have paid homage to them, too. I will post these works, below, and add artists and locations, later. I want to get this posted, today.
I do love this story, and share it when anyone dares to say women are not fit to carry the message of the Risen Lord.
Maybe, someday, this wanna be artist can pay homage, too.
Apr4
Talking Turkey at Easter
I texted my across-the-street neighbor to tell her she had company.
They had come from the woods behind our house, gone down our side yard, and across the street to visit.
After looking to see if anybody was home, they wandered on around the neighbors’ house and into the woods behind.
Since everybody’s having ham or lamb tomorrow, it was safe to take a stroll!
Apr3
Good Friday
always makes me sad, but today, my flowers gave me joy!
Other flowers were in bloom, but these dogwoods stole the show on this Good Friday.
Apr2
I Write a Little, Too
This is an old gas station and landmark in my hometown that is currently being restored, pun intended. It opened in 1928, and stayed open 24/7. It will most likely become a museum. I wrote this in response to an article by Wilkes Weather and Breaking News:
They should sell pacifiers. In the late 50’s, when I was a toddler, I was forever losing my pacifier (like my phone, today.) I would throw screaming fits, I was told, and would not go to sleep without my paci. Daddy, Fred C. McLean, would put me in the car, in my sleepers, and take me to Forester’s Nu-Way, buy a new paci and pop it in my mouth on the spot. Remember, Forester’s was open all night!
They say children who are attached to their paci’s talk too much as older children and adults. I don’t believe a word of it! -Karla
Apr1
Still Plays With Crayons!
I love this technique! You do two wax rubbings with two different colored crayons using two different stencils, on the same sheet of translucent paper! Then, you spray or stain the back of the paper with a third color!
The four stencils I used are all from PMartist Studio. The crayons are from Amazon and Dollar Tree.
Today, I stained them each with Unicorn Spit.
Unicorn Spit is very intense but can be diluted with water.
I used a sponge brush and a misting bottle to add water. The paper is cicada paper, a brown rice paper. (My joke is always “Is brown rice paper better for you than white rice paper?”)
Unicorn Spit is so intense, especially the orange, that I might like the rubbings better without it.
