From US-74 between Laurinburg and Lumberton, I took Hwy 41 to Lake View to show Laura this pretty place.
It’a pretty park with what looks like a spring fed lake. The trees in the water are cypress with dripping Spanish moss. I wish I’d gotten out to take more pictures. Maybe next time.
I told Laura to find us a cool place to have brunch. She delivered!
This is on East Franklin St. in downtown Monroe, NC. As we approached, we heard bluegrass music blasting, but it was from a head shop two doors up. For a minute, we thought we were in Boone! (I think they call those dispensaries nowadays.)
East Frank was kitchy and cool, like the Common Market was in 2010 Charlotte.
On the way back to the car, there were painted sunflowers, some words of wisdom, and a tree with a butt!
We continued on our journey.
Laura and I are back from a trip to the beach. I can hardly keep my eyes open. Enjoy this video. I’ll be back, tomorrow.
Her stamp with watercolors. Please check it out here https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1GfvG3dwYt/?
at the Wilkes Art Gallery!
A very narrow wall, but I have work hanging there!
It’s part of the 47th Northwest Artists’ Exhibition. I’m thrilled to have been included!
I have two collages accepted for this exhibition! I almost chickened out. It’s my first time submitting!
I’ve shared this one several times. I finally named it, Bound for Glory, as in 🎶 “This train is bound for glory, this train!”🎶
The second one is a result of the #makerscollagechallenge2026, from Makers of Mixed Media Art/Artists, a Facebook group created by PMartist Studio. The collage prompts are selected by Eddie Reyes and Darcy Sanders, two of PMartist’s designers. One of the prompts was, “Hometown,” so that’s what I named it!
diamond dot painting! This will be my first full page of dots.
I got this one to work on at the beach next week, if all goes as planned. It reminds me of some photos I’ve taken there.
It was only $5.99 on Amazon, and has everything I need except a pair of scissors.
There are no rhinestone dots to add the extra sparkle shown in the photo, but I have some in my stash leftover from my snowflakes project.
This is a huge project, and I do tend to tire of things quickly. I might have to take several beach trips to finish this one!
Here are a few of my own beach photos, the first two from Pawley’s Island, the last two from nearby Myrtle Beach, SC.
except maybe where I hung it.
This is my favorite Prime Day purchase. I think it’s supposed to be a Christmas hanger. I don’t see many dragonflies at Christmas. Its jewel colors look good with my 1990’s hunter green, burgundy and navy, colors I will always love.
I thought at first it was a diamond art kit, like my tree of life.
No, it’s a solid piece of plastic, backed with another crackled looking circle of plastic.
You can see it from outside, even through the window screen. I’s especially prevalent inside, when the afternoon sun passes through!
I love it and feel pretty crafty for finding it!
I removed the gray, crumbling cover from the flexible neck of the lamp. I actually think it looks better!
I will not tell you how many times I took the screws back out because wires got in the way. I thought I was finished at midnight, but I had the bottom on backwards.
I am proud that when I needed a magnetized screwdriver, I rubbed the end of one with a chicken magnet from the refrigerator.
It worked like a charm! I finished at 1:00am.
So, tomorrow morning, I can tell Kent, in the words of Kenny Loggins, “Turn on your Ottlight!” 😄😄😄
And I fixed my husband’s Ottlight lamp. He’d asked me to take a look at the switch, which wasn’t working.
I had to take the whole thing apart to get to the switch. I got the idea of what might be wrong from an appliance repairman who fixed a faulty dryer switch a few weeks earlier. The actual switch was under a button that had become misaligned.
After removing 15 very reluctant, tiny, Phillips head screws, I discovered that’s what had happened, the switch had worked itself out of the slot that was supposed to hold it under the on/off button.
I glued the switch back in place, with crazy glue.
I plugged the lamp up, and the switch worked!
Now, after a much needed break, I need to get those 15 screws back in.
