Stockholm Art Fair

Tomorrow we are going to the Stockholm Art Fair in Stockholm, Wisconsin. The village is along the Mississippi River and beautiful. It is juried and will feature about 100 artists. I'm looking forward to it. I'll take my camera and share what I find.

Free Designs

One of my favorite free things on the web is Dover Publishing's weekly free, downloadable designs. They send you an e-mail with a large selection of copyright free images. They can be anything from astrological symbols to dinosaurs to victorian holiday vignettes. Go here to sign up for them. As you can see some are in full color and some are black and white.

S'mores

The other night we had an old fashioned, childhood treat...s'mores! We couldn't find the marshmallow roasting forks or any long sticks in the yard so I improvised...with these forks for lifting turkey out of the roasting pan. The handles are a little short but marshmallows roast fast. They were splendiferous! (the s'mores and the turkey lifters)

Poppies

Poppies are beautiful when they are blooming, but I think I like the seed heads as much, if not more. The composition they create seems very skeletal and spare. I would like to make some drawings of them (I'm posting the drawing idea as a challenge to myself!).

Relaxing

I celebrated the holiday with visiting family. With the cooperation of the weather (sunny and about 78 degrees) we had a picnic. The food was great, the conversation lively and all was well.

Strawberries Again!

We moved to Wisconsin about two months ago from Virginia and because of the timing of our move, we have been experiencing a second spring. One of the major advantages of that is two strawberry seasons!!! They are locally grown too. This time I mostly ate them as strawberry shortcake with cream and a little whipped topping. Mmmmmm, Mmmmmmm, Mmmmmmm!

Rhubarb Custard Pie Update

Just wanted to let you know, the Rhubarb Custard Pie, which I hadn't tried when I posted the recipe, was GREAT!!!!!!