painting

  • The Joy of Getting Lost: Books and Painting as My Escapes

    Books: My Portal to Other Worlds There’s something magical about getting lost in a book. The ability to escape into different worlds, live through varied characters, and experience emotions and adventures through the pages is unparalleled. Serena Akeroyd (G.A. Mazurke)… Continue reading

    The Joy of Getting Lost: Books and Painting as My Escapes
  • Drawing

    What’s a secret skill or ability you have or wish you had? I’m not a terrible painter. But I can’t draw at all. I wish I knew why my skills at painting don’t transfer to drawing. I can draw one… Continue reading

    Drawing
  • Figuring Out This Website Thing

    I spent much of my writing time trying to figure out how to add pages to my site. It has been quite the experience. When I was a teenager, creating your website was just becoming a thing. I made a… Continue reading

    Figuring Out This Website Thing
  • Here We Go Again

    I’d love to hear you’re fun things, or or favorites within mine. Please share with me! Continue reading

    Here We Go Again
  • Ever Feel Like You’re Repeating Yourself

    I swear that some of these prompts make me feel redundant. I can only tell y’all how much I like reading and painting. I don’t have much leisure time as it were. I spend the little I have reading or… Continue reading

    Ever Feel Like You’re Repeating Yourself
  • 2023

    I don’t know about you, but 2023 has not been a great year for me or my family. It has been filled with health problems, stolen cars, and lost jobs. My husband had surgery 10 days ago and is recovering… Continue reading

    2023
  • Ideal self-care day

    A quiet morning that starts whenever my body decides it is time to get up. Probably sometime between seven and eight, just because I’ve been conditioned against sleeping in. Coffee on the porch with a good book. A long bath… Continue reading

    Ideal self-care day
  • Painting

    I like to think I’m creative, but am usually proved wrong the moment I start a creative project. Except when it comes to painting. I absolutely love to paint. It is a bit of an outlet for me, and besides… Continue reading

    Painting
  • When Things Don’t Go as Planned

    Inspiration Driving my middle to school the other day the sun was doing this amazing thing in the sky. With the clouds the way they were it was almost like there was a second, smaller, sun underneath it. And it… Continue reading

    When Things Don’t Go as Planned
  • Friends Helping Friends

    I have a friend who does amazing spray paint art. I honestly would probably buy most of the pieces he’s done if I could afford to. I do have a couple that I have hanging in my walls. Since I… Continue reading