New from Art by Bala ! Hand-painted Christmas Ornaments ... a limited edition of only 100 with just 10 purple ones for the first 10 order...

Seems like these days all the cooking revolves around using up what’s left from the garden! We had our first frost over this past weeken...

S and I spent a week in Alaska to celebrate our wedding anniversary this year! We took the trip at the best time of the year and it was so...

November was a hectic month in the studio with my time spent between finishing up a bunch of new paintings for the upcoming One of a Kind ...

I love all my backyard birds - even the house sparrows that flock in dozens & empty the feeder I refill in about 20 minutes flat, even...

As the summer progresses, my gardening woes have also increased! We had a huge hail that damaged most of my squash plants. In its aftermat...

Today the suet feeder in the backyard was empty - with so many birds at the feeders, it seems like a daunting task to keep all of them fil...

Among all the visitors to the backyard, my favorite is the Downy Woodpecker - the smallest of all the North American Woodpeckers, he is el...