Recycled Play Sink

Wow! I love this play sink. Too bad this company does not have their amazing play kitchens available in this country. Learn all about them here

Contemporary Folk Art

As seen in Elm Street parking lot Pittsfield, Ma on April Fool's Day

Kennedy Park with Jen and Henry

The other day my friend Jen and her son Henry, the girls, and I went for a drizzly cold walk in the woods. We brought the dog and not enough warm clothes. Violet didn't mind and Henry shared his mittens. Lucy slept most of the way in the stroller.
Jen is the editor of Orion Magazine and sits on the board of our local currency Berkshares. She is wonderful! I love her eloquence, parenting style, groundedness, and brilliance.
In addition to all that her dad is a pediatric cardiologist and has had many a helpful conversation with me around Ben's heart condition.

We were chatting and thinking there might be a way to have Berkshares be better represented in Pittsfield if they had an office here. Maybe that could be a facet of Alchemy Initiative??? Just ideas for now but exciting to think of all the possibilities!

Good Morning from Violet

Just a sunshiney smile from one the warmest hearts I know on this cold spring morning. No Joke!

Happpy Birthday Vivian!

This is my friend Vivian Kie. She is a former student of my parents' public high school art teaching legacy. And she has a way with showing up out of the blue. When I was a kid it was usually at Christmas, like on Christmas Day, and she would stay and chat for hours. I remember one year she had on Dr. Scholls.
Today as the girls and I were heading out to daycare she met us in front of the house. We were already in the car so she hopped in with us and went for the ride. Violet was terrified while Lucy had a long and informative conversation.
We spent the day working around the house and studio getting things in order for the work party we have happening tomorrow. Here she is sampling our soon to be installed commode. It was her birthday today, she thought she might have good luck finding me on account of the occassion and she was right. I had good luck too to have her around laughing and bustin' it out with me all day! She is a fine craftswoman and strong as an ox. Her shirt says it all.

Sweaters Sweaters Sweaters

I love making sweaters and people seem to love to buy them. It works great in person but it is hard to do it online. How do you want to see them? Showing them on a person seems to categorize them. Would it be helpful to see specific measurements? I could measure the distance, straight across under arm holes, sleeve length, sweater length, and anything else that seems pertenant. Seems to me that if I had a couple of images like the ones shown here depicting front and back shown with specific measurements that would sell them well.
If you have ideas let me know!

Today was really Spring-like. I took all sorts of pictures on my morning run with Okemo but my iPhone is
having a problem. Now that I have become dependent on it I will likely have to run over to Albany in the next day or two to have it looked at at the Apple store in the dreaded mall. There is no where else to take it around these remote-ish parts.

Yard Work

It has been hard to find time for creative work these last weeks. The kids were sick sick sick. Fevers, coughs, respiratory congestion. Then Chris got it and finally after thinking I survived the bout I ended up with a ear infection that resulted in a ruptured eardrum. It is really a bummer. My hearing is still muffled.

Got a line full of diapers done today in the cool sunshine. The yard got raked and the girls each scored mini rakes from the hardware store.

Tonight I am deep in the throes of second pages editing for The Sweater Chop Shop. It is fun but tedious.