The Clothesline

On my walk the last few days I have been collecting fall leaves. I am so drawn to the colors and the magic that seems to be taking place al...

Fall just screams out yellows and oranges and the cooler weather reminds us summer is over. During the heat of those long summer days my na...

We took three of our grandchildren to the Wild Animal Park  in San Diego today. The park was overflowing with baby animals, nesting birds an...

Today we were at Fairmont park, its a beautiful park with lakes and wonderful trails covered by mature trees. The weather has taken a turn f...

In my painting group online called Painting Friends we do a weekly challenge called "Friday Foto". We have to paint or draw the ph...

Peek at my new project Originally uploaded by ddhabicht Playing with some watercolor techniques, in inbetween sewing my latest art quilt. S...

I enjoy the weekly challenges of the weekend drawing event . Unfortunately I haven't had the time to participate for weeks. Every Friday...

My mom loves when the Fuju persimmons are ready, she buys them and eats them like apples. I gathered a few from her last shopping spree to p...

When we were in France on one of our many walks exploring the city we came across this dog. He was tied to a sign and stood looking into the...

Cindi in our watercolor group " Painting Friends " challenged us to do shadows. I decided to paint tonight and this seemed perfect...

We have had mushrooms growing in our lawn, even with all this heat! It either means we are over watering or we have some pretty tough mushro...

On Wet Canvas they are doing a challenge to set up just two objects and paint them, then remove one of the objects and add another. Paint ag...

There are a few things that mean summer is here! One of them is eggplant and fresh tomatoe sandwiches (to die for!) and the other is fresh p...

I belong to a watercolor group online and we set challenges up weekly. It is great fun to have such a rich selection of photos to pick from ...

I am busy sewing new quilt patterns that I am designing for a trade show we are doing in May. I feel like a production sewer! It will be nic...

These are quick watercolor paintings without a prelim sketch, very loose, fun, and fast. Jean Haines did a wonderful video demo at the Wat...