Faith

Bittersweet Legacy and Hip #184

Life is bittersweet at the ranch right now. . For the past three years, Dad had been working with Audrey’s two oldest boys in developing a small broodmare farm.  Nothing big, just some really nice hand-picked mares.  It was amusing to watch them pour over stud pedigrees to get the genetics just right for a [...]

Back at the Ranch, Faith, Family

Stop and Smell the Bullfrog

Harris: (excited) Aunt BOO, there is a BIG FROG OUTSIDE! Me: (half paying attention) Um Hmmm. Harris: (still excited) Come see, there is a big frog – LOOK! Me: (busy sketching and still paying half attention) Really?  That’s nice, Harris. Harris: (more adamant) NO, come look! Me: (busy and trying to give him the brush [...]

Faith, Family

A Time For Everything

A Time for Everything . There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time [...]

Faith, Family

A Mother’s Graduation Survival Guide

I tell you, we Moms take this “baby bird flying from the nest thing” really hard. . I have been moping and crying for weeks in anticipation of Jack’s graduation from high-school, but I am happy to tell you that I have discovered just what we Moms need to survive this emotional severing of the [...]

Faith, Family

Dios te Ama

I have a dear friend who is a fantastic artist. Her name is Anne. She is just one of those people that can pick up anything and make something wonderful from it – and look out if she is picking up a paint brush!  Years ago, she painted a fabulous wall mural in our guest [...]

Faith, Friends, Inspiration

Showing Up Solomon

“And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.” Matthew 6:29 . . Happy Sunday – I hope everyone is enjoying God’s abundant blessings today!

Faith

My Friends Have Always Been Cowgirls

. Oh, I love this little tee!  It has so many of my favorite things.  It started with a vintage photograph of Prairie Rose Henderson and went wild from there. I started doodling and ended up with: “Play Nice Be Free” – because we all should a guitar & musical notes -  because I want [...]

Ephemera, Faith, Fashion, Inspiration

Domingo Mola

Faith, Fashion

Design History 101: Laura’s Cross

Since I’m featuring crosses this week, here is a cross tee I neglected to post last season.  I wanted to include it because my “garden gift” from Laura is special and because we produced so many of these tees. For those of you who have “Laura’s Cross” in your collection, here is the history behind [...]

Design History: 101, Faith, Fashion

Shisha Cross

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Faith, Fashion