A friend told me I could use a telephoto lens (hint, hint)

At first, we thought the flock of birds coming to our feeder were orioles. This guy looks a lot like one to me. But they ignored the syrup feeders and chomped on the sunflower seeds so I finally figured out they are grosbeaks instead. Get it? GROSS (big) beak. Not skinny beaked, likes-the-hummingbird-feeders oriole. I am happy, though, that I saw a true oriole (more rare in our neighborhood maybe) at a hummingbird feeder after all.

Look at our iris!! They love it here and sure looked purty for awhile.

Our cat Kiki ignoring the birds to think true thoughts…

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Believe me, they have a lovely spot with fresh cedar to lay in. Why does she choose to lay in the food? And who’s the knucklehead that deposited hers on the ground in front of the food?

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Bloomin’ February! Peach blossoms, lavender and daffodils. It’s downright dreamy in Cherry Valley today, even with the threat of snow. And did you notice the bee vases?

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Our Millie, Turkish slave girl. Not really. If you knew her life, you’d know the humans are the one’s enslaved by her gorgeous dogness.

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On Saturday, I was fortunate to be invited to Chemer’s Gallery Eye Candy Artisan Faire. Fortunate because Karen Raab is a calm, tolerant gallery owner with a bumbling newbie artist like me! Thank you Karen, Jennifer and Rita for your kindness and advice. And thank you for representing my work.

Saturday was the introduction of my porcelain with a bee motif. Remember how I said I like yellow? The pieces seem fragile but they’re quite tough. I told people on Saturday that our dishwasher is on the blink and we are all doing them by hand. I beta-test the rejects and they hold up to my not-so-careful family of dish clankers.

Here are some more pieces, available (a little too late for Valentine’s day?) at Chemer’s in Tustin, CA.

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