Artist lesli devito has reluctantly found herself rasing her family in an old country house. Much to her surprise, she loves her rural home and enjoys sharing her adventures with her readers. There are always makeovers to be done and animals to paint. Come along for the ride. Green acres here she comes!
I CANNOT HELP IT. I started counting down the days…19 years ago….and now…here we are…one week left… I love how they call it “MOVE IN “Day…. But despite my procrastination and flat-out Denial …( my husband just texted me “Does Tate need a Physical?”)…it IS happening…T minus 7 days…and counting. I KNOW YOU WILL forgive… Read More ONE WEEK – BUT WHO’S COUNTING?
PARADISE AKA “VACATION” All 5 of us together, every meal, chilling on the dock, fishing in the boat, betting at the race track, lobsters in Maine, surfing on the beach, Cousins, Birthdays, sleeping late and card games late…the TV did not go on one time! JUST US…THAT is PARADISE! WE TRAVEL HOME TODAY ….and our… Read More PARADISE AND COMING HOME
HAPPY 19TH BIRTHDAY TATE!!!! Tate is the light of my life… I used to sing him “you are my sunshine”, he makes me crazy and laugh hysterically – often time simultaneously…AND no one has made ME yell louder or cry harder…often tears of joy, he warms my heart when I watch how GREAT he is… Read More HAPPY 19TH BIRTHDAY TATE
The PAINT color WHITE . It always makes a showing and my guess is that choosing the “RIGHT WHITE” is what drives the most people crazy. Am I white? I mean right? A FEW YEARS AGO – We wanted to update our kitchen but were not in the place to do a “GUT REVOVATION” . AH yes,… Read More CHOOSING A WHITE FOR YOUR KITCHEN
LAKE LIVING I COULD GET USED TO THIS! I HAVE DECIDED THAT SOMEDAY…I WILL LIVE ON A LAKE… FOR AT THE LEAST – THE ENTIRE SUMMER!!!! NOT SURPRISING TO FIND THAT BENJAMIN MOORE HAS AT LEAST A DOZEN “LAKE” COLORS – HERE ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITES: EACH OF THESE COLORS EXEMPLIFIES THE MANY FACES… Read More THE LAKE COLORS
TWO WEEKS FROM NOW MY YOUNGEST WILL START HIGH SCHOOL WHERE MY DAUGHTER WILL BEGIN HER SENIOR YEAR AND THEIR BIG BROTHER……. LEAVES FOR COLLEGE…. I was shopping at one of those outlets in Maine where everything is supposed to be a great deal but really it isn’t and yet you buy STUFF cause it’s… Read More BUCKLE UP AS WE BEGIN OUR DESCENT…. THE NEXT THING
IN HONOR OF MY DAD , WHO WOULD BE CELEBRATING HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY TODAY – AUGUST 3 – ALL OF MY HORSE PAINTINGS ARE 25% OFF HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD…UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN… FOREVER AND ALWAYS YOUR GIRL.I LOVE YOU. XO
IT’s my BIRTHDAY!!!! I have had a wonderful year. Living. Loving. Painting and connecting with You!!! I am blessed. I am not one for New Year’s Resolutions…but each year, on my Birthday I reflect and think about how the next year can be made even better, richer…The next year, like all years, is a my… Read More ANOTHER AMAZING YEAR!!!
I am sitting on the beach… The rumbling ocean and peals of laughter punctuated by the high excited squeal of kids in the wave….and my favorite people in the world flopped out around me . In other worlds … Heaven . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I keep seeing MARINE BLUE… In front of me … Everywhere. I LOVE… Read More COLOR OBSESSION : MARINE BLUE
THE RECENT TREND OF DARKER LOWER CABINETS keeps PULLING ME IN…. OUR UPPER AND LOWERS ARE BOTH BENJAMIN MOORE “MOUNTAIN PEAK WHITE ” which is a color which works great with standard white subway tile. Our KITCHEN ISLAND IS GOSSAMER BLUE STILL I am intrigued WHILE I still worry that it might Dwarf our kitchen….… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – KITCHEN CABINET TREND
