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!
CONGRATULATIONS COOPER!!!! LOST IN THE SHUFFLE ….of the tests and the parties and soccer games and company and cousins…. the wrapping up of simultaneously the longest AND shortest SCHOOL years in our school going history … ……was COOPER’S Graduation from Middle school!!!! In addition to marking an exciting milestone…. this transition signifies our FAMILY’S farewell to… Read More GOODBYE MIDDLE SCHOOL
I recently visited the WARBY PARKER store in NYC 121 Green Street in SOHO. WARBY PARKER has and will continue to radically TRANSFORM the eyewear BIZ! I am 100% certain of this! These guys at WARBY PARKER are geniuses. TRUE VISIONARIES!! (lol)The company was started to end the monopoly one company had on eyewear and lower… Read More SEE WARBY PARKER
I just got back from a whirlwind trip to New York city with my friend, Emily. She and I have talked about doing this trip for 15 years….and finally, when another dear friend of mine from College, Suzanne, was cast in a Broadway show for two weeks…we new we had to just DO IT! and… Read More BEAUTIFUL, BROADWAY AND WILD HORSES
TIME TO FRESHEN UP SOME OF MY PAINTED LIVING ROOM FURNITURE WITH THE DRESSER PAINTED GALT BLUE… THE PALE BLUE GREEN PAINTED SIDEBOARD LOOKED DINGY AND READY FOR AN UPDATE OF ITS OWN…. I PAINTED THE SIDEBOARD A CUSTOM MIXED COLOR …SORT A GREIGE IN ADVANCE SATIN …WITH CONTRASTING TRIM OF “COTTON BALLS” – BOTH… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – PAINTED DRESSERS
I was so naive. I thought that by the time my firstborn graduated High School I would have WAY more figured out, when in fact, life baffles me more than ever. Most of my life is as clear as the images seen from a moving train…they fly past me and I am hard pressed to… Read More GRADUATION DAY
In the 1970’s, we wore Prisoner of War, POW Bracelets and Missing in Action, MIA Bracelets bearing the name of a captured or lost soldier. We did this to keep this person in our hearts and minds, even if we did not know them personally. We proudly wore these bracelets, and some still do, as… Read More MEMORIAL DAY – MY MIA
THE ONE ROOM CHALLENGE AND ONE ROOM CHALLENGE LINKING EVENT WRAPPED UP A FEW WEEKS AGO. AND IT HAS TAKEN ME THAT LONG TO visit all the AMAZING ROOMS that ROSE to the Challenge… ALL I can say it “THERE IS SOME MAD TALENT IN BLOGLAND!!! I am humbled and inspired and even ever so slightly… Read More ONE ROOM CHALLENGE GREATEST HITS
THANK YOU TO MELAINE OF MY SWEET SAVANNAH FOR HOSTING A CUSTOM PET PORTRAIT GIVEAWAY ON HER BLOG MY SWEET SAVANNAH AND CONGRATULATIONS TO LISA, WHO WON A PORTRAIT OF HER SWEET 17 YEAR OLD GOLDEN RETRIEVER LOLA !!!! Thank you to everyone who entered to win and in celebration of you and your pets… Read More POOR GUS …….AND A CUSTOM PET PORTRAIT GRADUATION / FATHER’S DAY SPECIAL!!!
When I was packing up my city self to move to the country, I remember a friend, who had moved out here a few years before, saying “the one thing that took some getting used to..was ALL the bugs.” They are everywhere. They are always there. I am not one of those people who flip… Read More BUGS I HAVE KNOWN II
