Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas Dear Friends… xoxoxoxoxo
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!
Merry Christmas Dear Friends… xoxoxoxoxo
THIS YEARS CARD! I LOVE getting the Christmas cards…year after year, seeing how kids are growing, babies becoming toddlers, then teenagers, seemingly overnight… taller, bigger, crooked teeth and no teeth and braces on and braces off. I save all of the Photo Christmas cards, and put them in a Big Ziploc bags, labeled by year, and… Read More MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! Oh Christmas Card – Oh Christmas Card…
Can you believe that is 2 days before Christmas!! We have the minute to minute countdown going here! So, a while back we spoke about painting the Piano. I got all kinds of great feedback from you guys ….even my Twitter Pal Mary McDonald gave me great advice. I even bought paint. But eventually, I… Read More Pling Plong…The Piano is Gone! and How Craig’s List worked for me!
We had our annual Holiday Open House the Other day. It is truly one of my FAVORITE days of the Holidays. Welcoming all of our friends and neighbors into our home sharing some Christmas Spirit. The kids, now bigger and more self sufficient, steal cookies and chips and play pick up football and soccer games… Read More Cozy Holiday Decorating…
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HELLO!!! Happy Holidays!!! To my sweet little following, I owe you a.. HUGE THANK YOU for hanging in there with me while I have been remiss in posting for the last few months. I am learning new things about blogging every day…and I admire the successful bloggers with Beautiful thriving blogs who make it look… Read More New Little Traditions…Christmas Cards and stuff…
This is my latest… she embodies this week for me…beautifully insane!!! Her name is “Phyllis” 16″ x 16″ acrylic on canvas and here is the thing that brings me back to sanity…and joy…
My Show of Paintings KALOPSIA II Opened November 1. In preparation, for two weeks in October, I set up my easel in my kitchen and painted and painted and painted. While I was painting, I watched and listened to season 2 of Modern Family over and over and over again. I never got tired of… Read More Phiilip and Modern Family
I have a had many requests to feature my daughter’s former TWEEN room… ….which has now been transformed into a TEEN room… much the same way that she has gone from TWEEN TO TEEN. Happy to Oblige. I adored this room!!! The TWEEN room was painted Benjamin Moore’s North Hampton Beige with Chantilly Lace White… Read More Phoebe’s Tween Room – Sweet and Sassy!