GINGER AND GUS XO Thank you of ALL of your support during my absence and for being such loyal friends….Gus and I are happy to be back!

LAST NIGHT…I received a comment … “Popped on your site for an update and here I find a baby name discussion! …..I have ALWAYS wanted to name a little girl Jean Louise and call her “Scout” after a few favorite people (both fiction and real!) but my name suggestion is not going too far. I… Read More BABY NAMES : MY CURRENT FAVORITES

Before I began painting the ART for the THE UVA CHILDREN”S HOSPITALS” BATTLE BUILDING….I was taken on a tour of the building…still under construction. I was shown AREAS WHERE MY ART WOULD PRESUMABLY GO….and this BIG BLUE WALL…measuring 18′ long x 10′ tall …. is where it all began… …….the big blue wall is at… Read More THE BREAKFAST CLUB

MY MOM WOULD HAVE BEEN 80 YEARS OLD TODAY. I still miss her everyday. I miss her voice. Her smoky gray eyes, her wickedly off beat sense of humor. I miss having that one person on Earth who loved me the way I love my kids. Over the moon and back, unconditionally, miss them when… Read More HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM

LIKE MANY OF YOU, I am in the MIDDLE of about 12 things…juggling and multi-tasking and hoping to FINISH just ONE project before Summer ends…am I right??? HERE is the status of the various MAKEOVERS going on around My Old Country House… 1. RE-Painting the pink Living room – same color, but 6 years down… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – ON THE HORIZON

SHE is off to camp and I miss her so…

So here we are July 4rth…Independance Day…. …waking up to one of the most Beautiful days so far this year…Cool and breezy…reminicient of upstate New York…shocker of all shockers HERE in Virginia – this most humid of all humid places (at least in the summer)… …In our case today, we have NO plans…which seems to… Read More HAPPY JULY 4RTH – PLANS OPTIONAL

  I AM SO PROUD TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE “GALLERY OF FRIENDS” …these six paintings are part of the installation my ART WORK which is now in permanent residence at the University of Virginia Children’s Hospital Battle Building.  …more to come!

It would be wonderful and oh so much easier if when we were decorating we could just chuck it all and start with a blank slate. But in reality, whenever we are facing a change of any kind, there are usually things to consider…that sofa that was too expensive to replace…the room you JUST painted… Read More ANATOMY OF A COLOR MAKEOVER