My first creation of the new year, a pair of earrings. The lovely polymer clay feathers were made by artist Nicole St Laurent aka Raven’s Meadow. I accented them with some Czech glass owls, faceted rounds, and brass bead caps from gr8beads.com. I’m really in love with this ochre yellow…
It’s finally starting to feel like winter is coming to an end in my part of California. This winter has been an odd one for me. Normally I’m most physically active during the cold, rainy months. This winter, not so much. I’ve been feeling a bit, shall we say under…
Just a few weeks ago I was helping to release four gophers in to their new homes after they had been washed from their burrows by a winter rain storm. Monday found myself and my Hubby having a walk on the earthen damn at Uvas Reservoir. Just a couple of…
We live in uneasy times. This political cycle has left many of us felling like a raw, exposed nerve left flailing in the wind. Every brush of a breeze feels like an assault. It’s enough to break even the strongest of souls. It’s enough to make others stand up and…
Something else that is an important part of my life is my volunteer work at the Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center, aka WERC. I started there 6 years ago as an animal care volunteer, helping with injured and orphaned wildlife, and helping to take care of the permanent residents who…
