...windswept pines on the Pacific coast... The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

...beach at Seaside,Oregon... In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth....

...sunset at the Oregon coast... The setting sun, and music at the close, As the last taste of sweets, is sweetest last, Writ in remembran...

This is my entry for this week's challenge, Personal Symbols, at Mixed Media Monday .  This is a 6x6 inch art quilt. The base is an ima...

Some of the many inspirational bits and pieces I collect to bring nature into my studio...

I recently discovered some vintage freshwater pearls that have been woven by hand into tiny flowers. I had to have them! I absolutely adore...

Oh my. All you have to do is go to Bumbershoot Supplies to see "what I found" :) But for this week's Mixed Media Monday cha...

"Maps" is the challenge this week at the Three Muses challenge blog - Incorporate maps into your piece.  Here is a book I have m...

This 6x6 inch quilt square is for the Mixed Media Monday theme "party animals".  I live in Seattle, on the Puget Sound and quite...