I may be an action figure...

"apron strings"

"take two, they're small"

It may have been written in the stars...sigh

Every superhero has their theme music. I am afraid what mine may be.

I may be the ultimate Crazy Cat Lady. Did you know there is an actual action figure? Sad, but true.

I have had 26 cats in the past 18 years. Probably more....as some only stayed with me a few days and moved on.

I've never ever in my life picked out a cat and/or kitten mind you. These have all been strays I've been taken in. One of the many perils of having a barn on your property...seems to be a drive-thru drop-off zone.

Plus the fact that cats just seem to seek me out.



big moe



handsome buddy



patsy

I have been trying to keep up with embroidering their names on a pillow....quickly running out of room. I should have had some forethought and stitched the names smaller. Good thing there's two sides to a pillow.

I don't want to freak anyone out with images of me living in squallor, Grey Gardens style. "Only" 7 reside with me at this point. Just think of me, saving the world...one cat at a time.



new kitty paintings



 

sometimes it's black and white

I am such a color lover. I usually dive headfirst into color without even checking the water first.
I have nearly driven off the road trying to commit to memory the exact shade of robins eggy blue of the sky.
So, oddly enough I was poking around the house the other day, busying myself with nonsense....anything to deal with the behemoth pile of laundry. (I might add that I am not a complete delinquent housekeeper...it was clean laundry afterall. )
Well, as I was picking about the house I realized that for such a color hound I have sure have alot of black and white. How did this happen?
Is the color draining out of my life?
What does it all mean?
I do love it thou. Maybe the color voids help "cleanse" the visual pallette. I could pontificate all day on such nonsense...but hey, that laundry isn't gonna put itself away.

Folk

I am so stoked about this new magazine!

(ok, you caught me...I may have an upcoming feature...thankyouverymuch....stay tuned)

Nonetheless, I just scored the first issue and it's just so hunky dory,gosh darn, farm frilled, slap your grandma good!

It's true blue country covering everything from American flags,homemade pies, to rusty-tea stained treasures-barnyard baubles and back again.

Just a real feel-good production.
I wanted to get my greedy mits on  a Christmas issue so I promptly subscribed.

Here's the skinny:

here's the link:

http://americanfolklife.blogspot.com/



silly really




Earth Angels Melody Elizabeth,  Me and Marie Pendley in the Country Living Boothamatic picture booth.
it all goes south from here...



  My goal this year was to fill my camera with stunning and gorgeous images of pretty wares from the Country Living Fair.

But seriously, I should be taken out behind the woodshed because this is all that came back on my camera.  But please admire my self control because I really wanted to "acquire" these massive farm friends banners as "souvenirs" for my barn. How cool would that have been? If not freakishly inappropriate?

Instead I am thinking Christmas cards..... hmmmm.

oh yes...this is just a sampling....I figure this is plenty to garner your disapproval. 

fellow Earth Angel pal Melody Elizabeth...totally gets the prize for the Best Massive Chicken Reaction!

for the love of chickens Marie!

milkmaid sisters Marie and Melody

America's next top model?

return to stone mountain

 your  friendly reminder....and shameless plug! Join us, won't you??!!

The Country Living Fair South

Stone Mountain Park

Atlanta, Georgia

October 21-22-23

2011



what the gourd?!

I know, not gourds....but cool bittersweet berries nonetheless

 Yes, I can imagine. There may be some old law on the books against gourd inbreeding. Probably something dating back to the 1600's and punishable by death. Something to do with tampering with the natural, purity of the gourd.  And no, ignorance of the law is no excuse ( right?...well,that never works in speeding tickets anyway, nor does batting eyelashes...I've tried) 
Just the same, it isn't my intention to have some illegal mingling and breeding ground for gourds. It just happens.
Maybe something to do with pig manure and old farm dirt...but wow...do some gourds pop up!
It is always a wonder every year what will spawn. I don't even know what these are called..hybrids..?
Oh, I've tried to grow Hubbards, Cinderellas...you name it...all failed experiments.
Maybe there is some gourd aficionado out there with the Latin names, genus and species...
In the meantime we have named them "pig pumpkins"...

oh, and I love the quote Country Living Magazine used this October  issue:

"I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion"

~Henry David Thoreau

pigs and posies

Pigs and Posies.

OK, so maybe one has nothing to do with the other...I just liked the way it sounded.

Kinda like salty and sweet...shabby with chic.

Opposites attracting.

As they say ....you can't have the mountains without the valleys.

Happy Spring!

crave

I don't know about you , but lately I have been craving nutrition...mainly fresh fruit. Not the fruit that you find at the grocery stores in the dead of winter...but farm fresh, farm stand, high summer fruit...ala James and the Giant Peach fruit. I suppose it is my bodies way of telling me, (well, screaming and reprimanding me really ) "enough of the carbs.....throw me something that doesn't come in a crinkly bag!".

So it's no wonder I have been on a fruit-painting craze. I suppose the phase will pass as all do.

In the meantime here'a a few of my fruit-dream-induced paintings.

I suppose it is better than me painting bags of chips.

save the date!

heARt of Winter Folk Art Gallery Show

at the

Jeanine Taylor Folk Art Gallery
March 4th and 5th 2011

211 East First Street

Sanford, Fla.

www.jtfolkart.com

for directions and more info....

Hope to see you there!

Still Sparklin'

Under the Cloche 6x9x1 $90 wood, mica, glitter

Warming Trends 4x6x1 $68 wood, mica, glitter


Safe Keeping 6x9x1 $90 wood, mica, glitter

Spring Stream 5x5x1 $72 wood, mica, glitter

Blueness Abides 4x7x1 $80 wood, mica, glitter

Sweetness 3x5x2 $68 wood, glitter, mica

Remembering 3x5x2 $68 wood, mica, glitter

Reflections 3x5x2 $68 wood, mica, glitter

Posing 5x5x1 $72 wood, mica, glitter

Forever Yours 4x6x1 $68 wood, mica, glitter

Cool Water 4x6x1 $68 wood, glitter, mica

Auburn Fields 5x5x1 $72 wood, mica, glitter

Chocolate Home 3x5x2 $68 wood, mica , glitter

Finally....up for grabs....a preview of "sparkles" ready for sale!

Here's a bevy of painitngs on wood...distressed with wax finish and edges encrusted with glitter and mica.

I ask you, what more could you ask for??!!

I don't know if the glitter will translate the same in makeup without making me look like a lady of the night ....but I just pickep up some Sonia Kashuk glittery eyeshadow..so fun and fab!

Gotta love the juxtaposition of glitter my ever-so-fashionable snowpants!

Just email me at jdlanne@aol.com for availibilty on these new creations....

Have a good one and sparkle on!