On-going photo essay "25 years of gardening" is in KT, if interested
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Any watercolor artists at the KT?
Comments (38)Jemdandy, funny you should mention Donna Dewberry. The woman is practically a conglomerate! She's really done well with her "One-Stroke" technique. I have some of her brushes and a couple of her books, but never put in the time necessary to master it. I'm a little ambivalent about the look; that could be part of it. I watched her in action for the first time the other night on TV and was impressed, though. Surprised to see her sit down at the sewing machine after painting. I didn't know she was a quilter. Susan, I'd be a quilter if I hadn't discovered rug hooking. Once I did, I gave up embroidery, needlepoint, and everything else. :-) I've done some enamel painting on wine glasses and martini glasses and assorted glass dishes, etc. Would eventually like to do more decorative painting with acrylics. GW has a nice Decorative Painting forum. As for watercolors, I'm so well-equipped that I'll feel consumed with guilt if I don't give it a good try. I've been using AC Moore and Michael's coupons to acquire brushes, paints, and paper, plus a professional illustrator recently gave me watercolor brushes and some fabulous French papers. I'm saving the latter until I know what I'm doing. I found some decent 140-lb. watercolor paper at Ollie's Bargains--cheap because it's slightly bent. It'll be perfect for my practice strokes. This thread has me psyched! It's exciting to see the art and read the encouraging posts. And the Wet Canvas site threatens to completely undermine my already shaky housekeeping....See MorePhoto Essay 1: Huntington Botanical Gardens (several pics)
Comments (11)Lindsey, both my old and new cameras are Olympus. The old one is a 10x zoom and the new is an 18x zoom. The old camera had better depth and clarity. Photos from the new camera don't have the wow factor that the old has. I look at photos of my recent trip to Alaska taken with the new camera and they are flat and blurry looking to me. I have been blaming it on the cold but then I remembered that the photos I took in Antarctica with the old camera were in a very cold environment as well and took stunning photos. I dropped my old camera a couple years ago and the battery cover broke. That I fixed with duct tape but I think it messed up the zoom a little as well. Jodi-...See MoreKT Get together in Oklahoma
Comments (16)Joann, in Iowa, at Sandy's, we had a husband upset, cause there was no pool at the hotel. Thus, we bought that pool in that picture, and sat around it, with our feet in it. Linda and I were the only ones brave enough to don swim suits, and plop in to the pool nestea plunge style. It was a hoot. Yes, of course, that's me. :) Moni...See MoreAges at KT: been some time since we have done this
Comments (89)I will turn 69 in a few months. I am trying not to look at the years ahead in terms of time left or at the time as passed. I was born in 1950 and never thought beyond the year 2000. So being older than 50 is hard to fathom. Being active in the moment and having full days is the goal. I came to the Kitchen Forum when we were remodeling the kitchen at the riverhouse in 2009. Found I enjoyed the company. I poked around the Garden Web and landed at KT. I admire all the people here....See Moreroxanna
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