A gorgeous, mosaic-like bug under the edge of an old green planter... Busy nuthatches with their metallic "beep" sounds... ...

It's been a busy month, but I've taken time every day for "sheditation." And sketching in my journal, of course! ...

Christmas Day + , originally uploaded by Cathy (Kate) Johnson . What a glorious way to start Christmas Day, sitting in the shed and watchin...

I haven't had as MUCH time for sketching and journaling lately, what with building, painting, and working on the new North Light book, ...

The skeleton of the shed was in place when I did the sketch at upper left, but I did the sketch of the roof detail at upper right to show Ma...

I like to keep track of the progress in my journal--as you can see, the arrows point you from step to step, above... These are the rejected ...