This giveaway is now closed. Check my recent post for winner announcements and some great information about my holiday painting special! ———————— I started this blog several years ago as a place to post my art. It was mostly so my mom could see what...

1. Visiting Smith Kids’ Play Place — going down the huge wooden slide2. Peanut driving the play truck (“dive, dive!”)3. Cousins on the teeter totter4. Peanut stressing out (and holding on to me for dear life) on the fun swing5 & 6. Peanut finding and...

1. Philadelphia Art Museum2. My favorite Marcel Duchamp painting in real life (!!)3. Kitchen Kettle Village in Amish Country4. Peanut playing on the train in Amish Country5 & 6. Peanut freaking out at the petting zoo7. The Llama and me showing off our nice teeth8....

1. Ocean City boardwalk2. Peanut and me playing in the ocean (he was in love — 2 straight hours of smiles)3. My first gyro — DELICIOUS.4. Fresh homemade chips on the boardwalk5. On the boardwalk6. With the beach and a million kites behind us (you...