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Happy Autumn, Everyone! It is the beginning of November and the garden is still blooming here in Bellevue, Washington. The arid summer is over; the air has become cool and wet. Daylight Savings Time ends this coming weekend...
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Mixed Media
Happy Autumn, Everyone! It is the beginning of November and the garden is still blooming here in Bellevue, Washington. The arid summer is o...
Mixed Media
The Beginning of Autumn’s Celebrations There is something about autumn that simply fills me with joy. Maybe it is that October 31st holds ten...
Mixed Media
One of the many things that I do is work with the flowers from the garden; this is one of my best-loved layers in life. In the upcoming week...
Mixed Media
A Bird that Inspires Working out in the garden or sitting on the porch, I listen for a very soft 'see-ee' sound. It sounds like a sawmill oper...
Mixed Media
Welcome to the Layered Life! My name is Claudia and I am in a business partnership with my daughter, Hetty, having opened Bookshelf Anatomy, ...
Needlepoint
Seattle has a way of making a gray Saturday feel like an invitation. The mountain may be hiding, there’s probably drizzle in the forecast, and...
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