In getting this piece ready for a show, I played with pastels to give some depth to the background. Pastels are lovely, but highly toxic and very messy on a small piece like this. I wonder about pastel pencils. I will post the before and after pieces.

Happy Spring and happy Mother's Day! My mother loves to garden. When I was little she had a big vegetable garden and grew everything from beets to brussell sprouts and cabbage to cucumbers. Now that I have a yard of my own, I have my own vegetable garden, and I have her to thank for a lot of what I know about growing things.

Here's what's been keeping me busy these days. Another creative endeavor. . . learning InDesign.
You can find out more about this business forecasting magazine I design and the international institute of forecasters at: www.forecasters.org/foresight.