Dear Chicago House, Mr. Chicago house and I had a little wander down to our favorite secret beach last week and collected a lovely bundle of drift wood. With a […]
Art
A Magical Mystery Tour and Vintage Glass
Dear Chicago House, Last week Chicago teen and I went on “a magical mystery tour” and ended up in an antique barn in Volo.The barn is a bit creepy but […]
Arty Farty Friday #38 : Blue and Green Problem
Dear Chicago House, There is something about the combination of blue and green… do you know what I mean? I am constantly drawn to it when I paint. It’s not […]
Arty Farty Friday # 37: White Crayon Watercolor Resist
Dear Chicago House, This five minute watercolor was inspired by my last arty farty friday post where I created prettiness with blossom. I wanted to have a go using […]
A Year of Teenage Art
Dear Chicago House, Chicago teen recently brought home the results of the art classes she has taken over the last year. She has had great instruction, lapping it all up, […]
Contemporary Circle Fabric Collection
Dear Chicago House, Buying and selling houses is such hard work. Just four weeks after the sale of the sibling house and after many, many hours trawling through realtor.com, I […]
Purple Allium Explosion
Dear Chicago House, It will be the third summer I have tended your garden and I am at last seeing the results of my labors.Your garden had great bones when […]
Blossom Art: Arty Farty #36
Dear Chicago House, It is snowing in my garden today … snowing blossom that is….but hey in Chicago you never know. I couldn’t help myself, I collected some fallen petals […]
Free Blooms
Dear Chicago House, 1 pair of secateurs + 2 minute walk around the garden = Beautiful jug of free blooms. This lovely little spray are simply boughs of blossom and […]
Spring Color: Tulips in Action
Dear Chicago House, When I left last week to pack up and supervise the move of the sibling house, Chicago was still rather cold and decidedly lacking on the spring […]
