Amazing views of the mountains and sunset from our back porch.

Farm breakfast.Living with and

apprenticing for Shawn and Molly

in Maine was an amazing experience,

and so was the food that I ate there.

This is a photo of a homemade pesto

with tomato slices spread over toast.

Healthy and delicious.

Sun Tea

On one of our first sunny and warm days in Vermont I decided to make some sun tea on our back deck. Sun tea is delicious, virtually effortless, and uses solar energy. All you need is a mason jar with a lid, cold filtered water, tea, an hour or two, and a sunny day. I prefer loose tea because of its gentle taste, but any bagged tea would work as well. The sun tea shown here is Armenian Mint.....yum

Welcome to my blog. I began blogging during college through a printmaking class. As a student it was a great way to hold myself accountable for finishing work on time and displaying it for the public. However, I graduated college in 2008 and have not been consistent with my "Beautiful Life" art blog since. I was always tempted to add some poetry or a new recipe, but hesitated due to my belief that my art blog should remain purely just that. In turn I have decided to create my....life blog...I guess some would call it. There are so many wonders in my life that I feel so inspired and passionate about, which I always feel compelled to share with others. I figured that a blog would be the most efficient way for me to share, and it will also hold me accountable. I have many journals, sketchbooks, quote books, ideas scribbled on half torn sheets of paper scattered around my things, and it has begun to clutter my mind. This will hopefully become the place where I accumulate all of these small wonders, a place for me to express and share, and hopefully a place to gather feedback or motivate others! Thank you.