by Mickey Baxter-Spade on February 10, 2010
Wildflowers in Watercolor I’ve seen it a thousand times but today it’s different. It is as though I see each delicate snow flake falling gracefully onto the already snow-dusted ground. A foggy haze covers the city views. It looks so pristine, even the deer haven’t sauntered by to leave their tracks in the snow. Today [...]
by Mickey Baxter-Spade on August 3, 2009
Shortly after our afternoon rain today I got a very pleasant surprise visit from two spotted fawns deighting in the potted flowers on my deck as their mother looked on. It seems late in the seasn for such young fawns. Deer eating my potted flowers would have normally upset me but what can I say, [...]
by Mickey Baxter-Spade on May 9, 2009
It was autumn when we moved in, I’m sure that influenced the colors I chose for fabrics and the hand painted window treatments. Outside there were scrub oak sporting leaves in warm glorious hues of gold and splendid, deep reds with touches of green. The pine trees made a wonderful contrast with their glorious long, green pine [...]