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We are not alone when we live from a place in the heart
Painted Heart by John Baldessari, seen in Los Angeles…
Wood Hearts seen at the lovely Livia Firth’s store near London, Eco Age…
LED Heart Created and shot at my home studio using LED lights from my store…
Metal Heart from Mexico…
French Heart art project….
LOVE created in my home studio…
Crazy Love shot at my home studio…
One is not loved accidently, one’s own power to love produces love
-Eric Fromm-
My daughter Lucie sent me the information on how to make my own Satsuma candle at home. Thank you Lucie 
This is very easy to make and so lovely, besides being inexpensive and all natural/non-toxic. I bought four thick skinned Satsumas, even though I only needed one, just in case I made a mistake. All you need to make this candle is a small serrated knife, a small spoon, matches and olive oil.
You will need to make a cut about a 1/3 down from the opposite end of the stem. You need to keep the stem side intact because it holds the wick. The wick is very important…
Tangerine cut 1/3 down…and carefully remove the skin
Using a small spoon, gently pry the fruit from the skin, working your wall slowly around the inside and being careful to keep the middle stem intact because this will be your wick.
Add a little bit of olive to the inside, about 1 to 2 tbsp, keeping the wick from being covered up in oil.
Here is the beautiful, all natural, clean burning candle you will be in awe of because it’s so gorgeous and amazing.
Note: The olive oil might leave a mark where you set your candle down, so be mindful where you put it. I put mine in a small dish…
Just went to an Art Fair in NYC and saw a few pieces that were really wonderful, especially the ones made with recycled materials. I also came across The Envelope Project, envelopes decorated by inmates at prisons and jails from several states, and 100% of the proceeds are donated to the Read alliance, a New York based nonprofit serving at-risk kindergarten and first-grade students. They
Haitian piece made with recycled cans
The Envelope Project
The Envelope Project-The one envelope I really hoped to buy was already spoken for
Haitian piece made with salvaged wood
Love the name of this artist, translates as : Albert Beautifulspeaking
Super cool elephant head sculpture made out of aluminum foil
I took a super Vegetable Gardening class last weekend in Venice, California- taught by Master Gardener David King. Loved it.
Met this adorable furry friend who sat down in the empty seat next to me…
Easy to make paper pots, and another great way to recycle newspaper…
Sturdy raised garden bed for the parts of your garden where access to soil isn’t possible…
Bolted broccoli has flowers the bees love and string bean like pods, for harvesting seeds…
Bolted Red Leafed lettuce also produces seeds you can replant…
A delicious row of various lettuces ready for the picking…
Found and repurposed bin, now used to grow potatoes. The potatoes are planted in the bottom, and as they grow, soil is added little by little, until the potato plant reaches the top of the bin. When the potatoes are ready to be harvested, the bin is easily turned on it’s side and the potatoes are picked without having to dig deep down…
Free mulch is available at different locations around Los Angeles. Just go to www.lacitysan.org/srpcd or check in the city where you live, to find out where you can pick some up in your area.
I take many photographs during the year, and the following are especially meaningful to me. Shot in my garden in Los Angeles, my father’s place in Maine, Palm Springs, Hudson, NY and New York City…Wishing you a very happy, healthy and laughter filled New Year 2012
PALM SPRINGS
OUTSIDE THE BARN IN MAINE
MY FATHER’S BATHROBES-MAINE
FOUND ON A HIKE IN MAINE
COOKBOOK IN ECHO PARK
BICYCLE USED AS TRELLIS FOR CHERRY TOMATOES-LOS ANGELES GARDEN
BUNDLED HERBS ON TABLE AT AMANDA PAYS’S HOUSE-LOS ANGELES
SEEN IN HUDSON, NEW YORK
DRIED SUNFLOWER FROM MY GARDEN, LOS ANGELES
WHOLE FOODS SHOPPING BAG RECYCLED AND REPURPOSED AS PARCEL PACKAGING-LOS ANGELES
ONE OF THE MANY MANTIDS IN MY GARDEN IN LOS ANGELES
FRESH WALNUTS + REUSABLE PRODUCE BAG
WHOLE SPICES-LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES-IN MY CLOSET
I rarely find gift tags that I like so this year, I decided to just make my own. Using a few blank kraft paper tags I had, and adding some recycled cardboard from the organic boxes of tea I drink and perhaps even parts of a box of Weetabix cereal, I cut them in different sizes. Using a couple of stamps, and a black ink pad, I stamped them first, and when the ink was dry, I used a hole puncher, punching larger holes for the chubbier ribbon to make it through. The ribbon is actually remnants I had saved for a rainy day.
I’m not bothered about the smudges
The ribbon remnants really dress up the tags
Today when doves
echo in soft matching notes
coo coo coo coo
when the woodpecker
batters his head
into the same tree
until the hole
is big enough
to stuff his acorn
or the thrasher
standing king-like in the madrone
his crass notes a rasp in spring air
when the hummingbird
makes his sky circles
with the loud pop at the bottom
my despair, the red-shouldered hawk
sawing the sky in half
with his screams———
when the loud scolds of jays
greedily push at the feeder
knocking seeds from the stand
and the faint treble of California quail
cluck in the underbrush
shy and tentative…… chicago chicago chicago
and even the rip sound
of the perigrine pulling
feathers from his kill
when the mocker, boisterress with longing
jumps from his branch
in acrobatic turnings
and the warblers query
witchita witchita witchita which?
glitter-flashes of gold in the oaks
when the violet-green swallows,
chi veet chi veet, sew the sky back together
wih their darts and swoops
BEAUTIFUL BIRDS OF CALIFORNIA:
WOODPECKER
PERIGRINE
HUMMINGBIRD
QUAIL
The holiday season is upon us and to get in the mood, I love looking at cool alternative, attractive and simple decorations, made using natural or repurposed materials…Enjoy
N A T U R A L C O T T O N W R E A T H
S T I C K S S T A R S C A N D L E S
I T ‘ S C H R I S T M A S
D R I E D O R A N G E P E E LS AND C A N D L E S
Caitlin Wylde doesn’t only make the most gorgeous flags and tepees but she is a scavenger like I am of nature’s treasures: feathers, stones, twine, wood, seaweed, pods…I have collected loads of these over the years, and at my house, I keep all my treasures in large glass vases, wooden bowls, trays, shelves, etc. The artist Caitlin Wylde, based in Los Angeles California, who’s work is featured below, uses her finds in montages, where all the bits and pieces are carefully arranged in a certain order and nothing feels wasted.
Recently, I read a few tips about growing Pomegranates you may or may not know already:
*add rock salt to the soil every once in a while to sweeten the fruit
*to keep the birds and squirrels from eating all the pomegranates off the tree, secure brown paper bags around each fruit
*the fruit is ready to pick when it splits open
and
*this is how I collect the seeds and it works really well: put the fruit in a large bowl of water, slice it in half while it’s submerged, and remove the seeds from the rind. When you are done, just pour the seeds through a strainer. I love to eat the seeds as is, or add them to a green salad. Either way, they are delicious
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