I am excited to share with you a couple of porcelain necklaces inspired by the imagery of the Pech Merle prehistoric caves in France. The handprint stencil appears numerous times in the caves in black and red tones. I have included one image here of hands. You can read more about the caves at their site and see images of the famous spotted horses: http://www.pechmerle.com/english/index.php
March 31th is World Backup Day – an annual reminder to all of us to backup and protect our photos, videos and data. This includes photos on your phone! If you have ever lost your phone or had a drive fail, you know it can happen, and it is gut-wrenching if you don’t have backups. …
Always Something Beautiful to Discover A little trip over to French Polynesia on the island of Fakarava – a Unesco Bio-sphere Reserve – famous for its shark wall that the divers love to see. But how many of you really know what goes into to create the thatched roofs so famous here in the South Pacific? I created…
Transformation for May Monarch Butterfly Chrysalis on Sunflower This is the photo from my Monarch Butterfly Calendar for 2018. It shows a monarch butterfly that will soon emerge from its chrysalis. You can see the wings perfectly formed inside, the chrysalis has become transparent, and the gold dots are still there that we saw last…
For my final installment of women in Pune, India, I want to introduce Sayalee Marathe. Let’s look at a small part of what she is doing! I had the opportunity to meet her in her boutique in the distinguished red and white building – see photo below. While I was perusing the jewelry on display,…
In January, I had the opportunity to meet some incredible women entrepreneurs in Pune, India, who are doing amazing things to preserve their cultural heritage while also creating something new and innovative. Over the next few posts, I will share their stories with you, and I hope you will be as inspired as I was….
A Tropical Pumpkin Pie Inspired by Tahiti – Mautini Painapo A couple of weeks ago we were at a friend’s house for a birthday part and at the end of a traditional ‘ma’a Tahiti’ – traditional dishes cooked in a Ahimaa, or underground oven. To finish, they had prepared a typical Tahitian dessert called “po’e”…