2007 ~ We never would have found the corner store in San Francisco’s Chinatown without Julia & Helen. And I’m so glad we went when we did, because the shop where I bought my SpringMoon Chinese signature stamp closed down a few years ago…for some reason or another. Image via Wikipedia Julia’s one of my [...]

After having them around for months, Debbie, my sister-in-law, recently decided to frame two SpringMoon prints she had originally asked me for to show her Mom, when ‘Oma’ was doing some redecorating. The bold coral abutilon ‘bells’ with its gritty digital textures and the serene maple with its delicate flowers & winged seeds are two [...]

AUTUMN is harvest time. Sunlight slants lower in the sky, nights lengthen and chill, prompting my little cat Jaeci to ask to sit in my lap all day long. Summer fruits disappear from the farmers market, while fall fruits & vegetables take center stage ~ fat maroon figs; juicy grapes of all varieties; rainbow-hued tomatoes [...]