2 of 10

 

http://www.clarecarver.com/

2 of 10

 

http://www.clarecarver.com/

doing another painting challange

I just did some work on my taxes NOT very fun for me at all but in doing so I got to run some reports - and to my delight my painting income over the last 4 years has increased exponentially in comparison to my design income ... yes my design income has gone down a bit (due to other little things taking my time like running a farm and winery) but the painting income HAS slowly but surely increased each year... this has buoyed my resolved to get into the studio and PAINT!

sooo my friend Lester and I are doing another challenge this time it's a bit shorter ... I will be doing a painting a day for ten days ... the catch this time is my hope is to do this abotu 1x each month... we'l see I'm starting with ten days!! so here's goes... day one for me was yesterday and I have some nice fall fruit for today!! 

If you are interested in seeing more of my work you can visit www.clarecarver.com

doing another painting challange

I just did some work on my taxes NOT very fun for me at all but in doing so I got to run some reports - and to my delight my painting income over the last 4 years has increased exponentially in comparison to my design income ... yes my design income has gone down a bit (due to other little things taking my time like running a farm and winery) but the painting income HAS slowly but surely increased each year... this has buoyed my resolved to get into the studio and PAINT!

sooo my friend Lester and I are doing another challenge this time it's a bit shorter ... I will be doing a painting a day for ten days ... the catch this time is my hope is to do this abotu 1x each month... we'l see I'm starting with ten days!! so here's goes... day one for me was yesterday and I have some nice fall fruit for today!! 

If you are interested in seeing more of my work you can visit www.clarecarver.com

a dreamy two days

 

It's that time of year again - almost harvest !! - so laura, sarah and I hit the beach for two days of nothing but ponies...  (and a little wine and sleeping under the stars)

 

true love

 

One of the highlights was after a few glasses we ditched our saddles and hit the beach for an evening of frolicking : ) 

 

and this is how tired cowgirls sleep.. : ) 

a dreamy two days

 

It's that time of year again - almost harvest !! - so laura, sarah and I hit the beach for two days of nothing but ponies...  (and a little wine and sleeping under the stars)

 

true love

 

One of the highlights was after a few glasses we ditched our saddles and hit the beach for an evening of frolicking : ) 

 

and this is how tired cowgirls sleep.. : ) 

Time For a New Boot

On September, 26th 2006 (wow ... almost exactly 6 years ago???) I wrote my second ever blog post. It is probably obvious from the post that I was pretty proud of the fact that I was able to wear out a pair of boots (even though it took about 10 years) ... it is also obvious that I didn't have a lot to write about! In case you are wondering I ended up trying a pair of Georgia Boots (they didn't workout) and ended up with a pair of Wolverine Boots (they were great). Now I've moved on to Red Wing Boots because I was able to get a great discount when I was working at the farm store.

But, just yesterday I purchased new boots ... errr ... a new boot. As you can see in the picture this is probably the most expensive boot I've ever purchased, but I'm very thankful to have a "boot" again on my right foot. I even get to wear a sock!!!

Honestly though, even though it is very very very painful to walk I am walking again and hopefully I can get to farming again. I realize not everyone has known about my wonderful achilles tendon tear, but I'm thankful for all that have been supporting through help and prayers. I still have a long ways to go and it's not like I can do much, but at least this is a literal "step in the right direction".