Red Dirt Farm and Studio

A Joyful Creative Life

Goodbye, Coral Cottage. Hello something something cottage… We are going green and blue. All summer I’ve had paint samples taped to various parts of the house.  I studied those samples at different times of the day and on sunny days and cloudy days, ’cause you know how paint can change in different light.  After a few …

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I thought at long last I would be posting about the excavation this weekend of our house addition.

We had just come in from working out in the yard.  I started making dinner, mixed myself an evening cocktail grabbed a handful of nuts and sat down to relax for a minute.  I looked out the window and saw the shepherds hook go crashing to the ground. I jumped up screamed BEAR! I can’t …

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