Indie Banditas Bazaar!

Buy Handmade this year! Come and check out my art at the Indie Banditas Bazaar on Bainbridge Island. Friday Nov. 27 & Sat the 28 10-5 at the Woodward Middle School on Sportsman Club Road.

Mechanical Owls with Sunflowers PRINT

I have a print available of one of my new paintings. You can buy direct from my website with paypal! Mechanical Owls with Sunflowers Print

Gluten, Soy, Corn & Dairy free

The gluten, soy, corn & dairy free diet is going fairly well. Although I have discovered corn hides in the oddest of foods. Baking powder? Really? Dang. This is difficult. But I am trying to remain inspired and look at it as a challenge. (I am SO craving pizza). I feel so great! I didn't realize how much inflammation the foods were causing. I feel like a different person! My blood pressure is much lower now (was 140 over something when I first went to naturopath now it is 110 over 72). I am not experiencing as much pain and even my headaches are much better! Now if I can just avoid that pizza...

Steampunk inspired clockwork Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland painting. This mixed media original is 4x6. You can find it in my etsy store

Gluten free & Hypothyroid

Well after years of expensive tests and stupidity with western docs I finally gave up and went to a Naturopath. I haven't felt this good since I was in college. If ever. I can't recommend Dr. Molly Force in Port Townsend highly enough. She has given me my life back. Turns out for years I have had hypothyroid and am super allergic to gluten. For years I asked to have my thyroid tested and thought it had been...the doctor made a mistake. I sort of knew about the gluten...I have tried in the past to go gluten free and or cut down on it. But now I have to go completely gluten free. I am also allergic to soy, dairy, corn, almonds, sesame,beef and peas. Combine that with my anti-inflammatory diet that rules out a lot of food. I usually cook from scratch thank goodness so that makes things easier.

Just listed an upcycled scrabble tile pendant with a print of my artwork whale on a wave on etsy

Blackberries & cookbook

Went blackberry picking this weekend. Picked more than enough to make some fresh blackberry ice cream. I make a yummy mix of yogurt/ice cream/sorbet. Turns out fab. Now to write down the exact recipe! I am working on my cookbook this week. I think it is going to end up being more than one. Today I am writing down recipes...not easy when I don't use exact measurements. Soon I will be testing the recipes. Fun!