beans, peaches, friends & cowboys

Good morning,

We're harvesting tons of green beans from our garden lately {anyone care for some?} and have been eating them nightly. We also tried an experiment that turned out quite tasty. We boiled our kohlrabi with potatoes, mashed them with a little butter {of course} and ample sea salt and cracked pepper. We also cut our first two yellow squash into slabs, marinated, and grilled them. Yum. This morning I felt like a scrambled egg & toast. I have yet to bite into that peach, but am so looking forward to it.

Tonight our friend Justin Marable has a show opening at the Mulvane Art Museum. Way to go Justin! Woohoo! So anyone in the Topeka area, head on out, he'll give a few remarks at 5:30.

I'll be making jotters today {here's a peek at the cowboys} and decided I will have them in the shop this Monday morning, 7/6.

Have a stellar 4th weekend!
H

Inspired

Do you remember the Inspired collaboration Jen and I did last year? Well, guess what?! We're starting it up again, this time by doing one pair a month through the end of the year. And there just may be a surprising twist/bonus finishing it off!

So to begin, she sent me her above photo to which I will respond by making a drawing/painting/print. We'll post the two pieces together at the end of July here and at Jen's blog. Yay! It will be so fun to do this again. :)

} And a big thank you Melissa for the sweet surprise post about echoes! {That Melissa is a gem, isn't she?!}

Now I must get back to work on the cowboy jotters and if I don't see you, have a happy long fourth of July weekend!
H

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ps. I forgot to mention earlier today to check out echoes. We're posting all summer long on M/W/F. Thanks!