Nellie Nellie

Hmm, let me think…pigs, sheep, angels, mid century pottery, tote bags (its a tie between LLB and PLG which means I had to stop-Im not an octopus🐙🤣!) When we moved to my husbands childhood home (its small but double where we lived in a giant Jenga puzzle under 1000’sqft) we downloaded 65% of all our “stuff” and vowed to never collect again! Its a…[Read more]

Oh Charlie! A boy needs his dog! You sound terribly happy and I am so happy for you! Just spent a sloth day on the return end of a road trip! (Death Valley to Big Sur to Santa Barbara 😎) The laundry can wait! But if I had a puppy, I’d be playing fetch too! Enjoy happy boys!

HAPPIEST BIRTHDAY EVER!!! Another super blessed year, Philippe and a puppy!!! You’re a prince! enjoy every happy, untamed, disheveled moment!!

Just caught the Sketchbook Revival segment 🌟 ing YOU! And yes, it was the Charlie (big happy kid) we all know and love to join in with. Hug Philippe and tell him you are really having the time of your life! And all your friends are too! Pond life is good! (Someday I’ll tell you the tadpoles in my mom’s punchbowl story🐸)

Oddly enough I just sent my hubby the emoji where three rabbits are walking and jostling into one another and one falls over! That’s what it looks like when we go for walks with our niece. It’s like a set up for a joke, “How many artists can walk on a sidewalk at the same time?” While looking at people, plants, insects, puppies, and surf, the…[Read more]

Charlie you have the most hopeful heart of anyone! So you just make a million plans and you can cherry pick later, it can be all about joy! Have fun and enjoy this particular season. I’m currently in a beautiful snowy (but not snowing) locale and back home it’s going to be 80s-90s this week!

Seeds!!! The most exciting part of Spring! Where we are now we start trimming the plumeria ;-D Lots of cuttings to give friends makes early Summer fun too!

Oh Charlie and Philippe, my profoundest 😔 with you both right now and prayers for peace and consolation from a loving Creator to two amazing pup parents. The silence is stark but it’s good healing to rest in, nothing sounds (or snores😉) quite like a Phineas. All our love from the Nellie house🤗🤗

I’m married to a potter and 3-D is much more his gig than mine😆 I sent you a post from #oldforgecreations because he deserves credit for this quote, “hoping your New Year of the Tiger is more Hobbes than Shere Kahn!” 😆 Charlie you are definitely more Hobbes or T-I-double-ger! Go forth bouncily and have fun!🤗

Charlie you described what I hold dear about hearth and home. I’m sending every blessing to your little family for a great Christmas and a safe and healthy new year 🤗🤗🤗
PS If you talk to Santa before I do, I’m still waiting on a puppy, please put in a good word 😏🐩

Charlie, I think you’ll always be a boy with an impish grin, stifling a giggle, ready to let a snowball fly! Have the most fun and the Merriest Christmas ever! (Your polar bear is!)

Sandra thanks for another brilliant review and beautiful work to illustrate the really nice color saturation on the Strathmore. I will run low on paper and give this a try soon. Nice to hear about the 500 series, this sounds promising 😉🤗

So grateful to hear you made it out to see family! I know last year was hard to be away so it’s awesome to hear about this year’s congregating, sweet tasting, axe-throwing excitement! I bet there was hugging😉🤗 I met Marcelo at Da Vinci yesterday and I told him you and the World Watercolor and Doodlewash communities are how I found his very…[Read more]

Yummy pie Charlie!🥧😊 That’s as close as I’ll be getting anytime soon so I’m savoring the memories of my Grammie’s apple and lemon pie-perfect crusts! If I think about how nice they were it would be hard to top them so I don’t feel as bad not eating pie now, besides, I ‘ve probably eaten my lifetime allotment!…[Read more]

Oh Charlie a puppy and donuts! Nothing could be sweeter! We went to see Wayne Thiebaud’s exhibit this weekend at Laguna Beach. All glorious color! Only thing for me spooky, it was all clowns😆 😨🤡So I picked up his luscious illustrated counting book for our great-niece! All deserts!! So much better😋It’s fun being Graunty and Gruncle! So happy your…[Read more]

Charlie you made the perfect party! Happy Birthday to Philippe! You reminded me I have 2 Birthdays tomorrow! (Oh my, I’m gonna be busy!)

Mariella, congrats on your new car, I pray travel blessings over you in it! I loved mine and drove it for 13 years!

Thanks Charlie! This cat looks so relaxed with a book😎🤓 As a kid with breathing problems growing up in the smoggy 60s and 70s, a book was the answer for my overactive imagination. And I read everything I could find in our house, like the World Book Encyclopedias. I checked them out before I donated them for my parents, very nostalgic. My favorite…[Read more]

Gourav,
your art is filled with your blessing to see! Your talent is also a blessing, keep caring for it and loving the life it brings! I hear so much gratitude in your young voice and it’s evident on the page-your sight, talent and gratitude are a winning combination 🤗 Thank you for sharing with us😊