One of my favorite recent vacations has to be visiting Kona, Hawaii in early 2018. As part of my “Looking Back” blog series, this entry may turn out to be one of my most in-depth reviews of a trip to date. So I’ll be approaching this vacation review a little differently. Instead of one all-encompassing […]
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Looking Back: Visiting Ouray, Colorado in December 2018
As I’ve mentioned before, my husband and I try to take an extended weekend vacation each year. In December 2018 we decided on visiting Ouray, Colorado – mainly for the prospect of a relaxing hot spring vacation!
Looking Back: Visiting New Orleans, LA in December 2017
One of the reasons I’m able to travel as often as I do is thanks to my husband’s career. He’s a space physicist (cool, right?) and gets to go to a handful of meetings around the globe most years. Depending on where he’s going and my work schedule, I will frequently tag along. In December […]
Hiking to Penitentiary Hollow at Lake Mineral Wells State Park, Texas
My birthday was a few days ago, so I went hiking to Penitentiary Hollow at Lake Mineral Wells State Park in Mineral Wells, Texas. Now that’s a socially-distant way to celebrate! Penitentiary Hollow can be accessed directly by car, or by hiking the Red Waterfront Trail. Of course I chose the trail, and the views […]
Hiking the Spillway Trail at Cleburne State Park, TX
Cleburne State Park is an hour from where I live, making it just close enough for a day trip and just far enough to help scratch the travel itch. I decided to go hiking the Spillway Trail at Cleburne State Park yesterday to enjoy the continuing good weather here in Texas. The trail itself is […]
Hiking Benbrook Lake in Crowley, TX.
I decided to head out a bit farther from home for the day and went hiking at Benbrook Lake in Crowley, TX, this week. This reservoir is under the jurisdiction of the Army Corp of Engineers, and home to several small parks, boat ramps, and trails. At this time of year, many of the facilities […]
Looking Back: Visiting Eastern State Penitentiary in October 2016
In October of 2016, my employer sent me to Philadelphia for three weeks on a task force mission for one of our properties. I spend the majority of my time on the road for work at work, but occasionally I’ll get a rare day off. While in Philly, I spent one of those days visiting […]
Halloween Room Mural
As mentioned in my last blog post about the Halloween Wall mural I had the pleasure of painting in 2018, I bring you the main event: the Halloween Room mural! This project entailed doing a continuous mural on all four walls to be the background of a Halloween-themed layout. The client was looking for a […]
Halloween Mural
The backstory:The couple that hired me for this mural has an extensive Halloween-themed layout they set out in their house. Each year, the neighborhood kids come by and enjoy the layout during trick-or-treating. Moving forward, the homeowners decided they wanted to avoid the trouble of setting it up and tearing it down each year. Instead, […]
Faux Marble Fireplace
One of the more common decorative painting and faux finishing requests I get is for a faux marble finish. This is a quick overview of a faux marble fireplace project I did in a private residence in Longmont, CO.