Little Bird Gardens (at the Country Store) on Vashon Island is a petite, wonderfully curated plant nursery. They carry an array of my garden art throughout the year. For hours and other info, click HERE.

March 2021, I can see the buds on the Elder Berry and It always makes me smile. We round the corner on one year of Covid 19, masks, and dining in. It wasn’t too hard for me and I feel truly lucky to work from home on music and mosaics. The shops are starting to open gradually and this is what this post is about. I have taken a group of mosaics to Gather, the fine shop in Vashon’s town center that carries art by many Vashon artists.

They have limited hours so please check their website or their Facebook page for the latest. Click HERE.

Each year I help make a VIPP video for our Fur Ball auction. This beloved animal rescue on Vashon has been where I have put a lot of my energy over the last 15 years. This year, my friend and filmmaker, Julie Sotomura, created this video and used a song that my parter Pete Droge and I wrote, called Skeleton Crew. She really captured the love that VIPP has for its animals and its community. She also captured how animals can be so comforting in times like these.

This year, I am the coordinator for VIPP’s on line auction which is going on now through Oct 24th at 9:00PM. We will really miss our usual big event of the year where 300 animal lovers pile into a venue to celebrate and raise money for VIPP. So I hope you will join us on line and raise your paw for the cause. You don’t have to log in to look, but please do: https://vipp2020.ggo.bid

I was asked to fill in for someone who had to cancel their participation in the Vashon Summer Arts Fest. This revolving art show features wonderful Vashon artists filling the Koch Gallery, and the main lobby in the Vashon Center for the Arts building on Vashon Highway and Cemetery Rd. Safe Covid protocols in place.

Please visit my work in this show from Aug 7th - Aug 22nd. I will have a variety of smaller mosaics (pet bowls, vases, ukuleles, etc) with the exception of my Frog Prince, who wasn’t about to be left out.

For more information on this event and to browse artists works on-line, go HERE.