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Mark your calendar for 9/27/2025, 12-4PM

By Eleanor Tillmans Meryl Sheep at the Woolly Bobbin. Photo credit: E.Tillmans Celebrate the Fall Season with Us  We invite you to immerse yourself in the warmth of our Alpaca Farm Day & Trunk Show, happening this September 27th from 12 noon to 4 PM.  This year’s theme, “Seasons,” celebrates the ever-changing beauty of nature
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Journaling for Family Support Groups The Power of the Pen Families navigating mental health challenges often face a mix of uncertainty, emotional exhaustion, and the weight of unspoken worries. Whether it’s supporting a loved one through depression, anxiety, addiction, or trauma, the journey can feel overwhelming and isolating. Family support groups offer a place to
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Patreon

Are you interested in spending a little time learning and creating together? I am working on this new project and I have decided that Patreon is the best forum to use. Social media can move too quickly to really engage with my followers and the website is a good homebase but Patreon allows for all
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Watercolor Wednesdays

Join me for some fun watercolor practice. I post new content every Wednesday. You can follow along with me and create something beautiful while sharing our creative inspiration. The tutorials are found on Patreon and membership tiers vary depending on your interests. I hope to see you there! Watercolor Wednesday Signup to get an email
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Felted Hats

Felt Like Making Hats with Alpaca Fiber from Our Spring Harvest! ( see what I did there?) This spring, we took on the fluffy mission of harvesting alpaca and sheep fiber, transforming our farm into a scene straight out of a Pixar movie. Think Cloudy with a Chance of Woolballs. Now, it’s time to put
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Turquoise Reflections

Watercolor Wednesday Hello! Hope you are enjoying this wonderful day! I am glad to be sharing this quick view of my latest Patreon tutorial upload. The scene is a beautiful reflective water near a shore and a distant crop of trees. It feels like just the place I would like to sit and relax for
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The Myth of Ceres and Persephone

SEPTEMBER- Autumn Equinox  Also known as the Greek goddess Demeter, Ceres was the Goddess of the harvest and was credited with teaching humans how to grow, preserve, and prepare grain and corn. She was thought to be responsible for the fertility of the land. One autumn day her daughter, Persephone, walked with friends among the
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Summer Days

Make me feel fine…ish. I am working on completing preparation for the Annual Downtown Art Fair in Grand Rapids, MN. Like most things I do, it’s been a whirlwind of crazed activity following weeks of procrastination. The watercolor is still wet and I’m hustling to learn how to make my own frames with a skill
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The Watercolor Painting that kept me sane

This winter scene was one of my first attempts at winter landscapes in watercolor. We visited a beautiful farm in Northern MN during the pandemic in 2020. Our hope to relocate was solidified when we saw this beautiful scene. I captured it on my iPhone and returned to Texas. I longed to be in this
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