by admin | Nov 24, 2025 | Artist, Encore
This is my family in about 1970. This is a photo of the haircuts I wrote about on page 30 of my memoir: I Can’t Miss the Encore. My mom’s sisters were professional beautitians. My mom was an artist but not when it came to haircuts and styles. Even our...
by admin | Nov 21, 2025 | Artist, Recycle/Repurpose
Clay Oven I’ve wanted to build a clay oven for years. Finally, it was time when we were digging a hole to put our garden carrots into cold storage for the winter and hit clay. I began planning. The idea was to use all natural, recycled/repurposed-everything to build...
by admin | Nov 19, 2025 | Artist, Recycle/Repurpose
3D Stuffed Animal Quilts Years ago, I don’t remember how long ago, I got this crazy idea to sew a quilts, repurposing stuffed animals. I’ve made these amazing crazy quilts for almost all my grandkids since then. I create a background, sometimes a very...
by admin | Nov 19, 2025 | Advocate for Homeschool, Artist
Our Corl Reef Nathan and Ben help build a coral reef in out entry way, the same entryway where we built the rainforest. Heidi, a neighbor, and some of her friends we met in a IFYAC, Idaho Falls Youth Art Center, where our kids were involved in plays, came a couple...
by admin | Nov 17, 2025 | Advocate for Homeschool, Artist, Encore
A Ucon Elementary teacher heard about the Day Family home-grown rainforest and asked to come see it. When she came, she loved it so much that she asked us to help construct one in her classroom. We said that we would love to help. Some of the dads and moms helped...
by admin | Nov 17, 2025 | Advocate for Homeschool, Artist, Encore
See Gallery Below Ecuador and the Rainforest in the Entryway When I graduated from high school then left college, I was starving in many ways. After 15 years of school, I was starving for a real education. I tell people that my real education finally began when I...
