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paintmygarden

About Me

Patricia Meko(nee Gallagher)- Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY and still a Brooklynite at heart! Passionate about gardening and capturing the beauty of nature in art - Although working fulltime and raising a family does not leave much spare time for those pursuits! Have a talented musician husband - check out True Rumor in my favorites. If rap is more your speed - check out my talented son Paul Meeks songs (also below in favs).I've made some giglee prints and note cards of some of my paintings available at http://paintmygarden.ecrater.com/ - click Ecrater Paint My Garden on Ecrater to jump to my site! Enjoy!

My Interests

"The Earth Laughs in Flowers"- Emerson -Art,Gardening,Cooking,Music,Yoga,Antiques,Flea Markets,Pets ~Two cats,Two fish, and One Very Large Dog!

I'd like to meet:

Claude Monet

Music:

Love a wide range of music - Beatles, Classic rock, Motown,Pop, Alternative, Rap, HipHop,etc.

Movies:


Television:

Antiques Roadshow, Cash In The Attic(BBC), Food Network, Law and Order

Books:

Recently read "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert, "Wonderful Tonight" by Pattie Boyd - fun - brought back lots of memories. Just finished "The Artist's Way" by Julie Cameron. Reading "YOU Staying Young" by Drs. Oz & Roizen. Favorite book - "A Tree Grows In Brooklyn".

My Blog

Starting a Garden

When we first moved into our home 22 years ago, there wasn't much growing in the yard other than some sparse grass.  I was able to plant spring flowering bulbs- but didn't have much money for any...
Posted by paintmygarden on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:21:00 PST

Organic Gardening

I never liked the ide of the use of pesticides even when there was little info on aorganic gardening.  At one time it was hard to find produce that was organically grown- a lot of progress has be...
Posted by paintmygarden on Tue, 20 May 2008 09:36:00 PST

Garden Poem

                   A Gardener Once Lived Here A gardener once lived here...There's traces of her still The lili...
Posted by paintmygarden on Tue, 20 May 2008 09:50:00 PST

A Balanced Life

My artist friend P. Tyrrell Masse has a wonderful website that encourages a balanced life thru art.  Check out her website:   http://www.ahealthyartisan.com/...
Posted by paintmygarden on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:01:00 PST