Things That Make Me Happy

“Happiness is found in doing what we love, what matters to us … the meaningful in our lives.”

Count Scapula - 2024

Count Scapula 2024

National Color Day

National Color Day - October 22

National Look On the Bright Side Day

December 21st is the Winter Solstice and the shortest day of the year in the Northern hemisphere. But here on the Ray of SunShine blog, I...

Channeling My Inner Stanley: A Creative Storage Solution

Who is Stanley, you may ask? And why am I channeling him? Any of you who knew my grandfather would read that and chuckle. Stanley was a...

The Story Behind the Red Shoes

I have spent most of my life taking care of others. Some things have happened recently in my life that have given me the opportunity to...

Repairing Our Dining Room Chairs

Our dining room set is a family heirloom and we are the fourth generation of my husband's family to have it. It has been in need of some...

Skeleton on the Ledge - Count Scapula

Skeleton the Ledge

Snowflakes

For the past couple of years, I've been making snowflakes from plastic hangers and zip ties as part of our outside Christmas decorations....

Rock Paper

Last night I attended an on-line workshop through Rock Paper.Store. We made fall leaves from Rock Paper. It was a lot of fun! I don’t...

Craft Soda from Jungle Jim’s

If you’re from Cincinnati, you’ve most likely heard of Jungle Jim’s. It’s hard to put Jungle Jim’s into words…the amusement park of...

Fairy House

Fairy houses have always intrigued me. I used to build them with my children using items we found in nature. Using found objects and...

Día de Los Muertos

The Day of the Dead honors and celebrates those who have departed before us. It has the solemnity and respect for death but with joyful,...

Ari & Mia's Small Town Cafe

On Friday evening, I was hungry, didn’t feel like cooking and wanted to try something new. I hopped on Google Maps and searched for...

World Architecture Day

October 3, 2022 My design journey started at the University of Cincinnati with a degree in Interior Design from the School of...

National Cooking Day

September 25, 2022 I received my love of cooking from my Grandma B. She was always in the kitchen either cooking or talking on the phone....

Isabel Paige

I’ve recently been watching Isabel Paige on YouTube. Isabel makes videos related to her lifestyle and traveling.

Tavern on the Bend

From the outside Tavern on the Bend is an unassuming place, located in a strip mall between a Subway & a Papa John's, but it is a great...

Cincinnati Art Museum: Unlocking An Art Deco Bedroom by Joseph Urban

Joseph Urban: Unlocking An Art Deco Bedroom is a special exhibit at the Cincinnati Art Museum, July 8 - October 2, 2022. This lavish...

Cincinnati Art Museum: Exploring the Second Floor

When you get to the top of the steps in the Great Hall of the Cincinnati Art Museum, you face a wall of stained glass. If you go to the...

Cincinnati Art Museum: Wandering the First Floor

Even though I allowed myself to wander on this trip to the Cincinnati Art Museum, I always seem to take the same general path. After...

Cincinnati Art Museum: Art Climb

Art Climb adds a new outdoor gallery dimension to the museum. When Cameron Kitchin became the Cincinnati Art Museum’s ninth director in...

Cincinnati Art Museum

I recently visited the Cincinnati Art Museum. I have been there many times but this is the first time I have gone by myself, allowing...

Spring Bungee Fitness

A bungee exercise class came up in my Facebook feed and looked interesting but totally outside my comfort zone. So I searched Google maps...

Appreciating What You Have & Folding Clothes

Buff City Soap

My daughter introduced us to Buff City Soap. She worked there while attending college in West Virginia. I was extremely happy to find out...

Natural Life - Daily Chirp

Natural Life is a women's bohemian clothes, accessories & gifts on-line store based in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Their mission is to...

Creating Space

Thinking back, I have always created spaces. I didn’t make tall towers with my blocks but rather low buildings that spread out serving...

Drawing Day - May 16, 2022

Almost everything in the world around you started with an idea, a design, a drawing. Drawing is the way artists, engineers, scientists...