Hearts Across the Valley

05/01/2020

May you be safe, healthy, and happy, and may all be well with you! We all may not be able to be together in person, but we are all in this together!

05/07/2019

Kindness matters....

This is Caleb from Huntsville, AL. About a year ago, Caleb contemplated ending his life until one day, he was able to break free from his dark thoughts and went to the store and purchased some cardboard and markers. He got up every day for the next week and held these signs up to spread love and positivity to strangers in the cars passing by. He hasn’t stopped since. You can follow Caleb and watch him continue to spread light to those around him.

02/12/2019

More Hearts - with music! On Valentine's Day, you can not only hear Rockapella (a wonderful a ca****la band) in Napa, if you come early, you can make some wearable heart art before the concert!

“Groupie: a person, especially a young woman, who regularly follows a pop music group or other celebrity in the hope of meeting or getting to know them.” (Collins English Dictionary)

12/23/2018

I love this photo of Michelle Hickman presenting the painting she created for Mountain Volunteer Fire Department, in thanks for all they did to help protect and defend us during and after the Tubbs Wildfire, and all they do for the community every day! My thanks to Anne Ward Ernst for the wonderful photo, and the article about MVFD's Fire Department!

It was a party to be sure with live music, food and drinks at Triple S Ranch Saturday night, but the real reason people came together was to support the

08/13/2018

Here's to more love in the world! And here's a video recap of the heart-inspired art we made in Calistoga in 2017! (Coming very soon: an announcement of what we're doing this year!).... This was Calistoga Hearts — a community-based public art project in 2017, in the Napa Valley town of Calistoga, to celebrate and inspire us with love, kindness, and compassion, created by artist Karen Lynn Ingalls....

02/19/2018

Here's how one anonymous high school student in Ohio decided to surprise fellow students with a message of love...

To celebrate Valentine's Day, an unnamed student at Troy High School in Troy, Ohio, treated all students to heartfelt and handmade anonymous valentines.

02/14/2018

Let's spread the love around, today and every day! :)

02/12/2018

Little art installations of love were part of "Hearts Across The Valley" in 2017 — in particular, on trees in downtown Calistoga. Here is part of one of them.... And may you have a love-ly and love-ing day!

10/30/2017

Calistoga, California has emerged from the fires, and we are so grateful to all the people who worked so hard to save us and our town, and as much as possible in the Napa and Sonoma County wildfires - and all the California wildfires! Since my return from evacuation, I've been making a whole passel of heart art signs to post and share our gratitude, and I'm distributing them to businesses in town. Here is one, at Stix and Stones Gallery in Calistoga. Calistoga Firefighter's Association Calistoga Police Department Calistoga Chamber of Commerce

04/09/2017

I think this amazing and wise little girl is working on the same wavelength we are.... Our rocks (yes, we made rocks with hearts too!) will go out next month, with lots of love. My thanks to Sharon Grimes Kennedy (who also made a rock with a ladybug!) for calling my attention to this.