Lisette Root resides with her husband in Omak, Washington, in the foothills of the mighty Cascade Mountains. Her days are filled with artwork, home making, and caring for the many formerly homeless animals that she and her husband have rescued over the years. While living in Alaska for many years, she and her family had many exciting adventures mining for gold. Most of the time she home schooled their two daughters, Bonnie and Silver, and they had plenty of time to try new arts and crafts together. They took their animal family of wolves and cats with them on their adventures , which was actually an adventure in itself! Now, her home base is Malott Washington, and there will be lots more adventures to come!


What a overnight change from what I consider to be spring temps, to full blown summer! We are lucky enough to live in a restored 100 year old wood log cabin home, so we can do without (so far) air conditioning by capturing the cool nighttime air and using a fan to circulate the cool air during the day. Our place is a beautiful open bowl of medow and fruit trees surrounded by a variety of trees. Tall trees of conifers and madrona and oak surround the houses, (there are two houses, one our landlord lives in, and ours), and the woods are full of ferns and scrub, and Lots of Poison Oak, the only downside so far! I have been trying to capture as many different wildflowers and critters as I can on my digital camera. Now I dream of piles of ink cartridges and paper so I can print them out! For the first time we have hummingbird feeders and we have been able to really watch the antics, and it is a real pleasure. Today I watched a pair of swallowtail butterflies courting! They were so lovely and so graceful, I was mesmerized and forgot all about my camera! ( I gave it a fleeting thought, but the moment was so entrancing I could not leave to grab it :) I have seen the most amazing dragonfly for the last few days, completely red, fiery red, and it is spectacular! I will do my darndest to photograph it tomorrow. My sister Laura told me you have to be careful to acclimate your camera when you are dealing with extreme temps, or it can damage them, so I will take my camera with me and leave it in the shade until I need it. Right down the road, ( 7 miles ), Cave Junction was 98 degrees today, and I think we were around 94 or so. I really love cooler weather but the plants sure seem to love the sunshine! I found a discarded arrowhead several days ago. It is made of chert, and was about 3/4 of the way done, but then there is a flaw in the rock, so it was tossed away before it was finished. I will take a picture of it and show it to you:) Tonight we are having Afghan Snowshoe Naan Flatbread, with pulled chicken barbeque style chicken thighs loaded with onions, mmm,mmm! I also have sourdough bread rising, from my 8 year old starter. It will taste like tart cheddar cheese when it is finished, really sour and yummy! I am posting pictures of my last flatbread  as soon as I download it from my camera:) Good Evening from Indian Hill Ranch, O'Brien Oregon, Lisette

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Welcome to MelangeByLisette, I hope you find something interesting within... I love all forms of Art, and I have a great desire to try my hand at whatever captures my interest. I do not believe in mediocrity, or carelessness. When I create something myself, or when I am drawn to other artists works, I want to see a small piece of that persons soul in their work. I want to be able to feel and see the time of creation it took to bring forth a piece of art (any kind of art). After all, to me, this is what brings meaning to my life. The time it took to create a thing is non refundable, but extremely valuable. To love and to be loved, and to share that love with others, with art, for instance, is why I want to wake each morning. I truly love our planet Earth, and when I use her resources, it matters how I do so. I will always strive to do no harm. I am of course drawn to others who share this philosophy, and I seek them out if possible. In this last year, I needed to learn to use a computer to share my artwork. I don't drive, and I am a bit of a happy hermit, and I knew nothing whatsoever about computers and I would have been lost without the loving and extremely patient help from my sister Laura, who helped me every step of the way, thank you sister! I honestly did not believe I could do it, but here I am! My store is located on ETSY, and it is simply amazing, and I feel comfortable and happy there, and I feel privileged to be a very small part of it. I try to reuse, repurpose, and recycle whenever I can. I am always experimenting to that end. I am happy to share ideas whenever possible, and am open to creating special request items. What an amazing thing to be in touch with so many artists, tradesmen, and the whole wide world! Wow! I hope you enjoy my blog and my shop, which will have new works as often as possible. Sincerely, Lisette

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