Halloween...last year

Halloween. I am feeling a bit old because it doesn't feel as fun as it did when I was five. Ten. Twenty-one. This is a photo from last year, but appropriate for the holiday. Next year, I am sure I will be more into it again :)

Boo in a Canoe

                                    There is really nothing to say....except absolutely adorable.

Grateful's for a Monday

I had a sort of blah Monday. So I need a dose of "Gratefuls".
1. The sliver of moon above Snow King this morning. You could see the entire outline of the moon against the inky, semi-light sky of dawn.
2. Barley and Olive playing on Putt-Putt, chasing each other like friends. I like to think about my dog having friends.
3. Working my core in Pilates and stretching my body.
4. The warm air today, the fact that I could walk around with my coat open.
5. Community Radio. I love going on the air, I love listening to the station, I love the people that work there.
6. Jamie. Just because he is the person he is. He makes me laugh and he listens to me.
7. The photos up at the National Museum of Wildlife Art. I escaped the crowds of the Old Bill's Reward Party, and wandered the photography exhibit by myself. Beautiful pictures of Antarctica and the wildlife and wildness that resides there.
8. And now, sleep.

Painting...

My day was full of painting...prepping boards with gesso and painting the walls of my upstairs home, a space that is just aching for us to move into it. I can't wait and the excitement makes the wall-painting bearable. It is amazing how far the upstairs has come, how it has transformed, and become a real grown-up home. It is hard to come down to the basement apartment. Soon we will ascend....


Another amazing fall day. The air was so warm. We were able to take the doggies hiking in t-shirts and I could have had shorts on easily. It is wonderful how long this warm fall has stretched and Jackson continues to get quieter and quieter as all of the tourists disappear and people escape for the off-season to go surfing in California or climbing in the desert. 


I worked in my studio today. Got some boards prepped for painting on this week and worked on my piece for the Exquisite Animal Show at the National Museum of Wildlife Art. Exquisite Corpse is a game popularized by the Surrealists in the early 20th century. Different artists are given a part of the animal body and when the parts come together, a fantastical creature emerges. Quite fun. .Exhttp://www.wildlifeart.org/Calendar/Exhibitions/#117

The Scared Crow

I agreed to do a scarecrow for an auction that the Public Art Initiative and the Center for the Arts is having on Friday, but could not get motivated to make a scarecrow. So I made a scared crow. And felt a great deal more inspired. 

His mouth is open in fear and his feathers (golf tees) are standing up! It happened that there was a Nature program about crows on yesterday evening. I have yet to watch, but the previews looked good.

http://video.pbs.org/video/1621910826/

Coming Back to This

It is time to return to the blog world and make this a better, more consistent site....with more photos and drawings and such. With more time on my horizon, it is a goal to make this a stronger part of my life, a place where I can both share and create, and which motivates me forward. For now, I will try to just be regular. That is a good start.

Grateful...

1. For three big stacks of firewood on our front porch, whispering that winter will be warm in our little house.
2. For good parents, mine and Jamie's.
3. That my mom was able to be with my grandmother when she died late last week. Feeling so fortunate to have the mother that I do.
4. For all of Jamie's hard work on our house.
5. For harvested vegetables, the freshness and intense taste of local broccoli, beets, and potatoes.
6. For our little garden's first year of goodness.
7. For the privilege to have the choice to leave my job.
8. For dog kisses.
9. For autumn colors against snow-dusted hills.
10. For my Dad's recommendation to check out Carla Hannaford