My dreams have been extraordinarily vivid lately. It makes it hard to get out of bed and be productive when I so badly want to see what my unconscious brainz will conjure up next.
Been a-working on a painting plus a-working on a living. The painting is a gift to be hung in an oceanic themed nursery and I have less than a month before the stork “drops it’s load” upon my friends. Gotta get crackin of that. But in the meantime I will leave you with this little doodle I worked on last month and alluded to in a previous post:
Eat your heart out,
Did I go over a month without posting a single thing here? Yes, yes I did. But I have really good excuses. I’ll tell you all about them:
I moved to a new place! The old place had charm, but it also had vermin-friends living in the ceiling/walls and an asshole landlord. C’est la vie. My new place has AMENITIES, not the least of which is a jacuzzi tub(!!!). Unpacking has been slow and painful since the new place has a fraction of the storage space the old place did, but the end is in sight. Regardless, the packing/moving/unpacking has been keeping me very occupied (not to mention those pesky jobs eating up my blogging time). More photos to come as the place comes together.
Besides the move I’ve managed to take some photos here and there of other activities that are not blog-updation:
Also, I’ve been working on an illustration, it’s not finished yet but here’s a little piece of the puzzle:
Eat your hearts out,
I love growing plants, you guys. Some folk buy lots of shoes or bull whips or pets; I buy plants. I have a whole gaggle of house plants in my apartment and window space is sparse so I picked up an old, ugly (yet functional) plant stand at a vintage market last fall. You can see it in action here. I have had intentions to beautify it from the beginning but only got around to it last week.
Tools -
- Spray paint – I used a yellow gloss
- Interior satin – in a creamy matte to contrast with the glossy yellow
- Paint brushes for detail work
- Tape and newspaper for paint control
It took about 6 coats of yellow spray paint to achieve a uniform color. Then a little patience and a steady hand for the trim. I think the cream trim is adorable. The whole thing came out Pleasentville as hell. I really like the results.
Eat your hearts out,
Lots and lots of work and little else. That’s my excuse for not posting here in a dogs age. But more on that later.
I can see the gears of summer are in full motion (people in very little clothing with excessive sunburn) but it’s looking like the summer of 2011 is mostly about putting away fun and taking care of business for me. So in an effort to grab a little bit of summer for myself I’d like to submit to you, dear reader, Summer Scraps: a collection of summery flickr photos to ease my indoor kid blues.
victoriabernal – Baloons
~Life by the Drop~ – Liberty Belle
zaydamor – Untitled
o__ – summer
Terrence Hamilton – Zac Dugo
mattbellphoto – Rainier and Heather
Hot nights, sunny afternoons, thunderstorms, mischief and bare flesh. The best parts of summer.
Eat your hearts out,
Last month I consumed a Quince for my New Produce of the Month new year’s resolution. For those of you without any quince experience, it is a very similar to an apple, but it is quite hard and should definitely not be eaten raw for fear of tooth loss(a sharp knife is a must). I chose to saute mine in water, honey, and nutmeg then serve it over oatmeal for breakfast and it was mighty tasty if I do say so myself.
On an unrelated note, you may have noticed this old blog got a much needed revamping. It’s rough and gritty and bloody looking and probably more appropriate for a lady of my caliber. The winds are a changing so keep hold of your hat.
Eat your heart out,
Sometimes serious, mostly sassy, frequently loud, seldom perky and always fancy.
