Saturday, January 13, 2007

Valentines


I made these little Valentines for an ATC swap over at Nervousness.org.
You had to include pink and/or red, a heart, a piece of a love letter, a feather, a key and the word love. I like the way they turned out. Here is a blurry peek , I just couldn't get a sharper picture!

Friday, January 12, 2007

Friday Morning In the bathroom

Then again, about any morning in the bathroom!
Kitty has her routine...


...which I interrupted...
..so I could scare myself upon looking in the mirror!

Thursday, January 11, 2007

Thursday Hello

Isn't it amazing how fast the time goes by? What's in a day... Get up, give sweetie first wake up rattle, make coffee, give sweetie the second wake up rattle,feed the four legged people living here, give sweetie the third wake up rattle, let dog out, cuddle with cat, let dog in, rattle sweetie, send the dog in to wake up sweetie, and wait with coffee in hand until sweetie stumbles to bathroom. By the time four legged people have settled down for their morning naps and sweetie is out the door, I could potentially crawl back in bed, too. I usually don't. I work on art projects, play on the computer, try to be just a little bit domestic, and before you know it, the day's half over. Then it is DEFINITELY time for the one o'clock nap. Or so I'm being informed by a sighing dog, and a rolled up cat laying in the sun. I do join them for a half hour or so. Very peaceful. Usually dog is on my feet somewhere, cat in the crook of my elbow, and we are all scrambling for a piece of the blanket.
Today I didn't though -- I tried setting up an Etsy shop. More on that later. It's not as easy as they make it seem, but I think I almost have it together.
And I had an appointment at Tusculum College, where I would like to enter the education program, to be a licensed elementary schoolteacher. What do you think? Should I do it?

This is something you'll be able to find in my Etsy shop, once it's up and running!

Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Guess what it's doing!!!!


Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

Monday, January 08, 2007

Digital collage book

I have been enjoying the computer a lot. I started a little art squared book just for my own self. The goal is to add a page a day. Or so. Sometimes I add quotes to the pages, sometimes it's just an image or a piece of something that happened that day.
But this is really fun, and I could spend hours creating little pages:
My print program! It's like having a desk full of wonderful images at hand, and all I need to do is alter them, and put them together the way I want them. Not terribly hard or original, but I love the images that come to life -- I'm pretending -- or creating? -- a fairy tale called "Tales from the Crown and the Circle".

Saturday, January 06, 2007

Journal 1514


Here is the cover of the next traveling journal I'll be sending off.
This one, as you can see, will be about people's image of the Goddess.
A theme that is very close to my heart. Just imagine, thousands of years ago, the face of God was female. Just about everywhere. The Goddess in me mourns her passing, but then I realize that we still keep her in our hearts, where she faintly whispers. Sometimes.

When I was younger, and didn't really know much about Goddess lore, I made a vessel in the vague shape of a woman. I decorated it with different little designs that had no particular meaning at the time. Many years later, I found those same designs in Maria Gijmbutas' book "The language of the Goddess" on many vessels and Goddess figures.
Collective memory, perhaps?















This is a picture of that vessel --front and back. It's signed and dated in 1991. Seems like it was in another life...

Meet the green muse


This came in the mail from my friend VK soaplash in Oregon. It really made my day! I love surprises like that peeking out of the mail box.
Thanks so much, Veek! :::blowing you a wee kissy:::

Thursday, January 04, 2007

Birthday Fire


It's my birthday today. The best part of the day was the end, Sweetie made a birthday fire for me on the deck, and we sat there quietly in the night air; flames dancing. It felt good to just be.

the second best Christmas present!

Lavender fuzzy socks!!! Very soft. Would make a good teddy bear. ;)

Wednesday, January 03, 2007

3 Nudes




These were drawn by me using the scribbler program, I've been having fun with that these past few days. I think my wintry muse has woken up, I'm full of ideas! I've started three traveling journals, and joined the found art project, and there is paper and markers and sculpey and scissors and glue on every available flat surface. I think maybe a little domestic Goddessing is in order today. Happy Artist Dance!!!

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Journal 1513


Here is the cover for a journal about trees. I'm participating in the 1001 Journals project! This one is ready to go out this week.

Peace Stars

How I spent yesterday afternoon!
Check it out here: www.found-arty-facts.blogspot.com

Sunday, December 31, 2006

Yesterdays' adventure




NPS Photo
View of mountains from the Pinnacle Overlook

Carved by wind and water, Cumberland Gap forms a major break in the Appalachian Mountain chain.
That's where I was yesterday! Sweetie, doggy and I had a nice little hike in the woods in this area. It was quite beautiful, and I'm looking forward to going back soon to explore some more. There are places to camp, caves to explore, hiking trails, and feel history. It was very refreshing for body and spirit.

Friday, December 29, 2006

Fabulous!

This is a very nice piece of puppetry/mime/performance art! And you don't have to understand french.Nicely done, enjoy!http://www.dailymotion.com/visited/search/jerome%20murat/video/xf9oo_jerome-murat

Thursday, December 28, 2006

Etayne-slug



This is a slug drawn by my arty-friend VK soaplash in Oregon, after I remarked how sluggish I've been feeling.

Monday, December 25, 2006

Thursday, December 21, 2006

My dog is a couch potatoe.

Lost in space



Resistance is futile.
You will be assimilated.

I'm the pretty Borg on the right!

Can you tell I've been enjoying the "Voyager" marathon on the Sci-Fi channel?

These pictures were taken in Las Vegas, at the Hilton's "Borg Invasion" experience. Which was fabulous, by the way, and my reason for going to Vegas in the first place. It was well done, and they had various Star Trek characters wander around the exhibit. Donna told me to go over to the Borg and get my picture taken, my first reaction was: "Are you crazy??? It's a Borg!!!"
The Borg "complied" with picture taking and asked if it was "sufficient." What fun. I don't know if the show is still running, if it is, I highly recommend it, if you like Star Trek. A word of caution: Drinks at Quark's bar are stellar priced.

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

What I miss

Warm days. Bright sun.
The trees are bare, the evergreens shed their needles. I rake them into a circle around the tree trunks. Neighborhood dogs come and make little nests there, and they lay in the sun and warm themselves.
Winter time. The light is not right here. It looks like spring. My inner universe clock is confused. Where is the grey rain and the cold damp? The crystal rain drops dripping from wet black branches?



Downtown Seattle view from Elliot Bay

Thursday, December 07, 2006

...two more prettys!


or pur-tties, as they say here in the South...

I have a job interview this morning. Wish me luck.