Looking in to the squiggles.... part 1

Do you see the boy with dreads?

Notebook Doodle #4

Notebook Doodle #3

Notebook Doodle #2

Notebook Doodle #1

Here's one of the notebooks I use at work....

Pindzele

David asked what the critter is called.... officially her name is "Pindzele" which means paintbrush in Latvian. Yesterday, however, her name was @#!(*&!!! which also translates as "no! no! no! no! NOOOO!"

we had some issues.

oh, the joys of having a kitten.

New project = BOAT!

For the plant lovers who watch this blog, check out the progression of the amazingly huge rose bush by my garage.... it's very nearly taller than the garage these days. amazing!

At the bottom of these images is my new summer project = refinishing a boat!



new boat = fun stuff coming up later this summer! :)
once i re-learn how to sail, anyway.....

Wisteria

Proof positive for my mom that the wisteria has decided it likes it by my house!

Summer Sunset

Here's another small image found in last week's squiggly watercolor:



I haven't decided if just matting it will suffice or if I'll want to bring attention to the person/lakeshore/etc by drawing over what's already there. Hmmmm.....

An onion as art?

Entertainment while cooking this weekend - I thought this was pretty cool looking:

June Mushroom

I forgot I took a picture of this mushroom (at work) shortly after all of the flooding last month....

Family dynamics

A case of staring at squiggles and seeing what comes out.... I started from this watercolor:



and found this in there:


Can you see it, too?

Cool bug from the women's bathroom @ Garezers

Blueberries as big as your head!

Or at least as big as a quarter....



I restrained myself and only picked a little more than 11 pounds of blueberries on my trip this weekend.... if I'm being hoenst with you, I would have picked more if only the blueberry place had been open on my way back home on Sunday..... so Sunday I picked a pint of raspberries instead (from the back yard of a car mechanic near K-zoo - he was the cheerfullest dude I saw all day). The raspberries were pretty normal. No picture needed ;)

June intentions

should I be keeping a list of what last month's goals were so I can see what my progress was? Hmmm.....

June intentions:
- finish up 2 print exchanges
- consider participating in a photograph exchange
- finish installing the new side screen door
- mat and/or frame a bunch of stuff
- begin a woodworking project (a table!)
- paint the 3.5'x7.5' paintings at D's (or at least *start* them)
- re-do the patio furniture
- re-wire kiln
- track down one last ceiling tile painter.... who happens to be my roommate!
- post photos of those last few tiles
- rehab clay & glazes
- create the window!
--- grind down the edges
--- wash & dry all pieces
--- wrap with copper foil
--- burnish the copper foil
--- solder the window
--- ?patina?
--- install the window
- play with hot glass

.....ummm this was definitely too long for this month.... yikes.

To appease my aunt....

Have some hastily cropped pictures of the newest fambly member....







I can't tell you how many pictures of this critter were ones of her walking away from me. It's very hard to capture front views or facial expressions because this critter does not sit still. ever.