a new star rising

congratulations guys! Well done.

Totally Chuffed!

Glancing through my Facebook news feed today, I was excited to find this:

Dharma Trading featured one of my tutorials!  Being Halloween and all, it's kind of nice when my PAST comes back to haunt me!

Sweet Grapes

You know that Aesop's Fable about the Fox wanting the grapes, but he couldn't reach them?  When he decided
"They're probably sour anyway!"
 he gave all future generations a very useful phrase. The term "Sour Grapes" comforts us in uncomfortable situations. It's especially appropo for sitcom floods at midnight.

The Right Earrings for a Meteor Shower.

Stumbling around at 4:30 this morning, I grabbed everything I'd need for a hasty Meteor shower date:  Jeans, flip-flips, coffee, wallet, etc. It cost me me almost a minute of fumbling before I realized I had no appropriate earrings.

Harry Potter finale: who's next?

I finally steeled myself to go to the last Harry Potter movie tonight.  I was concerned it was going to be too dark, like the previous ones.  But the main reason I hesitated was: this last film in the series marks the end of an era.  I'll probably be in my 80's before the next Epic Hero arises.

New Website!!

I finally figured out that many people who want my silly "doodlebug" designs are generally not the same folks who want my original art works.  So I've split my sites.
The original silly site is listed to the right of this blog, in "and there's more!".

Click Here for my new Originals site.
and
Click Here to see prints and cards of the originals.
Pass it on, Thanks!

Hero for a Friday

I'm looking forward to some pure escapism this weekend!

I just caught the matinee of "Thor".  I think i'ts the best "comic book" genre movie so far.  It has everything: 
*Gorgeous scenery + great special effects
*Heroes, Gods, + Monsters, 
*True Love, Humor, Treachery, Valiance, Friendship, Self-sacrifice, *and it ends with Hope.
AND
Sir Anthony Hopkins plays Odin!


what more do you want?


 

CharlesChaplin, Chocolate Chips, Quiche + Kells

The opening scene from "Benny and Joon"  is a picture of what living the creative life is like.

Senior Gift of Sustainability

What do these 3 images have in common?
Air Compressors.
One of the best gifts any Senior Class could give to their school, is a greener way to do things.
Airbrushing is the Way Forward.

A Day at Cracker Box Palace*

6:30am ish;
-Communion before Coffee;  but Cat before Communion

-meatloaf for breakfast with Mma Ramotswe ( do future post on Binge reading)

-neon castle review
(do we ever outgrow paper dolls? such a safe way to be somebody else for a change)