Down the Street

I loved these beautiful little trees I spotted down the street.

Fluffy White Clouds

En route to the ocean.

Today

We went on an outing.  I spotted a mermaid hiding in the woods and went in for a closer look. Then spotted this gorgeous lichen, waded through a stream, found a boat, some horses, and some beautiful bright flowering trees all while wearing orange sunglasses!

Happy Birthday Sadie

The many faces of Sadie!  Today is Sadie's "golden" birthday, 14 on the 14th.  She is my sweet little valentine and I can't imagine my life without her.  I feel so lucky to have had her by my side all these years, words can't even describe. She is the most loyal friend, an old soul, and she is full of unconditional love.  As she gets older she acts more like a puppy than ever before.  She dances for her food and even jumps off the front porch landing to the walkway! Happy Birthday Spoon and to many more!! 

Spring Is Coming

A little project I worked on this afternoon.  The trees are blooming and I am ready for spring!

Music:  Hurricane by Alva Leigh

Knit Bombs!

Spring is quickly arriving here in the bay area, the trees have already started to bloom. Until then there are these beautiful little knit poofs on a tree down our street.

Magpie

It's true, when it comes to shiny sparkly things I am drawn to them like a magpie.  I found this beauty this weekend and had to take it home!  When I came back from work today the light coming in from the window reflecting off the thousands of sequences made this awesome display on the wall that I just had to share!

Recent Finds

Each under $10! Can't wait to find a spot for them. I'll put some pictures up when I do!

This Evening

 
Almost night.

Amsterdam-inals

I loved seeing all the cute little animals hanging out in the shops in paris and amsterdam! I know the last picture is not that great but I just couldn't leave that cute little guy out he was just looking at me so sweetly and posed like that for 3 or 4 shots! The shop photos are a little blurry but these kitties were so sweet and friendly whenever I would try to take a photo they move to come say hello! And the title of the post? Michael's cleverness....

Color Pops

I interrupt this blogging silence with a quick and somewhat random post... Some shots from Amsterdam.  Be back with some regular programming soon!

Flea Market Loot!

Well, the sketchbook deadline has been extended until Tuesday so I have spent a marathon day today (over 12 hours!)  working on it. I'm still not quite sure I'm going to be able to finish it up but I am in serious need of a break.  I thought I would share a few recent flea market finds with you!  It was a rainy day and the deals were out of this world!!  Be back soon with some sketches (maybe)!  Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Sketchbook Project

 

I probably won't be putting any new posts until next weekend.  You see I signed up for the Sketchbook Project. When, you ask? Oh let's see... in October!!  I have been putting it off as I have been having the hardest time actually starting.  My theme is: down your street.  I have given this a lot of thought and come up with many ideas but none that i was incredibly pleased with.  Well, now has come the time to put idea to paper, crunch time.  I have until Saturday, Jan. 15th to fill up all forty pages.  Yep, that's six days.  So, as you can guess every spare minute I have I will be working on this.  If it starts to come along okay I might post some pictures of my progress.  I'll definitely give a peak when I'm done and the whole book will be digitized for online viewing as part of the project so i'll pass along that information too.  So, until Saturday.  Wish me luck. I need it.

Weekend Exploring

I am so excited that I finally got to make it out to General Store! The store was laid out beautifully and had a warm and inviting feel to it.  They had many beautiful items selected to drool over but I was smitten with all the cool lamps they had.  I even got to say hello to a cute doggie that was quietly going to and fro in the shop.  She reminded me so much of Sadie!!  After I left the shop I came across a cute little coffee shop right next door.  I was lured in by the look of the place and soon I found myself sipping a coffee and trying to keep myself from buying one of their delicious cookies, which they told me they serve with a shot of milk!  The rest of the photos I took while wandering around Golden Gate Park.