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Saturday  I headed to Joshua Tree

for inspiration . I became

euphoric the minute I entered

the park .

 

I like the rocks and how this

one is balanced . I need

some balancing in my life.

The texture is amazing.

The shapes are wonderful.

 

This is the roots of a fallen

Joshua tree. I really like the

patterns in the wood.

 

This reminds me of a painting.

It was on the side of the fallen tree.

 

The weather was really crazy .

Rain , hail , clouds and sun .

All within a couple of hours.

 

This is the mountain range I

look at everyday .

I feel lucky I am able

to be inspired by this view.

Studio

I finally got the workroom cleaned.

I decided to take photo's

so i could remember what it

looked like when the job was done .

work table 1 .

these are great trays from

crate & barrel.

I pack them up with

beads , silver and stones

and carry them to where

ever I feel like working.

 

Work station # 2

 

Bead storage

 

Book & project storage 

Bead collection

Work station # 3

I do all my raven paintings here.

 

My display of my sister's ceramic art.

A raven etching bought in Port Townsend.

also a cool  raven in a winged frame

that Andrea gave to me.

It feels really good to have my work

place cleaned . If only it could

stay like that .

I hope everyone has a wonderful

Thanksgiving day.

I know I will .

PT REYES

Devon and I took a

wonderful drive to

Pt Reyes .

 

We stopped in Samuel P Taylor park.

I saw this drinking fountain and

thought it was nice how it blended

in with all the redwoods.

I love standing in a redwood

grove and breathing in

that pure oxygen.

 

I saw this house

with these towers

of albalone shells.

Reminds me of a

totem pole.

 

Loved this sign.

We did not eat here.

We had a wonderful

dinner at Osteria Stellina

with Sam & Micheal.

 

We finally made it to

the lighthouse , only

to have it closed.

This was the view from

the parking lot.

Someone else was

enjoying the view too.

This was a wonderful weekend

and the drive to Pt Reyes

was the cherry on top.

All Souls Day

This is the Altar we created this weekend
with the shrines we made. I made my mine to
honor my father . I have found making these
shrines each year is a great way to release
grief and remember the people or animal who
is no longer with us.

 

This shrine was made to honor stephanie's

dog lou . She had been an active member

of our art group since it's beginning.

She will be greatly missed

 

This shrine was mine .

This was one stephanie made.

This is the one sandy made .

I hope everyone had a great weekend .

I will be back with more photo's of my

altar . I still have work to do on mine.

Nice and Cool

Today actually feels cool around here . It is amazing
how my whole personality changes in cooler weather.
I took this photo in Andover Ma. We would never
have a photo op like this here.
 
I really miss not having a garden to grow sugar
pumpkins . Thank goodness for farmer's markets.
 
Fall always makes me think of acorns.
This beauty was in Italy.
 
These are acorn's I have collected.
The real thing from New Hampshire & Italy,
Glass from Kim Fields , and brass from Gail Crosman Moore .
I love carrying a acorn in my pocket .
Fall means work for me. Lots of creations needing
to be created . I will be happy when it slows down.
I am very thankful that I am still able to come
up with new ideas. Every year I doubt myself ,
then I sit down at my work table and look
at all the things I have made or collected
and the ideas just start to flow. The only
draw back  is , I start thinking of a 100 other
things I want to make that has nothing to
do with what I am suppose to be doing . I wonder
if anyone else has that happen to them ?
This weekend I head to the mountains
with my art group. This is my favorite weekend.
We make "Day of the Dead "shrines.
I will post our projects next week.
Have a great Halloween and grave cleaning weekend !

Fall Weekend

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It is fall , so out come the photos that make me feel like its

fall . These were taken in Santa Fe last year .

This stream was a wonderful spot to just sit and

listen to the sound of running water .

One journal page from Lake Squam before

my camera died . I have this journal I bought in Venice

that is going to be my journal of my journey

to Lake Squam . I need to do a lot more

work on this . I had planned to use my camera and my

new pogo printer but the universe had other ideas.

I just love a good mercury in retrograde !

And now for Rowan and my weekend.

We spent the weekend in the mountains

With my art buddies , no Dan to take care of him,

so he got to go along . He had a blast !

My girlfriend steph was babysitting two extra dogs beside

her own two . So it was quite the dog fest .

needless to say , I have one very tired dog .

I am looking forward to a productive week.

I hope you have a great one too.

Squam Lake

I took off to Lake Squam

this past week with my buddy

Stephanie. The first thing I

thought of when we arrived

was I had landed in the Parent Trap

movie and I was Haley Mills.

WAHOO !

                                                    

When we got to the

cabin it was a dream come true.

It was the Parent Trap. I loved this movie when i

was 11 years old. My best friend and I saw

this movie over and over at the Plaza theater.

It is the first 45 record I can remember buying,

" Lets get together " , at Patty's Record store.

We performed this song in Louise's backyard

over and over and over...................

                                                                                                                                        

We had 4 days to enjoy the 

the grounds of this wonderful camp.

the classes were amazing .the people wonderful.

we even got to see some leaves change color.

                                                                          

This week was only made better

by having gail crosman moore be there.

she and I and steph had a blast together.

it made the week just fly .

I feel so blessed to have had this week.