The raindrops are so big, I thought for sure they'd show up in this pic! This is my beautiful garden room, where in the summertime my dh and I can sit out in front and enjoy dinner. I feel so rich in those times, and we've had several of them. But on Monday it unexpectedly started pouring down rain... how could those weatherpeople not see this much rain coming? All I can think is that the rain must have come from Texas and snuck up on them from behind.
But this is Washington, where if we didn't live life while it was raining we'd have no life at all. So last night we went to Lakefair, where the rain kept away most of the crowds. We were treated like royalty while we grazed on Demo-Burgers, hand-dipped corn dogs, and Vietnamese egg rolls. Then we bought lottery scratch tickets and got a tee shirt and hat so we felt like big winners.
I spent the last several days reading "
Long Quiet Highway" by Natalie Goldberg and cleaning out my studio to a Zen-like state. But now I'm ready to make a giant mess again, inspired by the wonderful spray paint stencil art of
Judy Wise and
Dispatch from LA. Those bright colors and smiling faces are enough to lift anyone's spirits!
The raindrops are so big, I thought for sure they'd show up in this pic! This is my beautiful garden room, where in the summertime my dh and I can sit out in front and enjoy dinner. I feel so rich in those times, and we've had several of them. But on Monday it unexpectedly started pouring down rain... how could those weatherpeople not see this much rain coming? All I can think is that the rain must have come from Texas and snuck up on them from behind.
This is the top of my desk, full of a few of my favorite things. Just today I made a holder for the beautiful polymer clay heart that Tejae gave me. The heart is inscribed with the words "True Love knows no bounds" and it is inside a small Limoges suitcase given to me by my dh. 
My dh and I are back from Lake Tahoe but now he's gone back to work and I'm bored! In spite of the fact that I have a "honey-do" list staring at me, I decided to paint my Converse hi-tops blue instead. They're out in the front garden drying and I can't wait to wear them. It sounds like this week will be a little too warm but I'm sure the weather will cool off soon enough. In my efforts to get inspired, I read the Sept/Oct 2000 issue of Somerset Studio, and it had a wonderful interview with Nina Bagley. So now I'm going to go pull out my copper wire and make a Knot Now Nina chain for the pendant charm I bought from the Ashmans last Artfest. pic to follow....
This is a "preview" of the postcard I'm working on the the RAP (Random Altered Postcard) Group for the July exchange. I'm doing it using the Golden gel transfer, so this is turning out to be a labor of love. But then what are friends for, other than to bring out the best in us?
