It's a bit of a departure from my usual topics (though do I really have a set of usual topics?), but we spent a lot of time at the Indianapolis zoo a couple of days ago, and I have to say, I loved it and went crazy with my camera. I've gone to the Seattle zoo a fair number of times, but I've never been able to get decent photos of the animals. I think they might be introverted. Not so at the Indy zoo. I felt up close and personal with so many creatures, sometimes it was disconcerting. For ... Read more
2 years + News + Giveaway! [CLOSED]
Twenty-four months is how long I've been blogging and you know, if I didn't have an archive of all the posts, I wouldn't believe it. My life has changed dramatically since I started this little online notebook of mine where I collect and share ideas and experiments. I've talked about this before, but I began this blog with the intention of building an illustration portfolio. I'd been through the ringer with my last corporate job, and the concept of leisurely working with pens and paints ... Read more
Happy Friday + Randomness
Adieu Seattle, for a week! Hello Indianapolis! Must rush to get about a jillion things done, so just a short haiku today: Have a great weekend, I'll be out of town next week Spotty postings, yes? I'm not sure how much I'll be able to post next week. I did, of course, have plans to schedule posts in advance, but the best laid plans...well, they weren't laid out so well. At any rate, I'll try! And whoa, look who got a sleek bob: She's looking very chic, especially with her new ... Read more
Grit
K is not in love with tennis camp. At least not in the way she was with skateboard camp. See that up there? That's from this past weekend, and when she first started skateboarding about a couple of months ago, she could barely get a few inches up that ramp. Now she'll glide all the way up and swivel turn down. She wants to go to the skate park whenever possible, and I might be biased, but I think she's a natural. I wish I knew how to do stop motion with all my photos because she's improved by ... Read more
Happy Friday + Randomness
Happy Fourth of July! We're celebrating with our neighbors as is our annual tradition and I can't wait to watch the fireworks. The city closes down certain streets in our neighborhood for fireworks-viewing and throngs of people spread blankets on the road and settle in to watch the sky show held above the lake. That exciting, mildly illicit feeling of getting away with something courses through us when we sit smack dab in the middle of the ... Read more