Is it really Spring?

1. Aija, 2. Untitled, 3. Butterflies, 4. Monarch Butterfly sipping nectar from red Spicy Jatropha flowers, 5. Custom Butterfly Necklace for a bride, 6. Butterfly Wing Cane 365/3, 7. Butterfly Pompon, 8. Gorgeous Butterfly Note Card, 9. Felt Butterflies up close

Purple

Well purple was not quite as painful as I thought it might be.
I had no back ups though.
This is it!
The color wheel is finished.


1. Ronde, 2. Flowie, 3. Pretty in Pink Detail, 4. Dior, 5. Vogue Italia Dec 05, 6. Candyland Crown! 8, 7. paint me, 8. in praise of woman, 9. Crazy Cupcake Cake, 10. herding poppets, 11. Water Drop #23, 12. It's Show Business：西天取経, 13. The Faerie Queendom of Violetopia, 14. purple paper dress 2, 15. I'll eat you alive., 16. El amanecer de las mariposas

Yellow

What is Yellow?

Yellow is the color of the sun
The feeling of fun
The yolk of an egg
A duck's bill
A canary bird
And a daffodil.

I'm just now realizing where this obsession to these color collages is coming from.
My favorite book as a child was
Hailstones and Halibut Bones by Mary O'Neill
How fun it would be to illustrate this book.
I think I will add that into my 100 dreams list.

1. Yellow flower, 2. venetian mask, 3. Tord Boontje, 4. Mini Fiber Book, 5. trollz, 6. My 2008, 7. Shabby Fabric Flower Necklace, 8. colorful stare, 9. day 180 : 365 may 21 • peace and love, 10. :: where gretel lives ::, 11. The Wicked Witch of the East, 12. Rubber Duckie You're the One..., 13. tutu for you?, 14. Woven paper hearts, 15. ding dong the witch is dead, 16. Colar

Orange

Yes, this has become an obsession.
But what better way to show off the cool photos I have collected in Flickr?
Ode to Orange

1. Orange (365/340), 2. Metamorphose, 3. Formosan Sweetgum：フウの木, 4. aDRESSing the situation, 5. Alice at the toadstool, 6. Rick and Laurens wedding, 7. Mad Hatter - Johnny Depp, 8. Flamenco felted scarf, 9. Existential Bird Considers its Shadow, 10. Princess Painting, 11. Spectral, 12. cleo, 13. THai°ZiPPeR, 14. Fishing for Compliments!, 15. Do you have advent calendars in your country?, 16. advent calendar...

Black, white and RED all over

A weekly stop for me is Calamity Kim's. She inspired me by posting a great study in blue.
I thought, blue is fine and all but you can't beat RED!

So, here is my
Ode to RED.

1. Cut me (365/194), 2. Opposites attract (365/238), 3. My heart is yours (365/280), 4. red tulips.............., 5. Ice Cream Sundae Charm, 6. Broken Die, 7. Sharp and fuzzy shoe, 8. red marble, 9. all*love, 10. Umbrella, 11. recycled, reimagined, 12. fiabe, 13. Untitled, 14. Stairs, 15. Rosenlandschaft, 16. Cat In The Hat's Lollipop

Ode to PINK

There are so many great artist and photographers.
Here are just a few more of my Flickr favorites in
PINK
Isn't the word pink such a silly word?

1. Rose, 2. Flamingos Partying, 3. WATER BOTTLE FLOWERS _4291, 4. Lovechild Boudoir - Birth of Venus bustle, 5. Candyland Crown! 2, 6. Quinceanera Pink Tipsy, 7. Mini Valentine Sock Monkey Twins, 8. Enchanted April's Parasol, 9. Altered Advent Calendar, 10. Splash!, 11. Tord + Tiffanys, 12. Garden Cake, 13. PINKLOVELY Scarf Crochet Freeform detail, 14. pink fairy shoe, 15. My fabulous pink wedding shoes, 16. poppy

It's all about color

1. Fun colors against a night sky, 2. tase ike candy, 3. AU CIRCUS TWO, 4. Pride, 5. Advent Calendar 2007, 6. Day 20: Rainbow, 7. 37:365 A Sink!, 8. May Luck Be On Your Side *, 9. Count Your Ladybugs, 10. Acorn daisies made with sweater felt, 11. TWTME 1st Flickrversary, 12. Water colours., 13. Pincushion, 14. colorful mosaic of a rainy Istanbul, 15. Pinzas, 16. Transparency / Transparencia

Notes on Peru:

The colors and textures of Peru.

Year of the Tiger

February 14, 2010 begins

the year of the Tiger

on the Chinese New Year.

I thought I had entered the year of the Cougar

on my birthday

but I was quickly advised that I had missed that era

and was entering

the year of the Jaguar.

( Notice how she's begining to drool!)

Flickr photo: grady.echegaray

My kids gleefully tell me the next phase will be that of

the Saber-tooth.

I'm not sure how I feel about all of this.

All these great photos were done by

Mike Thompson at allereb on Flickr

Chandeliers

It never occurred to me how attracted I am to chandeliers until I went through my photo collection. The first three are from private estates.

The last three, colorful, whimsical, ribbons, bows, glass beads, fake flowers and junk jewelry ones are all from

The Gardenseed in Danville, California.

A "must stop" for anyone in the area!

I am hoping that by the time this is posted, "BOB" the man, has fixed my poor s..l..o..w computer.

Madame de Pompadour

This is a painting.

This is NOT.

A custom sewn garment by Minnie and some amazing photography!

She is a costume design student from New Zealand who has just graduated. It's really too bad she's not more talented.

Le Petite Manchette at Burda Style by Minnietheminks.

Photograpy

This child,

Material Girl.

Took these photos.

"No Recipes Here"

I hate cooking, therefore:

This is a recipe free zone.

In fact I almost named this blog,

"No Recipes Here".

So why do I have these photos of food?

I found this on my kitchen counter and it was clear that I needed to share it. After all it was even labeled.

"ART"

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This creative center piece was brought to you by, Material Girl.

I'm still attempting to purge therefore nothing creative is being done at this time. Grrrrr.....

Our Trip to San Antonio, Texas

Here's an overview of our trip this last week.

Pack

flickr photo by: Kaybee007

Driving

Driving

Driving

Driving

Driving

Painting

(Note the "wing man" assigned to Hubbie to watch his back.

Not just any military personal, that is a Lieutenant Colonel! You never know when someone might sneak up from behind.)

Driving

Driving

Driving

Driving

Baby!

Driving

Driving

Driving

Laundry

flickr photo by: One-and-a-half-sibirski-punk