Winter Homages

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Happy Holidays!  Today little-man E has his last day of school and his Christmas Break begins, I will be taking some time off of the ol' blog and possibly the tumblr too.  Till next week then!  In the meantime I posted some photos of these new watermelon radishes that C got in.  So good, then I wanted to make something to go with the radish so I made some corn tortillas.  My grandma always had fresh cut radishes on her plate and a mini-salad to go with her traditional mexican meal.  We've been using the Advent Calender's full of chocolates to keep track of time it's a treat for the kids (one of these day's I'll get around to making of my own)... E had a Christmas Party at school for the parents to come to and we brought home his handmade pointsetta, I love poinsettas, in East L.A. sometimes I'd see them growing in peoples front yard next to huge aloes looking rather big and regal themselves so I broke down and got one.  Hoping to bring a little of the familiar to the unfamiliar.  We went to Clark's Tree Farm to get our tree about a week ago, I forgot to bring my camera though, we went there last year too.  It's always fun to cut and pick your own tree. I still have to sew stockings in time for Christmas, we're trying new ones this year...  In a little while, I'll be heading over to C's grandma's house to pick up more frosted sugar cookies some of which Iris and I helped frost.  Anyhow, Season's Greetings (Winter Solstice is tomorrow)!  

Counting Flowers

Lots of things being done around the house lately.  C recovered and assembled an office chair we picked up at his old junior high school when they had an auction, along with recovering a mini chair for Iris.  I've been painting some more things but I think I will post them after the holidays.  :) 

I hope all is going well out there.  I just learned/ confirmed that one of my dearest friends is going to be a daddy!  So stoked for him as he is one magical brother. 

I have been watching this unassuming movie lately instead of television and the last photo located at bottom is of a kindergarden pottery project in which a teacher decided to use Clarice Cliff as inspiration for the children.  

Soft pastels

above photo:  this is daniela's photo of the painting i sent her for the drawing share.  

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and this is so very beautiful and aptly fitting right now...  just sayin'.  been having a rollercoastering last few weeks of 2011.  also, all of our snow has done melted pretty much, what the heck winter?  are we going to have a brown christmas, perhaps.  but that's part of living right?

the skin began to crack
and shadows formed
but the sun light had
struck her eyes
so hard
there was no
denying
it's all a matter of presence
it's the poise of that willow where
the gentle dog lived
and the plants each contain little whispers
as well do the winds sing softly
but that's not what i'm telling you
it's i who must bend...
the mirror shines on all of us.

So Much to Say with No Words

Hi!  Been so very busy with all the holiday craze.  So I'm adding one last item to the shop before the holidays is over.  Look here at etsy for details :).  Come the New Year I'm going to put a few new things up so I'm looking forward to these new projects!  Anyhow, thanks for looking and have a rad weekend!

The Snow is Melting

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bon jour!

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Intentions of Study

 

I hope a good weekend is had by all!  Here are the new suprise items I've put up in etsy you can find or take a look at them here.  

Shaking it Up

This is so good.

*  special note:  my favorite dance part starts at 2:57...

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new things over at etsy...

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Greetings!

So we've been getting snow big time!  And I am also adding things to my etsy shop as of yesterday and for the rest of the week.  Please feel free to stop over there and take a peep...  :)  I'm in the process of adding a couple surprises by the end of the week so stay tuned!

It's really starting to feel like Christmas time!   This morning something very interesting happened, I was exploring the Call Park (our wooded state park) by car while my daughter was asleep in the backseat.  I got out to take a few photos of the trees and snow and out of the horizon came a giant german shepard ducking out from his hiding spot.  He was super playful, at first I didn't really know what was going on.  Then I realized that he was the german shepard I always spied sitting in the driveway across the street from the State Park during the summer time.  Once I was in the car when he kinda kept running circles around it.  I drived forward and he'd follow and I drived back and he'd follow.  I didn't want him to get run over!  So after a bunch of what seemed like back and forth with the dog running next to my car and myself trying to figure out what to do I decided to head over to his house.  No one was home.  I sat in my car and he sat next to the my car still outside but looking very calm.  Suddenly his owner shows up at the end of the driveway and he thanks me for waiting with his dog who accidentally got out on he roS.  I knew his dog was trying to tell me something!!!  It seemed so out of context with the way my day was going, waking up late, setting up an etsy shop for the first time not really knowing what I am doing or if anyone will buy anything annoyed by my tedious worry, dealing with my very energetic Iris and sending Enoch off to school.  Then this dog comes out of nowhere and I am forced to be totally aware of something bigger than myself.  He followed me for two blocks and ran in front of my car at one point...  It was a small thing in a way.  But it reminded me of the time I went up to the Los Angeles National forest with my cousin in the pitch black of night.  Burning sage and listening to old punk songs and feeling like we were looking for a bit of respite.  Then it happened, out of nowhere a female doe appeared right next to our car door, I stopped she stopped I drove and she ran with us for a good while.  It felt like the best sign ever.  I like when things happen by chance and yet they subtly pause to reveal a larger message.  Something like 'you are not alone' maybe.

above photo:  beautiful drawing by Daniela de Sarasqueta.

Anyhow, I also included a photo of an awesome drawing I received yesterday from Argentina.  Daniela and I are doing a drawing share.  I've sent off a couple drawings to her and she'll add to them and I have the honor of adding to her very lovely work.  + sp. note (i'm trying to figure out how to touch her beautiful painting w/ out changing it's loveliness!)  (i will post a photo of the painting i sent to her soon)

So I'll be posting very soon, in the meantime working on the shop getting it ready.  Thanks for looking.

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