Happy Belated Valentine's Day

and Happy Belated Oregon's Sesquicentennial! This year on Valentine's Day was the 150th anniversary of Oregon's statehood. Go us!

Don't Waste Any Time!!

What with company, bad colds, many workshops and (happily!) a bunch of clients, I've totally forgotten about Lisa Vollraths' Valentines Day Printables Countdown. I could wax poetic about how much I love Lisa's website, how Lisa's been a professional inspiration and so much more but you'd lose out on time to download these cool Valentines Day images for next year as they're coming down sometime this week. Please make sure you read the rules before you start ot download and do yourself a favor and check out all the other wonderful things on her websites.

So what are you waiting for?

Unbelievable

There was a posting on the IAMPETH listserv that I just have to share. It's a Discovery Channel segment on a blind painter, Esref Armagan. Drawing is always a challenge for me, I really haven't spent any time studying it so of course it's challenging! As I started to watch this I thought "Well, if he can do it, what the hell am I waiting for?" And in the beginning I noticed the comic-book-esque titling was very much like the TV show Heroes. By the end of the segment I was very humbled. Indeed, the titling should look like Heroes - this man has a real-life "power" that is truly miraculous.

A better picture of Vinnie

It's hard to take a good photo of a black dog. Here's Vinnie sitting on the front porch last April while waiting for his pepere's (grandfather) visit last April.

So sweet your teeth will ache

Vinnie and Andy all snuggled up. And the arm of my sparkly red office chair.

Hello My Dear Winners,

I'm sorry I've been so late in getting out your fabulous prizes. Hopefully they'll be worth the wait.

Mitzvah Mom's job finally got out the door on the 30th, and not a minute too soon as Jacqueline Sullivan arrived shortly after MM left the house. Jacqueline is staying with me until the 9th. So far I've taken the Official Meandering Book and Geisha Shrine Book. We've had an unofficial metal play day. Yesterday was a trip to Powells' Books and tooting around town. Today we're off to experiment with monoline printing with my friend Colleen and Jaki & Russell Svaren. Tomorrow Jacqueline starts a 3-day teaching stint at Collage.

My hands look atrocious. Between cleaning patina off metal and of course playing with paints in my chartreuse/turquoise palette, I can't get the green out from under & around my fingernails. I'm ready for Halloween, but so many months early!!