last night & this morning were all about foxy legs… this evening it’s about palm trees & avocados, but it’s too dark to take pics!

here’s what i was able to accomplish today! yay!

back in the studio after a bout of illness & so excited to be back with my plants, paints & pens!

the project above doesn’t look like much yet, but just you wait. about 20 more layers of paint and it’ll look aces!

those of you who follow this blog know how much i adore watching/listening to ted talks in the studio!

well! when the local independent version of TED, TEDx Concordia U Portland, asked if i’d be interested in donating items for their gift bags in exchange for a pass to the event you know what my answer was!

see you there?

so, you know how hindus have their spring holi festival, which, as wiki says “culminates with a bonfire, throwing colored powder at each other, and going absolutely crazy”?

well, i love the colored powder idea but i teach in march so it’s hard to get to india, nepal or pakistan, or anywhere really, to properly participate.

enter the color run, a colored powder running tour hitting u.s. cities this year. you wear a white shirt and run three miles hitting different colored powder stations along the way. could be hokey, could also be tons of fun. i’d love to see/hear from anyone that’s participated in one of the other cities before it hits portland in august! thanks plenty of color for the head’s up!

thanks to catherine and her eagle eyes for spotting this!

This is apparently a short of a longer 3D documentary feature, the first in a collaboration of Louie Schwartzberg of Blacklight films (Movingart.tv) and Paul Stamets of Fungi Perfecti (fungi.com). omg, where can i go see it?! thanks bioneers for the head’s up!

featuring a marmot & a grouse!

…man, i have GOT to get a newer phone/camera!

aka: fox tail. this was my afternoon today!

a blurry photo of just-arrived press check sheets from my upcoming journal set with chronicle books. [it's really dark and dreary today].

commemorating last summer’s oregon coast camping tour with my friend kati and her girls. coincidentally it’s kati’s birthday today. press check sheets make excellent wrapping paper. and a good excuse to have fun with washi tape!