the little things

Found: bird skull.
Rejected: miniature shirts.....it's too hard.
Made: mushroom cluster.


Or as Anne might have titled this : Watch out for them bears.

Thrifted

I haven't decided where the clock (50 cents!) will go, Enzo's room or my studio.

This is just plain cute.

Canister set I almost didn't buy, glad I did ($5).

This tray reminds me so much of summers in my grandmother's back yard. And her.

New shirt

Made this shirt with some knit material I found while cleaning out my studio this weekend. I'm kind of giggling now that I see it in photo form, a bit wonkier than I thought. Oh well, new shirt.

Heaven

Above is my submission for this weeks Archival Friday. It's an illustration done of Tony and I on our wedding day, made for the cover of a CD we sent out to a small group of friends and relatives that attended. It included all the signature songs from our wedding and was done in the style of old jazz records (titled after the first song we played after the ceremony)..that whole weekend really was heaven. Thought it was nice to show too as our anniversary is coming up next week.

Yesterday, my mom called and told us about a Manatee release--she's been a volunteer for Sea Turtle Patrol for many years as well as other organizations, so she's in the loop about stuff like this. So we had the rare opportunity of seeing the release and Enzo got to pet the manatee for a moment (see below) which was really special. The last picture is of the "media frenzy":)
It was so funny watching them scramble for their sound bytes and perfect footage, they numbered us almost 1:1. In the end, Enzo did make it into a small segment of the news and apparently in the paper today. (On the news it was the clip they used for fade-out, he was wading around, splashing in the water, oblivious to their greedy lenses)
The manatee was really cute.

poorest tony

So it's been a crappy week, to say the least. My poorest Tony would up unexpectedly in the hospital for 4 long days. He's on the mend and today has been his first day home. Between running around cleaning a neglected house keeping the boys happy, I cut bunches of gardenias and placed them around the house. And I should say Tony will be fine (It wasn't VERY serious or life threatening), it's just so nice to have him home again.

Faces/Archival Friday

Some faces around the places.
The top is an African statue of Tonys that has been armless since I've known him. A few months back, I sewed him a bear hood.
Middle picture: favorite creatures on my dresser.
Bottom: My contribution for Archival Friday. A silkscreen (done in 1995) of a picture of a clay guy I had made. It was a five color and big shocker, they were all grey :) Impatient as usual, I obviously hadn't taken the time to properly register the layers.

Grilled pizza

Yesterday afternoon when Tony said he was in the mood for pizza, I was so excited since I had actually just bought some pizza dough while grocery shopping a few days prior. Which brings me to the news I've been spreading for the past couple of months since we first tried it::: Grilled Pizza is wonderful!!! It's so easy once you get the hang of it and tastes as good if not better than the best pizza you've ever had. I just did a recipe search to link to but the ones I've read all make it sound more difficult than it really is, but here is a decent one*. Basically you have a hot grill, throw your dough on it for a few minutes. When that side is done, flip it onto a baking sheet with the uncooked side down. Quickly put your toppings on the cooked side and using some tongs and a spatula, slide it back onto the grill for about 5 more minutes. It has come out wonderfully for us every time.
We gorged ourselves last night and even had some leftovers to snack on today during our Tuesday hangout with my sisters. (We're still trying to find a replacement for the Lair and today wound up at a family friends' pond.)

* This recipe calls for a charcoal grill-we use gas. Also it says to use cornmeal so it doesn't stick-we just use a bit of flour.