Last Sunday, I attended my first “Art time for the womyn” gathering. A friend of mine from work hosted this event. A small group of us are getting together once a month to create whatever we feel like creating. I worked on a watercolor painting. For not touching watercolors since college, it wasn’t too bad.
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Archive for January, 2009
Art Time for the Womyn
Posted in Mountain View, art, handmade, painting, watercolor on January 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Olive…
Posted in kitten on January 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
…came home. You can stop worrying!
Eager Beavers at work in Arkansas
Posted in Mountain View, beaver, wildlife on January 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Leo and I have been observing the work of beavers on the edge of our creek over the past few months. It’s pretty amazing what they’re capable of! Here are some photos of their work upstream. I’ll have to go back and take a picture of their dam for you to see. It’s pretty darn [...]
Learning to crochet…
Posted in crochet, handmade on January 18, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I’m learning to crochet. One Saturday at work, a lady sat down at my desk with me for an hour or so and showed me how to make a granny square and since then I’ve been hooked. The first thing I made was this very simple chain necklace. It uses a funky ribbon thread, but [...]
Leo & Olive…my little family
Posted in Mountain View, kitten on January 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I started this post a couple weeks ago. It’s kind of sad now, because it may be a “In Memory of Olive” post. We haven’t seen her since Friday afternoon. Who thought that I would ever mourn the loss of a cat? But I’m pretty darn depressed. Our best scenario: She was pregnant and she [...]
A wonderful Christmas…
Posted in Christmas, Gifts, Holidays, Winter, kitten, mandolin, volkswagen on January 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
People gave me some really great things…
Janette magically found the perfect vintage swimsuit for me!
Leo is restoring Samson for me! (That’s my 1972 Volkswagen Beetle that I paid cash for with my Sonic Carhop money when I was 16). I destroyed Sam’s engine back in college, and he’s been collecting dust ever since. Now Leo [...]
