Spring

Early easter - late

Easter was early this year...March 23rd, Im a little late posting...
This year is the earliest Easter
any of us will ever see the rest of our lives!
The next time Easter will be this early will be the year
2228 (220 years from now). The last time it was this early was 1913. I know someone who's grandmother remembers.
The next time it will be a day earlier, March 22, will be in the year
2285 (277 years from now). The last time it was on March 22 was 1818.

So, no one alive today has or will ever see it any earlier than this
year 2008.
I thought that was interesting.

My sister is very crafty in the kitchen and made lots of goodies, I helped a little.

I made braided fabric garlands.

My mom's kitty Cleo got out one nite and poof, little baby kitties. 4 days old here.

The beautiful lemon tree in the yard is overflowing with yummy-ness. I love lemons! I like them plain, with sugar, in water, mmmm- so I took a huge bag home with me.

No aliens in Paris

Isnt Paris GREAT! I love how they will demo for anything. Americans, hmmm... "In an Idiots paradise the people think im crazy, Id sign up for a revolution but my people are too lazy"-sole.

"On 10th February 2008, members of ANONYMOUS descended on the ironically named Hubbard Academy of Personal Independence. Around 150 masked protestors marked the occasion of Scientology victim Lisa MacPherson's birthday by gathering outside the cult's headquarters, and handing out leaflets to passers by." from here...

Love the Guy Fawkes masks.

Project Chanology is the large scale plan to bring down scientology, sorry Tom.

Im all for it. This is awsome....

and hilarious.

chucks

Launching new line of Curt Cobain snaeakers. They look pretty cool, and the drawing and writing is from his journals.

I dont know whether the think that these are awsome or if Courtney Love has really gone too far. Read more...
I do really like the idea of the Hunter S. Thompson ones though, I will definately rock those.

lol!

Ralph + Oil Cloth

I love that Ralph Laurens Spring dresses are fully inspited by vintage oil cloth tablecloths. Mine is the blue one at the bottom. I put blue rik rak around the edges to make it super hokey. WACKO has a good selection of colors and designs.
I love all of the big bright florals for spring. And neon is back in a big way, um, circa 1989. I had neon slinky bracelets, jelly shoes, scrunchies and i was also in junior high so...

Another Estate

I found quite a few little vintage goodies. My favorite is the American Logs I found. I used to play with Lincoln Logs when I was a kid, remember those? Im pretty sure these are older. Also the pink thing is a handmade stuffed dog with furry ears. He is so cool. The little vintage plastic deer pair will be great around holiday time next year, although I have them up now. I also found a few really great super vintage table cloths, one was of Alaska. This is so much better than vintage/antique stores that are totally overprices and picked through. I love estate!

Chinese New Year

Happy New Year- 4706 begins Feb 7th, just in time for the largest record snowstorms in over 50 years. Sub-zero temperatures have hit most provinces north of the Yangtze River leaving millions of people without water and power. (I actually didnt get my fuzzy sweater knit lab dips due to the snowstorm as the mill who made them was snowbound.) CNY is the longest and most important holiday and of the only times of the year that people who work in China factories are able to leave work and travel to their hometowns to be with their families. Imagine?

Its the year of the Rat.

I was born in the year of the Horse.
Occupying the 7th position on the Chinese Zodiac, the Horse symbolizes such character traits as strength, energy, and an outgoing nature. Extremely animated, Horses thrive when they’re the center of attention. Always in search of a good time, Horses keep the crowds happy with their humor and their wit.

Horses are extremely intelligent so they’re able to grasp new subjects with ease. They’re also capable of multi-tasking however they don’t always finish what they start because they’re forever chasing the next opportunity. Horses are honest, friendly and open-minded. They’re perhaps a bit too centered on themselves and have been known to throw tantrums when situations don’t go their way.

Horses, being spontaneous, have a tendency to fall fast and hard for others. They tend to give themselves fully in each new relationship a quality that ends up chipping away at their inner being. Fortunately, this exhausting trait mellows with age and relationships are stronger and more stable later in life.
Horses are very healthy, most likely because they maintain a positive outlook on life and because they’re athletic. Lead Horses to wide, open spaces and watch them run free! Horses will usually only feel ill when they’re trapped inside.

BUT>>> Not only that.
I was born in the year of the EARTH HORSE!

Earth Horses – Years 1918 and 1978
Earth Horses will work to meet their goals, no matter how long it takes. They’ve got the ability to view situations from all perspectives and this ability is especially useful when it comes to making decisions. They’re very adaptable and they’re funny too.

The journey is the destination

It is such a wonderful book. It is packed to the brim with pictures and collages.
Dan Eldon was a really awsome human. You should read about his life. He now has a permanent exhibition at the Candela/Decker gallery in Manhattan.





I brought my book in to work to show my boss who has traveled extensively through out Africa. She has spent alot of time in Tanzania, Kenya, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Rwanda, Zanzibar and really misses it. She started doing her own photography a few years ago and has already been published a few times. See all of her world travel photographs at Piper Mackay Photography.

Happy New Year!

I finally finished this patchy quilt, I had to put it on hold around thanksgiving in order to work on xmas projects. It felt sooo good to get back to MY projects and this quilt was the first thing on the list to get done.