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Check this out.
I made myself a portfolio blog with images of some of the work I've done since college.
No comments though... wanna try and keep it professional

No Kidding

Two weeks ago on my way home from church I noticed this green VW with a ton of stuff filling the back seat. When I got closer I noticed that there was something else in the front passenger seat. A duck. It was a duck. A live honest to goodness duck.
I missed my exit trying to get a good shot with my phone and not crash my car.

Can you see it in profile? He was just chilln' enjoying a sunday drive I guess.

Bainbridge Island Part II: The art finds.

As promised here are the artists I found while on Bainbridge earlier this month.
I had to be sneeky with my phone to get these shots so they're not the best...
I was at the Roby King Gallery and just fell in love (again).

This guy was my favorite: Neal Philpott The painting above looks like the view from the top of the mountains at Green River Lakes.

This is Mary Carlton

This is Kathe Fraga I think if I were to put original works of art into a childs room I'd put her stuff into a little girls room

This guy was at a different gallery but LOVE him too. Germaine Austin

And also Cheri Christensen

So there it is. some great stuff to browse through.

If you're anything like me you spend some amount of time daydreaming about new furniture or bedding or a car or house or a vacation. Lately (as in the last year) I look almost daily for a new duvet and shams. I found one and put it in my last post. Today during my search I found a site that has not only my new duvet love but a ton of other great companies that sell fabulous bedding.

I give you pillows and throws dot com

3 x 30: Bainbridge Island

Alrighty then. Last week or the week before I took myself to Bainbridge Island! LOVED IT!! It was a whole day event and worth every minute. I just wantered around the little town center going in and out of shops and galleries. Really cool place. It has a lot of biking and things you can do too but I just took my car.
Cost: $14.50 (each way, with my car on the ferry, so $29.00 round trip)

Rating: Ab-sah-friggin-lootly!!

Here the ferry is just getting underway. Bainbridge is way back there on the horizon.

Note: When you go on this ferry beware that there is a shatteringly loud horn attatched to the front and it may go off without warning. (this pic was taken after I went to the gift shop and bought a new hearing aid and a trip to the facilities to change my soiled trousers)

Charm

Mora Iced Creamery. One scoop is about the size of a softball. DE-LISH

More charm


Oh, the charm

Ok. Esther's Fabrics. Probably my favorite store I went into.

Look at all these great prints!

And ribbon...

and vinyl!

I fell head over heels in Love with this duvet. I'm talking L-O-V-E, let's grow old together!

The lady said she'd sell it to me off the display in Oct. for 30% off!!! We'll see.

(I went into a couple art galleries. The things I saw deserve their own post. Coming 9/09)

After Bainbridge Island (the city) I drove 11 miles up this road to Poulsbo

see...

A darling little norwegian town right on the water.

Down by the water there was masses and masses of blackberries (not unlike any un-landscaped

piece of land in this place)

Enter: My Dream House (or at lease one version of it)

Mt. Ranier. The mountains infront of this volcano look to be as big as those along the Wasatch front. Mt. Ranier rises over 14,000 feet above sea level. It's HUGE!!

There she is, SeaTown

There she is, Shel-tizzle

Looking out of the ferry toward Seattle.

Crochet'd it myself

So forever ago I posted about something called a "Draft Dodger". Well, I decided last week that I'd try to make one myself. I do, afterall, know a basic crochet stitch and really, how hard could it be? My friend Kacey and I have been getting so excited about fall and this was my first attempt to welcome the season.

Behold....

3 x 30: Woodland Park Zoo

Yesterday Kacey, Olive and I went to Woodland Park Zoo. That place is rather large! We had a great time and saw some pretty cool animals.
Cost: $16.50 + $5.00 to park
Rating: Do it. Especially if you have weather like we did.

I was especially interested in the bears and the elk. I'm going to go on my first hunting trip with Steevo next month...

The classic zoo attraction: Elephants and Orangutans.

Above we see the very rare Olive-us infant-illus... most likely found in her natural habitat of Bostons Gourmet or roaming wild on her floor.

Did you know: Famingos get their color from the brine shrimp they eat? I didn't
I don't really have much photo proof that I was actually at the zoo too because I didn't think to take a picture of me but I swear I was.

Later on I met up with some girls at the Wallingford Art Walk. It was fun to see a different part of the Seattle area.

I thought these S&P shakers were appropriate now that it's hunting season.

On Monday I went to Snohomish (a little country bumpkin town east of me) to check out the antique shops. There are A LOT of them there. If you're in the mood for antiques this is where you should go.