Saturday, April 25, 2009
Early Morning
Today, Collin and I set out on a photography adventure to catch some early morning fog. It was cloudy so we didn't get fog, but we DID get some cool shots and were out before most people around were even awake...totally fun and awesome.
I found a ladybug sleeping on a leaf...
We saw an eagle of some kind up in this beautiful tree. He was huge. He took off and I got a few really good shots-this one is the best.
After we took pictures for a couple of hours, we enjoyed a hot breakfast at the Totem Lake Brown Bag Cafe. A fantastic morning all the way around.
Friday, April 17, 2009
Peep Cupcakes for Easter!
My sister baked the most delicious cupcakes for Easter this year and I got to help her decorate them. At the request of Greg, my brother-in-law, we put bunnies on some of them -the results are here for your visual feasting pleasure. She also made an unbelievably delicious dinner of rib-eye roast, mashed potatoes, au-jus with red wine gravy, oven roasted broccoli, and green salad. I was too busy stuffing my face to take pictures of that-my sincerest apologies =P
Oh, I almost forgot to mention she tortured us with a delectable apple crisp that we weren't allowed to eat until her hubby got home...dang! She used tart Granny Smith apples and it was divine!
Labels: apple crisp, cupcake, Easter, peeps
Monday, April 13, 2009
Why is my boyfriend in the window?
So, I decided to come home Saturday night after Art Fest this year. A 2-hour drive including the Edmonds-Kingston ferry trip...not too bad. I left after the show-and -tell, so I was on the road around 8:30 pm. I called Collin (my boyfriend) to let him know and he said, "I'm so excited to see you I miss you a lot honey" (awww...so sweet). Then he asked me to call him when I get close. I said, "you bet but don't wait up if you're tired...just go to sleep. " He said OK. So, I get to our exit off of I-90 and call him. It's about 11:15 pm. he's wide awake....our bedtime is usually about 8:00 pm...so I'm thinking..."huh...he's up late. He must really miss me" ...Then I drive down our little road and I see him in the living room window watching for me. Wow-he must REALLY miss me......the porch light it out too...hmm...need to remember to replace the bulb again. I drive into the driveway and see a big sign on the garage door that says, "WiLL YOU MARRY ME?" WHAT?!?! Holy COW!!! I start laughing...I'm so happy!!! I get out of the car (completely exhausted from Art Fest) and he opens the door..."Honey!!" I say....he's smiling and hugging me...we go upstairs and he hands me a beautiful little wrapped Tiffany's box...OH MY GAWD I think....I open it and it's gorgeous!
"Honey, will you marry me?" he says.... .01794 seconds later I say "Yes, honey, of course I will marry you!!!".
Then we each had about 1/4 glass of champagne and went to sleep -all smiles and joy!!
That's a shot with Collin and Margie, my BIL's Mommy, on our Thanksgiving trip to Chicago
Namaste!
Dawn
Labels: engaged, ring, Tiffany's, wedding
Art Fest 2009
I enjoyed another great year at ArtFest!.
I stayed in house 6E with my new friend Jacque B. as my roommate, and Lelainia, Tina, Sharon, Lana, and Joan. It was cool being in a house but I had to drive to all my classes. This is great if you forget things back in your room! I had Susan Wooldridge for Hidden Journal Poems on Thursday; Laurie Mika for 3-D ATCs on Friday, and Fred Mullet for Classic Rubber Fish on Saturday. They were awesome classes and I really enjoyed all of my class mates (as usual). I have good Art Fest Karma because I always end up sitting next to the nicest people-like Andrea in Susan's poetry class, Janice in Laurie's clay class, and Candice in Fred's rubber stamping class - thank you girls!
I also spent a bit of time on the beach this year, took some photos down there and went to the Journaling bonfire/party at the beach house too-always a treat.
Artist's Marketplace (vendor night) was fun-I waited to go until a bit later and Delorse and I had a nice time shopping around. I picked up some cool supplies and a pair of octopus earrings from Katherine England's table - way cool.
It's always so intense, exciting, fun, and exhausting. So, I decided to drive back home on Saturday night so I could sleep in my own bed and be with my boyfriend all day Sunday.
Guess what I got when I got home?
See my next post to find out what my big surprise was...
Namaste,
Dawn
Labels: art, ArtFest, poetry, Port Townsend, Wooldridge
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Nose hallucinations
I think my nose was hallucinating yesterday - on my drive in to work, in 23 degree weather (NO restaurants around) I swear I smelled warm blueberries....and then later on, when I got to work at about 5:45 am, I smelled pancakes with syrup on them (our cafeteria was not open yet and is in a different building)....
I wonder if we can hallucinate smells like we can hallucinate visions or images....who knows...your thoughts?
Dawn
I wonder if we can hallucinate smells like we can hallucinate visions or images....who knows...your thoughts?
Dawn
Monday, January 12, 2009
Metal Jounals Workshop
OK, so Tracy Moore makes the most awesome metal journals you have ever seen - not sure if you're aware of that fact about him or not. The great news is he has shared his knowledge with us wanna-be's and offered a metal journal workshop. Guess what? I got to go to it!Let's talk about cool people, in a cool studio, with a warm fire and a funny dog (when she wasn't picking on Steven)...AND, the bestest hosts you've ever thought of....all that combined with the most wonderful variety of metal journals you may ever see in one place...I showed up with a little headache and thought the pounding would make it worse but it actually made it go away! who'd a thunk that?
So, check out the marvelous offerings made by my fellow classmates (and me)- and go ahead, drool over them...I do every time I peek...here is a slide show on Teesha's blog with more pictures: Metal Journals
Mine was the silver colored journal with the seahorse and stars on the front, with a red leather binding sewn with blue bookbinding thread. I'm sort of on a red and blue kick right now...I didn't take a picture but there are a couple shots of it on Tracy's slide show linked above
This furry face is Sophie the wonder dog
Peace to you.
Namasté
-Dawn
Labels: journaling, metal
