Lost Aussie on the loose

Written In Stone

  This will go in the Sketchbook too.

Sometimes you just have to put it out there.

Especially when it's important.

Upon Reflection

Another piece destined for the Sketchbook Project.  This one cooked up with a photo taken in Las Vegas (where else do you find Golden Statues?) and some pics of weeds that I pulled out of the garden today.

The digital effort cost way less than the gardening one did. Three hours bent over with a spade will doubtless have me cursing under my breath for the next few days as thanks to a rather horrid car accident 20+ years ago where I broke my back and spent six weeks in suspended animation, tricks like heaving and digging seem to reap rather nasty rewards nowadays.

Regardless, things need to get done.  The garden has to be put into Winter shape before I go down to Australia in a few weeks time.

My "To Do List" is growing..... even if the garden is not.

Girl On Film

I'm working on some pieces that will be part of my Sketchbook Project.

I've successfully deconstructed the book that I was sent and I am having fun incorporating my digital images into the newly formed pages of the book.  Some transfers, some direct prints onto other papers.

I think the finished book will be a little bit "lumpy" and interesting.  I hope.

Pop and Go in NYC

A weekend in New York City, tripping by the FAB Street Fair,

and, visiting the Affordable Art Fair

tripping downtown to see what we could see and came upon Ryan Keeley

Awesome artwork where Ryan teams up with (in this case) photographer Peter Ruprecht to create some fabulous and artfully interpreted pieces - definitely worth the look if beautiful grunge is your kind of thing.

You can find him at:
The Keeley Gallery
352 Bowery St
New York, NY 10003
917.971.7298

www.thekeeleygallery.com
www.ryankeeley.net

We topped off the day with dinner at the Barrel, where even if the first course was a dud, they redeemed themselves with the rest of the meal.
We'll have to go back for a reprise, for sure.

Fall'in Out

Summer wanes

Damp tendrils of Autumn creep on the grass afoot

Brown edges fade on sunny blooms

And a slight mist arrives on the morning air ...

Heralding the change to come.

© Marie Otero 2011

 

I'm Over at Vision and Verb

I'm posting over at Vision and Verb today.

I'd love for you to pop on over!

A Happy Birthday for #2 Son!

18 Years ago I was blessed with a second bundle of JOY!  Born at 2159 Hrs on the 22nd of September, 1993!
Weighing in at 3535Grms and 50cm in length.  Can you believe I still have the crib header from the Nursery all that time ago?

It's hard to believe what was once a tiny speck in my arms is getting ready to leave school, sitting final exams and looking more and more grown up by the minute.

As has become our Family tradition, here is your Blog Birthday card my Honey!  I love you and miss you and will see you soon!

Happy 18th Birthday!

May all your dreams and wishes come true

and

May all your pictures be good ones!

We love you Sweetie Pie!

xoxoxoxoox

 

The Changing of Things

My garden is changing.  The squirrels are afoot, collecting acorns at a rapid pace.

I wore woolly slippers today and am thinking of finding my warm pajamas.

I like the cool clean air but don't really relish the forthcoming cold.  That 30 day place that drops in between having windows open and having the heater blasting away.  It's always savoured.

I'm thinking about going "home" - where they will be waking from a subtle Winter and emerging into Summer, full blast.

I can do with some more sunshine.

Sons and sunshine.

Yes, I can deal with that.

 

A Little Fall Light

I can't believe how quickly the Summer has disappeared.  It is barely 60F here today and I had to find my wooly UGG slippers this morning.  The afternoon light has a different tone as it strikes through the turning  leaves and it won't be long before I have to find my garden gloves and the big rake.

Yesterday I spent all day in the City teaching a private Photoshop Class, which was fun but tiring.  Today I am doing chores and a little more Digital Painting.  What are you up to? Anything exciting?

Lost Voices

 

The UPS Guy came today and I missed him.  I was left with a sticky note to say he would come back tomorrow.

It's one of those thing that changes when your Sensory Mentor is gone.

No bark at the door, no sniff and whiffle when there is some thing awry.

No sense of complacency in your own space because you know there is "someone else" watching.

DH has been gone a lot lately and I have taken to locking the back door.  Something that I never did when DAWG was with us.

I don't want to replace HER, but I MISS her, a LOT!

I know I took care of her, but she took better care of me, for sure.