Here’s the last picture I’ll take with my trusty Olympus. My first digital camera that I’ve been carting along with me for the last five years. The lens I used for everyday snapshots stopped focusing, and after searching the entirety…
2011 Year of Pleasures #9
Sally had these at her place over Christmas and I used them to eat an entire cheese ball. I was both thrilled and angry to discover them at Wal-Mart because I’ve been using them as the perfect cheese delivery system…
Bathroom Stand
This project has been living in my head ever since we bought our San Diego house. Actually seeing it to fruition has been like getting that superhuman energy boost after you kick a bad cold. A few years ago my…
Even more framing
Before I leave the framing discussion behind for good, I should probably show off these last few additions. For some reason my studio ended up having the most artwork of anywhere in my house, so I really wasn’t planning on…
Mondrian quilt in very slow progress
I’m still not feeling like working on much, but I’m trying to force myself past it. I’ve had this quilt top finished for months and sitting on top of my dresser, so I thought just getting it to the next…
2011 Year of Pleasures #5
My mother in law Sally is a devoted See’s chocolate fan, so for every holiday you can count on her having a box of it lying around. When we went down for Christmas she also had a selection of their…
Mango Sticky Rice
I’ve written before about my obsession with Mango Sticky Rice from our local Thai place. I would have, on occasion, ordered two servings at a time and called it dinner. But that would just be gluttonous. A couple of months…
Hibernation
This time every year I totally lose my crafting mojo. All the rush and excitement of Christmas just wear me out and I have the hardest time letting it go. When I could bring myself to make something over the…
2011 Year of Pleasures #2
I just got a great big box of craft supplies delivered to my door! Long term readers may remember that this time every year I make the Christmas cards I’ll be sending out in December. It may be the smartest…
2011 Year of Pleasures #1
This time of year is so fun because the kitties turn extra fuzzy as they grow their winter coats. Jem, our little gray cat, grows little points off the side of her cheeks we call her wings. Cheetara would grow…