The Real Fireworks

Posted on Jan 10, 2010 in Blog, Blogging, Holidays | 3 comments

Here’s what we did on New Year’s Eve. I’d been drawing fireworks in the sky, and that was fun, but it was all part of a plot to pysch myself up to go stand outside in 5 degree weather at midnight. I’m kind of a wimp about these things, so it took some mental prep to give myself the enthusiasm to videotape fireworks at midnight in December. When you dress for 5 degree...

The Day After

Posted on Dec 26, 2009 in Blog, Drawings, Holidays, Sketchbooks | 9 comments

Actually the photo came after the drawing, because I felt I hadn’t fully captured the...

Merry White Christmas!

Posted on Dec 25, 2009 in Blog, Drawings, Holidays, Sketchbooks | 4 comments

I’ve been drawing stuff in the sky this week and looking at photos of space, astronauts, and the Hubble…. animations of fireworks…. Today we woke to a gift from the sky – snow! This the first White Christmas I can remember in a long time. Mochi and I went on a very early morning walk. It was a bit surreal, and we didn’t see a soul out except for some squirrels, so I...

The Haunted Hairdryer and other Halloween Constructions

Posted on Oct 31, 2009 in Featured, Holidays | 9 comments

We get a LOT of kids at Halloween at our house — something like 500+  each year the weather’s good. So we have to budget for our Pyramid of Candy carefully. Also decorating is very fun. Two years ago it was “KaBOOki – The Haunted Sushi Bar” and here’s another set of photos from that year – Evidence of Ghosts. This year, with help from two of our Chicago...

Happy Birthday U.S.A

Posted on Jul 5, 2009 in Holidays | 3 comments

4th of July weekend is usually pretty big around here. In our neighborhood, we like to dress up in red, white and blue, decorate our bikes, dogs and cars, and parade around the block in a mob-like fashion, then end up in front of someone’s house who is kind enough to provide brownies and lemonaide. Then go out to the lake, swim, eat and wait for sunset and fireworks. Magnificant end to...

A Wedding to Remember

Posted on Jul 1, 2009 in Holidays | 19 comments

Twenty years ago we were married on a cliff called Battleship Rock, the place where Russ proposed to me. It was a hot late June afternoon, and climbing the backside of the cliff in a tux and wedding gown was a challenging affair. It’s also difficult to find a minister who wants to do this sort of thing, but Russ had a friend who also happened to be a gymnastics teacher. On the cliff we...

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Posted on Feb 14, 2009 in Holidays | 3 comments

Happy New Year’s, with some resolutions

Posted on Jan 1, 2009 in Drawings, Holidays | 9 comments

sketch from Gong Fu Teahouse Last year I chose three words to define my new year. Now I can’t even find them on my blog (know I did a post about it) and can’t remember them either. Well, that worked well didn’t it? This year decided to go back to some simple new years resolutions: 1. Not to interrupt people when they are talking. (bad habit of mine, I think, when I get...

Belated Season’s Greeting

Posted on Dec 27, 2008 in Holidays | 3 comments

Hoping everyone has been having a happy and peaceful holiday season. We’ve driven and shared two family Christmas’s so far, packing and leaving for a third this morning. (this one also also has a mix of some Hanukkah folks. Looks like we’ll be driving into a wintery mix — what nice term for ice and sleet! Good thing about driving so much is it’s giving my foot a...

Whose Idea was This?

Posted on Mar 10, 2008 in Holidays | 9 comments

Daylight savings time, arggh! It was awfully dark and hard to get out of bed this morning…