Still life with cat.

Arquicomics

Hi! Anne here, stumbled upon this cool site that has comics that are architecture related. I was mesmerized… Enjoy.

http://arquicomics.tumblr.com/

2nd Sat Flea Market at Magnuson

Here is the link to the Flea Market.

I have an email out to the promoters to confirm..

As far as I can tell, the next one is Feb 11 2012 in Hangar 30 at Magnuson park.

-Anne

Geeta loves snow.

And the snow loves her.
Well Done , Mother Nature!

Sand Point Flea Market

Hey Seattle! We have a flea market now just like Brooklyn. Check it out ..
We found this lovely chair with red leather today, looks perfect in Aunties house.

Walking in Winter

What a great, dry winter it has been. I'm sure I will regret the lack of rain this summer and all the Seattle lawns will be browner than ever, but I have been enjoying the sun and my daily walks. The posted pictures are from a neighborhood that I think is called Maple Leaf Heights. I suppose the use of the word "Heights" makes it seem like an exclusive place, but it is not. The Heights neighborhood is filled with Tudor-style homes, probably built in the '20s and '30's, mixed with bungalows and the random post-war box style house. As is the norm in NE Seattle, some of the homes are perfectly manicured and others are a little funky and beat-up. 

Photo #1: Check-out that arch! I've never seen this cedar cultivar used so well; these guys nailed it.

Photo #2: Yes, those are stones somehow attached to that pot. Glue, cement, how did they do that? 

Colors! Women VS. Men

Isn't this great? My dad emailed this to me today!

I am running into a new year.

For our readers for whom we are very grateful! Here is a special poem I love and a wish for a very special 2012.




I Am Running into a New Year

i am running into a new year
and the old years blow back
like a wind
that i catch in my hair
like strong fingers like
all my old promises and
it will be hard to let go
of what i said to myself
about myself
when i was sixteen and
twenty-six and thirty-six
even thirty-six but
i am running into a new year
and i beg what i love and
i leave to forgive me

 a poem by Lucille Clifton
from Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir 1969-1980

WELL DONE: "Jacob's Ladder" 1957 by Helen Frankenthaler

Hi WDB readers, I just learned today of the passing of Helen Frankenthaler, she was 83 years old. History should know her for experimenting with pigments directly onto raw canvas to create abstract, ethereal imagery, but history books mostly make her notable for being Jackson Pollocks and Robert Motherwells woman. Helen, I know they were both jealous of your talents....
RIP
Here's post I did about her in Oct 2009.


WELL DONE: "Jacob's Ladder" 1957 by Helen Frankenthaler
-Anne

Yum!

Who doesn't love a cookie press?

Creative Christmas Tree!!

Thanks Facebook for somehow getting me to see this great idea from an unknown poster! a friend of a friend of a friend...