may 25
8:28am
trixie & the boy

may 27
9:28am
trixie under the covers
she likes to sleep at our feet.

have a lovely weekend.
i am going to spend time sleeping in with my crew above & painting.
i'll have words and larger pieces to show you next week! 

i took black and white film to a beach party bonfire.
i didn't have any color 35mm in the house, but i think it worked.
it was a perfect night, i loved all the fire.
looking down the beach people surrounded by friends and their own little fire to tend.
i love how these two photos turned out.
the blackest black…with the bright of the fire.

hope your 4th is filled with laughter.

at the top of the flames you can see someone roasting marshmellows!
i think that is the only reason to camp - s'mores.
{i'll see you all on friday…have a good holiday i will be working & hopefully painting!}

so good news and bad news {but really it is good news wrapped up in a bad news shell}. my painting didn't sell at cannibal flower, but they asked me to show it at the venice contemporary later this month! I think opening night is the 21st of July, but I will have to confirm that! also I have the worst schedule ever this week…so good thing I just picked up my film, because there might not be any paintings to show.

here are some beds from may. {I think I am finally caught up on developing film…there was a bit of a lag there for a second umm a month, but good news is that my photo place over the hill has a drop off right around the corner from my digs. which means I don't feel like I have to stock up on the rolls of film to make it worth while to drive over the hill!} 

there is something about the bed at night that feels really special, maybe because that is when we sleep…but I think it is more the glowy light that gets me.

I just couldn't help myself…an out take of 'a year of beds' since no people are allowed. {my rules}

thank you all for coming to the sweets party {and for the birthday wishes}.
it was all I hoped it would be!

come in come in,
so excited you could come.
I made up some strawberry cupcakes in ice cream cones…no paper to figure out, but your fingers may get sticky. So stay awhile try all the sweet treats and make sure to tell me what you brought! I can't wait to be sitting on the couch later with the sugar hangover. But before the hangover comes a sugar rush and that is what is happening right now….

(you can even lick the spoon)

I am pretty sure at this point I filled them up too much….but I really couldn't help myself.

a little with the overflow…but not too bad. I think next time I want to try this with angel food cake, to see how high it can crawl up.

I have a bunch with lemon frosting too…but those are in the back, so you just have to ask.

Thank you again for coming. Don't forget to tell me what you have brought.
(and yes for those friends who have told my secret, it is my birthday today.)
Now for all the other treats you may try!

lisa s came really early with some cupcakes because right now she is in (on her way) to japan

gracia brought 13 lucky sweets, there are also some squirrels you may have to wrestle down, but I think it is totally worth it.

louise a girl after my own heart…she brought puddings and cake and pie and and and and and…

shari brought a cupcake before she left, she has an interview, so lets wish her good luck.
{plus her birthday was two days ago}

b**ana brought a beautiful plum cake, but has my favorite cookies in the back…gosh I love that girl! 

jen brought chocolate and some naturally sweet blueberries. 

mav ate her treats, but the remnants look lovely. 

such cool cow chocolate from julie! 

for a cool treat head over to amsterdam and get some ice cream from sia. 

risa is still cooking, but she put on a movie for us.
{I can't think of a better film to watch today than marie antoinette.}

johanna had time to get some cupcakes in between working on her new paintings.
{plus she is a june baby too…the 9th! - happy birthday to you}

cruststation took some time out of her inspiration gathering to bring along some eye candy!

diana just happened to make some apricot cake today…so it was perfect timing. 

molly had ice cream, but I am not sure she wants to share since she is already jones-in for more.

tiffany brought some brownies, even though she cracked some ribs last week {ouch!}

camilla is working hard, but she said she would have made all of these for us.

shanna made some delicious peanut butter cookies 

di has some wonderful candies to share {her blog elves finally let her back in - i think they crashed from all the sugar}. 

ky brought cookies {even after an afternoon at urgent care!} 

fanny is dreaming about baking…that is so fabulous. {can't wait until she gets back to france when her dreams will become reality.} 

leSophie brought some really fabulous gelato…that afternoon light is beautiful.

hannah brought a late night lemon treat {love the tart sweet}

hanttula brought some cinnamon rolls for us on tuesday morning! 

christine, it is never too late for more treats especially when they look like that
{have a blast in the philippines}

andrea brought some amazing & quirky cupcakes {plus how lucky is it that little ezra and I have the same birthday!} 

{i'll be updating throughout the day!} 

the photos clockwise starting for the top left-hand photo:

*two works in progress
*a new to me pie safe that now holds my paints, and a sneak peek of one of the word paintings
*a close up of the finished robot painting
*paints and brushes
*close up of the beneath painting
*my gnome crew

I have a couple art things happening: 

first is that cannibal flower is tomorrow night.

second I was asked to send some pieces to Brooklyn for the art walk. I am going to send five. A couple you have seen before and a couple that you haven't. soon though.
have a great weekend.
I am taking an unexpected trip to San Diego tonight to pick up my youngest brother, who just got his leave orders from the navy this morning. 

well not really the circus,
but almost good enough.
a small little carnival of rides and games.
they just showed up and started setting up on wednesday
{I was on my way to one of the new jobs and I so didn't want to go. I wanted to stay and take photos of the set up. I saw bumble bee carts just sitting in the park}
friday night the rides started…monday morning there was no sign of them.
Like the traveling circus of the past.
The carnival workers especially intrigue me.
I wonder if it is a life they choose,
or if life chooses it for them,
or if they were born into this life on the fringe.
I wonder.
The sparkly lights disguise it…

On a completely different note…
I was thinking that we need another virtual blog party.
Like Risa's tea party.
I am thinking a sweets party.
cupcakes, pastries, root beer floats, sundaes…
whatever floats your sweet tooth.
monday june 11th starts at 11am pst. {or earlier, because it is never to early for sweets}
tell all your friends.
the more the merrier.

{i'll be back on wednesday with a word painting} 

I am starting some new money job gigs this week and I am going to take a little break until I figure out my time. How much I have and all, but first I thought I would leave you with a little photo story about trixie waiting for her morning coffee {or rather waiting with me for my morning coffee}.

And since I wont be around for a bit I thought I'd leave you with some freakin' amazing take away videos. {my favs right now are: arcade fire in an elvator no less & grizzy bear just walking down the street - it is the second video on the page.} My musican, the Boy turned me on to the site.

finally the kettle is on

don't know if I can make it though

the waiting…

the endless w a i t.

may your water always boil fast…

have a fabulous monday & a great week, see you on the flipside. 

a couple more huntington beach photos…sea foam {probably one of my most favorite things} & some surfers swimming out to compete.
have a great monday.

at the beach. I love the beach. I wish we lived closer…I need to make an effort to go more often.
yesterday was a day when I needed the ocean. I felt off…out of sorts.

The next two photos look like they may have been scanned in wrong, but I really like how they turned out…

This saturday I am going to be doing cannibal flower again at infusion gallery.
the party starts at 9:30…!

{there is a lot of art and when you get done looking at the art, you can people watch like crazy} 

march 14th
11:25pm
as I was getting into bed

march 25th
my water glass

march 28th

I think this is one of my favorites for what it shows…the boy and I woke up at the same time and this shows how we get out of bed. I roll all the covers off me, where the boy just folds them back. I think it is kind of fun…

as always more beds here. 

have a good weekend…mine is full…

*of seeing a lot of art {I think we are trying to see at least four or five shows}
*finish a painting that I have been working on {I am excited about the new shape the paintings are taking}
*write a long over due letter to my brother
*sketch something that has been coming together the last couple of days
*paint a couple of words
*but not forget to take a bit of time for wishes