sweet mail

092910: i received a very thoughtful and colorful package in the mail from a dear friend. it created a smile.

paired, loot + dinner

092810: dinner made by jmp: salad, winter squash soup with roasted corn, tomato sandwiches on el jardin bakery bread.

for 092710: bag of loot from the farm share.


for 092610: a pair on the stove top.

tomato sauce, NOT always + for nancy

092510: for nancy h's birthday.


for 092410: inside a desk: NOT always!

for 092310: tomato sauce: basil and tomatoes from our garden.

basil bundle + cloud 9

092210: for a friend who is retiring this week. a very awesome teacher and person he is!


for 092110: a bundle of basil from our garden for someone who listened to me.

finding a way

092010: a thirty minute drawing.

four stones, bunny secrets, my favorite reminder, a chalkbow

091910: chalkbow.

for 091810: the frugal repast.



the art critic. this boy is my favorite reminder of creativity... and fun and humor.


for 091710: bunny secrets.

for 091610: four flat stones that reside above our kitchen doorway. me, my siblings.

and again

091510: and yet again, i draw while doing hall duty.

drawing in the hall

091410: a drawing that i started while doing hall duty.

rainbow meal

091310: curry + coconut milk were added to this pile of color (all from our beloved csa farm): eggplant, zucchini, green + red pepper, summer squash.

orange skirt

091210: almost done with this skirt that has a pocket edged with black piping.

a doodle + not a doodle

091110: orange and navy blue on a grid.



for 091010: while my brain and hands had a moment yesterday at work.

lay me down

090910: little scraps of old drawings (probably eight years old) that i arranged in my sketchbook.

scraps

090810: scraps from the waste basket arrnaged on a sketchbook spread.

watermelon + black olives + feta

090710: this delicious salad. thanks to nigella lawson who makes me swoon!

yellow + white paper

090610: finished this today. cut pieces of yellow paper on white. it is small and it took me longer than i thought it would to finish (about 7 hours total).

local morning in paris, sean's mural, that grid + morning hellos

090510: sunday new york times, cider donut, orange zest morning bun, muesli pile, coffee on a beautiful morning at 40 green street lunch.



for 090410: we love going to bread euphoria and getting to see our sean greene. the mural/ installation with green hose.


090310: remember that grid of watercolor squares? some additions have been made.

090210: the morning glories i arranged to climb the tree trunk. heart shaped leaves, purple + green.

day one

090110: the first day of the school year with students. familiar and unfamiliar faces. i have love for them. some call me, "mom." that has to be the greatest compliment there. a quick drawing in my book because getting up at 5am, getting home at 4:30pm, heading to bed for 9, does not leave much room for studio time.