Back in Portland

...I'm sitting here, in the heat no matter that it's dark with no air trying to get cool. I've said it before and before. We have no air. Um, the next time we move we WILL HAVE air. This green tomato photo is from my mom's garden. I dunno what the deal was but the whole time we were there not one tomato ripened! What the hell?
My sister was taking a bunch of stuff to Goodwill and I snagged these books among others from her. I love the Poe cover. I dunno if I am gonna read Junky as it is sure to depress me. I kinda got interested in William S. Burroughs when I read On the Road by Jack Kerouac...but as On the Road was great, yet depressing as hell to me I dunno if I should. The entire read of On the Road I could feel his emptiness...Now everytime I see a photo of Jack Kerouac I wanna cry. Serious.
Anyway.

Simple and rustic

I grabbed an old issue of Gourmet magazine this morning and flipped through it while I had my coffee. I came upon this simple dining photo. Ahhhhhhh. It's so basic and simple. It's heaven to me. Makes me want white walls. Makes me want to keep it all natural and rustic.
Tomorrow we go back to Portland and I guess we are going back to a heat wave...105. Niiiiice.

Monster Cynthia in the Garden

two more portraits of Monster Cynthia :)

Monster Watercolor

Being at my parents' I don't have all my art crap with me except my paper pad and pencil :D This has led me to want to sketch. And because I am inspired now I used waterever I had handy and that is the kids' Crayola watercolors :D They are not the same to use because they are thick and dry gel like, but the point is I am inspired and am having so much FUN with these ideas :)

Old Things

I have a younger sister. She'll be going away to school this fall and is only filling her (first place) up with old things. These are some of the things she has been collecting to take. I love her eye.

Hide and Seek

It's too hot out so Monster Cynthia is playing hide and seek in the house.

Rogue River

In the years past when I lived in Southern Oregon we went rafting every summer. Today we just took the kids and hung out by the water. It was nice :)