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| hummingbird |
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| fluted swallowtails |
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| sphynx moth(looks battle-scarred) |
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| painted lady butterfly |
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| wasp |
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Thursday, July 18, 2013
MOTHER'S HELPER
When I was a kid my friend Heidi and I loved to play this game, Mother's helper. I think the object of the game was to complete all your chores first and be the apple of Mother's eye. I have been trying to decide if the game was sexist. I guess it was but the world was blatantly sexist in 1969 when the game was first made. We played in the 70s, we're not THAT old.
I do know that Mother sure had an enormous amount of chores to complete because as her helpers (indentured servants) we raced all through that two dimensional house, fetching baby bottles, mopping up spills, doing laundry and whatever else Mother needed. When I think about the Mother now, I picture her as kind of a Stepford Wife,eerily polite and perfectly coiffed. She would do nothing else all day but stand in her cardboard kitchen and remove perfectly formed cookies from the oven ,promising to give us a taste if we would just complete those chores.
I can remember staring at the game board convinced that I was going to have a house just like it when I grew up, only three dimensional. Well I do have a house and yes mother does have an enormous amount of daily chores! It is much harder to recruit helpers in reality. Not to mention Mother has to leave her kitchen to go to work at her PAYING job so she can bring home the vegan bacon!
Even though the game was sexist and we were naive, It elicits nothing but the good memories of sitting closely with friends on a summer afternoon on a back porch or living room carpet . Playing board games or making up our own games. Unless , of course, there was a good cartoon on tv.
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Monday, July 15, 2013
Friday, July 12, 2013
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Dog makes incredible attempt to communicate with human
I think Abby is trying to send me a message. Apparently she feels her soulful eyes aren't getting her point across so she has resorted to plan B. Ok Abby, message received. Or, maybe she just wants to PLAY.
double click image to enlarge.
Monday, July 8, 2013
Friday, July 5, 2013
Thursday, July 4, 2013
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY
In honor of the 4th of July I am posting a photo of a project I created last year. They are mixed media collages. I used paper, fabric , glass beads, some broken jewelry and found objects. the one on the left is titled Betsy Ross and the other is Indivisble. They are in wood and glass frames that Dave made for me.
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Monday, July 1, 2013
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