an acquired taste in comfort

space monkey

This Apple packaging is so great, I'm going to hang this empty container on my wall. To me, this looks like a space monkey. Anyone else see it?

Canon Powershot

new gems for the little collection

I've been planting little cacti in these great old coffee tins and just acquired these 2 new beauties - "Bliss" and "Breakfast Cup". Joy!

iphone

sleeping like this is quite comfortable thank you

Canon powershot

this is not the squirrel-chaser you are looking for

iphone

autoyumdact

scoop-o el poop-o

iPhone

backlit

iphone

kid-improved whiteboard

 

fluffy

denise and elsa

Mom's good buddy Denise, who Elsa claimed as "one of her peeps" by doing the "I suck my thumb on you" thing.

Liz blissing out on Bovine Bakery goat cheese croissant

And, yes, while wearing a fleece!  Life in Point Reyes is divine!

Moore Ranch

 

"Red" and Jonathan

i heart room service

taken with iPhone

emeryville morning

  

california morning light makes everything a painting waiting to happen

  

elsa on hipstamatic

owen and elsa

never gets old

sorry if y'all are sick of napping dogs.  i'm not!

Pup named Bentley

This is a piece I'm donating to an animal shelter in New York - it's from a photo they have of an adoptable pup named Bentley. So, of course, having a darling nephew by the same name, had to pick him to paint!  This is all part of a project I learned about via the Art for Shelter Animals blog.

5" x 7" acrylic paint, oil pastel and marker on archival board

rocky creekbed

bye bye butcher block!!

woo hoo!  the kicky komachi knives arrived!

file under "romp"

ok, so this photo is actually from this past weekend, but it beats anything I might have taken a photo of today.... 

carwash

Taken with iPhone

A rainbow-y carwash may not make you feel less tired (after only 4 hours of sleep), but it's cheery.

green herons nesting across the street

Taken by my next-door neighbor - looks like a fledgling Green Heron.