atc's

watercolor and sharpie atc's. I did some stenciling, and used some punch-outs from a friend's atc's too.

ATC's batch 2

ATC's with water colors and sharpies.

another batch of atc's

ATC's - sharpies and water colors.

ATC's

I have recently been making Artist Trading Cards (ATC's). I need a place to display them before I trade them, so I figure I'll sprinkle them in here! This first set has a history...

way back when I went to this amazing gathering of unschooled (young) adults in Oregon, called Quo Vadis. At this gathering, two friends of mine - Evan and Danielle, danced. They danced swing dance so purty that my friend Kat took photos. I thought they were such great photos that I turned them into linoleum prints, and made a bunch of prints that managed to stick around in a box of old photos. Then I dug them out again.. 8-10 years later, and made these ATC's! I added some water colors, too.

November 2nd

Another walk through Fern Dell. Today I saw a few families, several older couples, one daughter helping her mother walk, a photography student with a huge backpack, and a father and daughter with their rabbit. And these giant leaves. I took a photo of myself in front of them so I could show the size of the leaves.

A walk through the dell

Seems like it's been months since I have gone for a stroll through the dell. Today I started listening to Shantaran, which I have not read, and took a hot and dry jaunt through the ferns.

It's the first day of November,  and feels like it inside of my house. Outside, though,  the sun is broght and the dust is dancing, and everybody seems like they are moving sort of slow. At 3:30 in the afternoon, the light was sideways through the trees and vines and making things glow and other parts shadowed.

There are always so many little goldfish there. I think people must bring them from home. Once I saw a little plastic aquarium with a missing top, but I am surprised by the consistency and quantity of fish.

I'm alive!

It has been entirely too long since I have written here. I started a new job - teaching in the Recreation department at CSULB. I LOVE it. I love being a teacher in the program where I was a student. It involves a lot of driving, though, which I do not love. I miss my park. I miss watching the strange things that happen there, every day.

I will make a point this week to get out into the park and take some photos for this blog. I have new projects (among them, a pieced quilt made of 2.5 inch pieces) and lots of excitement for everything I'm doing. Just not a lot of time has been spent documenting them.

In the meantime, if you are in the area - please come to the 3rd Annual Backyard Bazaar on October 20th. It's in Long Beach, CA - and should be a really fun and low-key event (bbq, handmade jewelry and jam and other awesome things for sale...)