GRAPHITI

One of my favorite subjects for photography is train graphiti. Actually

I love graphiti of any kind period. These artists are the unsung heroes of the nights

and the underground. Every time I go down to the the marina in Bellingham, I find new 

ones on the boxcars. Some of these artists are so talented.

I am linking this post to

Cheryl's "Writing on the Wall" meme

Wash Day Blues

It's wash day again

skirts, shirts, pants, towels and skivvies

Coffee sounds good now

This is a picture I took of a friends backyard when she had just done

the wash. She lives in the hills in Humboldt county, California, over looking the

coastal mountain range. I also was able to go all over her property to take

pictures and into her barn studio. Check out the right side of the photo. There

is an outside bathtub. What I wouldn't give!!!

I am posting this to

Helen's "Hump Day Haiku"

OPEN

Open to the world

 away from wind, weather, noise

a place to repose

This window has been a familiar site on every trip I've taken to this

town. I love unique openings, both windows and doors. This one is quite pretty and 

has a history to go with it. I spent all of my college days inside or outside of this 

window. I either ate the wonderful food they serve inside or enjoyed the sunshine or rainy 

mist just outside it's reflection. I look forward to spring when all the perennials go in

and a blaze of color covers the walls, walkways and window seals of all the beautiful 

buildings in town. It gives me a feeling of safety and belonging.

I'm going to post this to 

Cheryl's "Writing on the Wall" meme

Fairie Imp

Little Fairie Imp

You hold my heart in your hand

And will forever

I am linking this post to

Helen's "Hump Day Haiku"

Art Journal Challenge

These are pages out of an art journal I am involved in on an Art Journaling site.

The challenge for the first two weeks of the course is "cowboys"

 This is the inside front cover of my very first art journal

and my very first pair of cowboy boots.

Page two is my aunt Rosie sitting her favorite horse 

This is my grandmother Nora and Me in my favorite cowboy hat. 

 This is Will Rogers on cowboys

This is my great grandfather Sam

I am really excited about this Journaling. It's the first time I've done it

and it is keeping me totally involved in my favorite activity.

Adams & Co

I chose this building for writing on the wall this week

because it's a building I've had in my portfolio since 1976.

I did a painting when I first got to Western as an art student.

It hung in my aunt's house for years and when she got tired of it, she

gave it to my mom and she had it up for years and now my brother Dan and

his wife Kerry have it. I really liked the painting. I think I'll do another one.

In fact, I've done several drawings and paintings of this building. I love old

buildings. It is not a family building, ie the Adams & Co. I've spent literally 

hundreds and hundreds of hours in the Colophon and Village Books and outside

enjoying the square and music they have often and public markets etc.

If you ask me where I'd like to go for the day, it would be here in Fairhaven.

I am linking this post to Cheryl's

"Writing on the Wall" meme.

Stormy Skies

Stormy skies abound

In this winter of our lives

Keep a steady wheel

I am linking this post to

Helen's "Hump Day Haiku"