Canvas and Corkscrews

Been to Atlanta twice in the past couple of months to go do "Canvas and Corkscrews". The first time we painted birds. I think it turned out okay. I wish I had put in some more swirls but the swirls were stressful. I couldn't decide on swirl colors.....made it more stressful than it needed to be but I do like my birds....they are cute!


Then when I went back a couple of weekends below we painted "Poppies". I like this one.....kind of proud of it actually. Granted some of my poppies look a little like tulips but whatever. Both paintings are hanging in the kitchen and not relegated to the garage so that has to be okay!


And for the record, the pictures are hanging straight on the wall....I just didn't line up the camera too well......

Antiques? NOT!

Went to Atlanta to see some friends a couple of weekends below. We went and did a little wandering around in one of the squares near their house. There was an antique store that I had to go in. I love antique stores. I love finding little nick nacks. Nothing expensive just little boxes or figurines....you basic dust catchers for the home. This trip I found these little guys. Obviously not antiques but cute none the less.....

New Memory Card

Yeah...so I had to get a new memory card for the camera. The other one went wonky on me. Decided to test out the new card on the kids while they were sleeping. They are so cool and chill....I had the camera and the flash popping right up in their faces and they were so whatever! You will notice how perfect Daisy's beard and hair is compared to Lu's. Bless Lu's heart....I can brush her beard out and within 2 seconds it is just like I never touched it...meanwhile the delicate flower, Daisy, is still perfectly coifed. Kills me....here is Daisy:


And Lu:

New Music - Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, My Morning Jacket and Adele

Artist: Bon Iver Album: Bon Iver

I have heard and kind of known about Bon Iver for a while...heard a few songs here and there then I got lucky and they had him as a guest on one of the XM stations promoting his new album. The artist is actually Justin Vernon and the band name is pronounced "bon e-vair" which is derived from French "bon hiver" which means "good winter" (thanks Wikipedia). Anyway he recorded this album in a cabin in Wisconsin in three months.

I LOVE this album.....I have been putting it in my DVD player at night, setting the timer on the TV and going to sleep listening....I usually make it to song 2 and I am out....so relaxing and pretty and haunting and just good....

Here is the first release: "Calgary"


Next is Fleet Foxes Album: Helplessness Blues

Fell in love with the Fleet Foxes song "Mykonos". This is actually the first CD I actually bought of theirs. I miss buying CD's....kinda tired of Itunes....anyway I felt it was worth buying this one based on the first release from the album. They are also pretty chill and kind of remind me of a Crosby, Stills and Nash but better! Right now, my fave song on the album is "Helplessness Blues"....see below:

And here is the first official release "Grown Ocean".....like it too!


And next is My Morning Jacket Album: Circuital
Listening to XM and heard "Holdin' 0n To Black Metal". I fell in love with this song and had to get the CD. Now I love the whole album...but here is the song that made me buy the CD, not an official video....just the song:


And finally....Adele! Album: 21
I love her voice and her music! The original Boof got me this for my birthday. There are so many good songs on this that I can't just name one so I am going to throw 3 out there....maybe 4 that are just awesome! Would love to see her in concert....
Here is one of my faves..."One and Only"...chose this "video" because it had almost 2million hits:

Then she blew me away with her cover of The Cure's "Lovesong". I am a LOOOOONG time Cure fan and wow....here she is live on Letterman....her voice is pure and I wish I could pull off those eyelashes in every day life!:

Here is the last song on the album...there is an official video but the first time I heard it was in this little video she did at her house before the album was released. It is a little longer but it has almost 9 million hits on You Tube....worth watching. Song is "Someone Like You":

New Treeeeeeeats!

The kids are so loving these as little treats! Humans like them too! Thanks Costco!

Sneezing Baby Panda

So not what I expected and this made me laugh out loud all by myself!

Get Ready Parents! Puss in Boots!

For the love....thank you Shrek for bringing us "Puss in Boots"! He now has his own movie and I laughed way too hard just at the trailer below....Shrek is tired but Puss is hysterical!

Neighbor's Crape Myrtle

Yeah.....so I totally had to look up the spelling of "Crape Myrtle". Not that hard to spell but was making it way too hard. Anyway....looked out my window and the sun was shining through the flowers and had to try and get a couple of shots.

Too Much

So allergic to cats but for this one I would forever take Benadryl....Cricket is too much cuteness for me.......for the love...

I don't like magic but.....

I am not a fan of magic and card tricks and such but this one sucked me in because it is based on Sting's "Shape of My Heart" song and I do LOVE Sting so I threw it out here....I hate to admit it...it is kind of cool...

Firemen Rock.....no pun intended here.....

I love firemen....they are brave and they keep us safe and they risk their lives for us and THEN they are so sweet and kind and rescue animals too! This is a heartwarmer!

Bad Iceland Volcano

Really glad we don't have a volcano here....they are kind of cool and pretty when they erupt as long as they are far away from humans unlike what these people in Iceland are dealing with and now the ash cloud coming over to Europe. Pretty much if you put any natural disaster to music and in slow motion....it looks cool and can drop your jaw from the incredible power of nature and then the reality sets in very fast of how awful it is and the people and animals affected.....sometimes nature sucks.....

Volcanic Eruption in Grimsvotn, Iceland May 21 2011 from Jon Gustafsson on Vimeo.

MASON!!!

I have no words on this one....animal spirit and human love....you go little buddy! You will be okay and loved much and spoiled......

So Lucky!

Found this video today of the Tuscaloosa tornado.....I can't understand what they are saying but they are sooooo lucky!

Mazzy Star, Cowboy Junkies, Radiohead, Zero 7, Counting Crows, etc

Totally forgot about Mazzy Star for a while and then I heard "Into Dust" tonight. That led me to a melancholy You Tube obsession of hearing some pooky music. "Into Dust" is one of my favorites and is so going on one if my Ipods. I like the video version I found that had the lyrics. Somebody put it together and it is cool. The rest of the videos are just the ones I like enough to post and that I was led to hear again. I need a separate Ipod just for this type music....

Then that led me to "Fade Into You".....another fave:

Which led to "Flowers in December":

Which led to the Cowboy Junkies "Sweet Jane":

Which led to Radiohead "Fake Plastic Trees":

Which led to Radiohead "High and Dry":

Which led to some Counting Crows "Raining in Baltimore":

Which led to Air "Playground Love":

Which led to Zero 7 "Home":

Which led to Zero 7 "In the Waiting Line":

Which led to Adele "Chasing Pavements":

Which led to Adele "Someone Like You":

Which led to Sting....YES....I said Sting...."Fragile":

And more Sting, "A Thousand Years" (this version done live on THE night of 9-11):


This could go on way too long......there are way too many songs like this that I just love and each one has meaning and reminds of certain times in life.....good stuff....