Happy new year!

May the coming year bring you all good things. Here are a few pictures from our first days of 2013:

Snow day

Snowed in

New England got hit with a big storm this weekend, some of us are still digging out! It took us a bit by surprise, it is October after all, so we were a bit underprepared for loosing our power and water. Still, it was very pretty out here in the country. Tilda just stared and stared.

That lump in the yard is a picnic table.

It was surreal seeing the yellow and red fall leaves underneath all that snow.

Hope you all are staying warm and cozy!

Good-bye summer

I know we still have two days, but it already feels like fall with the chilly nights and leaves starting to turn. I am still picking bouquets at our CSA, hoping to keep summer alive in our house a few weeks longer...

A flower picking we will go

Our CSA lets you pick your own flowers. I plan to fill the house with bouquets all summer long.

Dolores Park on a Sunday afternoon

Trip to Muir Woods and Muir Beach

(thats me with the baby bump)

The Giving Tree

I passed by this tree stump bench the other day and couldn't help but think of The Giving Tree...

More views of San Francisco

From our new living room window:



In the yard:



Sunset over the city:

View

Some shots from the weekend's wedding

Taken with my Holga.

Poladroid

Warning: if you do not wish to procrastinate, do not continue reading.

Guess what I just downloaded? The amazing Poladroid! Make any picture into a polaroid on your very own desktop. Sooo much fun. It even makes the noise and develops slowly before your eyes...

Trip to Michigan

Long overdue, some more Holga shots from a trip in October.

A snowy day

More Holga experiments

First Holga shots

Here are some portraits of Bruno from my first roll of Holga film. I'm still experimenting with it, which so far has been really, really fun. I spend so much time planning and crafting my illustrations, its liberating to make pictures that I have so little control over. With a toy plastic camera its anybody's guess how your picture will come out. I'm also enjoying the anticipation of not seeing the image right away. Remember the excitement of going to pick up a roll of film?

My new toy

SO excited.

On my desk while I paint Desmond

Just went brush shopping. Trying out Windsor Newton Sceptre Gold since they were out of the Galeria line I am used to. So far so good.



Books for painting inspiration. Ora Eitan and Polly Dunbar. Helping to keep loose and reminding me what colors I love.



Did you know white hydrangea turn pink in the fall? I didn't. They are all over the place in Northampton, big heavy blossoms weighing down their branches. Bringing the outside in since I am in the final stretch (no more breaks).