OHHHHHH......are you talking about me?

Yes...

This little beagle of my sisters

is our wandering garbage hound

at bunnies.  She does a garbage tipping

ritual after everyone leaves at night. 

She has been known to snatch a brownie,

a full sandwich...a plate of cookies...a donut...

a half a bowl of chocolate chip cookie dough...

need I go on?  And she has gotten really sick doing 

these things.  

Anyway the other day she ate a bag of...

these. 

 Dried apple slices.  Of course my sister 

doesn't know until she starts howling and crying

because her tummy hurts and the 3rd or 4th trip outside

in the middle of the night.  The next day is the investigation

and she can usually track down what she has ingested.

I wish I had taken a picture.  

Her belly was so bloated...

But...in true beagle form...She would want outside...she would 

puke and then when you yell at her to stop eating her own

puke she would gobble it even faster... and then moan....

My sister had the thought...I guess I shouldn't have given

her so much 

water.

***funny***

These little birds hung out on our balcony.

I was at the computer in our beach bungalow

 Mr. E was on the deck reading...I heard 

the birds and they were

chirp...chirp...chirping away...

I looked down and they were at my feet!

We had left the door open and they just hopped in.

They just as easily hopped out though...as if to say,...

 yes, we have done this before.  So I did reward them with

some sunflower seeds...hence 7 birds now instead

of the 2 that came for a visit.

I look a little goofy here...but out of 7 shots

this is the best one... 

 I am drawing on the beach.

  My new passion.

 I am attempting to teach myself with the book and workbook,

 "Drawing on the Right Side of The Brain".

I have been informed that Mr. E would like to remain

anonymous.  Not all of us want to be facebookers and 

promote ourselves and have everyone know us.  So the paparazzi

shots at my house are now edited...It lends itself a little air of 

mystery.  So under this sombrero is a mysteriously cool dude.... take my

word for it.  

Here is our super nerdy umbrella we got at the 

Maui Salvation Army for $6.00.  

Every time we go to Hawaii, we buy chairs and umbrellas

 and then just leave them.  So we thought, lets check out the,"SA" and see if other people do the same thing.

   They do...So we scored on the above umbrella, a 50c paperback and a wooden cutting board for a dollar.

This really unsightly umbrella...has about 12 jungle animals on 

it.  we made this discovery after looking up at it for 2 weeks.  It was 

like, "where's Waldo".  It kept us quite entertained.

  "Another beer honey?"

These girls are having fun...

have not seen any balloon gazing

offered here as an activity...

Shadow of our true nature...

Here is our new path...it goes toward 

kihei...We can walk to the star store...

and get a few groceries

We just had this pass over...

raining sideways...

already sunny

and kids in the pool

Sitting on the beach yesterday

the waves were so high

we had to move 3x

in the end still got soaked

 

We are in Maui

When I left kirkland it was cold

icy and more snow on the way

Here is the view from our room.

It is heaven just to relax...play cards

walk to whalers village and have

lunch...read a book...float around in the ocean...hear

the whales...it is like comming home

This is what started me on my creative frenzy.

I made a book for Jeanne

for her 10th anniversary 

at

Bunnies

I had a very old photo album made

of leather...I dismantled it and 

used the front and back.

I  had another old chinese poetry book

I glued pages together to make

them sturdy.

The front is covered in a waxed parchment

separated into squares by bamboo

I also had this very old chinese box

that made the perfect wrapping.

The front has a little leather coin purse

and a silk handmade napkin holder that

is crochet rings with a bow.

And a soldered copper charm and 

a silver bunny earring I took apart...

Inside front cover...her artwork in the middle

Inside the leather pouch is a charm...

"yes we can"

On a "Quaker Relief" stamp 

her picture...and red thread

This was a black and white photo copy

of BBTB logo...I water colored

 and covered in wax

Here is a hand colored picture of 

...Bunny Crew...

Everyone wrote a short essay on what they 

appreciated

 about 

Jeanne

I made a page of the person

 and their essay...

Here is Suzanne and Bea

Here is Cory's page

I cut out a running bunny on each page

...little bits of thought...

...a copy of the famous letter

Jeanne 

sent to us 10 years ago...

This is the last page.  

I cut out 2 drawers.

One holds a necklace on a red string

the other holds 10 candles

This labour of love... opened the flood gates...

to what was to follow...

I was in one of those creative frenzies.  I would get

up around 4:00 in the morning and work till 9:00ish

Go to work

Then come home and make stuff until 11:00ish.

You know when you just...need to keep at it.

 a new palette...

pinks...creams...aquas

...it is all hand dyed and coffee dipped.

So it has a vintage feel.

I cut out hundreds of paper shapes and painted and stitched

stamped and tweeked.  So many I put them in

 little cupcake liners

just to keep it semi organized.

Since I took over my whole house it works

great to use my kitchen counters for painting...dying

I used my toaster oven...real oven and a heat gun

to dry all the papers and ribbons.

Chick Chick

Here are things I have been making. 

  This is just a little picture of a chick....

 I crimped some japanese lettered paper...dyed

rayon ribbon and a little glitter here and there.  

This is a little peat pot..

I covered in paper...filled with plaster and made

my own garland to fill the top.

It has a hand colored little baby 

with bunny ears and butterfly wings

sitting a top a paper bouquet. 

This is a one of a kind fabric mushroom...

I hand sewed...painted, and covered in wax.

Little butterflies are attached with wire.

Cute little chick on a small wood base 

with wired paper butterflies and dyed silk ribbon...

Small picture with a wire hanger

crimped paper...baby with bunny ears...

 painted

 with wax.  

faded elegance

Here are a few things I have at 

faded elegance.

This is a small wood piece...covered in 

paper that I painted. The picture of the

 two bunny girls

are hand colored.  It has hemp thread

old buttons and I coated in wax

This is a very sweet picture of a girl gazing at

a butterfly.  I made the paper fringe...crimped

glittered...hand painted and wax coated

A garland

 of paper creations...wire...ribbons...wood...wax

A charm

 I soldered and attached to frame

of fringed paper and paper framed border...

waxed.

I sewed this little bird in muslin... then painted her

with pink dots.

She sits on a canvas box...trimmed in paper garland

A fabric covered wired frame with paper flowers