Summer '13

Mama flew out to stay a long weekend at Devil's Thumb, a spa resort near Winter Park.  I love her.  We ate prawns, swam in a heated outdoor pool (ground covered with snow), sank into massage, roasted in a sauna, watched '9 to 5' (yeah, the Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton flick)... escaped a bit together.

clown'n in the tub

 Took her to my favorite place to get lard tacos on Santa Fe (across the street from my art studio).

And of course we created a little.  We painted glaze on to ceramic plates- perfect souvenirs. 

 Ryan's brewery opened in June on Main St., Louisville, CO.  It's a success!  They are busier and busier- people love Ryan's beer.  And not at all effected by the floods.

 proud brewer

 Lisa and her husband, Will, stopped for a day along their great western road trip on route to Estes Park.  

 A friend from Greensboro, NC, LIsa and I worked at a bakery (my first job in NC) and never looked back.  She's still baking the best damn cakes in G'boro.  And Will is the friendliest mountain man you'd ever hope a friend would marry.  Thanks for the road trip tips!!

Here we are near Wilmington, NC, 2005?  Can't tell you how good it was to see you, Lisa!  OX

Moab, UT

 So we stole away the perfect time of year to be in Moab, UT- late Mar, early April.  I-70 on route, Colorado prepped us for max appreciation for the high 70s sunshine.

I never

 We were lucky to find this campsite Saturday.  Ultimately, it was too close to the highway, so Sunday we moved down the Colorado River to a site where I had stayed two years ago with a few quebecoise.

ah, that's better

love my coleman stove

 Slept decent (night temp low in the mid 40s- very comfy), now for exploration.  First we fuel, then drive a few miles up 191 to Canyonland National Park.  This plate is a combo of coleman stove cooked and foil wrapped fire cooked breakfast.  The fire cooked pear & gorp was mind blowing. 

I love my CRV.  But I kinda wish it looked more like this Cherokee.  The bathroom in this convenience store was so nice I woman at the sink said, "Man, I only washed my hands".

 Mesa Arch

 yeah, that's a canyon...

 ...a deep one

The La Sal Mountain range in the distance is one of the newest in the US. 

 Back at the campsite... Ryan likes road trips so much he reads about other people's trips on his own trips.  I took the opportunity to play with my nikon.

Fuck stories around the campfire-  Let's Vogue! 

(Aunnie style in my Dad's old T-shirt)

 dark eyes is what I get after a few nights of sleeping outside  

 Alright... it's time to hike.  Off into the canyon that is Negro Bill Trail we go.  Yesterday we were above the canyons, today into one.  I did not alter the color of this pic actually.

 common trail lizard

 ~15 degrees cooler in the cave

Quick Trip HOme in Feb

 I flew home to Michiana early Feb.  Frontier tickets for the new direct flight between Denver and South Bend are still cheap.

The first morning Dad & I ate breakfast with Nate, my big little brother, in Milford on our way to Syracuse. 

 We looked at a tiny lake house in Syracuse for sale.  I did not buy it, but I Love the Knotty Pine!

 Nate's kids: adored & safe at Gma & Gpa's.  And there's a huge basement to run around.  They run everywhere really.

Nate & I are aquari(?), so we scraped together birthday cake with maraschino cherry icing.  Yum, like cherry delight.  I added sugar milk kinda like tres leches, so the kids were skeptical.  Most ate it. 

Do This...

Tried for platinum blonde.  I always wanted to.  This picture of the special purple shampoo meant for such a shade is better than the pic of my face with the highlighter-yellow hair it turned out to be.  It corrected well.  Pics to come...

Don't do This...

Don't wear a beret for the cover photo of the art book you wrote.  No exceptions.

Bust & Halloweeny Costume

 Yep, I was an era.  I think late '50s.  You can't tell in these photos but the wig I'm wearing is called "The New Beehive" and it makes me look like the mother alien. 

 I just finished this clay bust last week and showed it at this month's First Friday on Santa Fe.  It was so fun to see people's reaction to it :)

 A pic taken by my studio neighbor's phone.  I'm digging out excess clay to thin the clay, decreasing the possibility of air bubbles and the bust blowing up in the kiln.

My study photo for the bust.  I know.