A two year old macaw baby with a scarlet/green mommy and blue/gold daddy - he's a total rainbow.okay...so i really got back over a week ago! :o) it's been a busy time - my parents have been here visiting and i've been catching up on all the loose ends...mural jobs & follow ups, new products for sales and for my
etsy shop. and i caught a really dreadful cold...i still feel like i'm swimming under water - know that feeling? bahhh, can't wait till it's passed.
anyway, panama was so wonderful and i can't wait to go again. this trip was just me and my parents and brother. we went all over - el valle (a cool, mountainous area), the beaches (playa blanca), all over panama city, all over the canal zone (where i grew up), out to gamboa (where you can really feel at peace, and get great views of the ships in transit through the canal), and over to majagual (vera cruz) where my best friend lucy lives with her husband and 2 girls, plus 3 dogs and 2 cats! we saw lots of friends, lots of wildlife, took so many photos, swam in the ocean...ahhh. more pics at my
flickr page.
mossy steps at the golden frog inn, el valle, panama
gorgeous canna bloom at the golden frog inn - just amazing gardens...
sleeping princess mountain
ship in transit through the canal - headed toward the miraflores locks, gamboa
birds flying over the beach...about to steal fish from the pelicans!
a beautiful day at the beach in panama
lookee what i found...i paddled the 'ocean to ocean cayuco race' in this boat - the 'high anxiety'. we won first place our second year - such good memories. what's the cayuco race? an arm marathon essentially - 51 miles of paddling with a 4 person crew over 3 days, from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean, just like a ship would do it.
phylo is just so darned cute!!
mmmm....4 early girl tomatoes all bunched together, each at different ripening stages...such a perfect palette of colors.
Yea! 7 new lapdogs all lovingly sewn & stuffed and carefully named :o) 4 of them are currently in my shop - the other three I'll list later today and tomorrow.
Hershey the Lapdog (caramel wool fabric, apricot wool fabric, vintage alpaca felt details)
Morgan the Lapdog (striped cotton fabric, purple quilted fabric, fleece eye and tail details)
Bettie the Lapdog (purple wool fabric, irridescent printed fabric, hand felted wool details)
Rosie the Lapdog (soft pink velvet fabric, striped cotton fabric, fleece eye and tail details)
Pippi the Lapdog (fuzzy red fleece fabric, floral print fabric from Japan, hand felted wool details)
Lisbon the Lapdog (blue wool fabric, wool happi coat fabric from Japan, & fleece/cotton details)
Lille the Lapdog (super soft baby blanket fabric, floral print fabric from Japan, & wool details)
this is a cute wooden alphabet i've been painting for a little boy's room. the other work i did in his room is pretty simple - just stacked stripes in fun blues, yellows & oranges.
while in the middle of a major kitchen remodel (not yet finished...but getting there!) i decided to participate in Bazaar Bizarre which was being held at the Maker Faire in San Mateo. somehow i pulled off sewing up some 50 new plush animals and had a fabulous time at the event! i was left with just a few little guys and they are now in my shop at Etsy just waiting to be adopted. i also had some new paintings & prints and the they are also in the shop. the painting below is 'gussie sees something new':
a baby penguin and his mama are out for a stroll on the ice when they find something they've never seen before. hopefully a sweet take on the important topic of global warming.
