Let's Just Skip To Winter...

OK. Maybe I am just a tad early or this heat has me delusional (can you say 102) but I am dreaming of sweaters and mittens and something that as a native Southern Californian, I've never actually seen, truly cold weather. We managed to have some hail a few years back but it melted on contact. I am sure I'd be a big whiny baby if we ever did get some cold but until then, I will dream of mitten weather.

Studio Saturday with Gaea Handmade

This was posted on the Art Bead Scene blog a while back. I forgot to share it here when it originally posted, so here it is now...

Time Flies.

Can you believe that this year is half over? I can almost see the start of the school year which means that fall is within our sights and the summer is nearly over, gone in a flash! I am trying to cram in every little bit of fun, a promise I made to Robert. We haven't had a proper beach day yet for a swim in the ocean, but truth be told, I am happy to stay out of the sun and not have sand find it's way... well you can imagine. (The beach photos were taken at Muir State Beach where we did not get wet, so it doesn't really count!) Reflecting on the last six months... The vacation to Hearst Castle we had planned but had to cancel. The trip to my cousins wedding in San Francisco, we took, but was oh so quick. The movies we haven't seen yet. The back-to-school frenzy that is about to happen. The work still needing to be done. Here is a recap of what has been a beautiful 6 months.... 

Put a bird on it! Bird rock at Muir State Beach. Beautiful hanging lanterns in San Francisco. Clementines new fur do (I didn't think they would shave her entire body!) Happy Ketchup at Johnny Rockets. My cool 'stash. Doesn't every body have one? The kids Easter eggs.

Pyewacket keeping things warm. More Muir Beach. Crazy pink. Monterey Bay Aquarium. Gem beads. Wavy disk beads.

Golden Gate Bridge in the fog. Entranced by the "waves" at MBA. The Jean Paul Gaultier exhibit at Golden Gate Park. Ojai on a bad day.

Garden bounty. Co-op butterfly. Cats care not for your work problems. Rocks. Sunset! Copper framed ceramic pendants. Papa Lennon's patio.

View from the aquarium. Japanese tea gardens. Inspiration design cards.

Thankfully a little time flying has provided some creative ideas...

From design to glazed piece...

Think Fall.

Did you read "Joe and the Snow" when you were little? It is the story of a kid who REEEEEEally wants it to snow, so he "thinks" snow all day and all night and in the morning there is more snow than you could wag a ski poll at. I don't need snow but I could be really happy with some "fall" weather so I have been "thinking" fall...

Come on everyone! Think "fall" with me!

Time Flies...

Sometimes the summer feels like one long unmonitored free-for-all where time is concerned. The markers for bed times and times to be places seem fuzzy and far away, which sometimes makes me feel as if time is going faster than it really is....