Art Studio Before and After

Mom's brainy art studio: HELP!

Mom's brain ON YOGA...betta...BUT WHAT SHE NEEDS AIN'T IN A BOOK.

Mom's brain on YOGA AND A LATTE!
NOW WE'RE TALKING!


P.S. These cards got us new cuddle cups for
winter! Squeeeeeeee!

Get Out Your Tissues

Emmanuel Kelly The X Factor 2011 Auditions Emmanuel Kelly FULL - YouTube

17 years ago in war-torn Iraq, two babies born with birth defects were tossed into

a shoe-box to die in a battle zone. They were found and taken to an orphanage.

They were found again, this time by an Australian woman who brought them

to Australia for surgeries and medical care. She fell in love with them and

adopted them as her very own.

17 years later, Emmanual Kelly auditioned on The X Factor with his plea for peace.

This is his true story.

You will cry. And you will be transformed by the courage and grace, the humanity

of a baby tossed into a shoebox to die on a battlefield in Iraq 17 years ago.

INTERVENTION!

"CALVIN, WAKE UP! WE HAVIN' AN INTERVENTION!"

"WAKE UP, LAZY-PIGULAS! WE HAVIN' INTERVENTION!"

"HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM!"

"WELL? WHAT WE GONNA DO NOW?!"

PSSssssT! SSssssshhhh! Calling all Hool-I-PigZ for an emergency MOM INTERVENTION!
C'mon, this is serious.
She singing.
She dancin' and playin'her "air drums"
and worse! She singing and dancing and playing her "air drums" to these
songs all at one time. Who we call? Homeland Insecurity or the men in
those starched white coats? Who got the cell phone?
"I ate it by accident. Big ooopsie, huh?"
Group; "CALVIN! YOU DONE IT NOW! SO YOU
GOTTA GET IN YOUR CUDDLE CUP WID THE
SPECIAL BLANKET AND PRETEND TO LET HER
PET YOU TILL YOU FALL ASLEEP, THIS YOUR FAULT!"

"SURE, O.K. BUT THE MUSIC TOO LOUD TO SLEEP - "
"IT GONNA BE FAKE SLEEP, CALVIN, JUST GET HER
TO PAY ATTENTION TO YOU AND CALM DOWN!
YOU ARE THE INTERVENTION! DO IT GOOD AND
MAKE US PROUD!"

I can say "Row. Row."
That's a start! So start rowing!
(see Geico commercial a few posts down for reference...
or not. Who cares at this point? It's just been one of those days!)

Guinea Pigs Row Tiny Boat - Easier Way to Save - GEICO commercial - YouTube

Guinea Pigs Row Tiny Boat - Easier Way to Save - GEICO commercial - YouTube

^^^WATCH THIS AND SPEW THE COFFEE RIGHT OUTTA YO'MOUTH,

IT ABOUT GUINEA PIGULAS! FUNNIER THAN THAT GEICO GECKO,
OR THEM NASTY CAVEMEN!

"ROW.

ROW."

LISTEN, HE SAYS "ROW."

THANK YOU, ConniElfPie!!!!

SUCH AN EASY WORD!

Adele - Rolling In The Deep - YouTube

Adele - Rolling In The Deep - YouTube

We know we already posted this, or think we did.

But mom in a FIERY PLACE and playing this and

the next song we posted. This her favorite.

She read Adele got in touch with the guy who

broke her heart because without him she wouldn't

have made such a soulful, gutsy album.

She thanked him for hurting her enough to

bring out her real talent and earn the success this

song done bring her.

That was nice of her. She sings "We could have
had it all..." Sounds like she got it all by herself
with her talent and passion. Good on her!

Sara Bareilles - King Of Anything - YouTube

Sara Bareilles - King Of Anything - YouTube

Mom loves this song. Is that a good thing?

We don't know: But she dances every time

she hears it and sings it and gets her groove on...

Especially, "who died and made you King of Anything?"

She seems to be singing to someone very special.

Probably one of the magnificent boyfriends who

have made her so tender, gentle, and -

OH MY! SHE JUST TURNED THE VOLUME

WAY UP, DEFINITELY DEDICATED TO

THE ONE(S) who done help her become who

she is. Shouldn't she sing: "Thank you for being

you, it only made me stronger?"

INCOMING!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, YOU OLD HIPPIE!

^^^Press here

FOR CLOSE-UP OF MT. RAINIER...AND, OF COURSE, JERRY AND LAURIE BEFORE THEY CLIMB IT!

Tonight mom called Jerry in the middle of his birthday party in Hot'Lanta where he sounded so happy! She asked if this was a good time to talk..."It's my birthday! And we're having real cake and real ice cream!" (after mom said her cake was vegan and gluten-free, a BIG HIT WITH JERRY.  NOT REALLY!)

Our shameless mom then tried to pretend she knew it was his birthday and called to give him a big hug and kiss...she was so flustered (this is true, tragic, but true...and we just can't figure out how to make it STOP!) so she said "Sending you a big hug and I'm really stacked so you oughtta really be able to feel it!" He got off the phone real quick after that.

We are running out of ideas...
and hope!

For G.

Mom made this card about faith and trust but the gallery liked her crazy stuff better, so she tacked this one to the wall. Today, we dedicate it to our dear G.
May God bless you with Goodness and Joy in abundance, now and forever.
You are so loved.

Bad Hair Day

With winds gusting to at least 60 mph for the second consecutive day, and mom's haircut still a week away, things appear bleak. When you have naturally curly hair in a moist climate combined with an onshore flow and - oh! - who are we kidding? The truth is mom hates the low-flow shower here in our "green, earth-friendly" apartment building! So, she doesn't wash her hair that much. And generally keeps it pretty short but thought, given the chilly summer we just had, that longer might be better.

We testify! Not betta! The "Tina Turner" effect is not becoming, mom, and as much as we love you, the day you see Leslie and her magic scissors just can't come soon enough for us!

Even though this is actually one of the chickens she "let the girls out" photographing, it is an astonishingly accurate portrayal of Pacific Northwest hair gone crazy during an unseasonal wind "event" as they say.

And the pic of mom doing yoga a few posts back, well, not exactly her because none of us would get that close with her camera (in case she fell) but she wants us to know she can do that.

Yeah, mom, of course you can. And we love your hair. And we can fly. And you are a gourmet cook and phenomenal housekeeper. And when you walk down the street, everyone you meet turns to take in your iconoclastic personal "style" here where trends are set to be broken! Because nobody gots hair like you! (And the chicken.)

Is There a Chicken Hiding Inside That Turkey?

Nope, turns out this is an heirloom turkey, rare, and one who mom made friends with yesterday at the
Farm Store because everyone in Bellingham is a bit odd in their own special way. Reminds us of a chicken wearing a Halloween Costume but mom said to be nice, because odd ones need the most love...and we understand THAT! It was a great Centennial, mom's cards began selling, but mainly she hung out in the pen where the owner of lots of animals brought them for the public to watch.

One minor mishap...(and who among us didn't see this coming?)

Mom wore a tank-top knowing it was our last warm, sunny day. Today we have storm warnings, winds are gusting over 60 mph, and this is the "baby storm" before the "bigger storm."

So, mom wore her favorite tank top.
HOWEVER! Since it was so warm, and that is so rare, she forgot to layer it OVER another, less revealing tank top. So, there is mom, in a cage full of beautiful birds such as this little lady, and she is kneeling over to photograph them at eye level. Impressed with the gathering crowd, she also answered questions about the birds best she could, out of habit from working at the zoo so long, and giving the birds' owner lots of opportunities to go back INTO the store to work...what we mean is that nobody was keeping an eye on mom.

Or...where her assets were being deployed from beneath her tank top as she leaned over.
While nothing needed to be pixelated, enough emerged into plain view to explain the crowds...'nuff said. We don't wanna jeopardize having our dinner or our cages cleaned tonight.

You think this turkey isn't pretty? Well, this turkey prettier than -

"Yum-Yum, whatcha doin' honey?"

"OH, MOM! NOTHING. NOT. A. THING."

"O.K. Sweetie, almost dinnertime and gonna clean your cage tonight too!"

THAT WAS CLOSE!

When Pigs Fly!

We can only credit  Divine Intervention for mom actually getting all my cards made, delivered, and set-up for the Farm Store Centennial Celebration in the City of Subdued Excitement and we all had the time of her life once she fell asleep at 5 p.m. (with Raj Mahal wrapped up in my special blanket next to her) until she woke up, realized she was NOT SLEEPING ALONE, returned him to his own cuddle cup, ate, then went back to sleep. Many pics taken and gorgeous weather as a final good bye to our few hundred minutes of summer...we already have storm warnings!

Only Organica Public Market, Artisans gallery, one calendar, one magazine article, First Friday Art Walk, and mom can again stare blankly into the kitchen wondering who left it such a mess...

We'll never tell!

Will Post pics of what happens in the City of Subdued Excitement when the sun comes out...because, like a long distance love affair, we never quite know when Sol will reappear and save us from the hundred shades of gray rain we will never become accustomed to!

WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WID'IT?

Apparently, not a whole lot!