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Some good stuff here.

Happy Monday!

Freezing Fog and Fantasy

On the way back from New Mexico during the holiday we drove through the most beautiful phenomena of nature that I've ever seen - freezing fog. I've photographed it before at home, but this was much heavier and widespread. I think we drove through it for atleast an hour or two along 287.

These photos are really fun to play with. See?

Baring My Arse

So I was invited to join a Pool on Flickr to post 10 Things About Me and I chose the above self portrait to go with my list because, being an introvert, I'm really uncomfortable exposing myself to others and well, this picture just says a lot about that. Though I haven't yet written out my goals or words or whatever for this year, I know for a fact I'm flipping my fear the bird this year. So, here's my list for all to see.

Ten Things You May Not Know About Me

1~ i am married to a man 12 years younger than me and we have a son who's six. i am deeply in love with both of them.

2~ i have three dogs and two cats that are constantly shedding. i have the hairiest house in the universe. it's embarrassing.

3~ in 1995 i divorced my first husband, quit my job of 10 years, sold everything i owned (down to a backpack), and ran away to australia for a few months. it was the scariest thing i ever did and best decision i ever made. the universe gave me a do-over for which i am forever grateful. i just wish i had written a book about it before elizabeth gilbert wrote her book. :P

4~ music is my "go juice". i cannot live without my music.

5~ i listen to public radio almost every day on my transistor radio. i carry it around the house with me. it just sounds better.

6~ i am seriously afraid of cockroaches - like, run-into-oncoming-traffic-afraid.

7~ i need sunshine. i think i'd go into depression if i lived in a place that didn't have lots of sunshine. i can't even stand my windows being covered in the daytime.

8~ my favorite movie is still 'out of africa'.

9~ i have too many books for my bookshelves.

10~ i lost my younger sister to crystal meth a year and a half ago. after over 20 years of using, she shot herself. yeah, it still hurts.

The funny part of this whole thing is that only a few hours after I posted the photo and the list, I get a phone call from my father-in-law.

"I saw your shower picture on the internet."

WHAAAAAAT?????

I KNEW I should have posted this one instead.

Hello 2010 - Let's Be Friends - K?

Sunrise in Eagle Nest, NM

Ahhhhh...... Finally. It's a new year. Turn the page, start again, take what you like from last year and leave the rest behind. Yeah. I love new beginnings.

Happy New Year to you.

Dashing Through the Snow

I've had this photo in my head ever since I bought this cute little '53 Ford Crestline last Summer. Luckily, I had lots of time to play in the snow over Christmas.

Available in my Etsy shop.

Addicted

Okay. So we tried to leave for our annual trip to New Mexico on the day after Christmas at 4:00am (yes, before the crack of dawn - yikes!) but ran into some seriously treacherous driving conditions along Highway 287 near Whichita Falls, TX, so we had to turn around and come back home because there was NO WAY we were going to get through on that frozen road. After I took a four hour nap (trauma makes me tired), I spent the day watching the Man Shops Globe marathon on the Sundance Channel. LOVE that Keith Johnson. LOVE him.

And the fact that he works for one of my favorite stores makes him even more of a cutie.

This Just Makes Me Happy

Happy Holidays, Y'all

Boy, have I been busy! After my big studio clean up (epic) I been spending alot of my time making Christmas gifts, decorating, shopping and planning for our annual ski trip to New Mexico (my favorite part of the holiday). This whole time I thought Christmas was falling on Saturday this year only to find out today it's next Friday (gulp!).

I just wanted to take a quick minute out to wish you a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

See ya next year!

We've Been Interviewed

Fellow Etsy artist, David Burns Smith, has an interesting and well written blog called The Studio Chronicle and he's interviewed Scott and me for his Journey Beyond the Artists Studio series. How cool is that! Read the interview here.

Thanks so much David! I look forward to your series every week!

Shared Happiness

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,

and the life of the candle will not be shortened.

Happiness never decreases by being shared.

~Buddha

There's a new print in my shop called Shared Happiness. Happy Tuesday!