Garden Views

From our Saturday walk. Thinking about warmer weather and what to do to our home. John told me a story about a home on his mission who had a purposeful wild life preserve so they didn't have to mow the back yard.

Alley Discoveries

Drooling continues. He makes me laugh, and still surprises me often.

Max Scar

Big Patina for John

I rescued this long board from the side of the road. John helped me pull out the rusty nails and remove a rusted hinge. The quote is one of my mom's favorite from The Family: A Proclamation to the World. I wouldn't let John look at it as I worked, until the end, and I hung it by wire above the fire place. After looking at it for a couple of days, I covered the one with a dark circle and repainted the #1.

Work in progress. Haven't gotten this out of my creative system yet, still playing around, experimenting.

Who am I SuperBowl cheering for???

It would be ok if the Ravens win. Even though historically, I have great ties to SF (my dad is from northern CA, my grandparents met at Berkely. I grew up in San Jose...

My dad didn't watch sports. We watched "Star Trek" together instead!
My husband doesn't watch sports. His family is from Baltimore. We could show up in opposite jerseys, if we cared more. (So could daughter and son-by-marriage.)

We care about sports stuff our children do. Stewart was a great wrestler to watch in high school. And 3 of them have run cross country for awhile. Roxie is an archer. Sam did come home happily from a winning Young Men stake basketball game!

May it be a good, safe game. I won't be watching, despite the local flavor. We noticed the newspapers were wrapped in a purple ad plastic Saturday morning. We posed in front of this fun blow-up near a whole street full of fan club purple decorations.

Patina Practice

Remember my Rodney White sign-attempt at copying?

RODNEY WHITE:"Brooklyn-based artist Rodney White is fascinated with the dialogue that each person has with their self and others on a subconscious and conscious level. Motivated by the artist’s personal path of positivity, these giclée prints use visual cues from vintage advertising and Americana to convey a bygone era of optimism."

Thrifted canvas squares, painted for my little friends. I gave them markers to help patina/age them. Hazel promptly turned hers over and colored on the back, which was super cool-creative of her. I should have put the date on them, but bagged them up for early Valentine's present for their parents.

If I only had my camera...

We have been supporting the dental school, across the river ($6 toll now!). You have to plan for the entire morning of "class." You get checked by the student, and then approved checked by their teacher. It is early in the semester, so my appointment took so long that I have to go back for the actual cleaning (I think I was her first ever patient). They give a $50.00 discount on your bill, insurance pays for rest, so it is a good deal if you don't mind the wait. Patient patients needed!

The next day, when I took Roxie, the teacher told the student hygenist that it was okay to use mom to help keep her mouth dry for the sealants to stick. So she tossed me blue gloves, and I got to hold Roxie's tongue out of the way and push on her cheek to keep the dry-angle over her salivary gland (super wet mouth, like I have) so the hygenist could apply the pink goop inbetween the groovy indentations on Roxie's molars and set them with the lamp and they turn white. It was a moment that would have been PERFECT for a photo-op!

Sam has 2 cavities (he inherited my softer teeth); Roxie none. Max has some decay that they want to fix, not an official cavity, but good practice-teaching for them. Suzu goes in a couple of weeks and her wisdom teeth have started to erupt, so we shall see what they say.

I learned how important SALIVA is! It is better for your teeth to wait 30 minutes after you eat to brush. Saliva is good for your teeth, protects them.