Last Friday evening, Gavin Little Bird and I went to the Tualatin Farmers Market since it's more conveniently scheduled on Friday evenings. (Saturdays are just to busy with other stuff for me.) It's much bigger than the Sherwood market and we had fun picking out fresh corn, peaches, free range eggs - and of course, his gluten free, vegan, double chocolate Samoa brownie. After walking around a bit he was still hungry and had his eyes on the Dungeness Crab filled won tons. I caved - we bought one serving of 6 - he ate four, I had 2. They were lovely. He is my little food adventurer.
I bought myself some paraben free lotion and soap from
The Custom Soap Shop - Coconut Lime Verbena flavored. In my bag she gave me a list of all the shows she will be at over the next few months - which could come in handy when I'm planning my Pleasure as a Power Tool schedule.
Friday nights are traditionally boring as hell around our house so I started earlier to try to find something we all could do together. We just ended up at a movie, which I always think is a rather ironic thing to do with people you want to spend quality time with. Anyway, we went to the cheap theater and saw the Jackie Chan/Jaden Smith remake of The Karate Kid which was fun and adorable. I'm mainly proud of myself because at least I wasn't at home sitting on my bum and wishing I was doing something better.
Saturday was the first day of the soccer season - I got to see Bailey's team crush Tigard 8 - 1 - but ever so much lovelier than the game was the gaggle of moms I got to sit with on the sidelines. I met Jayne and Lori for the first time and reconnect with Laura who is a total hoot - she said she'd been meaning to call me for months to see if I wanted to go do something fun. She, like me, is a little burned, not on being a mom, but on being ONLY a mom.
Sunday was lovely and glorious - I spent almost the entire day either sitting on my porch in the sun, or curled up on my bed - reading The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo from start to finish in less than 24 hours. I don't read that much fiction, and when I do I remember why. I am incapable of enjoying a novel over a period of time - something reasonable like a week or ten days. I get so sucked in that I can't put the darn thing down and then have novel hangover for 3 days.
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| Can't wait for this bullie's finished mug |
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| Unicorn in process |
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| Hippocampus = Sea-horse |
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| Artist at work on a classic horse |
Today I'm at work in Albany, but slipped across the street at lunchtime to finally tour the
Carousel Museum. They've had the engine and guts of an old time carousel donated and have volunteers hand carving all the pieces. The artistry is amazing - some are done by professional artists, some by people who have picked up a chisel for the first time in their lives. Its amazing to see the un - or semi-carved blocks of wood waiting next to the colorful drawing of what the finished product will look like. The hippocampus is my favorite so far, but the Gryffindor in me can't wait for the griffin and the hippogriff.
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| Gorgeous zebra and lemur pal |
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| A complete pooch |
Having the Reddest Day Ever!
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| Works in progress |
In Grace,
Kell
Last Friday evening, Gavin Little Bird and I went to the Tualatin Farmers Market since it's more conveniently scheduled on Friday evenings. (Saturdays are just to busy with other stuff for me.) It's much bigger than the Sherwood market and we had fun picking out fresh corn, peaches, free range eggs - and of course, his gluten free, vegan, double chocolate Samoa brownie. After walking around a bit he was still hungry and had his eyes on the Dungeness Crab filled won tons. I caved - we bought one serving of 6 - he ate four, I had 2. They were lovely. He is my little food adventurer.
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