This morning i read in the LA Time’s that an Australian preforming art’s troupe  “Strange Fruit” would be in downtown Los Angeles this evening. My husband (bless his adventurous spur of the minute soul) a friend and i took the subway downtown to  Bank of America Plaza.  the excursion was well worth it-in a word-MAGICAL. They are preforming tomorrow as [...]

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for those of you who know me-you  are aware of my “collections”.i have tried to be quite stern with myself-i’m at a point in my life i should use what i have-sadly that is not quite working out.   i was at a flea market (not the best place for one who is trying to [...]

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i’ve put a somewhat acceptable dent of the not so fun  “must do’s”-shopping, cleaning, paperwork, ect-i’ve decided to spend the rest of the day having fun.  not necessarily in this order, but heres my list give the girls (dogs) a bath. it’s going to be HOT-so they will dry quickly.  work on my quilt square for the [...]

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today is much better than last tuesday-however my car is ailing.  it sustained ”serious injury” ( it blew a spark plug through the cylinder head) according to my wonderful, honest & talented mechanic.  the good news is that it will be covered under my extended warrenty which ends this august-whew! more good news is that i didn’t get stranded [...]

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i had such a wonderful time with my artist friend marisa on friday.  she is wonderfully talented & gifted-not only as an artist but as a person.  marisa has such great passion for her art-her work reflects her joy-whatever medium she is working in (the girl is multi talented.)   visit her website:  http://www.creativethursday.com/ and don’t miss her wonderful new [...]

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i bought a large collection of edwardian paper dolls years ago, having no  idea what i would do with them.  i’m having so much fun creating!

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living  my catrina, a work in progress  most people assume that southern california doesn’t really have seasons- untrue!  fall is in the air-and my favorite holidays are right around the corner. when my children were growing up, halloween was huge-everyone dressed up, choosing and creating costumes started as early as september. going to the pumpkin patch to find the perfect [...]

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