sleepless in Seattle

Spent the day in Seattle on Monday 

with my husband - 

We called it a vacation day and only went to new places

and pretended we were explorers far away in a new city...

sometimes just looking down can be the best...

just love stumbling upon sidewalk art -
oh I so want to wear a poem right now...
I want my life to be creative
and instead I feel I am in limbo,
or maybe artistic purgatory...
finished Kelly Rae's class (which was incredible and I honestly do plan to share with you)
and I feel like a race horse at the starting gate but...

feels sorta like I am in this bottle (at Cafe Flora) looking out at my world 
that I want to explore but can't 
because I can't really hold a pencil 
or paint brush 
or scissors,
or prune 
or plant
or cut with a knife
or butter toast 
or...

so I am feelin trapped - maybe like her (found at an antique store in Pikes Market).
She was made to honor 'a saint'
and be at a party or procession
and instead she spends her time behind glass staring out at the world...

or maybe this is how I feel -

he seems to be patiently waiting for his owner,

feeling a tad rejected and left out.

I am not waiting patiently,

just ask my husband...

Even the store I wanted to visit was closed.

OK enough of this pity party 

now for the positive -

I can click a camera

I can type (with the finger raised high) for a little while

I can dust with my left hand

I can pet and hold my animals,

I can enjoy the sunshine (95 today yow!)

I can read 

(The Girl who Played with Fire and 

Madeleine L'Engle's Walking on Water, reflections on faith and art at present)

and I can love my family (really lovin' skyping with Monsieur Nick in Paris)!

and I got the stitches out yesterday (a big ouch #*!#**!) so now just 5 more weeks

of patience for the bone to heal.  sigh... 

Zoe's a tad upset with me for letting Matteo be a guest blogger 
so I promised her that she could blog next.
She's working on the post now 
and promises to ignore Matteo's comment about her 'aroma'.

wonder what she will write about...

textures, coffee and shopping on a grey day...

Thanks to Ishtar Olivera for finding these beautiful textures here

at Boccacino's photostream

and sharing them with us.

My boring rainy day photo taken Saturday at the Macrina...

but this added to it...

turned into this beauty.

Notice the mammoth Starbucks ad on the side 

of this small coffee house 

- rather amusing don't you think?

and this...

added  to the sign on the door perks up the photo...

Yesterday we had a day out in Seattle with friends drinking coffee

and perusing this store  - one of my favs!

check out their site as they ship anywhere - oh dangerous...

and here are some glimpses of their window displays...

and inside...

I will take one of everything please.

Finally I will share some of my own textures that I have been playing with.

Feel free to take them and use them for yourself - 

I would love to see what you create!

and

Enjoy!!!

love those blue angels...

One of my most favorite things to do in the entire world is watching the Blue Angels fly over Lake Washington every summer!

Just look at those boats and all the anticipated viewers waiting oh so patiently.

There's Bellevue and the 1-90 floating bridge.

And then after all that it took to get here - crossing the bridge before it closes, finding a place to park, and walking to just the right spot...

Here they come in all their glory...

going high...

going low...

and finally we all get buzzed - the best!!!

Aren't they beautiful???