It was just a baby

This weekend, my guy and I were sitting in the backyard enjoying the afternoon when we heard a thud.  We looked around and found a cute baby scrub jay that had fallen out of its nest. The poor thing was scared out of it’s little bird head and he latched on for dear life to the wire shelf he fell on. It took the two of us to pry him loose.  My guy took him back to the tree he fell out of but couldn’t put him in the nest.  We hoped the mother bird would find it and keep him safe. 

The next morning I went out to look for him and the neighborhood cat had gotten to him. Poor baby.  Even the cats owner was upset that she hadn’t been able to keep her cat in the house. She has lots of kids and the cat runs out the door the minute one of the kids open it.

I’ve never been a cat person so I don’t see the appeal but I do understand it’s a natural thing for cats to chase and eat birds. But that doesn’t mean I won’t miss that little bird and his squawky song.

Other than that, I had a great 4th of July weekend.  How was yours? Didn’t the 3 day weekend just fly by?  Our town is the biggest 4th of July lover I have ever seen. Almost every one has a party and they all shoot off fireworks (legal in our county).  At least 4 different parties in our neighborhood had roman candles lighting up the sky all though the evening.  It was a site to see. Are fireworks legal where you live?

Happy Birthday USA

 

Happy 4th of July

to my family and friends.

Stencilry and a Tribute

 

This week I started a stencil class with Mary Ann Moss of Dispatch from LA called PURE EXPERIMENTATION: Stencilry. Ever since I first visited Mary Ann’s blog I have been in awe of her stencil work.  So when I learned she was giving a class in using stencils to create art, I signed up.  The stencil class is an online class with…and get this…7 videos  and a 20+ page PDF for the first lesson alone. The videos show at least 6 different pages and the depth and texture of the work is simply amazing. I can’t wait to see the rest. 

These two images are some of my first experiments. They are the covers of a portfolio that will hold our fun experiments.  

Before I decide which will be the front cover, I want to see how the other sides will look.  I’ve wanted to continue to work on the them but the weather is not cooperating with me. It’s been over a hundred the last few days and the sweltering heat is not conducing to spraying painting with a mask on.  But I’m having loads of fun.  Can’t wait to do more.

 

Last week was a crazy week with the death of so many people that have been a part of our lives for so long. I can’t believe we’ve lost Ed McMahon, Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett.  From the continuing news on Michael Jackson, I guess more people were affected by his death than the others. I loved MJ’s music but I loss felt the most for Farrah Fawcett.  I’d heard of her on going struggles with cancer and it always touched me how strong she really was. So her death was very sad. So on the day of her death, I created this simple tribute to her:

Rest in peace Farrah, Michael and ED.

Expired, Tired and Wired

See this page?  That’s how I felt when I was creating it.  I haven’t slept well in weeks and it’s making me expired, tired and wired.  Sad thing is I gave up my caffeine and it hasn’t helped. Where is my coffee?

Today My Guy and I were talking about what we would do if we won the lottery.  One of my hearts desires, after helping our family, is to visit Europe.  I want to spend weeks photographing Italy, in particular.  We had to laugh because in order to win the lottery, you have to play and we rarely do. 

What would you do if you won the lottery?

New Journal Pages

I really enjoyed creating this page.  However, my husband now thinks I’m a little bizarre.  I think that’s a compliment. :)

I found these new papers at a fantastic paper store in Albuquerque when I was there last.  This page could be me to a tee, if I didn’t have to cook for my husband. Lucky for me, we take turns cooking.