The Studio in Snow

My studio is all dressed in snow!! Beautiful.....but it all turned to ice--on the road, the trees and my driveway. What an adventure!!!

Breakfast in Seattle

This morning I had breakfast at "Macrina Bakery and Cafe" in Seattle.....voted one of the top 10 bakeries in "America" I had a "Bialy" with fried egg, bacon, tomato, fresh basil...........and a double shot  latte.......great start for the weekend.

                                      "Macrina Bakery"

                                         "A Bialy"

Photo Day

Having a great time in Seattle. Staying at a wonderful hotel "The Inn At The Market".....beautiful hotel . Doing an all day photo shoot at the Pike Place Market and some of downtown. I visited the Bubble Gum wall at the Pike Place Market....go see it if you can. Looking out from my window at the Inn......Puget Sound looks beautiful today.

    Inn at the Market

  Magic shop in the bowels of Pike Place Market

 Bubble Gum wall

Flowers at the Pike Place Market

arch of glass at the convention center 

It's Spring

I think it's spring!!! Went to opening night of the Northwest Flower and Garden show.....one of the best shows yet!!........It was snowing outside, but for me inside....the flowers of spring.

"The Garden Bistro"

A new sandwich shop has opened in Sequim, "The Garden Bistro"..........the best BLT ever!!........crispy bacon, tomato, iceberg lettuce, mayo on buttered Pane D'Amore Bakery's; Grandma's White Bread.  Thanks John and David for enriching our community!!

Dinner out at Ajax

Had a fabulous time at a wine tasting and a 5 course dinner at the "Ajax Cafe" in Hadlock, WA. Fun with the winemaker as he talked about his "Naked Winery" in Hood River, Oregon.

Chef Jon Luzadder presented a variety of seafood pastas, meat dishes and elegant desserts........the squash and pear soups were awesome................Marc, Christi, Jeannine and I had a tremendous amount of FUN!!.........Rudy too!! Thank you Ajax.

Wednesday an Interesting Time

Peace and calm in my studio........Recollecting myself..........It's a mystery day today!!!

Valentine's Day!!

My favorite holiday!!  I received 2 valentines full of love. D-G-L-Boys.....you made my day!!!!

                                         Valentines Dress

Valentines Day

No obligations for gifts or for sending cards to long lists of names.........just send love to those you love.......flowers.....wonderful.....do what you feel in your heart!!.......

Wine Tasting

Thanks to Robin and Doug for hosting a wine tasting of Amy Aiken's Napa Valley Meander Cellars wines. Amy is charming and knows her wine. The Sauvignon Blanc is just what I love in a white wine......character, fruity, luscious to the tongue.........Met good friends there.

Friends

Had a wonderful dinner with friends, Christie and Marc, at my home last night. We dined on Maria's baked chicken with black beans and rice...........accompanied by a bottle of red wine that Marc selected..........finished off with a lemon souffle' and "Patron xo Cafe".  Christie and Marc have so graciously allowed me to showcase some of my Valentine's Day greeting cards at their bird store "Wild Birds Unlimited". Please stop by their store.

 

Our Daily Walks

I  whisked by my January Birthday in Phoenix, Arizona.......loved the Camelback Inn.......and brunch with friends. Now back home with daily walks with Rudy, my Wheaten Terrier..........we walk thru the forrest......up and down mossy covered trails that run alongside of the cliff........going down to the water of Sequim Bay.......great view of Mt. Anderson in the Olympic Mtns.:.....full of fresh snow. Then back up to meditate at our secret spot......( Rudy meditates too )........then we finally reach the studio, where I paint my "Morning Aria's"............and so the day begins.

 

Artwork bought by Dentist

We have just sold several paintings and framed photographs to a dentist office in Port Townsend,WA. The pictures really liven up the office and allow the patients to look at something that is beautiful and calming. here are just three of the many we put up.

Paris.....city of love

Wishing I was in Paris for Valentine's Day!!!!

Kung Hii Fatt Chui

"Congratulations and be Prosperous"

We are celebrating the Chinese New Year tonight at the Typhoon Thai Restaurant.......has terrific food. The "drunken noodles" are terrific I have just discovered a new magazine called the   "Art of Eating".....comes our quarterly.......report back about it next week.....after I have digested it.

Home to the Bay

Home to my  beautiful studio on the bay.  Peace!

Arizona Fun

Just returned from Gilbert Arizona, visiting with my friends ...celebrating my birthday and finishing Xmas ...James kept the Xmas decorations up for us to see ......Santas and decorated trees all thru the house.....about 60 of them. WOW what a house!!!