Looking at Staged Real Estate

I looked at 7 condos downtown Seattle the other day. The first one I saw was incredibly beautiful. Why? Because the owner had really gorgeous funiture, and art, and when you walked in, it smelled nice, like some kind of exotic floral arrangement. There was no floral arrangement. Don't get me wrong. It did NOT smell like the artificial air fresheners that make me want to wash up, and blow my nose after viewing a house. Uck! You know what I mean, Glade would be one company that makes them. These are so gross. Uck. Another I looked at had something like a glade plug in freshener. It was a fine place, with no furniture, and a bad, bad, bad smell. Where would you rather live?

Water

It's a rainy day in Seattle...weather forecast....and I thought of an amazing drawing I saw in a magazine that I cannot find!!!

It was a view through a winshield, water drops reflecting the tailights of the car in front.

Sister says it's easy to paint water. Hmmmmm

Women's Bodies

Rosanne Olson, a local photographer extraordinaire, is publishing a book, called, This is Who I Am I encourage everyone to check it out, and order a copy.

Trulia

Who's ever heard of Trulia? Here we go, with listings posted on it, as of a couple of days ago... I s'pose someone might just find the home of their dreams online, and that could be where they find it. Who knows. The Seattle PI says this:

Self Portrait

This year's self portrait, me under the age of 18.


I saw the art show at Gage yesterday. They had self portraits from students, and a talk from a cardboard paper artist. He showed slides and images of his work. Amazing is an understatement. You can see his dog at the Tacoma Art Museum and his Umpire at the baseball stadium in Seattle (I hate that the stadiums keep changing names for advertising....what are they called today?) More of his work at: Platform Gallery. This guy's work is cardboard, glue and screws. Wow.

Flip Camera

The world's best boyfriend gave me a flip camera for Christmas and I have been playing with it. It's a bit of a problem, as one day I spent 3 or four hours creating a stupid video of driving down the road. Then I took it to the Seattle REI flagship store for company function (did you know they have a great meeting room upstairs?) and interviewed the speakers just before they talked. Here is a short (25 second) video I created with the camera.

Knitting

My mom and my grandmother taught me to knit when I was 6. I remember the metal knitting needles and the red yarn. I knit really tight, so when I pushed the ends of the needles my fingertips soon hurt. I knit a red scarf. I quit knitting until I was a teen, when I knit a sweater, but left in all my mistakes...it was a homely sweater. Fits and starts and many unfinished projects later, I recently knit a baby sweater for my nephew. It was pleasing to make (so small) and cute once I sewed it together. Here is a little photo of Wyatt, propped up on the couch wearing it: