Here on the coast in Santa Barbara we have datura, just like in the desert. How funny a plant like this can grow in two such opposite environments!! Also in Santa Barbara is the dollar store and they have pretty plastic from China.
Category: art
New Pottery
I have been experimenting with some new glazes and some trying black clay. Using the clear glaze on the black clay revealed a metallic speckled golden sheen with many colors. I have completed several Rattles, Buddha Tiles, and a SeaHorse… will be posting more pictures soon. Quite pleased with the new chalky blue underglaZe ……
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Spring in Elings Park
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Latest pictures from the desert, including the wØnder valley disposal dump site, lizards, birds and floWers… Welcome to the Mojave desert. To see all the pictures just click HERE.
Brown Pelicans and Black Skimmers on the beach from the storm…
Beautiful Brown Pelicans could be seen on the coast of Santa Barbara this week as many were disoriented from the storm and hungry. Here are a couple of shots from the day. See the rest on flickR.
mOsaic workshop in wOnder valley
Please join us for an inspirational weekend on April 3rd and 4th at the Tile House in wOnder valley, California just 2.5 hours from Los Angeles, Vegas or San Diego. Perry Hoffman will be giving a mosaic workshop, starting the morning right with Felicia Tomasko teaching yoga classes and serving us Ayruvedic meals. Two nights…
2010… a new yea®
The first SEVENTEEN days of 2010 were spent in the desert, in wOnder valley smashing & breaking tiles and continuing work on the living room at the eL paseo residence. Lenore came out for a few days to help and earned the title of Butter Queen as she steadƒastly applied the mastic to the tiles…
©ommon YellOw Thrøat, Ruby ©røwned Kinglet & Ja¥s øn the ©øast
During a beautiƒul morning walk between rains and big, billowy clouds, many birds could be heard chirping and chattering on the Douglas Family Preserve above the Pa©iƒic O©eAn.
Yea® eN∂ phOtog®Aphi© o®ganiZation
December is a likely to time to reorganize and reassess. I am happy to announce that I have finally uploaded a good and sturdy quantity of my high resolution images to flick® … so they can be stored safely on their servers as well as on my external drives and be viewed by YOU, the…
New ©ormorant Photos on ƒli©k®
I knew where they were perching on the beach. Saw them ƒor several days. Went looking today when the sun came out in this otherwise dreary and gray day, and ƒound them all basking in the sun at the beach. Always loved cormorants !! But before I even left the house this morning I snapped…
New ceramics
Cone 5 new clay… New feet.
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