Kitty Genius

Together Forever

The trumpeter swan, a symbol of love, mates for life.

A brand new print available in the shop now!

I wanted to create a piece with darker, richer colors and this has hit the spot for me.

I love animal symbolism and behavior, when they possess a trait we value so highly. Who doesn't love seeing a duck couple at a pond? Or a mother lion being so tender with her cubs, or even your household cat letting her instinct rule?

I certainly want to explore this more in my work…

In other news… HALLOWEEN!! It's so close! This is the first time we will be in an actual house where there might be trick-or-treaters. I have to go get candy ASAP!

Tomorrow, I think we will be pumpkin carving! Does it get any better?

Weekending

This weekend was the antique expo in Portland and it is so so very large. I couldn't take a ton of photos, but here are some of the ones I snapped.

This dollhouse was so rickety and magical.

lovely book

booth after booth of ephemera

a chandelier that had a hunter whose legs turned into antlers. Wow.

cuckoo clock crazy

one of my favorites. What Drew called the tenement dollhouse. This was made from an old crate and hand-painted. Truly a piece of art.

After that Drew and I headed to a late lunch/early dinner and home for a nap!

Today I went highchair hunting with a friend and to a little french bakery that is so good and even cuter than it is tasty.

(iPhone pics on the way out) Next time i will get some of the interior.

Now, it is easing into a chilly, drizzly Sunday night. I'll take it! I hope your weekend was great!

Pumpkin patching again

Wow. Was I gone long enough? October just begs for time spent outside, apples, reading, snuggling up and watching dvd marathons.

I was saying I wish all the holidays could be pushed back a month. Halloween at the end of November. Than there are two wonderful fall months leading up to it instead of just one. Thanksgiving the end of December when here it is just starting to snow and then the holidays the end of January where it is SO bitterly cold and wintery. Because let's face it, January to March can usually be a looooong dismal stretch of waiting for spring.

And maybe it's really just as you get older time goes so much faster...sad. It took FOREVER to get to September to December when you're a kid.

So, my lesson to myself for the month is really to get the most out of this month, even if there is just a wee bit left.

Yesterday Drew and I went with our pumpkin patch buddies to pick out the oh so perfect pumpkins.

 

 

 

 

 

We ended the afternoon with soup and coffee at a almost completely empty restaurant. Day. Well. Spent.

My first pumpkin patch...but it won't be my last

That's right, Drew, our friend Danni, her baby Edie, and I all went to Roloff Farms. I have to say I am a fan of the show Little People Big World and I am even a bigger fan of the land they live on so I wanted to see it in person. There were some beautiful views. 

And in total dorky news they were filming for the show. We saw a scene with Matt (the dad) being shot and Jeremy (one of their twin boys) drove out tracker tour. Oh...my...my...my the silliness.

 

Drew in the BIG chair

 

Drew and me on top of haystack mountain

And the most ridiculous picture ever! Edie in a sea of pumpkins, laughing at her mom. And that knit outfit? Come on : )

I hope your pumpkin season is off to a great start of kettle corn and spiced apple cider

It is OFFICIALLY my favorite time of year!