When my grandma passed away, I received this small envelope full of photos. I have just now begun to scan them in... for fear that I will do something dumb like misplace them forever. 
these backs say "don't mind the hat/At the Hialeah Race Track Derby/ March 5 -37"
"lucy 17 thuribe 16 marie ange (ma grandmere)14 placide 13 Fall River, Mass./ July, 1927"
"Marie Ange 14 yrs old/ continuation school pic nic Fall River, Mass./June 1927"...
Here are the good things about last night:
for no reason!
annnnnd...
...helpful as ever.
I had a very very good night. A happy Tuesday.
The leftover soup made for a happy Wednesday. And the flowers are still happy!
...
Hm. That's fuzzy looking. Boo.
[And don't mind the people's faces (or lack thereof). People are very fast-moving at bars.]
Anyways, I think Dave must think it's kind of weird that his girlfriend would rather sit and draw than be social at his gigs. Or at least his band mates might think that. Or anyone who thinks that being at a bar and drawing is weird, in general.
But isn't part of WHY we create (and by we, I am speaking very generally-- not just visual artists, but anyone who creates ANY thing) to inspire other people, either to create something themselves, or to at least take time to ingest that which we create?
OK, that's a little va...
Super-cool blog CoolMomPicks and Etsy are teaming up for a great cause--The Children's Heart Foundation--and sponsoring a contest to create-your-own Valentine contest.
Since doodling is basically all I do, I created 2 entries and hopefully my designs will get chosen! They're then going to sell the winning entries, with 100% of the proceeds going to charity. Sweet!
But unt...
Today is my half birthday! For my demi-anniversaire, I might like to buy myself some soaps.
Soaps have become a major obsession for me and Mr. R. I think that I may have even blogged about that before (and considering I've only had this blog for about a month and a half, that's a lot). I KNOW I have mentioned Hoggwash already in here, but I just wanted to give another shout out to Ms. Hogg on the soaps that we bought. Right now, the Lavender and Shea Butter Bar is making my mornings. I wanted to bite it when I opened it--looks good enough to eat!
Though Miss Hogg says on her website that the soaps are made of only the highe...