tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27614590169278731942024-03-14T01:11:44.356-07:00mood hairDevonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586297882107012950noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761459016927873194.post-16015787873415072062011-07-18T13:13:00.006-07:002011-07-18T15:02:12.477-07:00What I Did on My Summer VacationFor a week in June, me and five 8-11 year old girls hunkered down for some serious art-making. This was the first of a two week art camp (the next to be held August 8-12!) hosted at a home up in the Oakland hills. This is just the beginning of what I envision being an ongoing creative series (which I have yet to come up with an appropriate name or website for) for the brilliant, and always hilarious, artistic youth of the Bay Area. Please let me know if you or anyone you know would like to participate!<br /><br />Wanna see what we made?<br /><br />First, we ventured into the backyard....<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzY3vaTSC0KFgstRDvFAloepsZgVA4ilU1decS9vneLgK8Uo5Il1wq6UtMaszRxJMx2LGCJ2i5XjywyojhmlQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />then made our way to the park.<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzphqST802Bd93cGSG9Fs_TIX78m3naeAwPAU9PLNKzunY_6Q6f5RJWqWFQ6W22y61QTBI4dKP-YYnP94SGJA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />Frankie discovered a very hungry friend (that's a tofu dog, right?),<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxNgeKq48yeiy2-WcFflBxyPFbdBxDRfDNQyDEDyBnI0G071d5Ds8VcvwlcBLllKNOF6zinjPOqmdBQNgOTJA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />as did Georgie.<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxjXN3JlQfUiiFHR8JoK_PIvLPWdnLiaiSJxtRpdY7rpKyuFUVrvseYjxxDy7qjO7FhTM4KetWODy4Nl-5-uw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />Actually, we went a little bunny crazy,<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzrgi9TiyraSt4Z_tkh8cGh2tvVFjk6djDnQZypZUQ72tS0RQGiCiDSClSZrjMCNKb5NE10jVKFWnk_BKAgFA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />before Stella and Sophia helped us find true love.<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwZaAyoo1zl2tyR7EXhq15wfMKkUdkzvjerPR-ZFLdXFv_zQ9CfVUEpef6cLqTwxEEklAv5WxVrb2pKwSRhgA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />Along with love, Cianna found some rockin' hats and even more snacks to share. We really loved snacks.<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dza4p9YGgkdYKDtucLCibU7OUxDlieEXWzwp-MyQ9kNMWFEZiaxPuyUJQoPNVxPK85lOOY77OjL8SnV_3-SdA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />Speaking of snacks... have you ever wondered how much a tomato plant grows in just 5 days? Because we sure did.<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwx33AleQMciwjUhaoQ2BGa3Uad1t_s78yCZVIAXQRjGVP6foIjIXU8D0uQFPEmyBRdFWqgm-hVR6QPbl010w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />Thank you Stella, Frankie, Georgie, Cianna, and Sophia for your brilliance, your thoughtfulness, and your giggles. I can not wait for round two.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dYwZPVmU9K8/TiSmMZBM0_I/AAAAAAAABuo/H7pG_floroY/s1600/100_3583.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dYwZPVmU9K8/TiSmMZBM0_I/AAAAAAAABuo/H7pG_floroY/s400/100_3583.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630808165924525042" border="0" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wSd86ytj8xA/TiSo5oCAJTI/AAAAAAAABvQ/C7AU6plpJas/s1600/HPIM5174.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wSd86ytj8xA/TiSo5oCAJTI/AAAAAAAABvQ/C7AU6plpJas/s400/HPIM5174.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630811142071788850" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3sFtkwVqJqo/TiSo5Ti2IFI/AAAAAAAABvI/5CVcqMtRZfo/s1600/HPIM5149.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PAKhRVFZjNA/TiSo6HCV3BI/AAAAAAAABvY/IydLVNOtCGc/s400/HPIM5176.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630811150394711058" border="0" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bm-VDeTLYIU/TiSr1u_1yXI/AAAAAAAABvg/s2IB63HsPq8/s1600/P1030359.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bm-VDeTLYIU/TiSr1u_1yXI/AAAAAAAABvg/s2IB63HsPq8/s400/P1030359.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630814373757176178" border="0" /></a>Devonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586297882107012950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761459016927873194.post-29843816901823837092010-02-23T20:30:00.005-08:002010-02-23T21:27:36.603-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/S4S4FYVtrPI/AAAAAAAABEk/jKB-66lLc7w/s1600-h/newworks+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 306px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/S4S4FYVtrPI/AAAAAAAABEk/jKB-66lLc7w/s400/newworks+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441676652342783218" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/S4S2XrkL5pI/AAAAAAAABEc/h2RVzed-SLw/s1600-h/newworks.jpg"><br /></a>Devonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586297882107012950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761459016927873194.post-4716696062150438522010-02-22T13:25:00.004-08:002010-02-22T13:37:10.913-08:00maybe i'll start blogging again?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/S4L4XAa7kmI/AAAAAAAABDs/c6WV0Lao9Xs/s1600-h/1blog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/S4L4XAa7kmI/AAAAAAAABDs/c6WV0Lao9Xs/s400/1blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441184373950616162" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/S4L4XtS2cLI/AAAAAAAABD0/GF1f11QIIcM/s1600-h/2blog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/S4L4ZEqndzI/AAAAAAAABEM/d5IBbiFDEPA/s400/5blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441184409449887538" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/S4L4qy8OHVI/AAAAAAAABEU/YUXlk5lySBU/s1600-h/6blog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/S4L4qy8OHVI/AAAAAAAABEU/YUXlk5lySBU/s400/6blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441184713929530706" border="0" /></a>Devonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586297882107012950noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761459016927873194.post-66388050380327992642009-11-04T23:59:00.005-08:002009-11-05T00:03:59.030-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SvKG6ud35PI/AAAAAAAAA3Y/cTHJlxA-IIQ/s1600-h/RPSflyercolor.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SvKG6ud35PI/AAAAAAAAA3Y/cTHJlxA-IIQ/s400/RPSflyercolor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400527246634509554" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SvKGa5btADI/AAAAAAAAA3I/ihosBQuG75E/s1600-h/RPSflyercolor.jpg"><br /></a>Devonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586297882107012950noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761459016927873194.post-82536864542407349412009-10-07T08:12:00.003-07:002009-10-07T08:19:11.962-07:00cheaterdear blog,<br /><br />i've been cheating on you with my <a href="http://www.blogger.com/everyday-sometimes.blogspot.com">new blog/project</a> i've been working on with jen.<br /><br />i love you both, just give me some time to figure it out.<br /><br />forgive me,<br />devonDevonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586297882107012950noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761459016927873194.post-75174401260413871862009-09-21T00:20:00.007-07:002009-09-21T01:27:25.536-07:00SupernaturalI just got back from a three and a half week vacation. For those thinking of taking a month-long vacation, I have one thing to say to you: DO. It's amazing. In the past week, after returning and being catapulted back into real life, I've been thinking a lot about the significant difference between vacation and real life and how it doesn't really make sense for it to be so noticeable. There's a different mentality to vacation, obviously, partially due to a usual change in location. But it's definitely more than that. It's time for self. Permission to do nothing. Deeper breaths. So the question is, why can't we feel that way in real life too? I mean, it seems like a much more sustainable way to live to create a "real life" that doesn't require some dramatic departure in order to reconnect with feeling good.<br /><br />I think so much of the shear joy and deep relaxation I felt while away was connected to the fact that I wasn't anywhere near a city...so that's something to think about. While in downeast Maine on the front end of my trip I spent some time with a dear, dear friend on her family's land in what is basically the easternmost part of the county. It's appropriately named Racepoint (even on some maps) because the water rushes in and out of the bay it sits on at incredible speeds due to the fact that the tides have a 25 foot vertical variance. That's a whole lot of water rushing in and out every 12 hours, let me tell you. Other than the bay, there was no running water. And the stars...oh, the stars!! One night we brought our sleeping bags into the meadow to lay and look at sky before the moon rose and decided, after about two hours, that we should just sleep out there. In the morning an eagle flew over us so close we could hear its wings flapping. I kept saying "this is like magic," until I thought about how completely insane it is to think about nature untouched by humans as supernatural. Clearly I've been a city-dweller for too long. I mean, it is SUPER natural. But magic? Puh-lease! A Vermonter should know better. Regardless, it has inspired me to try to work out a better city/nature ratio in order to maintain a more enjoyable real life.<br /><br />So, that's the new goal: vacation-inspired living. More reading, more drawing, more relaxation, more breathing, and most importantly, way more "magic".<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">vacation sketchbook</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SrctmkKILZI/AAAAAAAAAtw/V6OhCIk_jI0/s1600-h/Picture+13.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 305px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SrctmkKILZI/AAAAAAAAAtw/V6OhCIk_jI0/s400/Picture+13.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383822020109151634" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SrctmwdKnSI/AAAAAAAAAt4/6QdNKd2q9_Y/s1600-h/Picture+15.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SrctmwdKnSI/AAAAAAAAAt4/6QdNKd2q9_Y/s400/Picture+15.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383822023410228514" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SrctnfOG0eI/AAAAAAAAAuA/rlbf7p5i6zU/s1600-h/Picture+14.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SrctnfOG0eI/AAAAAAAAAuA/rlbf7p5i6zU/s400/Picture+14.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383822035963531746" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SrctoM6ZbBI/AAAAAAAAAuI/NdO3z1pZyxQ/s1600-h/Picture+16.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 151px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SrctoM6ZbBI/AAAAAAAAAuI/NdO3z1pZyxQ/s400/Picture+16.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383822048228895762" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SrctoWHeI3I/AAAAAAAAAuQ/t-JQqCXylpI/s1600-h/Picture+17.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SrctoWHeI3I/AAAAAAAAAuQ/t-JQqCXylpI/s400/Picture+17.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383822050699649906" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SrctyLuBRuI/AAAAAAAAAuY/4T9d5CIuyHY/s1600-h/Picture+18.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SrctyLuBRuI/AAAAAAAAAuY/4T9d5CIuyHY/s400/Picture+18.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383822219707238114" border="0" /></a>Devonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586297882107012950noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761459016927873194.post-52627645671012340102009-09-11T09:42:00.005-07:002011-09-16T11:57:51.643-07:00patterns and letters<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/Sqp-qhDDFoI/AAAAAAAAAs4/g4e74HmQnuw/s1600-h/Picture+11.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380251973738239618" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/Sqp-qhDDFoI/AAAAAAAAAs4/g4e74HmQnuw/s400/Picture+11.png" style="display: block; height: 299px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/S8SzvCI9cmI/AAAAAAAABKs/ELZGF1HCZBI/s1600/Picture+7.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459686268889559650" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/S8SzvCI9cmI/AAAAAAAABKs/ELZGF1HCZBI/s400/Picture+7.png" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 134px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/S8Sz00xpX3I/AAAAAAAABK0/ICjqPeoA0Cg/s1600/Picture+8.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459686368381329266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/S8Sz00xpX3I/AAAAAAAABK0/ICjqPeoA0Cg/s400/Picture+8.png" style="display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 258px;" /></a>Devonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586297882107012950noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761459016927873194.post-59958160797359134362009-08-11T14:47:00.004-07:002009-08-11T14:53:34.537-07:00aminalsI've been teaching myself how to draw peacocks.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SoHn_G5g0SI/AAAAAAAAAsI/-6QhMQTGgc0/s1600-h/Picture+3.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 354px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SoHn_G5g0SI/AAAAAAAAAsI/-6QhMQTGgc0/s400/Picture+3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368827302171955490" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SoHncYRxPKI/AAAAAAAAAsA/t8RHMx-YA8Y/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 186px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SoHncYRxPKI/AAAAAAAAAsA/t8RHMx-YA8Y/s400/Picture+1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368826705541676194" border="0" /></a>It's the perfect amount of tedious.Devonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586297882107012950noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761459016927873194.post-78021485000584963902009-07-21T14:48:00.005-07:002009-07-21T15:14:12.130-07:00LoserIn the past few months, I have effectively lost almost everything of value to me. Seriously, though. Keys, wallet (twice), cell phone, sketchbook, and a computer crash. Sure, some of them have been returned or found, but still!! I know I've always been a little spacey, but this is just unacceptable. I need to develop a new system because the no-system system is clearly not working. Also, I've been having weird stomach issues again, but they're different this time. I've been throwing up a lot with absolutely no other symptoms. Weird, right? Also gross.<br /><br />So, I'm computerless for the next month or so (imagine how much reading I'll get done!!). I don't think it'll even make that big of a difference since I can use my roommate's and have one at work. Basically I just won't be in bed staring blankly at Facebook before I fall asleep... which is <span style="font-style: italic;">fine</span>.<br /><br />I've been noticing that because things have been so off kilter I've been thinking about moving again. Which is pretty dumb but also kind of fun to think about. My latest plan is live in a small house with colorful kitchen tiles in the middle of the desert. Wouldn't that be so lovely!?!? In this new plan I suddenly also have an inexpensive car or scooter and a cat and am not at all lonely.<br /><br />I keep hearing my mom in my head saying something like, "you chose the story you tell." I want to tell a better story for myself, Mom, honest! I'm going to work on breathing and being more hopeful, and use this period of less internet to make new things that will maybe then some day be posted on the internet. Or maybe not. Either way I'm going to make new things.<br /><br />Traveling East in a little over a month. Yesssssssssss.Devonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586297882107012950noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761459016927873194.post-86901061167995762582009-07-05T22:27:00.007-07:002009-07-06T00:08:21.794-07:00Greenish ThumbI know, okay? It's been basically forever. June has been the month of guests. Seven guests, to be exact. Which, as I obviously didn't realize when all these things got planned, is as exhausting as it is completely wonderful. So, even though I've <span style="font-style: italic;">thought</span> about writing a lot, and even written a couple killer entries in my head, somehow it never made it into "real" life. You think I want to spend my limited alone-time trying to craft a million dumb thoughts into comprehensible sentences for my three loyal readers? Yeah right. Sorry, Jen! See you on g-chat!<br /><br />Hey, guess what?! I've been gardening sort of!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SlGZHKPGG9I/AAAAAAAAArA/0JrCgG7SY-E/s1600-h/100_1697.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SlGZHKPGG9I/AAAAAAAAArA/0JrCgG7SY-E/s400/100_1697.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355229780206033874" border="0" /></a>lettuces<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SlGZHXBrQiI/AAAAAAAAArI/LfW_uTYeyw4/s1600-h/100_1700.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SlGZHXBrQiI/AAAAAAAAArI/LfW_uTYeyw4/s400/100_1700.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355229783639409186" border="0" /></a>tomato explosion<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SlGZIZPlySI/AAAAAAAAArg/vwvW3_Vd7Rs/s1600-h/100_1695.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SlGZIZPlySI/AAAAAAAAArg/vwvW3_Vd7Rs/s400/100_1695.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355229801414510882" border="0" /></a>plum tree harvest + new friend (apples soon to come)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SlGcz9LGwgI/AAAAAAAAArw/NdK9txJ4bb4/s1600-h/100_1701a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SlGcz9LGwgI/AAAAAAAAArw/NdK9txJ4bb4/s400/100_1701a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355233848328634882" border="0" /></a>some of the non-edibles<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Oh, also, I got new curtains like two months ago and am sort of shocked and appalled that I haven't blogged about them yet considering how (still) completely obsessed with them I am.<br /></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SlGbdRsik-I/AAAAAAAAAro/yCmxDKUTlc4/s1600-h/100_1623.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SlGbdRsik-I/AAAAAAAAAro/yCmxDKUTlc4/s400/100_1623.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355232359188960226" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">prettiest ever<br /><br /></div>Hmmmmmm what else? Oh, since I work as an events consultant (or something) for a catering place, and because I am designing my friends' wedding invitation as well as being one of their ushers, I spend a lot of time thinking about getting married. Not me getting married, <span style="font-style: italic;">per se</span>, but the idea of other people getting married. It's a weird thing! Also, somehow I turned 24 and then "celebrated" nine months of living in California. As Sean pointed out, I could have had a baby in that time. If I had had twins, two babies.Devonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586297882107012950noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761459016927873194.post-62581826965691447112009-04-03T23:19:00.002-07:002009-04-03T23:44:52.137-07:00I have "mood hair" on my bookmarks toolbar in firefox right between "facebook" and "<a href="jenmay.blogspot.com">lavender cats</a>". Sometimes, without realizing it, I check it. Like I'm going to find something new. Like I wouldn't know if it had been updated.Devonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586297882107012950noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761459016927873194.post-79279876308447546342009-03-14T23:42:00.006-07:002009-03-15T10:30:07.620-07:00"this is the most fun we've ever had"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SbyqoMjfowI/AAAAAAAAAqk/eSgklR0FPqg/s1600-h/YouAndMeTree.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 162px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SbyqoMjfowI/AAAAAAAAAqk/eSgklR0FPqg/s400/YouAndMeTree.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313309267931931394" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SbyqnlKIqQI/AAAAAAAAAqc/KRdy1ohgBmc/s1600-h/Picture+58.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 217px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SbyqnlKIqQI/AAAAAAAAAqc/KRdy1ohgBmc/s400/Picture+58.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313309257356585218" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SbymBHWzI2I/AAAAAAAAAp8/WglWPB5yhUs/s1600-h/Picture+49.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SbymBHWzI2I/AAAAAAAAAp8/WglWPB5yhUs/s400/Picture+49.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313304198475096930" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SbymBH31tsI/AAAAAAAAAqE/PT7vgJ3S5dk/s1600-h/Picture+52.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 331px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SbymBH31tsI/AAAAAAAAAqE/PT7vgJ3S5dk/s400/Picture+52.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313304198613677762" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/Sbyqzx8Rs-I/AAAAAAAAAqs/y1Ghkn0720g/s1600-h/Picture+53.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 324px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/Sbyqzx8Rs-I/AAAAAAAAAqs/y1Ghkn0720g/s400/Picture+53.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313309466946548706" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/Sb06-EItQtI/AAAAAAAAAq0/NXVDezrdR4k/s1600-h/Picture+59.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 185px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/Sb06-EItQtI/AAAAAAAAAq0/NXVDezrdR4k/s400/Picture+59.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313467973303616210" border="0" /></a>Devonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586297882107012950noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761459016927873194.post-35762178563248105312009-03-08T01:49:00.004-08:002009-03-08T13:30:14.052-07:00spring ahead<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SbOXrQh-nnI/AAAAAAAAAp0/N4g5J2Ov-BQ/s1600-h/100_1517.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SbOXrQh-nnI/AAAAAAAAAp0/N4g5J2Ov-BQ/s400/100_1517.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310755155027598962" border="0" /></a>I think I don't blog as much anymore because I don't have a scanner and taking pictures of things just never seems quite as good to me. Except when they're really fun pictures of sisters and cousins hanging out and not just because we have to.<br /><br />For those of you who don't know, we're now entering my favorite season: Cadbury Mini-Egg season. Oh, also spring. Although I can't imaging how a California spring could in any way compare to the revitalization and restorative power of a northeastern April and May. Not to complain, because its actually gorgeous here and I deserve, at the very least, an eye-roll for my griping about the rain that we so desperately need. In my defense, 6 days of rain in a row is a lot of rain, unless you're in Seattle, then maybe it's still a lot but just more common and no less unpleasant.<br /><br />I don't even know what I'm talking about.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SbOXq4HA6tI/AAAAAAAAAps/wO9rIhC0FKA/s1600-h/100_1513.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SbOXq4HA6tI/AAAAAAAAAps/wO9rIhC0FKA/s400/100_1513.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310755148472052434" border="0" /></a>Devonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586297882107012950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761459016927873194.post-62422121910235539462009-03-02T16:31:00.006-08:002009-03-02T18:49:57.198-08:00meteorologyThis morning, like many other mornings during northern California winter, it was raining. Really hard raining though, like the sideways kind, like the kind that gets your jeans really wet. To make ourselves feel better we went out for fancy burgers and curly fries and then to Trader Joe's to get tofu cream cheese and free coffee samples and to look for the mint hot chocolate that I know Jen likes (they didn't have it) and by the time we got home the sun was out. Crazy crazy.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/Sax6jb2qB9I/AAAAAAAAApk/PRo8_Pkj_XE/s1600-h/100_1462.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/Sax6jb2qB9I/AAAAAAAAApk/PRo8_Pkj_XE/s400/100_1462.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308752809953986514" border="0" /></a>Even though the sky had cleared and it felt much warmer it was still really blustery. And the plum tree in our backyard has been blossoming for the past week so all of the pedals were blowing all around and it looked instead like it was raining flowers!!Devonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586297882107012950noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761459016927873194.post-11485423631515489132009-02-25T19:23:00.000-08:002009-02-25T19:24:07.897-08:00<span dir="ltr" id=":3g">sean: my internet is being so slow... i feel like i am on AOL 4.0</span>Devonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586297882107012950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761459016927873194.post-84774549295936539212009-02-13T01:05:00.004-08:002009-02-13T01:20:40.539-08:00Linda & Harriet<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SZU5mbx2lOI/AAAAAAAAApM/-mDNepQPJpo/s1600-h/Picture+12.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SZU5mbx2lOI/AAAAAAAAApM/-mDNepQPJpo/s400/Picture+12.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302207468753294562" border="0" /></a><br />i just drew this pattern for <a href="www.lindaandharriett.com/">Linda & Harriett</a>, a card and stationary company run by the nicest folk who might just win the award for best clients ever. so sweet, so flexible, so helpful. i can't wait to see the finished product.Devonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586297882107012950noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761459016927873194.post-55210535233220813402009-02-08T03:01:00.006-08:002009-02-13T01:32:29.125-08:00california: phase twoi'm embracing unemployment*. i'm giving myself deadlines. i'm volunteering to do things i could, later, be getting paid for. i spend too much time chatting on the internet. i'm trying to be an "artist". its weird!! i love it. i can do it, i know it, even when i'm being crazy.<br /><br />its exciting to know that things are starting to move into whatever is going to end up being the next phase of my life out here on "the left coast". i'm probably already <span style="font-weight: bold;">in</span> that phase i just don't realize it yet. here are some things i'm going to work on:<br />making lists that actually make sense<br />exploring by foot<br />purchasing a bike (finally)<br />drawing more people<br />cook ALL the produce i purchase<br /><br />these goals are all very reasonable. also, on a somewhat separate but equally important note, i really think its so dumb when people call it "the left coast" even though i also really like it.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">taylor: how is it that there is no money in the entire nation and i still have to pay student loans?<br /><br /><br /></span><span>* EDIT: i'm no longer refering to myself as "unemployed." i'm self-employed. i have income.</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span>Devonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586297882107012950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761459016927873194.post-83074251032510600482009-02-05T00:00:00.002-08:002009-02-05T00:05:55.335-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SYqd13FQ3DI/AAAAAAAAApE/-W-ap_8UTK4/s1600-h/Picture+15.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 96px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SYqd13FQ3DI/AAAAAAAAApE/-W-ap_8UTK4/s400/Picture+15.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299221460199463986" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SYqc9v6h0dI/AAAAAAAAAo8/EKmAvZAloPM/s1600-h/Picture+11.png"><br /></a>Devonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586297882107012950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761459016927873194.post-64401735333929008302009-02-03T21:23:00.004-08:002009-02-04T23:58:27.912-08:00mairathe day after this came out all four emails in my inbox were links to this:<br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/kalman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/the-inauguration-at-last/">kalman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/the-inauguration-at-last/</a><br /><br />i'm glad my friends know me so well.Devonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586297882107012950noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761459016927873194.post-25606407532417114412009-01-31T18:11:00.003-08:002009-01-31T18:22:54.203-08:00the only american unemployed by choice...i'm going to start my quest for a new job (positive thinking only, please) on monday. in the meantime, i'm celebrating my unemployment with a cold. you can find me and harry potter on the couch.<br /><br />also, this is how i spend most saturday mornings.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SYUHOhwlKMI/AAAAAAAAAow/yHH9ZENgwf8/s1600-h/100_1357.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SYUHOhwlKMI/AAAAAAAAAow/yHH9ZENgwf8/s400/100_1357.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297648482832951490" border="0" /></a><br />it's february already?Devonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586297882107012950noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761459016927873194.post-42732255502858146742009-01-19T01:11:00.003-08:002009-01-19T01:18:44.911-08:00both of the most recent entries in the two blogs i check most regularly (that just <span style="font-style: italic;">happen</span> to belong to two of my friends) made me laugh out loud when i read them.<br /><br /><a href="http://jenmay.blogspot.com/2009/01/lilo-sorry-this-is-kind-of-weird.html">el</a> oh <a href="http://blog.patbarrett.com/2009/01/a-flock-of-seagulls-or-geese/">el</a>.Devonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586297882107012950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761459016927873194.post-45178897637713390132009-01-14T20:14:00.000-08:002009-01-14T20:16:47.568-08:00happy new year (still)i love saying "happy new year" to people. i always get so sad when it's far enough away from january 1st that it <span style="font-style: italic;">may</span> seem a little weird to still be saying it. but the year is still so new!! especially if you think about all the many weeks in 2009 we still have left.<br /><br />i love it. this year is new. it's a different year than the last one.Devonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586297882107012950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761459016927873194.post-36460679771184832882009-01-11T17:08:00.001-08:002009-01-11T17:15:38.502-08:00etsy!Devonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586297882107012950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761459016927873194.post-91978238996149223682008-12-23T02:06:00.001-08:002008-12-23T11:08:35.404-08:00merry happy!i'm leaving for the east coast tomorrow and, i gotta say, i'm pretty nervous i'm going to find out i've become a soft, weather-wimp out west. it's all relative though! i mean, the coldest a place gets will always feel cold when you're living there. and here, when it's 50ยบ and rainy it feels COLD. i think a snow and friend fix is just what i need though. besides, i found a really good hot chocolate recipe that's amazing with soy milk so feel pretty much prepared for any weather related challenges. somehow december managed to fly by without feeling like it was overwhelmingly "the holidays", maybe because i decided not to do presents this year (best idea ever, by the way). we had a 1920's themed work holiday party at my house and the best part about it was that i made this chandelier:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SVE2HF5LQNI/AAAAAAAAAoc/b8E5xqMwvzo/s1600-h/100_1243.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SVE2HF5LQNI/AAAAAAAAAoc/b8E5xqMwvzo/s400/100_1243.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283063333351276754" border="0" /></a>my roommate and i have already decided that it's staying up forever. i've always wanted to live somewhere fancy.Devonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586297882107012950noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761459016927873194.post-78918926154661758042008-12-07T17:52:00.011-08:002009-02-24T17:51:53.483-08:00although i haven't been motivated to learn how to update my website....at least i've been motivated enough to make some new things to put on it.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/STyA07dNj8I/AAAAAAAAAnk/h85J9BBeNIA/s1600-h/Picture+7.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 287px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/STyA07dNj8I/AAAAAAAAAnk/h85J9BBeNIA/s400/Picture+7.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277234510173147074" border="0" /></a>"growing new roots"<br /><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/STyB_zmN5gI/AAAAAAAAAn0/5zmPPJ7Q8-w/s1600-h/Picture+11.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 392px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/STyB_zmN5gI/AAAAAAAAAn0/5zmPPJ7Q8-w/s400/Picture+11.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277235796553623042" border="0" /></a>"chicago"<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">All the pieces below are on show and sale at Stylus Salon located at 2321 2nd Avenue in Seattle until the second day of the new year. Email devon.kelley.yurdin@gmail.com for more info.<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/STyCC69b--I/AAAAAAAAAoU/o-q6ppQcYJ8/s1600-h/Picture+16.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 334px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/STyCC69b--I/AAAAAAAAAoU/o-q6ppQcYJ8/s400/Picture+16.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277235850069670882" border="0" /></a>"come in"<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/STyCCWTnW_I/AAAAAAAAAoM/oRjClzRzwu4/s1600-h/Picture+14.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 292px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/STyCCWTnW_I/AAAAAAAAAoM/oRjClzRzwu4/s400/Picture+14.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277235840230579186" border="0" /></a>"oak land"<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/STyCBqXF__I/AAAAAAAAAoE/vGXougP3ffc/s1600-h/Picture+13.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 313px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/STyCBqXF__I/AAAAAAAAAoE/vGXougP3ffc/s400/Picture+13.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277235828434010098" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SaSkFYXHcrI/AAAAAAAAApc/cXjaLOln8vY/s1600-h/Picture+28.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/SaSkFYXHcrI/AAAAAAAAApc/cXjaLOln8vY/s400/Picture+28.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306546673294996146" border="0" /></a>"east on the west"<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/STyCAmklmuI/AAAAAAAAAn8/n0lDq2_Evgs/s1600-h/Picture+12.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 323px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/STyCAmklmuI/AAAAAAAAAn8/n0lDq2_Evgs/s400/Picture+12.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277235810236996322" border="0" /></a>"ghost"<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/STyAzrUxANI/AAAAAAAAAnU/8TSWajlWCVY/s1600-h/Picture+5.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 397px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/STyAzrUxANI/AAAAAAAAAnU/8TSWajlWCVY/s400/Picture+5.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277234488662884562" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/STyA0I3RJ2I/AAAAAAAAAnc/PydVOazkW6k/s1600-h/Picture+6.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 237px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/STyA0I3RJ2I/AAAAAAAAAnc/PydVOazkW6k/s400/Picture+6.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277234496592226146" border="0" /></a>"i left new york looking for trees"<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/STyAyqXbbVI/AAAAAAAAAnM/k5Xs_x8gLjA/s1600-h/Picture+4.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 387px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I-u00HFa6Y8/STyAyqXbbVI/AAAAAAAAAnM/k5Xs_x8gLjA/s400/Picture+4.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277234471225748818" border="0" /></a>"house plants"<br /></div>Devonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586297882107012950noreply@blogger.com5