kitties and puzzles

When I was about 6 or 7 years old, we had a kitty cat called Puzzles. We didn't have her for very long.

Obviously this hot blonde chick isn't me.
She's a model.

Left: Cool Cat Beanie F21
Right: Cool Cat Spiked Top F21

Little me was told that Puzzles ran away.

This is me at age 6 or 7 yrs. old. Back then I believed whatever my parents told me.

Here's another hot model wearing cute kitty clothes.

Left: Charlotte Olympia Velvet Embroidered Boots
Right: Black Shirt with White Cats Etsy

 I didn't find out until I was an adult, that Puzzles, (the kitty), didn't run away. Instead, she was taken to a shelter (or something). Yeah, apparently she made a mess. My mom doesn't like cats.

Left: Black Cat Tights on Etsy
Right: Cat Tattoo Tights on Etsy

My twin nieces, nephew, and their grandma, with actual puzzles, not Puzzles (the kitty), from December 2012.

My nephew Speed Racer with his puzzle, this past Summer, 2013.

Years later I grew allergic to cats. I don't know if I still am, because I take allergy medicine everyday.
 I just know that now, when I'm around cats that belong to my friends, I don't seem to have problems. They sure like to come up to me, and want my attention. I don't know why.

At my friend's house that has a cat, in 2011.
(I wish someone would have told me to adjust my blouse
 because my breast was hanging out. Jeez).

In 2011, I would tutor at a, mansion like fancy house, twice a week. I would sit in their formal dining room, where I would help their children read.

Another photo of me in 2011.
Omg, is it me, or does it look my breast is popping out again?

While sitting in their fancy chair, their cat would climb up, and sit down right behind me. Yes, on the same chair! I was like, um, okay. I didn't encourage the behavior. I just thought it was odd. I don't know why their kitty did that. Do you?

"We missed you hissed the lovecats
We're so wonderfully wonderfully wonderfully
Wonderfully pretty!"The Lovecats by The Cure

What do kitties like to eat?

Here's my scrapbook page of:
Japanese Garden Florida August 2007

The other night I watched
2 Broke Girls Episode, And the Kitty Spank Spank.

Maybe somebody should have spanked that fancy kitty, that wanted to share the chair I was already sitting in. There was a huge, long, table full of other chairs it could have used! But no, that kitty wanted to sit behind me.

a butterfly's wings

...If you whispered your wish to a butterfly, then released it, the butterfly would carry your wish to the heavens.
from the book The Butterfly's Daughter by Mary Alice Monroe

Both butterfly sleeve blouses were thrifted.
I wore these outfits in November 2011.

So with each butterfly release, she sent her love to her grandmother on the monarch's wings...
from the book The Butterfly's Daughter by Mary Alice Monroe

This butterfly sleeve blouse was thrifted.
I wore this outfit in the fall of 2011.

...In the spring the female monarch mates,
then leaves the the santuary to gravel north,
right here to Texas.

from the book The Butterfly's Daughter by Mary Alice Monroe

This butterfly sleeve blouse was thrifted.
I wore this outfit in February 2013.

Illustrated People Butterfly Top

..."What are butterflies if not flying flowers?"...
from the book The Butterfly's Daughter by Mary Alice Monroe

Vintage Butterfly Belts I dig:

Top left: Wine Colored Flutter Cord Belt
Bottom left: Vintage Leather Butterfly Belt
Top right: Fringed Suede Orange Butterfly Belt
Bottom right: Floral Ribbon Blue Leather Butterfly Belt

ASOS Skinny Jeans in Butterfly Print

Vintage Cut-out Butterfly Top

...Suddenly the sun broke through the clouds and in that miraculous moment the sky exploded in a burst of orange glitter...
from the book The Butterfly's Daughter by Mary Alice Monroe

Top Left: Yellow Butterfly Scarf
Bottom Left: Peach Butterfly Fringe Scarf
Right: Brown Multicolored Butterfly Pattern Scarf

...Cascades of monarchs took to the wing dancing and swirling across the brilliant blue sky like orange snow...

The Butterfly's Daughter by Mary Alice Monroe

My guy took these butterfly photos
 in November of 2012 and March of 2013.

...She opened her arms to embrace the moment, filled with happiness, laughing outloud. The sound of a million wings filled the valley echoing like wind...
from the book The Butterfly's Daughter by Mary Alice Monroe

My art journal page from April 2013
inspired by Wilna Furstenberg's art class

The butterflies are migrating back.
I noticed them over a week ago.
It's always a sign of spring time in Texas.

In college I actually wrote a paper about monarchs and their migration. 

snowflakes

No, it's not snowing in Texas.
I heard it snowed here on Christmas,
but we were out of town.

I didn't realize how much I looked like a chauffeur,
 until I saw these photos.

Don't worry. I never wore this outfit in public.

I only wore this all white ensemble to mimic
 this style imitating art challenge, in November.

Here are some snowflake things I like:

Left: 1960's Gray Wool Babydoll Dress
Middle: 1960's White Enamel Snowflake Necklace
Top Right: Silver Snowflake/Water Droplet Necklace
Bottom Right: Snowflake Beaded Pendant

Left: Vintage 1970's Bell Sleeve Sweater 
Right: Snowflake Sweater Vest

Left: Snowflake Slouchy Sweater
Center/Right: Black Snowflake Tights

This is my nephew Speed Racer from November.
His mom got him dressed to play in the snow,
 but he didn't want to go, so he didn't.
NO, I don't like to see him cry.   :(

These are recent photos of my nephew Speed Racer.
What a difference a few months makes.  :)

This is my husband waving.
 He pulled our twin nieces on their sled.

My nephew Baby JJ stayed inside on the snowy day.

My guy looked happy to be out in the snow.
I stayed inside.
I'm a wimp like that.  ;)

My nieces' and my nephew's dogs playing in the snow.
My husband took these dog photos.
Yes, you can see his sense of humor.

My road trip photos from Utah

To glitter like a frosty snowflake, pristine ice crystals, frozen water, steely, melting.
Completely original, no two alike,
dissolving in the sun, sparkle fades.

There's nothing pristine, not even snow,
 definitely not me.

Frosty, on the other hand, has its moments.

Yes, sparkles can fade. And so does sun.

Every night it goes to sleep. It sets, to reappear,
like hope, and strength, like magic and love.

 Like feeling something,
 even when things are too dark to see.

Freshly fallen snow can be like a brand new day,
a brand new year, a brand new beginning.

am i blue

"There'll be food on the table tonight
There'll be pay in your pocket tonight

Kelly Wearstler Spring 2012 RTW

My gut is wrenched out it is crunched up and broken

My life that is lived is no more than a token

Who'll strike the flint upon the stone and tell me why?

Camilla and Marc Spring 2012 RTW

If I yell out at night there's a reply of blue silence

Blue Leopard Print Blouse

The screen is no comfort I can't speak my sentence

African Print Skirt by Ifenkili

They blew the lights at heaven's gate and I don't know why...

My nephew Baby JJ

So I'm caught at the junction still waiting 
for medicine

My nephew Speed Racer

The sweat of my brow keeps on feeding the engine


Hope the crumbs in my pocket can keep me for another night

My niece Lil Bug

And if you blue sky mining company won't come to my rescue

If the sugar refining company won't save me

Who's gonna save me?...

My niece EJ

And some have sailed from a distant shore

And the company takes what the company wants

Right: Ice skating with my guy in 2009Left: My shoes July 2010

And nothing's as precious
As a hole in the ground

Right: Me and my guy on the roller coaster in Spring 2009
Left: Me July 2010

My art journal pages from August 25, 2012
Inspired by Art Journaling with Jenny and Aaron Class 2

Missing these...

I love blueberries! Since I'm allergic to eggs now, I miss them in blueberry pancakes, blueberry muffins, lemon squares with blueberries, blueberry cheesecake ice cream.
However, I can still eat them with whipped cream.  :)

...Who's gonna save me?

We've got nothing to fear

In the end the rain comes down

Washes clean the streets of a blue sky

mine" -Blue Sky Mine by Midnight Oil

in circles

"Meet Me There
In The Blue

Libertine Spring RTW 2012 

Where Words Are Not
Feeling Remains

Libertine Spring RTW 2012

Sincerity
Trust In Me
Throw Myself Into Your Door
 

Libertine Spring RTW 2012 

 I Go
In Circles
Running Down

Luca Luca Spring RTW 2012

 In Circles
Running Down
In Circles ...

Luca Luca Spring RTW 2012 

Meet Me There
In The Blue
Where Words Are Not  

Vintage Polka Dot Lace Dress

 Feeling Remains

And I Dream
To Heal Your Wounds

Iron Fist's Mult-Color Platform
Removable floral and leopard detail on the side

But I Bleed Myself
I Bleed Myself

Here's some ways I've worn circles.

Look here to see my September 2011 post
 about circles, in NYC.

I Go
In Circles

Running Down  

Art journal page

In Circles
I'm Running Down

In Circles
Running Down" ...In Circles by Sunny Day Real Estate

I've never been able to draw in a straight line or draw or cut a  perfect circle. I am mess with a circle cutter. I don't measuring well with a ruler or tape measure. That is why I never caught onto sewing. That is why I got out of shop class in day 1 of 9th grade, when the 1st assignment was measuring on a ruler. I took literature instead. Measuring cups and spoons for a recipe, that I can do.

In Circles by Sunny Day Real Estate 

This used to be one of my favorite songs.

I still love it.  :)