like rainwater

...It looked out over the canyon below, what had once been a gorge made by rainwater      from the book The Elementals by Francesca Lia Block

Me in my thrifted grey like rainwater and black patterned flared mini skirt

Left photo: Long sleeve teal blouse and grey ombre blouse thrifted
Right photo: mulberry ankle boots were thrifted

now overgrown with wildflowers and eucalyptus trees
 and built up with houses.
 from the book The Elementals by Francesca Lia Block

A photo I took on the freeway,
when the sky suggested a storm.

The lights of cars and windows shone out of the darkness. Crickets chirped a mating song, creating a vibrating wall of sound,
from the book The Elementals by Francesca Lia Block 

Left and Middle: Alice + Olivia Fall RTW 2012
Right: Roberto Cavalli Fall RTW 2012

breeze with a slightly citrusy scent, and fresh from the rain, came in and cooled my neck...from the book The Elementals by Francesca Lia Block

Zero + Maria Cornejo Fall RTW 2012

...I remembered the mugs from when I used to come over after school on rainy days
from the book The Elementals by Francesca Lia Block

The Elementals by Francesca Lia Block

to drink hot chocolate and eat cinnamon toast with Jeni.
I could still feel the slight burn of the spiced sugar on my tongue...from the book The Elementals by Francesca Lia Block 

This is a mug from my childhood.
I would drink hot chocolate from it.
It's the only one left in the set.
I think my great grandma bought it.
My childhood best friend really was named Jenny.

The mug says:

Start each day with a song in your heart.

My art journal page from February 20, 2013
inspired by the artist Diana Trout from this daisy yellow blog post

It says:

Then I look up and out the half circle glass
above the curtains and the blinds,
 the rain looks like someone sprayed a mist
upon the window. The sky fades from bright sunshine to that lavender grey.
Yet still the breeze moves.
The leaves dancing
to whatever music
the sky brings them.

3 parts green 1 part blue

It brings to my mind mermaids and the sea.
For I actually sport this color combination quite frequently.

I dream of these 3 things:

Peter Pilotto Satin and Leather Sandals

Roberto Cavalli Printed Caftan

Dolce & Gabbana Print Pants

My real life things:

Mom made the 2 green earrings.
My friend made the peace earrings.
The antique looking pair belonged to my grandma.

My cousin made the butterfly bracelet.
My mom made the bracelets on the right.
My friend made the green and black bracelet.

Mom made the heart necklace.
My cousin made the green
 and the blue butterfly necklaces. 

Some people I love:

My niece Lil Bug.

My nephew JJ, being held by his mom.
My husband took this photo.

I can't tell which twin niece this is.
I wasn't there, when my guy took this photo.

My nephew, Speed Racer
playing catch with his Dad.
My husband took this photo as well.

He's running in his backyard.
I'm not sure if I took this or my guy did.

 On my birthday in 2006
I think we used a tripod on this day.

In May I saw this. No it isn't in Texas.
We don't have mountains where I live.

In my art/music room,
3 green ribbons and 1 blue ribbon.

My art journal page

where I answered the question

If you could scream something

 at the top of your lungs right now
,
what would it be? 
 


This was on June 10

Another art journal page:

The quote says: "Once you can accept that the universe as being something expanding into an infinite nothing which is something,
 wearing stripes with plaid is easy."
-Albert Einstein

This post was inspired by Daisy Yellow's Random Color Prompt. 

one of those tag things

My blog friend Brittney at Flow Disruption tagged me. 

My 3 Style obsessions are:
1) Patterned tights

Betsey Johnson RTW Fall 2011

Issey Miyake RTW Fall 2011

2) Boots 

Isabel Marant RTW Fall 2011

Jean-Charles de Castelbajac RTW Fall 2011

3) Floral skirts 

Gregory Parkinson RTW Fall 2011

Roberto Cavalli RTW Fall 2011

I like to chew sugarless gum.
 The gum flavors & brands vary, depending on my mood.

I think I learned how to blow bubbles in 3rd grade.
 I've been snap, cracking, & popping gum since my friend Holly showed me how in 9th grade.

Two of my favorite people have birthdays this week, on the same day.

My nephew is one of those people.

My guy is the other one.

Last night one of my twin nieces

said my name on Skype.  :)

I really like Switched At Birth.
I learn new things every time I watch it.

In high school I was in the sign language club.
I got an A in the sign language class I took in college.
I'm still a sign language amateur.

This is the latest song I've been playing on my guitar.


Resonating excerpt from: 
Once Upon A Time There Was You by Elizabeth Berg

..."You know who does loving right?"
"Who?"
"Nobody. I mean, people can't even...If you get a cat because you love cats, you're going to have plenty of days when you hate it because it's acting like a cat. Do you know what I'm saying?"
Sadie nodded. 
"And when I was in high school I had a poem taped over my bed. I read it every day. It was about a person asking another person, over and over, 'What is two plus two?' and getting all pissed because the answer was always four."
"See that's why I don't like poetry. What does that even mean?"
"It means that some people are always going to think in a certain way. And they're never going to understand people who think so differently from the way they do. They can't. So it's best to stop asking for something someone simply can't deliver. Change the question."... 


Can you guess what I did on the tag? I didn't exactly follow the rules, & I changed the question(s).