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  • Christmas dresses

    Rockin' the go-go boots1970


    The Four C'sChantele, Charmaine, Cherise, Cherelle
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    Posted: December 06, 2009, 10:23am EST

  • "Behold!"

    Afternoon sunlight dances through window glass,casting a shadow on Mark's Charlie Brown tree

    Swift as a shadow, short as any dream;Brief as the lightning in the collied night,That in a spleen unfolds both heaven and earth,And ere a man hath power to say, "Behold!"The' [...]
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    Posted: December 05, 2009, 8:52am EST

  • Hospice tree...finished

    The tree I designed for the Mariposa Lily Garden Club's annual donation to the Hospice auction is finally finished. Auction is Saturday night!

    All ornaments are either vintage, handmade, upcycled or donated.
    This year's tree is [...]
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    Posted: December 04, 2009, 8:44pm EST

  • Rickety

    For years we had an old, rickety wooden ladder, complete with paint stains, that we used - holding our breath as we climbed lest it break. This would have been a much better use for it:

    Found at Dude Craft
    (gotta love that name)[...]
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    Posted: December 04, 2009, 6:51am EST

  • Visiting Santa

    Clearly, this Santa was frightening...as this 40 year old photo shows.

    That's two year old me having the melt-down, being consoled by my mini-dress wearing mom.
    She made us all matching dresses every year at Christmas...love this color combo.

    ~~~~~~
    [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2009, 9:01pm EST

  • Far out

    Terrariums are back in style.
    Photo: Liz Hafalia, SF Chronicle
    A Terradome at Modernpast, San Francisco [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2009, 7:04am EST

  • Wolf on the trail

    "The wolf is neither man's competitor nor his enemy. He is a fellow creature with whom the earth must be shared."
    ~ L. David Mech

    On last Thursday's hike, my family met a wolf. A rescue animal; one of the most beautiful [...]
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    Posted: December 01, 2009, 5:32am EST

  • Past life

    I must have had a past life where these items were surrounding me....I'm so drawn to them.



    Why is it that all the shops I seem to like, are on the other side of the' [...]
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    Posted: November 30, 2009, 3:05am EST

  • Seeing shadows


    Click Hey Harriet for more shadow shots [...]
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    Posted: November 28, 2009, 8:47am EST

  • Washed ashore

    One of our favorite pastimes while vacationing at the beach, is to look for treasures that have been washed ashore. I think that's why I like the creations of Uri Eliaz.  He creates art from objects found along the shore. 


    Image via Treehugger
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 8:17am EST

  • Misery Ridge

    Yesterday, the women in my family spent the day in the kitchen. Cooking, laughing, (drinking), essentially putting on a feast while the men took the kids (two of our nieces) and Trux on a hike up Misery Ridge.
    A hike with a 700' climb at' [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 7:38am EST

  • Putting it together

    We have company coming for Thanksgiving....actually, they all arrive Wednesday. Problem: our dining table seats 4, and I only have 6 place settings. There will be 10 of us for dinner...the scramble is on! 
    Folding table brought in, 3 tablecloths, a mix of chairs, dishes, silverware [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 4:50pm EST

  • Distractions

    One of the ways I distract myself from gloom and doom news, is to follow the fashion pages. A slightly distorted reality to take my mind off serious subjects; climate crisis, economy, war, etc.

    The Obama's just hosted their first state dinner at the White House. Photos of past' [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 7:56am EST

  • Snow fall


    "I love snow, snow, and all the forms of radiant frost." 

    ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:27am EST

  • Countdown to Copenhagen

    Tell world leaders what kind of deal you want them to make at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, December 7-18, 2009.
    Vote [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 10:46pm EST

  • Windstorm!

    We're having an epic windstorm....which begs the question...Why don't we have wind turbines here to harness all this energy?

    "No one but Night, with tears on her dark face,
    Watches beside me in this windy place."

    ~ Edna St. Vincent Millay


    Image [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 6:35am EST

  • Environmental design

    Designer Michelle Brand uses the bottoms of recycled plastic bottles to create works of art.

    The image, via Recyclart, fits the shadow shot theme

    "To me every hour of the light and dark is a miracle,
    Every cubic inch of space is" [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 6:24am EST

  • One year later

    We adopted Trux, a four year old Aussie/Border Collie, exactly one year ago. 


    Lookin' good as a slim 5 year old, eh?

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


    Cammie, on the other hand, is not a success story. We adopted her two' [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:59am EST

  • Business cards

    The Victorians had it figured out.


    Victorian trade card via Vintage Vendor
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:05am EST

  • If only...

    ...these were real...aren't they fun?


    Embellished slippers from A'Musements~~~~~~~~


    Paper heels from Jennifer Collier [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 8:04am EST

  • Elf re-do

    I was asked back to Santa Land...this time for help decorating the exterior.  Working outside in 40 degree-snow-any-moment weather is a bit interesting.  Manual dexterity goes out the window when your fingers are frozen. 

    On another note, remember how nice the inside looked when we were finished?

    [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:56am EST

  • Nada

    I've got zilch today....

    photo from here

    “I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.”

    ~ Oscar Wilde

    ' [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 7:45am EST

  • Charlie Brown Tree

    This is what I saw when I walked into the kitchen this morning:

    Mark had finished the Charlie Brown Christmas tree!How fun is this?
    Mark made the ornament out of copper.
    (I'll get some better shots later when the sun' [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 7:51am EST

  • Where the rivers meet

    We hiked out Peninsula on Saturday...
    Crooked River Canyon on one side



    Deschutes River Canyon on the other


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    Posted: November 15, 2009, 7:17am EST

  • Don't fall

    Hike to the edge...

    Crooked River Canyon


    "Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings."

    ~ Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

    Click Hey Harriet for more shadow shots[...]
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    Posted: November 14, 2009, 9:21am EST

  • Color!

    I went to a Yolo Colorhouse presentation last night. Its official....I really am in love with one of their new colors...

    Which is probably why I'm drawn to Jan Fabre's Heaven of Delight at the Palais Royal Bruxelles.
    But then [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 7:53am EST

  • Mark's show

    Opening night:Thursday, November 12th, 6 - 9 pm

    Twilight Artist Collective
    4306 SW Alaska StreetSeattle, Washington

    One of Mark's decorative metal sculptures is featured in this show.
    Click here for other images from the show.' [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 10:09pm EST

  • When it works

    I know items from the late 60's and early 70's are all the rage, but I normally don't care for them. I was raised in a sea of harvest gold and avocado green, polyester knits and shag carpeting.  I'm happy not to revisit that...but I do like this pendant grouping:
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    Posted: November 10, 2009, 10:39pm EST

  • The Bomber

    I was raised in Milwaukie, Oregon, home to The Bomber, 
    an iconic gas station and restaurant.


    The gas station is closed now, but The Bomber is still there, going through a slow renovation process. And the restaurant is still owned and operated by the [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2009, 8:58am EST

  • No watering necessary

    Mark's latest ~
    Steel and copper countertop Christmas tree.' [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 7:04pm EST

  • Hiking the canyons

    We hiked both canyons this weekend.

    Deschutes...


    and Crooked River.
    They are only about 6 miles apart, but so different in appearance.

    Trux - elated to be off leash.
    A little further along...
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    Posted: November 08, 2009, 9:19pm EST

  • Afternoon shadows



    “Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may never happen. 
    Keep in the sunlight.”

    ~ Benjamin Franklin 

    More shadow shots at Hey Harriet

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    Posted: November 07, 2009, 7:10am EST

  • Climb

    "The tree is more than first a seed, then a stem, then a living trunk, and then dead timber. The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky."

    ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

    Up a Tree from Rum and Rubies
    I [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 7:02am EST

  • Art in place

    A visit to The Design Center...
    my favorite stairway...love this.

    Artwork within...
    Line Dance With a Circleclay and hempCheri Harris
    Lunaire 1, 2, 3acrylic and paper on canvasPam Jersey Bird
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 8:43pm EST

  • ...Yawn!

    The individual elements of the tree I'm designing for our garden club to donate to the Hospice auction seemed like a good idea...

    the reality...quite the snooze.

    More ideas are in the works to glitz up the tree:

    Recycled-paper flowers with' [...]
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    Posted: November 03, 2009, 9:44pm EST

  • What do you see?

    We all see things differently...especially with art.

    Karine Swenson a blogger from Joshua Tree, California, posts about her art and life in the high desert. In a recent contest, she asked for help naming her new diptych (picture the paintings below side by side).

    What do you [...]
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    Posted: November 03, 2009, 6:14am EST

  • Ever been to prison?

    I can now say I have been.

    A group of girlfriends went with me to a woodworking sale at the prison in a neighboring town.
    The inmates work with wood in a vocational rehabilitation program and then the items are sold to the public for [...]
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    Posted: November 01, 2009, 5:43pm EST

  • Happy Halloween



    More shadow shots at Hey Harriet
    ~~~~~
    When people resemble their pets.....
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    Posted: October 31, 2009, 7:57pm EDT

  • Halloween

    'Tis now the very witching time of night,
    When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out
    Contagion to this world."

    ~William Shakespeare

    Halloween 1971Cherelle, Chantele, Cherise & Charmaine


    '" [...]
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    Posted: October 31, 2009, 1:04am EDT

  • Done!

    I'm turning in my elf hat...

    We finished decorating Santa Land....whew!  
    The antique Russian sleigh is for sale, by the way.  Contact Scott Brown for more information.  (thanks for the loan Scott!)

    Martha: exhaustion has set in![...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2009, 10:43pm EDT

  • The other hat

    One of the hats I wear is Co-President of our local Garden Club. Every year, our club donates a decorated Christmas tree to raise money for Hospice. I was asked to design the tree this year. I said I would do it, if I could design it using recycled, upcycled [...]
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    Posted: October 28, 2009, 1:20pm EDT

  • Brom Bones

    "A pleasing land of drowsy head it was,
    Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye;
    And of gay castles in the clouds that pass,
    Forever flushing round a summer sky."

    ~ Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow


    [...]
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    Posted: October 28, 2009, 7:22am EDT

  • Elf update

    Santa Land is slowly coming together. We've got a fabulous antique Russian sleigh on loan...now we're working on turning the inside of this bare commercial space into a winter wonderland worthy of such a piece.

    Too bad the walls aren't finished...nothing' [...]
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    Posted: October 27, 2009, 3:08am EDT

  • Elf duty

    I've got elf duty this week...

    Photo: Martha Murray Design
    I'm helping another designer turn an empty commercial space in Bend's Old Mill District into Santa Land...wish me luck!' [...]
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    Posted: October 26, 2009, 7:23am EDT

  • Shadows in The City

    Tree shadowLooking back to Fisherman's WharfSan Francisco, California

    Hey Harriet's Shadow Shots
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    Posted: October 24, 2009, 7:46am EDT

  • Grazie

    I'm in San Francisco visiting my friends Teresa and Sue. I haven't seen either of them since our trip to Italy in May.

    Sue, Teresa, Mary Ellen (and Coco) and AmeeFlorence, Italy, May 2009
    click image to enlarge
    As a [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 7:12pm EDT

  • Halloween decorating

    Got your Halloween decorations up yet?

    Charmaine, Cherelle, & Cheriseprobably 1972
    When I was little, my sisters and I would tape up Halloween prints on the inside of the front porch window.  Year after year....the same decorations. 
    (If I were to decorate today, I would [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 7:59am EDT

  • Caramel apples


    Autumn, to me, has always seemed the perfect time for a caramel apple.  (Here I am, oggling my sister Cherelle's....probably 1971.) Crisp apples picked fresh off the tree, the smell of caramel as it heats up, the sweet-tart first bite....
    The soon-to-be defunct Gourmet magazine' [...]
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    Posted: October 22, 2009, 6:35am EDT

  • ArtPrize

    Can art rejuvenate a town?

    Yes.

    A competition for $449,000 in prize money received over 1200 submissions and re-energized a region in one of the most depressed states in the union, Michigan.

    Photo Lori Niedenfuer Cool for The Grand Rapids Press
    After 330,000+ [...]
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    Posted: October 21, 2009, 6:50pm EDT

  • Random

    Came across this Polaroid yesterday. 

    My bachelorette party at Darcelle's, April 1991.  What a hoot!' [...]
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    Posted: October 21, 2009, 7:49am EDT
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