home sweet home....

we are home from our trip down the shore....
now i am no dinosaur,i think of myself as more of a shark, a shark in the sense that they have survived for millions of years and have been able to adapt to anything,living amidst the most beautiful fish, coral,shells etc...and the darkest, murkiest depths of the unknown....
now pt. pleasant isn't the most desirable of destinations i know, but the place we where staying at, sold itself as a "beachfront resort and spa", overlooking the ocean.... ( i pictured waiters in white jackets bringing me drinks poolside,and hot stone massages,me laying with a smile on my face).....to actually what it was.... a motel,overlooking the parking lot.
now all the other motels on the strip (they call a spade a spade) are not putting on heirs, the call themselves what they actually are motels,.... sandpebble motel, windswept motel, not, the white sands oceanfront resort and spa.....(a motel masquerading as a resort and spa)....
now i am a woman of many, many words,(anyone who knows me knows that i always have an opinion!,)and i was rendered speechless for a good hour or so upon my arrival at the white sands oceanfront resort and spa...
butafter awhile it did grow on me,...the room was clean and they did have the only great resturaunt in a five mile radius...
i never did see a white jacket waiter, in fact i never saw anyone checking our lovely paper wrist bands,and we never got a lounge chair on the beach, my poor dad had to go down to the pool at 7:30 every morning to get us lounges, or we would have been sitting "parking lot side" every day...but being the shark that i am, i enjoyed myself, despite the white sands motel, masquerading as a beachfront resort and spa,because i was with the people i love....and love covers bad motel!

hot,hot,hot........

i am home today with the air conditioning guys who are hear finally to put in a new compressor...i haven't had any air for three weeks,and its been tough,its been hot and humid,and everything feels sticky,and all my art is buckling,and its been hard to work on anything without breaking into a sweat!...i've been desperatly trying to count my blessings in this situation,and i have been reminding myself of all the good things in my life, this is just a gentle reminder that i cannot control everything in my life and it has been humbling to say the least....i am looking forward to going away next week with my family for a much needed rest....so at the moment i am enjoying having the day off,and being home,my favorite place to be,despite the heat!
i took this picture a few weeks ago in the city...<3

true to form.....

i am in the middle of an art piece to be submitted to a new gallery showing with a silent auction added to it...we each recieved a paper mache torso and stand to be decorated for breast cancer awareness....i was planning on making my piece a little more shocking and dark, but i decided not too because its a fundraiser...its not finished yet, i am just watching it for awhile until it speaks to me....i wonder what it will say?

a summer day at the met....

we spent saturday at the met,and we had such a wonderful day, i still say its the best bargain in the city...you can spend hours strolling around looking at fabulous art, shop and have a delightful bite to eat in a beautiful setting.... we where so happy to see our favorite little man sitting on his little stool drawing in the sculptor garden, he is so very talented and patient,and he can be found on any given saturday at the met....i photographed what is known to be the first papyrus,paper from the egyptians...they took leaves and cut them into thin strips,and wove them together,and than took a stone and pounded them into the very first sheets of paper...me being a lover of anything paper,this just fascinated me.... more to come...ciao my friends...

dessert table

dessert table
Originally uploaded by hello naomi (away)

this is so very lovely, don't you just want t stroll along this table....beautiful!

"playing with a full deck"

my 9 of diamonds for this years artist trading card exhibit "playing with a full deck" was chosen for the poster...the exhibit will be held in deleware ohio from july 20-august 8....its a wonderful exhibit that i enter annually,the room is made entirely of artist trading cards,wall to wall...if you live in ohio,check it out!

happy saturday from blogland...

i finished my charms and sent them off for my second annuel charm swap....i cant wait to get my package of goodies in the mail...and i made some vintage looking brides and grooms for my two cousins who are both getting married...hope you all have a great weekend,and stay dry!