Artist's Lino Block Carving Party

Kelly Lyles had her annual lino block carving party for some of her artist friends. I'm one of her lucky friends on the invitation list. Here's my holiday cupcake that I carved.

I love Portland

Toys at Cargo

Oregonians

The Red Guard with pink flowers at Cargo.

Handpainted sign on Mississippi St.

Flutter on Mississippi Street. Wonderful clutter.

Colorful Frocks outside of Flutter on a sunny day.

At Cargo

Rainbow shoes at Cargo

I'm just back from an artist's date to Portland. It was just an overnight, I stayed at the youth hostel in the NW neighborhood, otherwise known as "Nob Hill". I like it because its a ten minute walk to the Pearl District downtown. Easy access to Powell's world of books and one of my favorite stores, Cargo. After spending the morning in the Pearl, buying a new book on felting by Sheila Smith and having an excellent reuben sandwich at Kenny and Zukes, I drove over to explore the Alberta Street neighorhood. From there I went to Mississippi Street which was my favorite part of the day. See a few pictures here...more to come.

Portland is inspiring!

Artist Date

Inspiration = pink flowers

Cool Art fence below Post Alley

Bubble gum closeup

The famous bubblegum wall in Post Alley

Lobby of Seattle Art Musuem

View of the famous Lusty Lady from the Seattle Art Museum

Dahlias in the Market

Wandering with out too much of a plan is a good way to spend the day. I needed an artist date so I took the Water Taxi from West Seattle to Pier 55 downtown. $3.00 each way, it's a great deal. The sun was shining and I wasn't sure where I was going, exactly, but I knew I would buy some dahlias at the Pike Place Market. I ended up going to the Seattle Art Museum, the bubblegum wall in Post Alley, and had a blast in flower heaven at the market. Most of all I wandered on a perfect August day.