Petrified Forest National Park
Phoenix (where we mostly spent time with a friend of Eddie's, but we went for a walk with the dogs)
Dawn & Allen:
Dawn (she was super-nice--glad I got to meet her!):
Can a plant expert help me out on the photo above, and the one beneath? I know the last one is an orange tree (and wow, do they smell good!):
Next, on to Indio/Joshua Tree!
I'm uploading from the laptop, so no quality guarantees here... a small taste, though!
And Hoover Dam:
Southeastern Oregon:
Our poor car:
For the Shake It Up challenge @ MScraps (flip a template horizontally, then vertically).
Template by Busy Bee Designs @ MScraps from the Vacation Collab. Everything else mine from my Explorations kit. Fonts: Augie & Bradbury Sans Light. Journaling reads:
When we went to OMSI, we opted not to see the bodyworks show since we had limited time. but we did go through the Life Sciences exhibit, where they had these funny bullfrogs--and a peeling gecko. The bullfrogs really made us laugh!
October 26, 2011
For the ADSR6.8 challenge. Journaling reads:
Family is love. I look forward to our cuddles every night, with Allen acting all silly, and Daddy all rumble-sleepy. And how Allen runs out into the garage or the driveway to meet his Daddy after work. And how the sight of their faces just makes me smile...
Family is fun. We go places, we hike, we throw frisbees on the beach, we squabble over games, we learn about the world through books and talking. And family can be a pain, too. It’s chores, and dealing with easily-slighted feelings, and having to always take someone else into consideration before doing something. It’s being kicked in the ribs by a little boy who has trouble sleeping, or cleaning up hairballs, or taking the dog out in the rain for his business. But what does family really mean to me? Family is life--life in its beauty, its differences, its giggles and its grouches. I am so lucky, because I couldn’t ask for a better family, or a better life.
Terms of the Challenge:
What does family mean to you? Somewhere on your layout have either the question written out "What does family mean to me?" or you may also use "Family = (your answer)" (double check: in journaling, and in tiny letters in the "e" of the title)
Now here's some additional rules. You may choose TWO out of the FIVE options.
* Use at least 2 different alphas for your title (no)
* Use at least 3 pattern papers (no)
* Use at least 3 solid papers (yes: checkered mat for journaling uses papers from my kits Happy Times (x2), A Little Birdie Told Me (x2), and Quiet Play.
* Use at least 2 different fonts in your journaling (yes: Century Gothic and Effusive (the latter is also the title font)
* Make a list of the reasons why you answered with that word (your title) (kinda: journaling is a list of reasons, but not so much in real list format)
Other materials: Background paper from my In Your Own World kit; edge is from A Little Birdie Told Me, and rayburst is from Quiet Play.
And in other news:
Oh, what a beautiful day today! We went a little south to the Sea Lion Caves, where Steller sea lions come to spend their breeding season, beaching out either along the cliffs, or within the largest mainland sea cave in the world (? I'm always dubious of these claims). It was a bit chilly and breezy, but wow, we haven't see that yellow thing in the sky for quite a while, it seems, and it was all worth it!
In the distance there you can see the Heceta Head Lighthouse, and a little lower to the right, the Heceta Lighthouse B&B (run by our friends Michelle & Steven Bursey, who also run the awesome Ona Restaurant here in town). Down on the left you can see clumps of sea lions who have hauled out. How they can seem so comfortable on those rocks is beyond me!! The noise is phenomenal, especially now that the bulls have started arriving. Fun times, I tell you! The caves are underneath all this rock, and are dim, noisy, and stinky. But fascinating nonetheless!
I'm taking an online Art Journaling class. I'm not exactly sure, but art journaling seems to have lots to do with throwing paint around, messing it up with random household objects, then spilling your guts out on the page. Works for me! =) I can't quite emulate the mess digitally, however, so those pages are kind of random thought-of-the-moment spaces for me.
We had a lovely couple of days in Sisters, OR. And we even got snow the first night there!
Before I get too lost in the new month... =) (all images are linked for credits and journaling)
Dreamy, on the double carousel on Pier 39 in SF:
Call Me Mr. Independent (I just liked the really jaunty angle of his body I happened to catch):
Dream (do I sense a trend, here?):
And finally, Apple Of My Eye:
Happy July to you! Big birthday month in our family... =)
What a wonderful vacation we had, and this is Allen fast asleep in the motel:
For the Friday Lift @ Pixel Canvas, of JustJen's beautiful "Me".
Everything
by Vinnie Pearce @ Pixel Canvas. The backbone of the layout comes from
her recent Layered Mask freebie, which includes the pearlized doodle. I
added a brush from Pieces of Me III, butterflies from Love You, the
space shuttle from Travel Chic, and the grass from Old Things. All the
rest is photos and blending. Font: Ghostwriter.
Credits: Everything Heather T. @ Gotta Pixel. Background paper from the Gotta Grab It June Papers; others from Gotta Grab It August Papers, Tuesday Templates 09.29 and TT 09.15. Ribbon from the Spring kit, and bow from A Touch of Ginkgo (frame also). Buttons from the Pixel Club Exclusive Pinktastic. Font for alpha is Moab; for the date is Oregon LDO.
