A Quick Hello

I didn't disappear!  I'm just working like mad.  Being 2 people is hard work!
I have my costume for the first day of the festival cut out and ready to sew.  Should only take a few hours from start to finish, so that's exciting.  If I get finished with EVERYTHING else, I will make a second dress, but if and only if.  It would be super awesome, but I want to make sure the must have stuff is ready first.  We will see on Friday where everything stands.

While I'm working, I listen to random mixes on my iPod.  Most of the mixes have Steam Powered Giraffe in heavy rotation.  I simply can't get enough of them!  The 2¢ Show album is due out any day now.

If you missed my previous posts about how awesome SPG is, you can find several of them in the April archive during the A-Z Challenge.  I think SPG got 5 or 6 letters to themselves before it was all over.  :)

Over on their website I came across this gem and I just love it.  I'd vote for him.  :D

I hope you all have a good week, and I will try to check in as often as work allows!  There will be loooottsss of photos coming in about 3 weeks! :)

Love to all.

Good Life

I first saw this music video while waiting in line for a ride at Six Flags.  Absolutely love it!
Enjoy, and live the good life! :)

Wall E!

I'm schedule posting this (today is really Friday), as I'll be away from the computer most of the week.  Enjoy!!!

Farewell, Maurice Sendak

For today's Illustration Tuesday, it is fitting and proper to honor Maurice Sendak, who died today at 83.
Rather than go on and on about his life, I'm going to link to some excellent articles here and here and just show you a few of my personal favorites of his wonderful illustrations.

“But the wild things cried,
'Oh please don’t go – we’ll eat you up – we love you so!'
And Max said, 'No!'
The wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth
and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws,
but Max stepped into his private boat and waved goodbye.”
– Maurice Sendak
June 10, 1928 - May 8, 2012

From "Where the Wild Things Are"

From "A Kiss For Little Bear", written by Else Holmelund Minarik.

This was my favorite scene.  Grandmother Bear has given hen a kiss to take
to Little Bear.  Hen passes it to Frog, who passes it to Cat.  Cat seems to
object to the damp process by which he must retrieve the kiss he promised
to pass along to Little Bear! :)

From "The Griffin and the Minor Canon" by Frank R. Stockton

From "Chicken Soup With Rice"

There are more books illustrated by Sendak that I love that I can't find images for just now.  They include:
"And I Mean It, Stanley!" by Crosby Newell Bonsall
Other "Little Bear" books, by Else Holmelund Minarik

Steampunk Opera Overture

This orchestration has been fueling my imagination for some Steam-punk plans.  I can't divulge anything else about the project just now, but suffice it to say, listening to this makes it easier for Lucy Jane to design things with leather, gears, and clockwork mechanics!  Enjoy.