here we are... these are much better pics of daisy and misha. the 1st pic is daisy, our beagle mix, and the 2nd one is misha, our shi-tzu/sheltie mix. they seemed more than happy to pose for my iphone camera, didn't they?

a bit shameless of me to plug my iphone, isn't it? its just that... i have never really been one to get into the latest tech device... i never even got into ipods... my husband gave me a little ipod nano that he got as a gift at some conference, and i only used it when i travelled. but this iphone is sooo cool... and it does take reasonable pictures. i am an official apple convert now, it seems... i purchased my first computer ever... for myself... and it is an imac... i love it!! i am hooked!

have a good week, y'all!

one more post today... if you have not yet purchased mosaic art 3: an international portfolio of contemporary mosaic art from 2007, you may want to check it out. it is very impressive! 1,111 mosaics... all materials and styles... 615 artists from 33 countries and territories... it is really, REALLY an incredible collection.

to find out more about it, visit mosaicyearbook.com

so, here are daisy and misha... sorry for the close-up on daisy, and for the yellow-eyes on misha... i will get better pics later. daisy is a beagle-mix that we got from the spca, and misha is a shi-tzu/sheltie mix. isn't daisy a pretty girl... and misha is sooo cute!

greetings all!

i am in that kind of lull-space between thanksgiving and christmas... just after the start of the holiday season. we had a nice thanksgiving here... very quiet. we cooked a big to-do meal, but for a very small gathering, so it was pretty stress-free and quiet. then on saturday, some friends from california stopped over for a night, in between their family visit and their fly-fishing destinations. we had a wonderful visit... hopefully they did as well.

this is a nice time of year for me... not because of the obscenely over-commercialized holiday... but because the rhythm of things changes due to the distractions of the season. and, there is something about realizing that another year is coming to an end that makes me ease up a bit... kind of relax into the end of the year. yes... it is another end-of-the-year, isn't it?

my australian email friend, jane lean, has been busy. actually, jane is a bit of a superwoman... she sews, knits, mosaics... she is always creating something it seems. while i have not seen any of her sewing or knitting masterpieces, she has been generous enough to share her mosaic art with me.

here are a couple of her recent pieces. she has been cultivating her talent with mirror and van gogh glass, as can be seen on the bottle. as for the urn, i think that she did a beautiful job pulling it all together... this is a lovely piece... i think that the gold paint on the rim and handles really adds a lot!

enjoy!