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Well, here is something that I have been working on. Check out this web site.

Creativity Explored, in San Fransisco. 
http://www.creativityexplored.org/

  This organization provides studio space and instruction to adults with developmental disabilities who want to do art.  Creativity Explored also has a gallery and an online store where these artists with developmental disabilities can sell their work. thereby gaining a livelihood and an income through their art.  Plus, these artists make some of the coolest, cutest art out there.

So, there is an organization here in the Tri-Cites, called Modern Living Services, that wants to create something like this!  I am going to be working with them to see if we can really make it happen. We have a rough plan and we are going to begin fund raising in early December!  So excited!  The first part of the plan is implementing three studio art classes for adults with disabilities.  These classes would last for six weeks, and would end with an exhibit and sale of the artists work.  If this phase is successful, then we will be looking to obtain a space for a gallery and studio.  Anyway, that is the plan in a nut shell.  If you are interested in being involved or would like to donate, let me know!  hee hee!  I will be sharing up dates as soon as I have them! 

Also, I will be teaching some art Classes at Chell Design Studio.  Anyone can sign up for them, we are offering both adult and kids classes. You can Check that out at
chelldesign.com/classes/

Good Morning

This is what I get to wake up to in the mornings now!  The orange leaves against the blue sky, there is nothing like complimentary colors in the morning!

Oh and this is the tree house in the pretty tree.  Nina, remember, you guys could still move back here and live in the tree house!  Whatever happened to that dream?

Some Silly Thoughts and another bike!

This is actually a bit of a rant, I don't do this often on the Blog, but if you know me, well, you may want to skip it. But, as compensation I offer this picture of what I've been working on lately!  Digital pic that I played with of my cruzer bike I fixed up!  Just wait 'til I add the glitter!

Just kidding, I erased it all, but sufficed to say, I think dating stinks.

I think this piece accurately describes how I feel about the subject!

Box Elder and Kristen

I think one of the main draws for living in Utah would be the Wasach Front.  Practically in the backyard of Utah suburbia, beautiful mountains and hiking.  According to my sources there are 36 peaks in the Wasach Front above 11,000 feet.  The tallest of which is Mt. Nebo at 11,928 and the most alluring of which is Lone Peak at 11,253 and the Box Elder Peak, because I can see both from the window of Kristen's front room, my dear friend for almost 20 years!! (oooh, I can't believe I'm old enough to say that, especially, because we met in middle school! hee hee).  

 Speaking of Kristen, here is the almost complete portrait that I painted of her family while I was down there, (I forgot to take a pic of the finished work!  D'oh!) 

And this is Ceilo, quite possibly the cutest baby girl I have ever seen. Kristen and Carlos, you guys make a good team!

 

Interestingly there are only two peaks in Washington above 11,000, Rainier and Adams... technically 3 if you want to count Little Tahoma Peak, a satellite of Rainier.

The hike up to the Box Elder is one of my all time favorite hikes.  A 10 minute bike ride from Kristen's house is the Dry Creek Trail Head, and from there you can hike up to the top of the Box Elder Peak. It is quite the climb, about 5,600 feet of elevation gain in 4.6 miles to the summit at 11,110 ft.  I love this hike because I found it on accident a couple of years ago, when visiting Kristen.  Saw a path, wanted to know where it went, I hoped that it would take me up to that peak I saw in the distance, and sho' nuff, it did!

                                                        Some pics from the mountain

                                                                              Wow

                            So pretty, I feel soooo lucky that I get to see things like this!

     Kinda a lame rock pile at the top... there were so many flies I thought maybe there was something dead underneath it.... but the view of the valley was phenomenal!

 So many flowers! So many bees, the air was hmming there were soo many!  I actually got stung, for the second time in my life!
 

Halloween

Halloween is an excuse to wear my tights... and especially gold tights in public and not becuase I'm riding a bike or running.  If I could, I'd wear tights every day all day.... sooooo, here is yet another excellent way to use gold tights.

LT. UHURA!

With GOLD tights.  Just when you thought she couldn't get any cooler!

So here are some interesting things about Uhura, She was Played by the actress Nichelle Nichols, who was born in 1932!  She was the first African American woman to have a prominent role on a major television serries that was not a servant of some kind.  Also, she nearly quit the show, but was talked into staying on by Martin Luther King Jr. personally!  Finally, she wrote history again in taking part in the first telivised inter racial kiss!  With captain Kirk, aparently she was supossed to kiss Spock, But kirk insisted that it should be him. (Its Ok though, spok ends up kissing nurse chaplin, who is his real love anyway!  Hee hee. Don't belive me!  Just check it out. 

Startrek.com, where you can see all the original episodes!

Amok Time.... this episode is Hilarious

http://www.startrek.com/watch_episode/CobVBZWzm2HevUIVFIfsJjqFs5n9Kdg5

Plato's Step Children.... This one has the historical kiss. 

http://www.startrek.com/watch_episode/B0XZhzKorILDuA1a4zddFMtViBlH_BuJ

Maya Lyn and Green Bike

I went for a lovely ride with my friend Chelsea today to Sacajawea State Park. What I love about this park is that here, in the Tri-Cites, we have a genuine Maya Lin monument! Yeah! Maya Lin is one of my art heroines. She is the one who created the Vietnam Memorial, and she did it when she was only 21. In case you want more info.

Check out her Web Site
http://www.mayalin.com/

Here is the info on our very own Maya Lin Piece!
http://www.confluenceproject.org/project-sites/sacajawea-state-park/

http://youtu.be/YjhOvutbXwk This is an exert from a documentary about Maya Lin, Called Maya Lin; A Clear Strong Vision. I love listening to her talk about her art, but what I really love is that she was in her early 20s at the time!

OK, so Maya Lin amazes me, but the bike stole the spot light during the photo shoot. This is my new, custom made commuter. Yeah, a classic trek touring bike. You can't tell from the picture, but it is Sparkly green, powder coated with a layer of GLITTER! This bike is one of the manifestations of my mid life crisis! Like some people buy themselves a convertible or something.... well, I got a sweet bike.

OH! and Finally I have a bike worthy of this classic Schwinn, sparkly GOLD saddle.....nd my bike has a saddle that is worthy of it's sparkly-ness!

This is Chelsea being sute and showing of socks with Sparkles... that you can't really see. But! They are there!
Ohh, so hot!
We are all together, me , the new bike and Maya Lin. On this, sunny, crisp, autumn day. I always mourn the end of summer, but it is hard to be sad for long with days like these.