Canadian Lady

canadianladyfirstshow 096
Originally uploaded by tracey st.peter

The Big Irish Head is in a band called Canadian Lady, they played their first gig this past Sunday. I posted a few short clips and photos, (I will post a few more later) from the show here.
Payton and I hung out while the boys rocked for Richmond.

a new hole

a new hole
Originally uploaded by tracey st.peter

Today is a special Frankenstein Friday...because it is my birthday tomorrow and also Frankenstein honorary birthday. We know he was born in Oct, just not the date. He is 2 years old and I am a lot older than that!

We actually shot 3 other videos of him digging this hole. But they were too long to post. He went on to dig a huge hole and almost pulled down the entire tomato plant. He was so tired out by that time I had to pick him up and take him in the house!

Happy Birthday Frankenstein!

Update:

day one...
day 2...
.day 3 no photo
day 4...done.
I just finished this one. It told me to stop...so I am backing away from the painting!

I have been loving seeing late Fall Bees, Bombus Impatiens, working in my yard..I posted some photos here. I have a few more photos and little videos of flowers, birds and bees, along with Truman and Frankenstein, in the yard to post...I will do it as soon as I can. I am storing them away like a squirrel. To be savored on damp gray Winter days.

Frankenstein, who is in the bath?

Frankenstein, who is in the bath?
Originally uploaded by tracey st.peter

Happy Frankenstein Friday!!

Update:

Fall is in the air. My roses are blooming off the hook! Huge blooms of color on ever plant. There are still bees busy working.

I am one of them. I started a painting yesterday. This time on a flat surface with oil paint. The last painting was on a round surface with egg tempera. It is kind of making me paint weird. Painting in an egg tempera method with oil paint. Painting on a flat board after a globe reminds me of a game we played as kids, called airplane.
A big kid would hold your ankle in one hand and wrist in the other then spin in a circle. Till you spun in the air like an airplane. Then let go...you would tumble across the lawn, [this was also how we played Statues, where after you landed you had to freeze in a pose and when you were tapped had to 'come to life' and act out whatever your statue was] , try walking after that...that is what painting on the flat surface feels like after a globe.

Lately really good people I know have been popping up in my life like flowers blooming in October. Giving me good advice, encouragement and showing me the colors I have been missing. So thank you to the people who tell dumb jokes, and teach with love, to those who lead by example and do things that inspire me, because I am too lame to do them myself! You make me feel like maybe, just maybe.....
well...we don't need to get that sappy around here!
But, you have all made it easier for me to push Onward....
thanks!

TBIH in DC

We took a day trip to DC this past weekend, I took a bunch of photos. We spent a good deal of the day at the Lincoln Memorial. It was very moving. Sitting on the steps of the Lincoln is one of my two favorite sitting steps ever. The other, are the steps in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY. It was a lovely Fall day. I feel refreshed and renewed!

Time for some upper case letters: ONWARD!!

another song for judy...

We love Judy and here is another lovely song for our friend, from another friend.