Rednose Studio

I am a devoted fan of Rednose Studio on YouTube 

Animation created by 3 groups of twenty participants at the 2011 AIGA Austin Design Ranch that was held in Hunt, TX



Red Nose Studio Angies List Cover Artist 

Frozen droplets

Frozen droplets on the maple tree, want to capture them before they melt. You can hear frozen leaves dropping from the Sweet Gum, crackle.

Stuck

Feeling a little stuck. I am.

Falling into winter

The sun is shining down of fallen leaves and I couldn't help myself. I had forgotten I had some of these at the beginning of the summer. 

Outrage

Instead of applying for jobs, this morning I have been venting my outrage over Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac compensations to my representives, to FHFA and Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.

Update: I am really impressed. Patty Murry (I am sure NOT HER, but her staff) responded to my email right away. Not with a "form" response, but with a response addressing my particular complaint. WOW. Someone is listening! Thank you, Patty Murray.  

"That is why I joined with my Senate colleagues to send a letter to Acting Director of the FHFA, Mr. Edward DeMarco, asking for details relating to the compensation packages of FHFA's executives. A copy of that letter is attached."

Captured tears

I know this is not a great photo. Try as I might, I could not capture a great macro in low light of water collected in the throat of these tiny flowerets (Brazilian Verberna). 

When I noticed it, it felt like the floweret was crying because it was the end of them for a season. 

How can someone so far away know me so well? It happens in the magic of the internet, in the world of blogs, thoughts and shared art. Thank you so much Maggy, for such a thoughtful gesture. It means the world to me. ;)

 

Brazilian Verberna in the summer. And this is a shout-out to my friend, Bill! Great to hear from you.

 

Carlos Estevez

Carlos Estevez via TRANSFER. 

Going through my drafts from many months ago.

Job Wouters

This is so much fun, from Swash & Kern

 

Flower study

Photographer Julia Hoersch's beautiful flowers.

Dietlind Wolf's geranium study.

Trong G. Nguyen

The entire text and individual chapters of various books written word for word on grains of rice. A re-interpretation of the library. Via Lost A E Minor. 

ADVANCED STYLE

Ari Seth Cohen's ADVANCED STYLE! My mom's kind of place! There are women out there like my mom who doesn't leave her bedroom without looking perfect.

Minding my manners

I was just about to complain about what a frustrating week it has been then I read my horoscope ... "If things get annoying, focus on what's really important. Mind your manners. Only complain to someone who can do something about it. Stand up for yourself." 

So instead, I am going to share the weather. We have a cold front moving in ... fast-moving clouds are "Seattle gray" leaving the interior of home, dark ... coldness working its way from my feet, up my leg. (Time for fire?) Blustery wind ripping beautifully colored leaves from the branch... sending them in swirls, around and around, first up then twirling down. The crows are sitting on a layer of the wind, suspended, bobbing, teasing nature. Something to watch with joy. Except I hate the thought that tomorrow most trees will now be bare with lovely pools of color collected beneath them. 

I wish I had not waited for work email yesterday and instead taken a walk in the sun. To see golds and reds glowing from within. 


While waiting for work email, I played around with an old idea of making my own Playing Cards. 


An airplane is passing overhead, and for an instant I dream of where I would be going if I were buckled into a seat, peering out the window to see Edmonds below.

I have been gathering and re-stacking wood for winter. But the rest of my house is falling into a nasty abyss ... time for some serious house cleaning?


Mom is still pretty ill and that is worrying me to no end. We had a house guest for the week. She is pretty tired today.


The dogs need a bath. Constant scratching is getting to me. I just bathed them last week. What gives? A new strain of flea?


If the fall leaf photo doesn't turn out exactly as you wished, throw a filter over it and make it look like a painting.


Am wondering if  make art a part (of your life) e-course will help me out of my creative slump? 

Found some very cool sites this week: Cssizer is a simple tool to let you edit the design of an html page in real time (As you type). Animated buttons, CSS3 Shadow Box, make a cool pattern and get the CSS code at Patterinzer, have been listening to 30 Days to Learn HTML & CSS at Free Tuts, trying to figure out Google+.

Finished up our last makeover session last night with Rick ... was more work than we first thought. But really fun. I was hoping to get some paying work from it ... still scheming. ;)


And as promised, the rain has just come. Thanks for listening.

Matthew Harris

In love with Matthew Harris' cloth fragments. 

Owen Mortensen

The beauty that Owen Mortensen plucks from nature is amazing! (for my pal Gerrie)

Wild Geranium

Wild Geranium fall colors. 

Paperlux - bendable paper

This could the neatest thing I have seen for some time....  

"For the November issue of Novum Magazine, German design studio Paperlux created six versions of bendable magazine covers that playfully invites people to interact with it: ‘Small, colorful triangles are punch cut from the cover, so that you can bend, fold, and ripple along the geometric lines’. Here’s an issue you will be leaving on the coffee table for your guests." 

Via Lost At E Minor

 
Novum 11/11 – Making Of Cover from Paperlux on Vimeo.

I own a color

I bought "Nikko Blue" to support UNICEF. So very cool! "So we want to name each and every one of these colours for at least £1 to raise money for the children's charity UNICEF."

Duncan Johnson

Duncan Johnson recycles wood in the most beautiful way! 

Clothing Of The Future

Well, they were not too far off. 
 

Season finale

Stunning season of color. It is the time of year that my hydrangeas almost bring me to tears with their beauty. But what did I hear? We are going to have more rain than last year - is that possible?