In the Garden

Workers.

Pattern.

'Shrooms.

New Arrivals

Yarn that my Mother-in-Law gave me as a present. Hand-spun and hand-dyed (some with Kool-Aid ! ) by a woman (photo directly above) who sells her wares at a farmer's market in Ardmore, OK. If anyone out there knows this gifted lady's name, please enlighten me!

Shameless...

Above: Works by Tomory Dodge

Below: Works by Jennifer Steinkamp.

Images Courtesy of ACME Los Angeles.

...Promotion of the upcoming opening of my husband & the talented Jennifer Steinkamp this weekend at ACME Los Angeles.

If you are in the area, please stop by and say hello. 6-8 p.m. Saturday, October 17th.

This is the first time Tomory is doing an entire exhibition of his works on paper. Meryl Pollen designed a beautiful catalog to accompany the exhibit, which also features an essay by Pierre Sterckx.
Available for purchase here.

Mi Familia (Rodina Cuhel)

My cousin Mickey, who also loved my Great Aunt Ermie dearly, is also a nurse and has conducted quite a bit of research into the genealogy of our family. He recently shared these photographs with me.

Above: My Great Grandparents (left) with two of their daughters. My Great, Great Uncle is on the right. Ermie is the younger of the two girls, in the center of the photograph.
I love this photo of her.

**Edit 2/4/10: My Cousin Mickey just emailed me with the specifics: (from left top) Ludvik (my Great Grandfather) Frances (bottom left, my Great Grandmother), my Great Aunt Ermie in the center, my Great Aunt Henrietta (bottom far right) and (top right) Uncle Bohumil.

Directly above & below: Great Uncle Bab (Frank J. Cuhel) in Polo and track & field gear (above & below).

Ermie as a young woman.

Ermie, which is short for Ermengarde means "Whole" or "Universal."

Vincenza was her middle name which means "Conquering" or "Persevering."

I like that.

** Obviously, this is not the Corner View. I'll likely be joining in again towards the end of October.

My new job, while great, involves A LOT of time on the computer. So, the last thing I have had the energy for these last few weeks, is to spend more time on the computer. It's also been hard for me to take photographs, as when I get up it's dark, and by the time I come home, it's dark.

I'm going to have to come up with some creative solutions in order to continue this blog...but fear not!

Thanks for being patient with me during this transition.

xo

-J

I Can't Quit You, Baby

Couldn't resist breaking the Moratorium again to share some photos of our brief Central Coast trip. We went to Cambria & Paso Robles...walking on the beach, eating great food, and wine tasting. We squeezed in a funny little photo- shoot on the beach in front of our hotel for some better shots of the ERMIE Fall line.
There is so much good stuff going on, but I feel really tired. The new job is going well. I have my own office! I get an hour for lunch! But I'm trying to get used to working 5 days a week (in a row...like a normal person) and my 45 min-1 hr commute each way. Whew. How are you?
Sorry I missed the Corner View, but I'll see you again soon.
xo
-J

Corner View: White

Breaking the Blog Moratorium temporarily to participate in Natsumi's theme for this week's Corner View: White.

I immediately think of Krzysztof Kieslowski's film of the same name from the Trois Couleurs Trilogy. Although White was probably my least favorite of the three movies, they are some my all-time favorite films.

I hardly ever wear white, as I am very sloppy. That, and I think I was traumatized by having to wear my white cotton-poly uniform in nursing school for an entire year!

Blogging Moratorium

Well, Summer has been officially over now for a few days, and Fall is here (at least technically..we are in the midst of another heatwave here in SoCal). My summer was full of sewing, knitting, printing. BBQ-ing. Children. Growing veggies in our garden and eating them.
We sadly only made it to the beach once during the season.

I'm taking a break from my blog to prepare for the opening of my store. And starting my new job. And taking a little break up the Central Coast (hopefully there will be some beach time involved). I may join in the Corner View in the interim...but I may not. Email me if you'd like to chat...I'll still be checking out other people blogs. I'll see you in about a month from now...near the end of October!

** Oh, I know you have all probably seen the "Monster" triangle print before here, & here...I put another shot of it up because I'm super excited about using it on a brown linen dress I'll be adding to the shop!
xo
-J