in the dark

Last week Miles took me to 'Scrap'- a junkyard meets craft store thrifting hybrid in Bayview. The place was amazing...walls of old National Geographics, crates of old 45's, canvas, yarn, old photos. wood, cloth, etc etc etc. While there I scored a handful of old photos as well as some super rad slides. I love this photo because its such a simple mess up with its bleached out tones and lack of focus. Ive also been really into the subtle overlapping of shapes and tones all around me, and though this isnt too subtle, it certainly has triangles and rectangles that carry over throughout the photo.
I just cant get over how much I love found photos. I plan on making this one into a birthday card, but first im going to use it to make a drawing in paint. Exciting!

rubied sunchoked filigree

a sunless woman
drifting in a three toned sea
summers mystery

salt water pools

I was lucky enough to get away from the city and spend a few days in a little section of the woods full of sleeping deer, salt water pools and lavender. I took some photos, a bunch actually, mostly expired polaroid film, but there was one new pack.
More to come.

the ballad

rain clouds in july
a warm thunder lullaby
the bathwater shakes

pj and his banjo

my roommate bought a banjo to play an old tune.

1953

Nostalgic for company picnics that I've never known. Do people still do this? Do companies rent out parks and lakes for an afternoon of watermelon and kite racing? Probably not as no company I work for has ever done such a thing. One time we did get a houseboat for an afternoon though, that kind of ruled. Another Found Photo. Another time I dont know. This photo is pure Americana to me and I love it.

topography

I made this card a while back. It was made with layers of spraypaint pressings and dryings and more spraypaint pressings. I think it looks like a topographical map, I mean if there were a topographical map of my brain or dreams or maybe a lost city under the sea.

to dine

its hard to capture people and amazing food in a dark little dining room full of candles. i will say though, we had an amazing time and i dont think i love anything more than cooking and sharing a delicious meal with my friends.

bear hugz

This is what tomorrow needs to look like: big dinner on the front porch, record players spinnin', lots of little cocktails and portrait set up's. Im excited to have an actual "Friday night". I dont have to work on Saturday!

tee's

Some super rad tshirt designs found over on Blood is the New Black. Originally saw the last shirt on my favourite blog My Love for you is a Stampede of Horses. I wanna buy all of theseeee.

Coconut Cherry Almond Ice Cream

I've been experimenting more with Ice Creams lately, especially those of the dairy-free variety. My experience with soy milk based Ice Cream is not outstanding...it tends to get ice-y and lacks a softness and creaminess that it so essential in Ice Cream making. This Ice Cream is made entirely from full fat coconut milk.The recipe I used is an adaptation from the Veganomicon recipe for Vanilla Ice Cream. In Veganomicon you are instructed to use 1/2 cup Coconut Fat and 1 cup Soy Milk. This recipe is actually two cups of Coconut Milk Fat, 6 ounces of silken tofu, 1/2 tsp almond and vanilla extracts, 1/2 cup sugar. You blend all this together and throw it in your Ice Cream maker to do the rest. For the cherry addition, you take about a pound of pitted cherries, cook with a little hot water, cornstarch (or arrowroot), and a little sugar. I let it boil and thicken on the stove for about 15 minutes and then let it cool completely before adding it to my churning Ice Cream.
I cant begin to tell you how rewarding and amazing this Ice Cream is. Is there ANYTHING more amazing than a delicious vegan Ice Cream, especially on one of those abnormally hot San Francisco days??
Last week we made a blueberry almond coconut ice cream that was good, but not this good. If your going to make Ice Cream use only coconut milk fat! And put it in the fridge for a day before you plan on using it!
Come over for Ice Cream!!

dark days

dark days and late nights.
lucius' room is good. the side of our home is warm. our porch is cold.

shadow paint

a light can follow
and will seep into corners
cross dressing dance beams

lightbeam away

one time Lana and I made a video. I mean, Lana really made it, we just made the props together and I took the photos.
its funny, its elmo. its here...

when i was a horse

galactic blue pie
horse constellation will roam
we are all star dust

eau d' bedroom

you in your room. let me take a photo and draw a picture.

young summer sun

summer time warrants a study in the one you love as well as a study in wilderness swimming, wilderness peeing, wilderness camping and general outdoor swooning/swimming/simultaneously loving your life and those in it.


for more photos...check the flickr

blooming

have you met a man
who ties his heart to his hand?


(happy birthday wishes to alex hamilton, i love you i love you)

if only you knew the sadness of my chomps

i dream about teeth
rainbows marching out my gums
singing buck tooth praise