metamorphosis

I have known this fabulous girl from the day she was born.
My dear friend's daughter.
8 in the first photo and now 10 years later.
Oh to be 18 with your wings still drying behind you.
With so many roses ahead.
(visit Ariane the butterfly for more drawing metamorphosis)

confession

I'm addicted.

Sweetly addicted to Pinterest.

Click on the link if you dare.

ease on down the road

Three posts ago I said that Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and the City reminded me a lot of Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (11 posts ago) and her New Yorkian search for something bigger than her.

Today I remembered this fabulous film clip from The Wiz where a joyous skinny legged Diana Ross dances down the yellow brick road towards five Chrysler buildings with a young (black and brilliant) Michael Jackson as the Scarecrow.

Please take a look. Great song. Great lyrics.

I love how most of it is a long shot and also the back view of them.

There's no place like New York ;)

ciao bellas

I have had my skates on - literally and figuratively.

Busy with a few things.

Are there any rollerbladers out there? With an old dusty pair lying around somewhere.

Listen to me.

Put them on.

Your spirit will thank you.

in memorium

Australian female artist, Margaret Olley, died today, after living for 88 colourful years.

It seems like many prolific artists live long, ripe lives.

I think it is because they are always doing what they love.

city

and what a sexy one.

Here captured in all it's iconic-ness in the opening credits of Sex And The City.

Which itself, became a nostalgic ode to the city that never sleeps.

I love New York City.

I have only been there once but I know that I should have been brought up there.

For many reasons.

I took these pictures of the tv screen the other night.

I've started doing that ........ 

13 years since it was first aired and the show still fares pretty well.

Though I thought that the films were shithouse.

A few blog posts ago I took photos of The Wizard of Oz. 

Doesn't Carrie here remind you of Dorothy? On her way to the Emerald City .....

Please visit the remarkable Rachel who lives in L.A. - though she visits many cities...

winter flowers

For you.

You (all) know who you are.

My neglected blog friends who I need to give some attention to.

thank you

for the nice afternoon ...

clouds

By Chagall. And Matisse too. Clouds in my tea cup.

The Drawing Challenge this week is hosted by Nadine, who seems to always have her head in the clouds, but her feet nicely wedged in the earth.

things

to do. to collect. to complete. to plan. to clean. to chuck. to want.

fox

I didn't know that we had foxes in the city...
oh my.

monster

I am so inspired by the divine Julia's choice of word for the drawing challenge.

Monster - I can't help thinking of black inky mess and dark smudged charcoal.

But I am too busy keeping the wolves from the door this week ......

lions and tigers and bears.

oh my.

It does take heart, brains and courage to get up that yellow brick road doesn't it?

(I took these shots of my tv :)

some random pics

from my travels last week.

I am having trouble with Blogger.

Is anyone else?

And I am having trouble catching up with all the lovely blogs out there.

Is anyone else??

Plus my computer's belly is way too full.

I have 20,643 photos on here that I need to do something about.

sigh.