Things that I'm loving...

Happy long weekend!  Going to stay in town and try to get a lot of important things done.  Like go to the beach, eat oysters, sketch, tie-dye and drink sangria.  Serious stuff.

So I'll leave you with this:

How I would introduce David Bowie to my kids...

Coconut Shrimp (baked no less!)

This bike diagram

Libraries

With lots of love, Roald Dahl.

Holding onto the whispers of summer...

Welll...if autumn looks like this, I think it'll be okay...

Automata Mr. Robata

Wow!  I just finished reading The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick.  It's part graphic novel, children's book, mystery, history and flipbook.  I read it from start to finish because it was so wonderful - thank goodness for lazy Sundays!  And a movie adaptation directed by Martin Scorsese is coming out in the fall so I won't have to wait too long to see it in all its 3D Hollywood glory!  Fingers crossed that it does the book a fraction of justice.

The Invention of Hugo Cabret is about an orphan boy who lives alone in a Paris train station with his one valued possession - a mysterious automaton.  I won't say anything more because the book is so magical and it will take you places that you wouldn't expect.  Also, don't even try to "google" it.  Google's autocomplete is really good for revealing key plot points.  I learned that the hard way when I googled One Day by Dave Nicholls.  DON'T DO IT!!  Anyways, it's safe to say that there is an automaton in The Invention of Hugo Cabret so we'll just stay on that.

Lazy Sundays

There's nothing like spending a lazy Sunday morning with breakfast in bed. And then there's the something about spending a lazy Sunday *day* in bed. A whole day! A day with no deadlines or errands and just time to spend with someone or catch up on a book or movie. So for that friend of yours that loves to retreat into their Sunday cave every once in a while, make them a "Breakfast in Bed" kit with all the fixings. The fun part is assembling the kit and making the custom labels. Or if you like, you can use the ones that I made! Just download, print and share the Sunday love!

Show poster

Here is a poster I did for my guy's show inspired by the movie A Christmas Story. I gave each instrument a name and if I remember correctly they are: (from l-r) Maurice, Saul and Mel. This was my first attempt with a tablet.