

Scenes from an awesome Crowded House concert at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, NJ.
Read More: Crowded House in ConcertScenes from an awesome Crowded House concert at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, NJ.
Read More: Crowded House in ConcertWe went to Ocean City, NJ last month (as we do), and I took a bunch of photos (as I do). It’s getting harder to find new subjects and new vantage points, but I think I managed it this year with side trips to Corsons Inlet and Wildwood, and with a variety of cameras.
Read More: Our 16th Ocean City TripTwo cameras: one digital, one 35mm filled with LomoChrome Purple film. Two sets of images: one normal, one otherworldly. Come see the results of my first experience with this fun film, and compare each image to the digital scene to see how the colors were changed!
Read More: LomoChrome Purple!My mother, sister, and I just got back from a long weekend in Cape May. Here are some of my favorite photos from this year’s trip.
Read More: Scenes from Cape MaySeptember is seasonally confused, as am I. I welcome the chill, but am I truly finished with summer? I can’t decide. I’ve got one foot in each season.
Read More: TWiP: Of Knits and TripsI have been kind of obsessed with improving the Polka Dot Cottage shopping experience this week. I’ve also made a few new things, continued my quest to get some storage space back, and had some experiences with nature.
Read More: TWiP: Vera FlowersMy daily August creative projects continue: Earring of the Day, where I make a bunch of earrings in different styles than usual and add them to the shop, and Picture Elements, a photography prompt-based project I’m doing with Tracey Clark.
Read More: TWiP: Even More Elements and EarringsIt’s been another artistic week, while my adventures with the Earring of the Day project and Picture Elements continue.
Read More: TWiP: More Elements and EarringsI know myself well enough to realize that if both of my kids are off on grand adventures, I am likely to feel a tiny bit jealous and wish I was on an adventure of my own. That’s why, when it became clear that Neil and I were going to be alone for two weeks in July, I sweet talked him into booking an Airbnb for ourselves for some of that time. Well, that time has come and gone, and I have the pictures and videos to prove it.
Read More: TWiP: MontagueOur kids have flown the coop this week, abandoning Neil and I in New Jersey, while they go off on separate adventure. We’ve been at loose ends a bit with our nest temporarily empty. It seems that I eat an overabundance of junk food when the house is too quiet, while Neil throws himself into decluttering. I ask you, which of these methods of coping is more enjoyable? 😀
Read More: TWiP: Abandoned in New Jersey