i have not been very good about blogging lately - i actually have a backlog of potential blog entries. the desire to actually post them seems to have left me. i'll try to be better. here are a couple of cool things i've found online lately:

jimbo's front porch - this fella makes really lovely crochet hooks to earn money to renovate his old family property. nice hooks.


i also like these:
by hisano takei



by john murphy


by jenny almen gennerfeldt

holy trilobite!

i think i will have a problem. you can buy trilobite fossils. it didn't occur to me before, but i found some for sale online today at fossilmall and it's very tempting... they're a little pricey, but only for the fancier ones (um, like those pictured here).

my new favorite blog!

check out resurrection fern - she makes sweaters for snails for pete's sake! it's fabulous. plus, her mushroom pictures are excellent. i wonder where she's located. i have mushroom envy.

Alaska

the beautiful Homer spit. we hung out in Homer for a few hours before taking a boat to Halibut Cove.


we hiked to this glacier on our first morning


this is a sea urchin (check out what they look like without spines here).

we had sunny weather almost all weekend, but the one shower was worth it for this rainbow.

luke is now a fan of kayaking.

this seal camped out of the pier while we were there.

there are mushrooms in Alaska, too!

look what felt can do

i had not previously thought that needle felting would be fun for me, but these pieces by stephanie metz are making me want to run out to the craft store and get to felting. teddy bear skulls! fetal creatures!

nature in miniature

last week i went with my family to west virginia to some forest service cabins in the woods. i took advantage of my camera's digital macro setting to take some photos of the local flora.

sooo cute! and the baby's not bad either

sweet little cyrus seems to be enjoying the cuttlefish i made. the pattern was designed by jessica polka at wunderkammer.

a grown-up at last

i turned 30 last weekend! i'm very excited. luke made sure that i had a wonderful day, with treats and nice weather (luke has special powers) and dinner at babbo. the flowers are from some friends.