The Weekly Cute

I forgot how cute Pepe is. And the pastel background illustrations?
Très Magnifique!

Rediscovering Maira

"Well, Susan, this is a fine mess you are in."


Forgot about Maira Kalman, writer/illustrator of the beloved Max in Love.
So glad to find her again in the beautiful New Yorker!
Check out her awesome work about Abe Lincoln.

Art Love established in childhood is my most withstanding.

CRM

originally via lark-about

Charles Rennie Mackintosh worked almost 100 years ago, but his hand is still one of the best in architectural drawing, in my opinion.
In school I found his drawings and never got over the way he drew trees, the pleasure he must have had in drawing art nouveau trees.

New blog goal, to post art and design more frequently.
Also, to post one thing I love daily.
(I'll try)

Parents' Visit

Hello March! So far you are mild albeit a bit rainy (but I can't blame you in Seattle). We had the most beautiful, warm sunlight today. They estimate a soggy month ahead, but I'll be ok with sunny days peeking in throughout.

Mom and Pop were here until Sunday afternoon, hanging out, checking out the scenery and helping me celebrate my birthday a few days early. I forgot to take photos again mostly. Mom and I had lunch on Thursday, did a little craft shopping, and made a visit to the mall to buy new denim (and a bag for my portfolio!) before picking up Dad. We swung by to get Nathan and had dinner at one of my favorite Kirkland spots, Cactus. Oh, the eating when family is here! On Friday we had lunch at Gilbert's in Old Bellevue, which was a surprising and lovely little deli kind of place. I'm looking forward to going back for bagels more often. (It kind of looks like Panera in this photo, but it's much better!)

Gilbert's, a good find

Nathan had to TA Friday afternoon, so we dropped him off and headed to Woodinville, which is Washington's little town of wineries just a short drive away (where we used to go to Theno's!) We had a wine tasting at Columbia, then wandered around the pretty grounds at Chateau Ste Michelle. Dad got some good photos of the winery's ambling peacocks.

Chateau Ste. Michelle. A lovely place, no?

Saturday was a nice day so we walked around Kirkland a bit and had lunch at George's downtown. A bit of a lazy day. We went into Seattle for my birthday dinner at the much suggested Wild Ginger, pan-Asian deliciousness! The building is beautiful and sits just across the street from the symphony. It was a very relaxing evening. Mom and Pop had to fly out Sunday afternoon, which left enough time for a quick lunch on the pier. I had a good time and I hope you guys did too! I'm a bit of a bumbling hostess, so I appreciate your patience. Thanks for coming to see me! :)

Birthday dinner at Wild Ginger
Mom and Pop, Nathan (note:cute new haircut) and me

mom's here!

Mom's here! She arrived yesterday afternoon and we've been having fun, running around, catching up. Yesterday when she got in we went to lunch then by chance ran into my friend Christie and her ma at Sur La Table. Who knew? We ran around Kirkland a bit, then later picked up Nathan from class and went out for Chinese food. Today we had lunch in Redmond and did a little shopping/moseying through Target (because mom's are willing to do that kind of thing). Tonight we went to see The Reader (for which Kate Winslet WON the Oscar! Yes Kate!) Not sure yet what we'll do tomorrow, but we'll pick up Dad later tomorrow night when he flies up from San Francisco. :D

And I bet you think I forgot Pup Wednesday.....I almost did, but here it is:

Getaway

I'm ready to run away again.

I want sea glass, or deserts, somewhere I won't recognize.
I want sun.

Pup Wednesday

As promised, the weekly:

First spotted on white&wander

Who can resist those smooshy mugs?
I like to imagine someone pushed their long noses back like an accordion,
very tenderly of course.

I also like to think that one of them is not real at all
and is simply a materialized representation of some intimate part of
the real dog's psyche. You choose.