Sunday, April 15, 2007

nightmares, cupcakes, gardens!

Let's play catch up.

Local theater!

Also:

"In candy-colored pastels, her prints, named after their subjects — 'Strawberry Sundae,' 'Cupcakes,' 'Peach Parfait' — combine old-fashioned images of sweet treats with quilt patches, exploring domesticity and femininity with an undeniable, almost over-the-top sweetness." Also, there are bunnies!

And:

"She goes for interesting things: little Christmas trees from years past that have thrived in the ground; a hazelnut shrub with curly-cue branches; a rare tree, Franklinia, named after Benjamin Franklin; a monkey puzzle tree that will eventually grow pinecones the size of pineapples; a deciduous magnolia that will someday have 3-foot-long leaves." Read more here. That was a fun one to write, and I'm looking forward going on the garden tour this weekend!

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