Tuesday, April 24, 2007

A brief respite

Things might slow down a little bit on this site with updates, but that is only because I am blessedly busy with upcoming projects - including several features in Athens Magazine that will run this summer and fall, and lots of work for an internal publication at UGA. Come back to visit, though, and in the meantime, enjoy a Dalek or two.

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!