it’s not pink eye
Sunday 5.13.2012
Recap:
Not a good week for eyeballs, but definitely a great weekend for stomachs. I got a pretty bad eye infection in my right eye that had me secluded in the house with all the blinds down for the past few days. The perks: taking the last two days off school and resting up on season two of Game of Thrones. The down side: having to wear my old eye glasses for the rest of the week. A friend suggested Warby Parker eyeglasses, so I’m eagerly anticipating the next mail arrival.
Good news for stomachs and for us Phams. Mother’s day means grubbing on greasing, delicious dim sum and grocery shopping with Mom afterwards, which means I get to load the cart with all the shrimp chips I want. Thanks Mom! # 1 AZN Mom 4 Life.
…We got our first sell on Poshmark! This calls for special packaging for our lucky first customer. And we just posted more items today. I’ll be sad to let my Marc Jacobs pumps go, but it’s better this way. Someone will put those babies to good use.
…trading in my flats for sandals, gearing up for the summer and vacation. These Dolce Vita sandals are uber comfortable.
lights out…
Wednesday 4.25.2012
Making a quick pesto dish for lunch for the rest of the week. A quick sketch before bed and browsing through old books for ideas and samples for the next lesson.
before the gloaming…
Saturday 4.21.2012
… Spending time in the backyard. The cats were pretty excited and anxious to be let out today. Maggie’s eyes were so dilated from all the bird tweeting and chirping from the trees and Joey, who is like an old man with those drooping eyes, laid by the open door until he gathered enough courage to come outside and chase a few birds along the fence.
… I’m still deciding on what to fill my new pots with for the classroom. I love the rawness of these clay pots and this hand painted bowl I managed to nab for five bucks at the Guild Shop will make a better planter.
… The kumquat flowers are ready to bloom and the shrub has grown dramatically this past year. Here’s hoping for a big harvest this year!
… freshly picked cilantro
… picking into the neighbor’s backyard. They’ve been negligent but somehow these roses seem to be thriving without them.
pee
these golden years…
Tuesday 4.17.2012
My sister turned her big 30 this year. I think the year has been off to a good start so far. We have lots to look forward to in the future and nothing seems to be holding us back thus far. It’s been a bit tough these last two years, with me trying to figure out what I want to do in life, but I think after getting this teaching job and starting this photography company, I at least have a good idea of where I would like things to go in the future. And the future 30 is not so far for me either. In the meantime, I’ll have to learn to embrace my freckles, the never-ending case of tangled hair and my affinity for junk food as a good thing. Random images (for some reason, reminds me of my childhood) from our beach house this past March. I love this photo of my sister. It reminds me of days in the sun with my Radioflyer and catching dragonflies and mosquitoes with our brothers, and playing wishbone with blades of grass.
mini vacay
Monday 4.16.2012
Images from our beach house stay. We celebrated my sister’s big golden birthday at a beach house this year. A few images. Rocky came along and it as fun to let him loose on the beach. I think I’m ready for another vacation. One more month to go and then I can start planning a nice, relaxing get away…sigh
The flamingo bedsheets were so such a delightful to me!
Succulents and cacti inspiration…
Oh Pomona!
Thursday 4.12.2012
This past weekend, I was able to get quite a bit of my own work done. My sister and I spent a good day at her house to finally get our photo session for our new venture in Poshmark done with. It’s been on the back burner for a while now and we’ve got so much clothing and shoes to sell…. . If you’re on Poshmark, look for us in Pomona! A few favorites below.
photo sessions
Sunday 4.1.2012
museum day
Tuesday 3.27.2012
I managed to fit in a museum day with a few of the students on the last day of our spring break. Since the school is so far on the north side of town, it’s rare for the art students to get a chance to visit all the diverse museums and galleries near downtown. We did a little museum hopping on Friday and visited about half a dozed places, though most of the day was spent oohing and ahhing at the Menil, of course. There were some amazing photography exhibitions on display in lieu of Fotofest’s Biennial happening at the same time. I have yet to have another chance to visit more of these Fotofest exhibitions, hopefully sometime next weekend.
The photographs by Priya Kambli were a few of my favorites. The colors are so vibrant and the diptych of personal photographs and cultural references to textile and patterns and motifs were so beautifully well-composed. My photos are not doing them any justice right now.
You, Me & Diane … Emily Peacock
Scroll … Randall McCabe
