the most beautiful telephone poles

st. petersburg

froggie

bella sniffed this little one out on an early morning walk yeterday. i couldn't believe it was a frog-just lying there on the sidewalk.
when i picked it up to move it under a bush to die it kind of moved a bit and i thought for a minute that maybe i could save it. of course it died in my hand on the way back to the house and now it's drying up in the closet. isn't it purty?! the vivid green and white has since turned to brown and its eyes have begun to recede becuase i didn't have time to stuff it with sand and coat it with varnish but i'm okay with that. i did do the prep work and take the guts out but i didn't really want to mess with it anymore so now it looks like this.

inbetween the lines

at comic con this year i added to my collection these two hand colored pages from the 19th century (torn out of books in order to sell individually-frown and shake). the fly is great isn't it? i love the color and detail and the way it kind of commands the page. it's a predatory fly with thousands of different species and with some the male will capture its prey, wrap it in silk and present it to a female as a pre-coitus offering. hey baby! even though i know i'm so wrong for anthropomorphizing i can't help it-that's just so awesome!
the jackal if you notice is in a graveyard. i was having a really hard time choosing between all of the wonderful animals represented but the graveyard scene in the background was so unique i just kept going back to it and eventually chose it. as it turns out, the jackal was a very important god of the dead to the egyptians and was named anubis-predesessor to osiris. fucking rad! i love this stuff.

when times are tough just listen to some music. someone out there knows what you're feeling.

goin to montreal!!!! woohoo!!!!!

this morning

found these tiny little sparrow feet (either house or english)
and i didn't even have to use my knife!!
my guess is the black cat of the city night
had an early morning snack-
thanks for the leftovers kitty!
another thanks to my cleo who left me a bedroom full of tiny shimmering
feathers after finally catching a hummingbird.
i hope i don't find the head in my closet or something.
or wait maybe i do!

isabel samara's "the lily"

this is an old painting but i just love it!! isabel has a great new book out-on tender hooks-check it.

yesterday's finds:

bee hive, tarzan beetles (cotinis mutabilis), dead crow, '69 norton commando

passion flower and carpenter bee

madcap times!

viewin' some quality art work and cruisin' fast and feral never felt so good! rob, christian (hi gary!), a fully road race prepped '68 camero, good friends, and high as a kite cacklin'.
life is good.

mika miko rules!!

black and yellow

found some bees today. it's been a while. made me happy.
i'm going to l.a. for the weekend for some art goodness and maybe even scope out a spot for "the dream space".
there's so many options now and got to keep 'em all open because you never know what might happen.
everything's crystal clear now and i can finally mourn, move on, and be somebody.
she wouldn't have had it any other way.

home

she's dying

6 days in the hospital
i remember how i forgot she sleeps with one eye open
i can barely tell my own two are so wet
the past, the present, the future
it's all laying right there in front of me
so beautiful, so hard to see
wine makes the night possible
the horses chuff and sunset songs ease the pain
mine but not hers
you hope and encourage
sometimes wonder if you're selfish
reading from the comedy i bought accidentally about death
the irony, the infatuation, the aprropriateness
letting go to let go letting go

stumptown

just got back from my first trip to portland OR and it was a really great time. i don't know if i could live there but i would visit again in a heart beat. we ate fresh alaskan salmon and marionberry pie at a barbecue our first day. holy shit that was some good food! we played "washers" which is just like horseshoes and i chased the yellow lab around the yard and made some farting noises for the kids. that night we went to another less civilized barbecue and put on a bunch of temporary tattoos and listened to missy elliot around the fire drinking cheap wine. then we went to a basement metal show at some random warehouse and finished the fun at the belgian fry cart-i had mine smothered in gravy and topped with cheese curds-poutine they call it. good stuff.
the next day we headed to the coast-we hiked from cannon beach where they filmed part of the goonies to indian beach on the other side through a magical forest. i was in my element and happier than a pig in shit. every sense of mine was kicked back to life. it was cool and crisp, big and gentle and smelled like home. it was amazing and beautiful. we played at the beach when we got there and poked at sea anenomies and star fish and crabs. quite possibly the best hike ever!
i didn't get to do all the things on my little list like visit the art museum and the rose garden, and thanks to dad who lived there as a runaway in the '60s didn't "get micky-ed and kidnapped in the shanghai tunnels". i did enjoy being lost in powell's and eating a vegan doughnut topped with tang. falling asleep to e.t. in the "luxury" hotel bed and splurging on a piece of jewelry for myself. i was slightly dissapointed with my coffee experience but fresh herbs and juice that went into my booze made me forget.
thanks portland, sorry i didn't get to visit one of your 150 strip clubs but i'm pretty sure i'll be back.

bat girl

found a pretty carpenter bee lying dead on the sidewalk at 3 in the morning. it was dark. i wasn't tired. i was glad to have found her. i went and saw sam mendes' new film away we go, it was really sweet. it made me want to be in love. it made me sad and nostalgic. i wonder if i'll ever have the problems some of them had. i hope so. as long as i'm not alone.

blu is amazing-watch muto

finally some females represented-even boobs!

a monster

found this little lady stoppin for a taste of angel's trumpet flower

and this one stoppin to smell some flowers that don't smell

you never know what you're gonna find if you don't look up once in a while

whatup goldie

saw this guy today. he's a valley carpenter bee (the females are black). i've never seen such an extraordinary bee! he was so pretty! seeing him and eating a mulberry for the first time made a great day even better. thanks nature!

quote of the day/year/life?

you can't step forward with one foot in the past.

device gallery for 15 more days!

something to do

currently at MoPA i'm so excited-better be good!

cloudman

found this rad tile this morning spackled to the bottom of a lamp post in the park. don't think it's been there long. i love it.


looks like invader made it famous in france: http://kimgrantmosaics.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/mosaic-graffiti-france/

saw ollie and this one

saw this guy today!!! a western bluebird. you can barely catch the bluish purple of their backs if the light isn't just right or you're not right on top of them. they sure are purty! all i need is a full khaki outfit and my binoculars to make this bird watching stuff look official!

my new favorite artist

bye harry

my grandpa willie's friend harry passed away the other day. he owned "harry's" in la jolla, a cool little resautrant that my grandpa went to all the time. i'll have to go and have a cup of coffee for them both.

ollie

saw my man again today. he is so pretty!! maybe i'll spot the female next making their tear drop nest!

saw this guy today. he's a hooded oriole. sweet!