A Little Detroit Inspiration...

In between working on various pieces, I stop for 1/2 hr breaks and wander the web, stopping at various blogs, getting stuck on Pinterest, Stumbling and Tumblring. Today, I was on James Gurney's blog and he had this video on how artists and young people are revitalizing Detroit. It is not all doom and gloom. Pretty inspirational. Almost makes me wish I was in my 20's again. Almost.

Other Projects....

Here's how the terrarium turned out.  A shot of the outside,

and a peek on the inside....

Then a head on shot of my shopping breakdown purchase.  If you look closely, you can see me in the mirror with the camera.

And then off to the side for the full effect.

Mission: Moss

Actually ventured outside today. I did have a mission in mind. Not anything I was supposed to do, of course.  I was forest bound to collect moss for a terrarium I want to create. I've been reading a book  called"Tiny World Terrariums" by Michelle Inciarrano & Katy Maslow and have been scouting the studio for bits and pieces I want to add to it. Daughter #3 received a kit to make a small terrarium from daughter #1 last Christmas and I've been jealous.  So I grabbed a ziploc, gloves, and my Japanese gardening knife and headed out back.  Stopped by the chicken girls to throw them some scratch and a few late raspberries.  Looks like the husband had been there first as they were wallowing in mounds of leaves.

 Commenced to make my circuit of the woods and collected two bags of moss which I left in the garage for the night with the hopes that any nasty creepy crawlies will be dead by the time I actually get around to adding the moss to the terrarium. 

Went back outside and decided to tidy up the potting shed for the winter. An hour later, feeling very worthy, I retired to the warmth of my studio.

Last rose of the season... 

Dripping paint and spraying water does not always work!

I do like this. Very Ghostly. Will stare at it for several weeks to determine what to do next. 

 I have been experimenting with several different projects since it helps me avoid the ones I am supposed to be finishing. Also brainstormed in the sketchbook about several other new projects.  Woo hoo! Queen of procrastination!