Nerd Genius

Some of you may remember these, if you hung around with the right people this past June. Note the most background shoe:

Well, that pair of shoes has been transformed, and let me tell you, you're going to be very jealous that they don't belong to you. The very gifted artist is a good friend of Venom's...

I just thought it would look good here

with the black background, you know....

ARt

It's kind of too hot here to do anything that is not air conditioned, so we did the logical thing and spent $40 to go see a movie. A matinee, of course, and NOT in 3D, because Hollywood, we don't like 3D and we won't pay extra for it. So there.

Anyway, we went and saw Despicable Me. We really enjoyed it and I won't tell you about it, because if you haven't seen it, you might want to, and if you have seen it (which some of you have--your reports are what got us there) and don't need to hear anything from us.

Other than the movie though, there was this beautiful thing at the beginning. Really. It's beautiful. It was great in all it's gigantic, sitting-too-close-to-the-screen-in-a-surprisingly-crowded-theatre glory, and although the link makes it much smaller, there's the great kaleidoscope effect (move your mouse! move your mouse!) on the host site.

Enjoy.

ARt GaLLeRy

All family members are represented in this collection of unique and, well, unique art.

"Tilted Saguaro"

medium: cell phone camera

"Layers"

medium: cell phone camera and various kitchen substances

"Doodles"

medium: watercolor and pencil

Untitled

medium: watercolor

"The Eye"

medium: colored pencil

"The Bench"

medium: charcoal

"The Fruit Pack"

medium: pipsqueak marker

"Night Sky"

medium: pipsqueak marker

Opening Soon at the Salon-The New Face of Avant Guarde

Maytag Mo(u)rning

Good Year? (photographed by Urban Ranger)

Otherwise En-Guaged

E.P.A.void

Is God calling you to minister to the HARRI?

Art Gallery

The Adventuring family has been creative this summer. This blog entry is devoted to some of the results.

Adventurer Two completed this cross at camp.

Venom spotted a beaded necklace like this on our vacation to the cabin in the woods, and decided to make one of her own. This is the result.

This is entitled "Too much fun, not enough cleaning of the breadbox"

I include it because it is so interesting. It is not beautiful, and it is now preserved only in JPEG form.

Young Adventurer and I went and painted pottery at one of those pottery painting places during his one day as an only child. His bowl is on the right and represents day and night, with a sunrise/sunset on the rim. Note the constellations, and that the very bottom is the moon. Mine is on the left and is meant to evoke peaceful thoughts of creeks filled with rock (you'll have to imagine the fish-I elected not to paint any), and meadows filled with flowers.

Danjo the Magnificent has been busy with yard art but I haven't taken any pictures. Trust me. It looks better than it did.