Monday, October 18, 2010

Auntie, Mail, and a Pinata

Picture-heavy post today. I love spending time with my niece, especially when she's on break from school. We went to a Japanese anime exhibit at the Arizona Museum for Youth (AMY). Initially we went to the wrong museum (Mesa Art Museum - MAC), so we enjoyed the neat architecture there. The copper squares on the steps were so shiny and practically blinded us in the sunlight.
We love to make cupcakes together and here is our latest - a FISHBOWL CUPCAKE.Here is some of my recent outgoing mail art:

I added the models from vintage sewing patterns to these two envelopes; I think they're groovy and mod! Do you like?I brought a pinata over to Ernesto's parents' house for the nieces/nephews/grandkids. All the candy is just a warm-up for upcoming Halloween. (ha ha)




Monday, October 11, 2010

Autumn has arrived

Hello from sunny but not-as-hot Arizona! Finally, we have the slider and windows open in the evenings and mornings. We even had some much-needed rain. You see many of these sage bushes around the city and when the temperature and humidity hit at just the right point, the purple flowers explode on the bush. I do have one in my yard and it's never bloomed really robust, so I took this photo at the neighbor's yard:I know, not the typical orange/yellow/red fall color you expect to see in October!

My mailing statistics for September were: 44 outgoing postcards, 3 outgoing letters, 29 incoming postcards and 4 incoming letters. I do have a small pile of correspondence to attend to. Here's an outgoing envelope for a Canadian postcrosser. I used a clear plastic bag and a piece of blue cardboard to stabilize the envelope; then taped all the ephemera to the cardboard so it showed through the envelope. I took a chance that she liked blue. She was very happy upon receipt!
Recently I took a couple of short trips to Colorado, first on the Western Slope and then to Denver. Here's a pretty doe we spotted resting in Aurora:Coincidentally, one of my school friends was in Denver at the same time (she lives in Edmonton, Canada). So we met for breakfast. And we we dressed very similar! I've known Gayle for over 30 years, and we call each other "G." Gayle on L, Garci on R.