Ch-ch-ch-changes...

So, Blogger is not going to support posting to a website from their program. I've got about a month to decide how to transition "It's Under the Surface". Maybe I'll keep using blogger, maybe I'll move to typepad or similar.

I'll be sure to let you all know.

besos!

Raspberries in January

Got into the garden today - pulled out old canes and hammered in some of the fallen bits of the fence that contain all of the raspberry canes. Felt good to be out, even in the rain.

Cleared out old canes

Raspberries in January

Chicken and Green Olive Enchiladas, catching up

So, the chicken is brined and I'm about to leap up and put the recipe together. It's from a competitive site - couldn't find it's equivalent on delish.com - so I'll just say it's a mole recipe with loads of chili powder and green olives. I've substituted queso fresco for the monterey jack in the recipe as is.

We had a lovely visit last week, a friend I've known for almost 20 years came into town. It felt like the old days, or feels like old days, one. It's nice to enjoy folks over long periods of time, that's for sure.

My show is up at Dandelion, went up in Dec. I'm working on smaller pieces to send to a list of folks from the summer. They are coming along nicely. It's good to be making art again.

It's warm, less rainy than usual. I am ready for the faux-spring that tricks us all in late Feb. Pretty pretty Seattle...

Wishes...

I thought I'd spend the day making art. Had planned for it, just needed to spend an hour or two working before I headed down. Pretty quickly, hours passed and the work I was doing kept expanding, becoming more complex each time I thought I had figured it out.

I slogged on, day passed, and I finally finished tonight. I'm glad to work, glad to have figured it out and finally, glad that I saw that my work was put to use almost immediately.

But that day in the studio is gone.

So, I'm at home, in the home studio - trying to grab at the last hour of evening to sketch, organize and prep for a week of evenings of art-making.

My show is on the 12th - I'm looking forward to it.

New bulbs

Just got in an order of bulbs that I made last spring. They are heirloom bulbs, three kinds.

Fritillaria/Checkered Lily


Regal Lily

lily bee,
geeezelouise.


The third kind, I can't find images of, Tulip Elegans Alba. I also have anemones, shallots and garlic. I'm hoping to plant tomorrow, in the soppy, soppy ground. Hoping to weed the strawberry beds too.

Today has been pretty quiet. Just have been puttering, made some good chicken with rosemary and lemon zest. Made sweet potatoes.

I'm stalling for the next steps - which include taking out the garbage and cleaning out the litterboxes. Not a big deal, but it's time to change out the larger bags that we us to store weeks of litter yuck. Ugh!

It rained some today, was very pretty. After breakfast with J and a long over-the-fence conversation with our neighbor, I came in and cleaned, organized a bit, heated the studio.

I'm hoping once I'm done with my chores, that I'll head into the studio for late night goodness. J headed out to an Earshot Jazz event, so it's still very quiet here.

Here's another song: Bjork - Hyperballad