i bought two beautiful books online, they were waiting for me when i came home from orange county. printing by hand is by lena corwin - its a clear, lovely hand printing book with so many projects i'm looking forward to trying. and i've had my eye on neogeo for a while, a survey of the current graphic design trends in geometric abstraction - my favorite!!!

a few quiet moments from last week's trip to orange county to visit sean's family. we did have some fun times, but i am glad to be back in eureka.

some textures from yesterday's walk on the beach:

still wet and long dried sea vegetables


two urchins, one with spines, one without

the lost coast

we hiked out to an old lighthouse on the fantastic lost coast today. it was a beautiful hike, with lots of great scenery, wildlife sightings, and beachcombing. but it was a little sad too because it was our last hike with the dogs - they are staying in california when we move east. we will miss them!!

i had fun taking pictures of the dryers at the laundromat the other day.

faythe of handmade nation posted some pics of my booth at renegade to her flikr account - she has lots of other great pictures of the fair.

at the renegade i found out that i was on decor8's etsy take five tuesdays column last week! such a lovely blog...