Fairs & festivals

The past two weekends I visited my parents house we visited a couple fairs and festivals. The first was the 7-Mile Fair in Wisconsin last week. I didn't take any photos of any of the booths, but there was a random petting zoo so I couldn't resist.



I felt a little bad for them. Their accommodations weren't the most spacious.



Today my mom and I moseyed over to the Lincolnshire annual art festival. There were a lot of great booths. Some were a litle blah and there were a LOT of beaded jewelry people, but on the whole, a good experience. It really made me miss going to art shows and museums and I think that's something I want to make a bigger priority (other than getting a move on my own artwork).



This guy did some really amazing paper cut art. Here, he is demonstrating his folded paper mosaic technique. If I had money, I probably would have bought like everything in his booth. I'm not kidding.

how on earth...

...did I forget to post a photo from the Strawberry Jazz Festival? It was a few weekends ago. Susan dressed Delilah up as a strawberry to participate in the pet parade. For some insane reason, she did not place. =(

pictures of the house finally

You can probably figure out what rooms are what.

p.s. click on any photo to see it bigger

Tweetle Beetles

Last night, the English department from my alma mater put on a night of Dr. Suess readings at a local cafe. I got there as Prof Johnson was reading the Cat in the Hat, complete with Dr. Belcher as Thing 1! It was so cute and fun.



One of the guys I live with, who is also a professor, read Fox in Socks. He was completely amazing. Of course. It was fun feeling apart of that community again but in the end, it was also nice being able to go home, away from it all.

it was all yellow

Ok, I don't know what the deal with color-themed posts is but I am kind of enjoying it.
This is something I did a while ago and mentioned in my private blog. I wanted to get a better photo of it and post it here...so I did! I had an old Snow White poster that I wanted to keep but didn't particularly want the giant, somewhat stained and discolored thing up on my wall. So instead I got 4 cheapy clip frames from Hobby Lobby and cut out 4 abstract vignettes from the poster. It's a nice solution for something that I wanted to keep but was too gargantuan to have in its original state.

And what, you ask, do these leetle yellow flags indicate? Why, it marks the officious beginning of our street construction, that's what! For everyone who has ever been to my house, you will understand and appreciate just how exciting this event is. Our road is down to the DIRT in some spots and is impossible to drive down without something falling off of your car. After YEARS of being told our neighborhood was next, the time has finally arrived. OK, I know it's not something I've done but bear with me, this is exciting stuff.