I made the best green smoothie ever! A couple of months ago my children called any green thing the 'swamp' drink, now they got used to the color and even ask for it. If you haven't tried it, I encourage you to be brave and give it a shot. It is really extra tasty and the fact that it's healthy just adds to it. This particular smoothie is a mixture of frozen banana and mango pieces, chopped fuji apple and huge handful of kale. Blend it with a little water (I add a teaspoon of lecithin) and let me know if you liked it. Close your eyes if you can't stand the color...
You never know when inspiration will hit you.... Yesterday Hana came from school all happy, full of stories and funny tales. While she snacked on something and talked about her day I couldn't help but notice how beautiful she looks... and I had to try and capture it. Because it is my journal I wasn't worried how it will look, I planned to gesso over it in case it turned out horrible. It didn't. It doesn't look like her, but it captured a moment that I will treasure forever.

List Fairy

I never make lists.... but Norah did last week and for some reason I had to do it too... so I did. I must say that it was motivational... I enjoyed crossing things from it and was happy when everything was done. Including a trip to the gym! It was like the list fairy visited me... and that's why I made this silly journal page.
Well, I finished the page yesterday, the list two days ago... Today I have some other news to share but I didn't have time to journal about them yet, so it will have to wait. xo

A mindless journal entry

Art journals are a great thing! I sat last night with wise words I snatched from Rebecca's blog, paints, paper scraps and just mindlessly painted and played. It started as a yellow background and grew into this chaos of color. I listened and watched a bit of this wonderful DVD and just relaxed without thinking about the final thing. The little creature on the left side is a doodle I did (also mindlessly) while talking to someone... I saw it, thought it was cute and just slapped it on my page. That's why I think art journals are great... you get to play, relax, reflect and not care about the output.
Let me just add that Rebecca has wonderful thoughts daily on her blog... many times it is just what I need to hear.

A beautiful day

Some Sundays are better than others... My darling and I spent the whole day wondering around San Francisco. We started our day with a visit to the De Young Museum.
Relaxed under the warm sun in Golden Gate park.
Had lunch on the waterfront:
Found more art in the city:

Good enough?

Sharon and Judy Wise are carving new stamps and making templates every day. Inspired by them, I made a little stamp and used it as hair. Fun!

To dare or to not dare?