A day off Island

Today was wonderful! Elliot Coleman's Four Season Farms is quite impressive, and the couples hospitality was much appreciated. A genius in the world of organics, elliot and his wife barbara manage to farm year round in Maine, and amazing feat if you realized the harshness of their winter season. Check out the Farm Store if your in the area. http://www.fourseasonfarm.com/

Meet-A-brother: Keith

Keith is the middle of my three younger brothers. He is an artist. He is most like me, so we argue a lot. I love Keith, he is great. Look what he can do:

Isn't he talented!

See more Keith...http://keiff.tumblr.com/archive

Red Scare

boomp3.com

Can't get enough of this song from Godard's La Chinoise.

Don't make pop songs like they used too!

Man vs. Nature

The Spectacle:

On a beach surrounding woods a series of incredible fireworks are set off, only to be trumped by lightening in the distance. A harvest moon rises, it's orange-red glow warm and romantic. Inland, the tree's fine foliage cast psychedelic shadows on the forest floor. Upon returning, the the guiding light has faded, but strong senses leads me through the darkness. A sight to see, an experience to be had, another day in Ilesford.

Check those mailboxes folks!

It's Craft Hour on the Island!!!

I am finally feeling better which means all of the countless hours I was was wasting sleeping, are now productive hours either working in the garden or CRAFTING!

My most recent mindless pass-time is creating friendship bracelets from the beautiful but very old yarn left on Nancy's porch. There is really not much else you can do with it, and throwing it away would be wasteful, so, voila! beautiful bracelets for all....of my friends of course. Will you get one? Would you even want it if I made one for you?

The finished product. (My 1st friendship bracelet! Given to Nancy)

My 1st official craft on the island, a Bonsai Balsam fir I found hiking complete w/ collected, seaglass, shell and moss . Ka wa ii ne?

More island crafts to come! Sea glass mobiles are next on the list.

In case you've yet to see it....

Here is my living-living room.  Oceanic version coming in the near future....

Happy Birthday to Me!

My yearly birthday gift has finally expired. Oh how I love airbrush.

                      

This Year: Graffiti Splash            

Last Year: Neapolitan Cheetah

You see my taste in eyewear hasn't changed.

Courtesy of Tim at Le's Nails, Highland Park

Rooftop gardens for all!

I LOVE these sweet, smart, n' silly planters designed by Nobuhiro Sato. 

Found them at Flora Grubb Gardens in SF.

Like Brother like Sister.

NYC Waterfalls

I Can't wait to see these in NY! 

Olafur Eliasson is incredible, and so is New York's public art fund!

Visit www.nycwaterfalls.com for more.

I can't forget PS1's urban farm PF1 either-

www.publicfarm1.org

So excited to be East this summer!

Isleford

I am now on an Island with Labrynthitis....sounds very exotic, but I assure you it is not.

I have been on this tiny island now for over a week, it is beautiful, and rich in an unexplored American culture. It is a place that is very difficult to describe without visiting for yourself. I wish I could explore/understand it more myself, but I'm afraid I will tip over.

I did manage to collect a nice piece of driftwood (to adorn with tillandsias), and a balsam fir sapling which I have bonsai-ed. I hope they make it home!

A side note: On 4th of July I ate my 1st (Maine) lobster in Maine, and saw fireworks from a Lobster boat. It was a crustaceastic night that probably lead to the state I'm in at this moment..boo.