Monday, February 28, 2011

Sirkus Gajah

(SOLD)

Gantung "Sirkus Gajah" di ruang belajar anak-anak atau kamar tidur mereka dan biarkan mereka memulai imajinasinya.

Lukisan asli (bukan repro)
Gouache, Cat air, Tinta
di atas kanvas (papan kanvas)
30 x 40 cm  (tidak dibingkai)
Vernis (fixative untuk perlindungan dan ketahanan lukisan)  


SOLD

Couple

(SOLD)



"You could hang it each on your son's and daughter's room wall. Yet it would also suit hanged on your newly wed-couple's room"

"Couple"
Asli (bukan repro)
Gouache, cat air, tinta
di atas kanvas (papan kanvas)
@40 x 40 cm (tidak dibingkai)
Vernis (fixative untuk perlindungan dan ketahanan lukisan)


SOLD

Just Because

they are mine. and i am theirs. :)



Sunday, February 27, 2011

Molly

This is Molly. (David's neice, well mine also)  She is a doll.  She is so much fun and a very good basketball player.  We went to her last game and I decided to take some pics.  How sweet is she? 








Saturday, February 26, 2011

Pet Friendly

Normally I could care less about renewing my license plate.  Heck, I don't even renew it, David does.  Anyway, I usually just get the standard Indiana plate and they just give me new stickers to put on it. NOT THIS YEAR...this year I plan on getting this...



minus the "personalization".  How great to is it to support a cause (spay/neuter) and have an adorable plate?! Love it!

Friday, February 25, 2011

Beautiful Weather

I have been spoiled.  Last weekend was warm, and sunny, and wonderful.  Peyton got to be outside for more than a "potty break" and we got to enjoy the beautiful sunshine.  I love it. Here is my sweet love enjoying the outdoors.  How sweet it he? 






p.s.-It snowed 3 inches last night. booooooooooooooo


Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Iphone

As of last night I am the proud new owner of an Iphone.  Yes, I realize I am years behind the times of the Iphone, however, I am super giddy with excitement!  So here are some pics (courtesy of my new iphone!) that I took last night.  :)







And I have to say thanks to David because he got me the phone after a year of me nagging waiting patiently. :) love him.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Marvelous Spatuletail Hummingbird (Loddigesia mirabilis)


.MARVELOUS SPATULETAIL HUMMINGBIRD. (Loddigesia mirabilis)

Lukisan cat air asli (bukan repro)
Cat air, Tinta Bak, Pena
di atas kanvas (papan kanvas)
30 x 40 cm  (tidak dibingkai)
Vernis (fixative untuk perlindungan dan ketahanan lukisan)  


Rp. 150.000
(NOT AVAILABLE)

Black-Throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica caerulescens)

(SOLD)


.BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER. (Dendroica Caerulescens)

Lukisan asli (bukan repro)
Cat air, Tinta Bak 
di atas kanvas (papan kanvas)
40 x 40 cm (tidak dibingkai)
Vernis (fixative untuk perlindungan dan ketahanan lukisan)


SOLD

The Clothesline

As odd as it may sound we have a clothesline.  It isn't outside.  It is inside.  In our spare bedroom, and it stretches across the room.  It is rather emabarassing, but David loves it, so I won't complain.  David has been talking about one of these for years and this past Christmas my parents decided it would be a good idea to get him one.  It is retractable so that is plus right?






Sunday, February 20, 2011

Across moor and mountain on trot


My wife is wary of horses. "Expensive and unpredictable," she says. Her passions are looking for fossils and swimming in rivers — the colder the better. But I persuaded her to join me on an adventure — travelling on horseback across Wales, from Hay-on-Wye on the English border to Ynyslas on the Irish Sea.

Our trip was organised by FreeRein, a family enterprise that caters to people who have grasped the basics of riding and want to explore the countryside without a guide. It provides horses, accommodation and a choice of dozens of off-road routes in mid-Wales and beyond. These rides are the result of 20 years of research by Will Williams and his son Matt. They are open to anyone above the age of 10, though on unguided trails, there must be two people over 18 — all of which makes for a great family adventure for those with older kids.

Various levels of skill

I was brought up on a farm and have ridden much of my life. Simone learnt to ride in a burst of enthusiasm when we first met. she has barely ridden a dozen times since but was up for a challenge that would take us across moor and mountain. Our elder daughter, Miranda, who rode a succession of naughty ponies as a child, was home from university and decided to join us.

So there we were, on a sunny morning, at FreeRein's headquarters, an old coach house just outside the village of Clyro in the Welsh Marches. In front of us were two stacks of laminated sheets: Ordnance Survey maps with our route marked as a green dotted line and instructions for finding the way. Many of the rights of way we would be following have no signposts.

Our horses awaited. They had been chosen to match our height, weight and ability: Archie for Miranda, Florence for me and the unflappable Fraser for Simone, who was quietly miffed that I had described her as a novice rider. With our briefing from Matt complete and our saddlebags stashed with spare clothes and waterproofs, medical kit and emergency snacks, we trotted down the oak avenue and out into lanes sweet with the scent of honeysuckle. Ahead of us were six days of riding.

Our first day took us up across a common called the Begwns, where we trotted along wide turf tracks with views stretching in every direction. We meandered along bridleways through woods and meadows and across the rushing Wye River on a wooden suspension bridge to Llanerchcoedlan Farm, near Llyswen, home of the Phillips family. Vicki Phillips brought cups of tea out to the farmyard as we untacked the horses and gave them their feed of pony nuts before turning them out in a field nearby. She told us about a secret swimming place deep in the woods, so before supper, we slithered down a mossy bank to take a quick dip in a stream orange with peat, ducking behind a waterfall to look back at the gorge through the curtain of icy water.

Over the week, as we gently ambled westwards, we slotted into roles: Miranda as map reader, me as chief gate-opener and reader of the instruction sheets (example: "Follow the stony track until you reach a gate. DO NOT GO THROUGH THIS GATE. Turn left along the side of the wood") and Simone as bemused observer and trainee trekker.

Day 2 saw us cantering across miles of springy open moorland and skirting an army firing range. We passed a quarry where Simone found a handful of trilobites in the shale. Later we dismounted to lead the horses down a long and precipitous slope to the small town of Llanwrtyd Wells.

The other breakfasters at the Trout Inn in Beulah smiled as we ate our porridge: The weather forecast was grim. First it drizzled, then, as we met the Towy River, it bucketed down. Another three hours passed before we reached Pontrhydfendigaid, where we were booked into the Red Lion.

We got lost twice — but never for long. Once we took a wrong turning and once we missed a gate and found ourselves plunging through a tussocky bog. All three of us were happy: I loved the sense of moving through a changing landscape, Simone loved spotting buzzards and red kites and Miranda loved Archie and the huge cooked breakfasts. Much of the time we rode in companionable silence.

At the village of Devil's Bridge, we enjoyed the faded grandeur of the Hafod Hotel, built in the late 18th century and later remodelled in the style of a Swiss chateau. Devil's Bridge boasts spectacular waterfalls and three bridges on top of one another — the lowest constructed in the 11th century, the middle one in 1753 and the topmost in 1901.

Luck with the weather

Our first sight of the sea came as we left a forest: a far-off band of blue between hills. Sun turned to torrential rain once again and making a mess of remounting Florence after a gate, I found myself sitting in a puddle underneath her. I had forgotten to tighten the girth — a real beginner's mistake.

In the pub at Talybont, we relived the week's mapping squabbles — and woke to clear skies. It was a mere four miles to the wide and beautiful beach at the head of the Dovey estuary. Miranda cantered past me, shouting: "I'm winning, Mum!" A second later, Archie did some nifty footwork to avoid a patch of soft sand and she tumbled off, a look of outrage on her face.

As he jubilantly pointed out, the novice husband was now the only one of us not to have fallen off and he'd started to rather resent the label "novice". He was now a tried-and-tested rider: We'd done it — 100 miles on horseback.

Topsy Turvy

I am aware it is February and we are no where close to being able to grow tomatoes, but I must inform anyone who loves tomatoes to GET THIS.  It's the Topsy Turvy and IT IS AMAZING.  I was shocked this past summer at how well it worked.  All summer long I had tons of tomatoes to eat.  You can "plant" any kind of 'mater.  It also saves you some money at the grocery store.  I am looking forward to getting mine out...as soon as it gets nice out!


Saturday, February 19, 2011

Saturday Night Feeder

From Oak Harbor, Ohio, Kenn writes: I don't like to brag, but one thing I can say for Kimberly and me -- we have some really awesome friends and neighbors.
For example, in our neighborhood there's a young lady named Delaney, an elementary school student with a sharp mind and a lot of artistic talent. Recently she has developed a strong interest in birds and other nature subjects, and she has been studying them and learning fast. As evidence of her powers of observation, a single Pine Siskin showed up in the neighborhood last month, and Delaney spotted it before Kim or I did. And her enthusiasm must be contagious, because her parents, John and Tiffanie, are now paying more attention to birds also.

We had had a number of conversations about birds with their family, and we had given them a couple of copies of our field guides, but we were stunned and thrilled recently when they knocked at the door and presented us with a beautiful, hand-made, personalized bird feeder that they had made just for us.

Here's another view of the feeder, hanging up outside and filled with seed, ready to attract birds.


Does the feeder work? Does it ever! We had just filled the feeder and put it up outside (and photographed it, of course), and come back inside the house, when we glanced out the winter and saw that an American Goldfinch was already checking it out:


Within a few minutes, the goldfinches were all over it. (Sorry about the picture quality -- I just grabbed the camera and the telephoto and was banging away at the feeder, through two panes of dirty window glass. These are documentation photos, not works of art like the feeder itself.)


Delaney and her family told us that they have started making bird feeders for other friends as well, so don't be surprised if you start seeing these elegant feeders popping up all over the place. And this talented family is pursuing an interest in birds beyond the backyard, too. Earlier today (Saturday February 19) I was out at the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, looking at a distant eagle nest, and our neighbors pulled up to say hello. The whole family was out looking for birds on the refuge, and they had even brought along a couple of friends to enjoy the day.
Thanks to Delaney and Tiffanie and John for the beautiful bird feeder, and for sharing the excitement of birds with us!

Friday, February 18, 2011

Hot Chocolate Anyone?

I love that our families give us Valentine's still.  It makes me so excited.  This year David and I were given hot chocolate and mugs by John and Rose Ellen (David's parents).

We have a TON of h.c.  I mean we will be drinking it for a looooooooong time. 


 Thankfully we love hot chocolate.  Therefore we are super glad this is all ours.


...And here is what my mom sent me at work!! I love surprises!!


 I have to brag on David...how sweet is this...a heart shaped pizza he got us :) Love him


and the sweet message he wrote on Mr. Pig!

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Sudoku

I have to admit I have a slight obsession with Sudoku.  You know...the number puzzle.  I'm not to shabby at it either.  Anyway, every night I get into bed and attempt my puzzle.  I cannot go to bed without doing at least one of these.  I think I have a problem.  I admit I have a problem, but Sudoku is just so darn fun I don't plan on breaking my habit.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Bone Hiding







David sent me these pics of Peyton (via iphone).  Peyton is hiding a bone...on David.  :)






The Pettijohn's Give Away!

There is an awesome give away over at the Pettijohn's!  She is giving away a t-shirt from Opolis Clothing (College T-shirt shop).  The OU Grey 1975 V-neck is absolutley adorable!  Go check it out and enter to win! 

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Hooray for Warm Weather

I know this isn't going to last long, but after our deep freeze here in the MidWest it is very nice to get some "warm" days...45 degrees this past weekend!  It might be rainy and gloomy but my goodness it is getting warmer!!  I'm sure we will get more snow before the season is over, but I'm loving every second of the warmness that has taken over mid February. 


(courtesy of theindychannel.com)


Check out Thursday's forcast!!

Hope everyone is enjoying the nice weather!

Monday, February 14, 2011

Day of Love

Since today is ValentiMes (as we affectionatly call it) Day I thought I would list a few things that I LoVE <3 (besides the obvi-D,P, and Family):


~Falling asleep with the T.V. on
~Regular Coke out of a 2 liter
~When Peyt scratches at me to snuggle him
~The way Peyt looks when he eats something crunchy (It is hilarious)
~When David grows a beard
~Pickles
~Hamburger Helper Asian Chix Fried Rice
~Bruce Springsteen
~The Office
~Cucumbers
~TempurPedic Pillows
~AVON Products
~Flip Flops




Hope everyone has a wonderful ValentiMes Day!!

Happy Valentines Day!

Happy Valentines Day



Love,
Peyton

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Indy Winter Classic Dog Show

For the past 2 years my mom and I have made it a tradition to go to the dog show in Indianapolis.  Let me tell you, it is so much fun!  We basically spend most the day watching dogs (preferably Westies, MinPins, and Daschunds) being judged and run around.  I think it is so neat to see how dedicated and disciplined these owners and their dogs are.  Thanks mom for making this so fun!!